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April 20, 1653 Oliver Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament.
April 20, 1657 Freedom of religion is granted to the Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City).
April 20, 1689 “The former King James II of England, now deposed, lays siege to Derry.”
April 20, 1775 British begin siege of Boston
April 20, 1777 New York adopts new constitution as an independent state
April 20, 1792 “France declares war on Austria, Prussia & Sardinia”
April 20, 1809 “Napolean I defeats Austria at Battle of Abensberg, Bavaria”
April 20, 1832 “Hot Springs National Park, the first national park in the U.S., was established by an act of Congress”
April 20, 1836 Territory of Wisconsin created
April 20, 1836 U.S. Congress passes an act creating the Wisconsin Territory.
April 20, 1841 “First detective story (Poe’s “”Murders in the Rue Morgue””) published”
April 20, 1861 Robert E Lee resigns from Union army
April 20, 1862 The first pasteurization test completed by Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard.*
1871 – Civil Rights Act of 1871
April 20, 1865 Safety matches were first advertised this day.
April 20, 1871 3rd Enforcement Act (President can suspend writ of habeas corpus)
April 20, 1872 SF Bar Association organized
April 20, 1879 The first mobile home (horse drawn) used in a journey from London & Cyprus
April 20, 1889 Adolf Hitler’s birthday
April 20, 1902 Marie & Pierre Curie isolate radioactive element radium
April 20, 1902 Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
April 20, 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition opens in St Louis
April 20, 1910 Halley’s Comet passes 29th recorded perihelion at 87.9 million km
April 20, 1912 “Bram Stoker died in London, England. Author of the Gothic horror novel Dracula in 1897”
April 20, 1912 “Opening day for baseball stadiums Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan, and Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.”
April 20, 1914 “F Kaiser discovers asteroid #786 Bredichina,and G Neujmin discovers asteroid #787 Moskva”
April 20, 1914 “Forty-five men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a bitter Colorado coal-miner’s strike.”
April 20, 1914 “In Boston, Mass., James Duffy of Canada wins the 18th Boston Marathon in 2:25:01.2.”
April 20, 1916 Wrigley Field in Chicago opens
April 20, 1917 “SS Ballochbuie, torpedoed and sunk by German UC41 off the Firth of Forth Isle of May. In passage from Aberdeen to Sunderland.”
April 20, 1918 “Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims marking his final victories before his death the following day.”
April 20, 1920 7th modern Olympic games opens in Antwerp
April 20, 1920 Tornadoes kill 219 in Alabama & Mississippi
April 20, 1926 First check sent by radio facsimile transmission across the Atlantic
April 20, 1926 “Western Electric and Warner Bros. announce Vitaphone, a process to add sound to film.”
April 20, 1931 “Louis Armstrong recorded the classic, ” When It’ s Sleepy Time Down South” , for Okeh Records”
April 20, 1934 “One of America’ s most beloved child stars made her debut. Shirley Temple debuted in ” Stand Up and Cheer”, which opened in New York City. Moviegoers would rave about her song and dance routine, ” Baby, Take a Bow”, for many years.”
April 20, 1935 “On the island of Formosa a 7.1 quake causes 3,280 deaths. One of the world’s deadliest earthquakes”
April 20, 1939 New York World’s Fair opens
April 20, 1939 Ted Williams’ first hit (off of Yankee Red Ruffing) a double
April 20, 1940 “Electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pa”
April 20, 1945 Hitler commits suicide after U.S. troops occupy Munich.
April 20, 1945 “Mayor of Leipzig, Germany, killed himself along with his wife and daughter”
April 20, 1945 Soviet troops enter Berlin
April 20, 1945 US 7th army captured German city of Nuremberg
April 20, 1945 “World War II: U.S. B-29 bombers destroy the Musashi Aircraft plants, halting production of the Nakajima Ki-84 fighter planes.”
April 20, 1945 “World War II: US troops capture Leipzig, Germany, only to later cede the city to the Soviet Union.”
April 20, 1946 “The first baseball broadcast in Chicago, Cards vs Cubs”
April 20, 1947 “Comedian Fred Allen of ” Allen’ s Alley”” fame didn’ t find things so funny when censors cut him off the air during his radio broadcast.”
April 20, 1949 “Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his first race, in Albany, California”
April 20, 1949 “Willie Shoemaker won his first race as a jockey aboard Shafter V at Golden Gate Fields in Albany, CA, not far from San Francisco.”
April 20, 1950 R C Cameron discovers asteroid #1575 Winifred
April 20, 1957 “John Kelley, the first American since 1945, wins the Boston Marathon”
April 20, 1959 “””Desilu Playhouse”” on CBS-TV presented a two-part show titled, “”The Untouchables”” starting this night. Robert Stack starred in the program and became a major television star when “The Untouchables” become a weekly network series in the fall of 1959.”
April 20, 1961 Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US troops against Cuba.
April 20, 1961 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) gave approval for FM stereo broadcasting
April 20, 1962 “First production of Bentlage brand cigars, Habana, Cuba.”
April 20, 1962 “Jesse G Vincent engineer designed first V-12 engine, dies at 82”
April 20, 1962 New Orleans Citizens Co gives free 1-way ride to blacks to move North
April 20, 1964 86% of black students boycott Cleveland schools
April 20, 1964 BBC Two launches with the power cut because of the fire at Battersea Power Station.
April 20, 1967 US planes bomb Haiphong for first time during the Vietnam War
April 20, 1967 US Surveyor 3 lands on Moon
April 20, 1968 “A South African Airways Boeing 707 crashes during takeoff at Windhoek, South-West Africa, killing 122.”
April 20, 1968 Pierre Elliott Trudeau sworn-in as Canada’s PM
April 20, 1971 US Supreme Court upholds use of busing to achieve racial desegregation
April 20, 1972 Apollo 16 lands on the Moon.
April 20, 1972 Apollo 16’s Young & Duke land on Moon with Boeing Lunar Rover #2
April 20, 1973 Canadian ANIK A2 becomes first commercial satellite in orbit
April 20, 1974 “Agnes Moorehead actress (Endora-Bewitched), dies at 67”
April 20, 1976 George Harrison sings the lumberjack song with Monty Python
April 20, 1977 A R Klemola discovers asteroid #2261
April 20, 1977 “Supreme Court rules “”Live Free or Die”” may be covered on NH licenses”
April 20, 1977 “Woody Allen’s film “”Annie Hall”” premiers”
April 20, 1978 Korean Air Flight 902 shot down by Soviets.
April 20, 1979 “Johnny Carson was said to be leaving “”The Tonight Show””. Newspapers around the country gave details about why the comedian and late-night host was said to be unhappy after 17 years on the show”
April 20, 1981 “Final performance of TV show “”Soap”” airs”
April 20, 1981 Rocker Papa John Phillips arrested for drug possession
April 20, 1983 Soyuz T-8 launched; mission aborted when capsule fails to dock
April 20, 1985 Number one hit on UK music charts – USA For Africa – We Are The World
April 20, 1986 Pianist Vladimir Horowitz performed in his native Russia for the first time in 61 years.
April 20, 1986 Professional basketball player Michael Jordan sets all-time record for points in a NBA playoff game with 63 against the Boston Celtics.
April 20, 1987 “””Starlight Express””posted the largest week’ s gross in Broadway history. The roller-skating musical earned $606,081 at the box office”
April 20, 1987 Rosa Mota wins the women’s division of the Boston Marathon
April 20, 1990 “Pete Rose pleads guilty to hiding $300,000 in income”
April 20, 1991 “Raghib “”Rocket”” Ismael signs with Toronto Argonauts for $26.2 million”
April 20, 1992 “100th episode of “”Murphy Brown”” airs”
April 20, 1992 Expo ’92 opens in Seville Spain
April 20, 1998 German terrorist group Red Army Faction announces their dissolution after 28 years.
April 20, 1998 “TAME Boeing 727-200 chartered by Air France crashes into Cerro El Cable mountain after takeoff from Bogot, Colombia, killing 53.”
April 20, 1999 “””A bug’s Life”” is the first DVD to be transfered directly from the digital source making it the first 100 percent digital DVD”
April 20, 1999 “The Columbine High School massacre leaves 15 people (including the two gunmen) dead and 24 wounded in Jefferson County, Colorado.”
April 20, 2004 “In Iraq, 12 mortars are fired on Abu Ghraib Prison by insurgents, killing 22 detainees and wounding 92.”
April 20, 2007 Johnson Space Center Shooting: A man with a hand gun barricades himself in NASA’s Johnson Space Center before killing a male hostage and himself.

April 20 2013-I am 63 years old!