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| *] - ] dissolves the ]. | *] - ] dissolves the ]. | ||
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*] - ] destroys a ] silver fleet under heavy fire at ]. | ||
| *1657 - ]s of ] (later ]) granted ]. | |||
| *] - The former King ], now deposed, lays siege to ]. | |||
| *] - Lieutenant ]'s expedition (first voyage) makes first sighting of eastern ]n coastline, naming the spot Cape Hicks. His logbook recorded the date as ], but the 20th was the actual calendar date. | *] - The former ] ], now deposed, lays siege to ]. | ||
| *] - ] ]'s expedition (first voyage) makes first sighting of eastern ]n coastline, naming the spot ]. His logbook recorded the date as ], but the 20th was the actual calendar date. | |||
| *] - ]: ] troops begin ] | *] - ]: ] troops begin ]. | ||
| *] - ] declares war on ], the beginning of ] | *] - ] declares war on ], the beginning of ]. | ||
| *] - ] passes an act creating the ]. | *] - ] passes an act creating the ]. | ||
| *] - ]: ] resigns his commission in the ] in order to command the forces of the state of ]. | *] - ]: ] resigns his commission in the ] in order to command the forces of the state of ]. | ||
| *] - The first ] test completed by ] and ]. | *] - The first ] test completed by ] and ]. | ||
| *] - The ] breaks out in ] | *] - The ] breaks out in ]. | ||
| *] - ] publishes the ], '']''. | *] - ] publishes the ], '']''. | ||
| *] - ] and ] refine ] chloride. | *] - ] and ] refine ] ]. | ||
| *] - Opening day of competition of the ]. | *] - Opening day of competition of the ]. | ||
| *] - Opening day for ] ]s ] in ], ], and ] in ], ]. | *] - Opening day for ] ]s ] in ], ], and ] in ], ]. | ||
| *] - Seventeen men, women, and children die in the ] during a bitter ] coal-miner's strike. | *] - Seventeen men, women, and children die in the ] during a bitter ] coal-miner's strike. | ||
| *] - ], aka The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims marking his final victories before his death the following day. | *] - ], aka ], shoots down his 79th and 80th victims marking his final victories before his death the following day. | ||
| *] - ] and ] announce ], a process to add sound to film. | *] - ] and ] announce ], a process to add sound to film. | ||
| *] - ] troops capture ], ], only to later cede the city to the ]. | *] - ] troops capture ], ], only to later cede the city to the ]. | ||
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| *] - A ] ] 707 crashes during takeoff at ], ], killing 122. | *] - A ] ] 707 crashes during takeoff at ], ], killing 122. | ||
| *1968 - ] succeeds ] as ]. | *1968 - ] succeeds ] as ]. | ||
| *1968 - English politician ] makes his controversial ]. | *1968 - ] politician ] makes his controversial ]. | ||
| *] - ] lands on the ]. | *] - ] lands on the ]. | ||
| *] - ] shot down by ]. | *] - ] shot down by ]. | ||
| *] - ] ] is attacked by a ] while on vacation in ]. | *] - ] ] is attacked by a ] while on vacation in ]. | ||
| *] - ] raid on ] compound in northern ] | *] - ] raid on ] compound in northern ]. | ||
| *] - An all-star concert in memory of ] frontman ] is held at ] in ]. | *] - An all-star concert in memory of ] frontman ] is held at ] in ]. | ||
| *] - The ] face the ] in the first ] game ever played in ]. | *] - The ] face the ] in the first ] game ever played in ]. | ||
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| *1998 - ] terrorist group ] announces their dissolution after 28 years. | *1998 - ] terrorist group ] announces their dissolution after 28 years. | ||
| *] - ] kill 12 students and a teacher before turning their guns on themselves in the ]. | *] - ] kill 12 students and a teacher before turning their guns on themselves in the ]. | ||
| *2002 - The body of Alice In Chains frontman ] is found in his Seattle apartment after dying from an apparent speedball overdose on ]. | *] - The body of ] frontman ] is found in his ] apartment after dying from an apparent ] overdose on ]. | ||
| *] - Severe ]s strike ], ]. An F3 ] touches down in ], claiming eight lives. | *] - Severe ]s strike ], ]. An ] ] touches down in ], claiming eight lives. | ||
| *2004 - In ], 12 mortars are fired on ] by insurgents, killing 22 detainees and wounding 92. | *2004 - In ], 12 mortars are fired on ] by insurgents, killing 22 detainees and wounding 92. | ||
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April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). There are 255 days remaining.
Events
- 1653 - Oliver Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament.
- 1657 - Admiral Robert Blake destroys a Spanish silver fleet under heavy fire at Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
- 1657 - Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City) granted freedom of religion.
- 1689 - The former King James II of England, now deposed, lays siege to Derry.
- 1770 - Lieutenant James Cook's expedition (first voyage) makes first sighting of eastern Australian coastline, naming the spot Cape Hicks. His logbook recorded the date as April 19, but the 20th was the actual calendar date.
- 1775 - American Revolutionary War: British troops begin siege of Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1792 - France declares war on Austria, the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars.
- 1836 - U.S. Congress passes an act creating the Wisconsin Territory.
- 1861 - American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.
- 1862 - The first pasteurization test completed by Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard.
- 1876 - The April Uprising breaks out in Bulgaria.
- 1884 - Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical, Humanum Genus.
- 1902 - Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
- 1908 - Opening day of competition of the New South Wales Rugby League.
- 1912 - Opening day for baseball stadiums Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan, and Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1914 - Seventeen men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a bitter Colorado coal-miner's strike.
- 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.
- 1926 - Western Electric and Warner Bros. announce Vitaphone, a process to add sound to film.
- 1945 - US troops capture Leipzig, Germany, only to later cede the city to the Soviet Union.
- 1953 - Project BLUEBIRD turns into Project MKULTRA.
- 1967 - A Swiss Britannia turboprop crashes at Toronto, Canada, killing 126.
- 1968 - A South African Airways Boeing 707 crashes during takeoff at Windhoek, South-West Africa, killing 122.
- 1968 - Pierre Trudeau succeeds Lester B. Pearson as Prime Minister of Canada.
- 1968 - English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial Rivers of Blood Speech.
- 1972 - Apollo 16 lands on the Moon.
- 1978 - Korean Air Flight 902 shot down by Soviets.
- 1979 - President Jimmy Carter is attacked by a Swamp Rabbit while on vacation in Plains, Georgia.
- 1985 - ATF raid on The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord compound in northern Arkansas.
- 1992 - An all-star concert in memory of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury is held at Wembley Stadium in London.
- 1997 - The San Diego Padres face the St. Louis Cardinals in the first Major League Baseball game ever played in Hawaii.
- 1998 - An Air France Boeing 727-200 crashes into mountain after takeoff from Bogotá, Colombia, killing 53.
- 1998 - German terrorist group Red Army Faction announces their dissolution after 28 years.
- 1999 - Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 12 students and a teacher before turning their guns on themselves in the Columbine High School massacre.
- 2002 - The body of Alice In Chains frontman Layne Staley is found in his Seattle apartment after dying from an apparent speedball overdose on April 5.
- 2004 - Severe thunderstorms strike Chicagoland, USA. An F3 tornado touches down in Utica, Illinois, claiming eight lives.
- 2004 - In Iraq, 12 mortars are fired on Abu Ghraib Prison by insurgents, killing 22 detainees and wounding 92.
Births
- 702 - Jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765)
- 1494 - Johannes Agricola, German protestant reformer (d. 1566)
- 1586 - Saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617)
- 1633 - Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654)
- 1650 - William Bedloe, English informer (d. 1680)
- 1668 - Yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod (d. 1739)
- 1718 - David Brainerd, American missionary (d. 1747)
- 1723 - Cornelius Harnett, American delegate to the Continental Congress (d. 1781)
- 1745 - Philippe Pinel, French physician (d. 1826)
- 1808 - Emperor Napoleon III of France (d. 1873)
- 1818 - Heinrich Göbel, German-born inventor (d. 1893)
- 1879 - Paul Poiret, French couturier (d. 1944)
- 1882 - Holland Smith, U.S. General (d. 1967)
- 1889 - Albert Jean Amateau, Turkish-born businessman and social activist (d. 1996)
- 1889 - Adolf Hitler, Austrian-born German dictator (d. 1945)
- 1891 - Caresse Crosby, American poet (d. 1970)
- 1893 - Harold Lloyd, American actor (d. 1971)
- 1893 - Joan Miró, Catalan painter (d. 1983)
- 1895 - Emile Christian, American musician (d. 1973)
- 1896 - Wop May, Canadian aviator (d. 1952)
- 1904 - Bruce Cabot, American actor (d. 1972)
- 1904 - George Stibitz, American scientist (d. 1995)
- 1908 - Lionel Hampton, American musician (d. 2002)
- 1914 - Betty Lou Gerson, American actress (d. 1999)
- 1915 - Joseph Wolpe, South African-born psychotherapist (d. 1997)
- 1918 - Edward L. Beach, American naval officer, author (d. 2002)
- 1918 - Kai Siegbahn, Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1920 - John Paul Stevens, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
- 1923 - Mother Angelica, American nun and broadcaster
- 1925 - Tito Puente, American musician (d. 2000)
- 1925 - Ernie Stautner, German-born American football player (d. 2006)
- 1927 - Karl Alexander Müller, Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1928 - Gerald S. Hawkins, English astronomer (d. 2003)
- 1939 - Peter S. Beagle, American author
- 1939 - Gro Harlem Brundtland, Prime Minister of Norway
- 1940 - George Takei, American actor
- 1941 - Ryan O'Neal, American actor
- 1943 - John Eliot Gardiner, English conductor
- 1943 - Edie Sedgwick, American actress (d. 1971)
- 1945 - Steve Spurrier, American football player and coach
- 1947 - Björn Skifs, Swedish singer (Blue Swede)
- 1949 - Massimo D'Alema, Prime Minister of Italy
- 1949 - Toller Cranston, Canadian figure skater and artist
- 1949 - Jessica Lange, American actress
- 1950 - Veronica Cartwright, American actress
- 1950 - Aleksandr Lebed, Russian general, politician (d. 2002)
- 1951 - Luther Vandross, American singer (d. 2005)
- 1961 - Don Mattingly, baseball player
- 1964 - Crispin Glover, American actor
- 1964 - Andy Serkis, English actor
- 1964 - Rosalynn Sumners, American figure skater
- 1967 - Raymond van Barneveld, Dutch darts player
- 1967 - Mike Portnoy, American drummer (Dream Theater)
- 1971 - Carla Geurts, Dutch swimmer
- 1972 - Carmen Electra, American actress
- 1976 - Joey Lawrence, American actor
- 1976 - Shay Given, Irish footballer
- 1980 - Jasmin Wagner, German singer
- 2000 - Funny Cide, dual classic winner racehorse
Deaths
- 1176 - Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130)
- 1314 - Pope Clement V (b. 1264)
- 1521 - Zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491)
- 1534 - Elizabeth Barton, English nun (executed)
- 1558 - Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485)
- 1643 - Christoph Demantius, German composer (b. 1567)
- 1703 - Lancelot Addison, English royal chaplain (b. 1632)
- 1765 - Abigail Williams, American accuser in the Salem witch trials (b. 1674)
- 1769 - Pontiac, Chief of the Ottawa
- 1831 - John Abernethy, English surgeon (b. 1764)
- 1873 - William Tite, English architect (b. 1798)
- 1899 - Joseph Wolf, German artist (b. 1820)
- 1912 - Bram Stoker, Irish author (b. 1847)
- 1918 - Karl Ferdinand Braun, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
- 1932 - Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician (b. 1858)
- 1947 - King Christian X of Denmark (b. 1870)
- 1951 - Ivanoe Bonomi, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1873)
- 1982 - Archibald MacLeish, American poet and Librarian of Congress (b. 1892)
- 1984 - Hristo Prodanov, Bulgarian mountaineer (b. 1943)
- 1991 - Steve Marriott, British musician and actor (b. 1945)
- 1991 - Don Siegel, American film director (b. 1912)
- 1992 - Benny Hill, British comedian (b. 1924)
- 1993 - Cantinflas, Mexican comedian and actor (b. 1911)
- 1996 - Christopher Robin Milne, son of A.A. Milne (b. 1920)
- 1999 - Victims of the Columbine High School massacre
- 1999 - Rick Rude, American professional wrestler (b. 1958)
- 1999 - Señor Wences, Spanish ventriloquist and comedian (b. 1896)
- 2001 - Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1946)
- 2002 - Alan Dale, American singer (b. 1925)
- 2003 - Ruth Hale, American playwright and actress (b. 1908)
- 2003 - Bernard Katz, German-born biophysicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1911)
- 2005 - Fumio Niwa, Japanese novelist (b. 1904)
Holidays and observances
- April 20 (4/20) is associated with 420 (cannabis culture)
- Astrology: First day of sun sign Taurus
- Festival of Matsu, Southeast Asia (2006)
- Ridván begins at sunset (Bahá'í Faith)
- National Love-A-Teen Day
- National High Five Day
External links
April 19 - April 21 - March 20 - May 20 – listing of all days
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