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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

Nothing of significance happened upon this day.

Births

• 570 - Muhammad, Founder of Islam (d. 632)
• 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)
• 1871 - Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian inventor, (d. 1922)
• 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 - 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)

External links

• BBC: On This Day

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