398 Historic Events for August 20
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| 1881 |
Birth |
Nikolay Yakovlevich Myaskovsky, composer
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| 1882 |
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Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" opens in Moscow
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| 1885 |
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Edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market), dies at 42
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| 1885 |
Birth |
Dino Campana, Italian poet (Canti orfici)
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| 1886 |
Birth |
Paul Tillich, German/US theologist (Die sozial Entscheidung)
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| 1888 |
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Longest US men's single tournament match Palmer Presbrey defeats T S Tailer, 19-21, 8-6, 6-1, 6-4, an 80-game 1st-round contest
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| 1888 |
Birth |
George Sklavos, composer
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| 1889 |
Birth |
Witold Friemann, composer
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| 1890 |
Birth |
Howard Phillips Lovecraft, US horror writer (Weird Tales)
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| 1890 |
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H P Lovecraft, US, Gothic novelist (At the Mountains of Madness)
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| 1893 |
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Shechita (ritual slaughtering) prohibited in Switzerland
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| 1895 |
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Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Norwood Builder" (BG)
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| 1896 |
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Dial telephone patented
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| 1897 |
Birth |
Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author (Det Store Spelet)
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| 1898 |
Birth |
G Kraus, director Santpoort (Insanity in Netherlands)
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| 1898 |
Birth |
Leopold Infeld, Polish nuclear physicist (Whom the God's Love)
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| 1899 |
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Hanns Lilje, German Lutherian bishop/antifascist (Church und Welt)
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| 1900 |
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Great Britain beats France in cricket in Olympic Games
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| 1900 |
Birth |
Edward J "Murt" O'Donoghue, snooker player, 1st witnessed 147 break
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| 1901 |
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Fawcett committee visits Mafeking concentration camp in Cape Colony
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| 1901 |
Birth |
Salvatore Quasimodo, Italy, poet/critic/translator (Nobel 1959)
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| 1902 |
Birth |
Ernest Charles Melvin Patrick Ekundio Marke, club owner
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| 1904 |
Birth |
Jaap [Jacob AW] Burger, chairman (PvdA)
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| 1905 |
Birth |
Jack [Weldon J] Teagarden, US trombonist/actor (Meet Band Leaders)
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| 1905 |
Birth |
Duncan Macrae, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Casino Royale, Kidnapped)
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