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Born :02/26/1920A W [Rie] Kuiper-Mastenbroek, swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1936)
Born :10/13/1920Albert Hague, Berlin Germany, actor (Mr Shorofsky-Fame)
Born :04/09/1920Alex Moulton, bicycle designer
Born :02/10/1920Alexander Comfort, English poet/writer (Wreath for the Living)
Born :07/24/1920Alexander H Cohen, NYC, Broadway producer (Beyond the Fringe)
Born :09/20/1920Alexander Thereat
Born :02/02/1920An Wang, founder (Wang Labs, Wang Computers)
Born :01/14/1920Andy Rooney, Albany NY, commentator (60 Minutes)
Born :11/02/1920Ann Rutherford, actress (Return to Vienna, Leave it to the Girls)
Born :05/21/1920Anthony Steel, London, actor (Malta Story, Wooden Horse)
Born :08/22/1920Anthony Tuke, CEO (Savoy Hotel Groups)
Born :04/09/1920Art Van Damme, Norway Mich, jazz accordionist (Chicago Jazz)
Born :02/29/1920Arthur Franz, Perth Amboy NJ, actor (Invaders From Mars, Young Lions)
Born :04/05/1920Arthur Halley, England, Canadian author (Hotel, Airport)
Born :01/05/1920Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Brescia Italy, pianist
Born :06/18/1920Aster Berkhof, [Louis Van de Bergh], Flemish writer (Furious Christ)
Born :04/05/1920Barend Biesheuvel, Dutch premier (1971-73)
Born :04/16/1920Barry Nelson, Oakland, actor (Airport, My Favorite Husband)
Born :05/10/1920Basil Kelly, Lord Justice of Appeals (Northern Ireland)
Born :07/27/1920Beatrice Pearson, Texas, actress (Moving Finger)
Born :07/24/1920Bella Abzug, (Rep-D-NY)
Born :08/30/1920Ben Cami, Flemish writer
Born :04/17/1920Bengt N Anderberg, Swedish poet/writer (Kain)
Born :01/04/1920Benito Perez Galdos, Spanish writer (Fortunata y Jacinta)
Born :06/08/1920Bert Leysen, Belgian TV director
Born :01/14/1920Bertus de Harder, soccer star (Bordeaux)
Born :06/17/1920Beryl Reid, actress (Joseph Andrews, Psychomania, Yellowbeard)
Born :05/20/1920Betty Driver, actress
Born :02/03/1920Bibi Osterwald, New Brunswick NJ, actress (Bridget Loves Bernie)
Born :02/18/1920Bill Cullen, Pitts, TV game show host (over 20 different games)
Born :07/17/1920Bill Monroe, New Orleans La, newscaster (NBC-TV, Congressional Report)
Born :02/11/1920Billy Halop, NYC, actor (Bert Munson-All in the Family)
Born :06/11/1920Bir Bikram Shah Deva Mahendra, King of Nepal (1955-72)
Born :09/22/1920Bob Lemon, pitcher (Cleveland Indians)/manager (NY Yankees, 1978)
Born :07/26/1920Bob Waterfield, NFL QB (Rams)
Born :04/21/1920Bruno Maderna, Venice Italy, conductor/composer (Hyperion)
Born :03/20/1920Bryan Genesse, actor (Bold & Beautiful)
Born :09/14/1920Bud Palmer, Hollywood Calif, NBAer (NY Knicks)/sportscaster
Born :03/09/1920Carl Betz, Pitts, actor (Alex Stone-Donna Reed Show)
Born :09/13/1920Carole Mathews, Montgomery Ill, actress (Wilma-Californians)
Born :11/28/1920Cecilia Colledge, England, figure skater (Olympic-silver-1936)
Born :11/23/1920Chalmers P Wylie, (Rep-R-OH, 1967- )
Born :11/03/1920Charles Bronson, [Buchinsky], Penns, actor (Death Wish, Dirty Dozen)
Born :08/16/1920Charles Bukowski, US writer (Hollywood: A Novel)
Born :08/29/1920Charlie "Bird" Parker, US jazz saxophonist
Born :08/21/1920Christopher R Milne, son of Alan A Milne (Winnie the Pooh)
Born :06/05/1920Cornelius Ryan, US historian/writer (Italians: Face of a Nation)
Born :09/04/1920Craig Claiborne, food columnist (NY Times Cookbook)
Born :03/11/1920D J Enright, England, poet/novelist (Some Men are Brothers)
Born :02/11/1920Daniel F[rancis] Galouye, US, sci-fi author (Dark Universe, Last Leap)
Born :12/24/1920Dave Bartholomew, La, jazz artist/songwriter (Blueberry Hill)
Born :12/06/1920Dave Brubeck, jazz pianist (Take 5)
Born :07/10/1920David Brinkley, Wilmington NC, NBC News anchor (Huntley-Brinkley)
Born :12/19/1920David Susskind, NYC, TV host (Open End, David Susskind Show)
Born :04/09/1920David Walker, Professor of Law (Glasgow University)
Born :11/27/1920David Waller, actor
Born :06/20/1920DeForest Kelley, Atlanta Ga, actor (Dr Leonard McCoy-Star Trek)
Born :01/20/1920DeForest Kelley, actor (Dr McCoy-Star Trek)
Born :03/05/1920Delbert L Latta, (Rep-R-OH, 1959- )
Born :08/22/1920Denton Cooley, US, heart surgeon (1st artifical heart transplant)
Born :05/11/1920Denver Pyle, Bethune Colo, actor (Code 3, Tammy, Doris Day Show)
Born :01/26/1920Derek Bond, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Nicholas Nickelby)
Born :10/31/1920Dick Francis, Wales, jockey/detective writer (Whip Hand, High Stakes)
Born :09/17/1920Dinah Sheridan, actress (Genevieve, Railway Children)
Born :03/28/1920Dirk Bogarde, England, actor (Death in Venice, Servant)
Born :07/08/1920Dolph Sweet, NYC, actor (Gimme a Break, Trials of O'Brien)
Born :01/24/1920Don Saddler, Van Nuys Calif, dancer (Holiday Hotel)
Born :12/13/1920Don Taylor, Freeport Pa, actor (Father's Little Dividend)
Born :03/14/1920Dorothy Tyler [Odam], England, high jumper (Olympic-silver-1948)
Born :11/20/1920Douglas Dick, Charlestown WV, actor (Carl-Waterfront)
Born :01/06/1920Early Wynn, Hartford Ala, baseball Hall of famer (pitcher)
Born :02/07/1920Eddie Bracken, Astoria NYC, actor (Summer Stock, Young & Willing)
Born :12/11/1920Eddy Firestone, SF Calif, actor (Eddy-Mixed Doubles)
Born :05/31/1920Edward Bennett Williams, lawyer/team owner (Redskins, Balt Orioles)
Born :09/10/1920Egbert van Paridon, actor/director
Born :02/13/1920Eileen Farrell, Willimantic Conn, operatic soprano
Born :07/15/1920Eldon Rudd, (Rep-R-AZ, 1977- )
Born :07/20/1920Elliot L Richardson, Attorney General (1973)/Sec of Defense (1973)
Born :01/16/1920Elliot Reid, NYC, actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)
Born :12/08/1920Emmanuel McDonald Bailey, Trinidad, 100m runner (Olympic-bronze-1952)
Born :04/23/1920Eric Yarrow, CEO (Clydesdale Bank)
Born :04/08/1920Erik Pausin, Austria, figure skating pairs (Olympics-silver-1936)
Born :01/21/1920Errol Walton Barrow, PM of Barbados (DLP) (1966-76, 1986- )
Born :04/09/1920F Don Miller, Racine Wisc, Boxing coach (Olympic-1956)
Born :02/11/1920Faroek I, last King of Egypt (1936-52)
Born :01/20/1920Federico Fellini, Italian director (8«, Satyricon, La Dolce Vita)
Born :09/05/1920Fons Rademakers, director (Assault)/actor (Daughter of Darkness)
Born :09/16/1920Franco Pandolfini, Italy, water polo (Olympic-gold-1948)
Born :04/19/1920Frank Fontaine, Cambridge Mass, comedian (Crazy Guggenheim)
Born :10/08/1920Frank [Patrick] Herbert, US, sci-fi author (Dune)
Born :06/17/1920Fran‡ois Jacob, France, biologist/bacteriologist (Nobel 1965)
Born :08/05/1920G V [Sonny] Montgomery, (Rep-D-Mississippi, 1967- )
Born :03/28/1920Gene Chappie, (Rep-R-CA, 1981-86)
Born :03/24/1920Gene Nelson, [Berg], Seattle Wash, actor (Tea For 2, Oklahoma)
Born :11/20/1920Gene Tierney, Bkln, actress (Laura, Razor's Edge, Ghost & Mrs Muir)
Born :10/07/1920Georg Leber, German politician (SPD)
Born :03/26/1920George E Brown Jr, (Rep-D-CA, 1963-71, 73- )
Born :03/06/1920George E Brown, (Rep-D-California)
Born :01/14/1920George Herman, newsman (CBS-TV)
Born :12/13/1920George P Schultz, US Secretary of State (1982-89)
Born :02/19/1920George Rose, Bicester England, actor (Beacon Hill, Holocaust)
Born :08/13/1920George Shearing, London, blind pianist/composer (Lullabye of Byrdland)
Born :01/30/1920George Skibine, Russ/US dancer/choreographer (Tragedy in Verona)
Born :06/07/1920Georges Marchais, leader French Communist Party
Born :08/17/1920Georgia Gibbs, Worcester Mass, singer (Ballin the Jack, Kiss of Fire)
Born :04/22/1920Hal March, SF Calif, actor/host ($64,000 Question)
Born :02/23/1920Hall Overton, Bangor Michigan, composer (Enchanted Pear Tree)
Born :03/14/1920Hank Ketcham, cartoonist (Dennis the Menace)
Born :09/16/1920Hannie [Jannetje J] Schaft, "Girl with red hair"
Born :09/17/1920Hannie, [Jannetje J] Buy, "the girl with the red hair"
Born :04/29/1920Harold Shapero, Lynn Mass, composer (9 Minute Opera)
Born :05/17/1920Harriet Van Horne, Syracuse NY, columnist/panelist (Leave it to Girls)
Born :06/20/1920Haydn Tudor Evans, British high court judge
Born :06/11/1920Hazel Scott, Trinidad, singer/pianist (Hazel Scott)
Born :06/21/1920Helen Cattanach, British Army Nursing Service (QARANC)
Born :05/23/1920Helen O'Connell, Lima Ohio, singer (Green Eyes, Anapola)
Born :08/04/1920Helen Thomas, UPI journalist (starts press conferences)
Born :02/03/1920Henry Heimlich, doctor/inventor (Heimlich maneuver)
Born :03/11/1920Henry Marking, CEO (British Airways)
Born :03/01/1920Howard Nemerov, US, 3rd US poet laureate/novelist (Blue Swallows)
Born :09/01/1920Hubert Lampo, Flemish writer/essayist (Coming of Joachim Stiller)
Born :02/16/1920Hubert van Herreweghen, Flemish writer/journalist
Born :08/15/1920Huntz Hall, actor (Cyclone, Gas Pump Girls, The Rating Game)
Born :06/27/1920I A L Diamond, screenwriter (1960 Acad Award-Apartment)
Born :06/18/1920Ian Carmichael, English actor (Lucky Jim, I'm Alright Jack)
Born :09/12/1920Irene Daily, actress (Liz-Another World, Grissom Gang)
Born :06/11/1920Irving Howe, US, writer/critic (World of Our Fathers)
Born :01/02/1920Isaac Asimov, Russia, scientist/writer (I Robot, Foundation Trilogy)
Born :07/21/1920Isaac Stern, Kremenetz, Russia, violinist (debut SF Symph)
Born :08/20/1920Istv n Sziv¢s, Hungary, water polo player (Olympic-gold-1976)
Born :07/20/1920Jack Harman, British general
Born :02/18/1920Jack Palance, [Walter Palanuik], Lattimer Pa, actor (City Slickers)
Born :09/18/1920Jack Warden, Newark NJ, actor (NYPD, Crazy Like a Fox, Norby)
Born :04/02/1920Jack Webb, Santa Monica Calif, actor (Joe Friday-Dragnet)
Born :03/23/1920James Brown, Desdemona Tx, actor (Lt Rip Masters-Rin Tin Tin)
Born :03/03/1920James Doohan, Vancouver BC, actor (Montgomery Scott-Star Trek)
Born :01/12/1920James Farmer, black activist
Born :02/06/1920James H Scheuer, (Rep-D-NY, 1965-73, 75- )
Born :11/01/1920James J Kilpatrick, Okla City Okla, columnist (60 Minutes)
Born :09/29/1920James Mitchell, Calif, actor (Oklahoma, Devil's Doorway)
Born :02/29/1920James Mitchell, Sacramento Calif, actor (Palmer-All My Children)
Born :08/27/1920James Molyneaux, Ulster unionist MP
Born :07/27/1920James Munn, British university commissioner
Born :09/12/1920Jan W Schulte Nordholt, poet/historian (Blossoming Stone)
Born :08/07/1920Jan Walravens, Flemish writer (Motionless on Sea)
Born :01/19/1920Javie P‚rez de Cu‚llar, Lima Per£, 5th sec-gen of UN (1982- )
Born :08/25/1920Jef Diederen, painter
Born :07/20/1920Jeffrey Petersen, British diplomat
Born :08/01/1920Jeffrey Segal, actor (Traitors)/playwright
Born :10/09/1920Jens Bjírneboe, Norway, poet/writer (Dikt, Jonas)
Born :02/28/1920Jim Olin, (Rep-D-VA, 1983- )
Born :03/16/1920John Addison, Surrey England, composer (Tom Jones-Acad Award)
Born :05/20/1920John Cruickshank, banker
Born :05/06/1920John Henderson, Lord-Lieutenant (Berkshire England)
Born :06/16/1920John Howard Griffin, US, photographer/author (Black Like Me)
Born :01/15/1920John J "Cardinal" O'Connor, Phila, Roman Catholic Archbishop of NY
Born :03/17/1920John La Montaine, Oak Park Ill, composer (Pulitzer 1959)
Born :03/18/1920John Paul II, [Karol Wojtyla], Poland, Pope (1978- )
Born :04/20/1920John Paul Stevens, Illinois, 103rd Supreme Court Justice (1975- )
Born :04/16/1920John William Farr, Detroit, bank robber (FBI Most Wanted List)
Born :11/14/1920Johnny Desmond, Detroit Mich, singer (Your Hit Parade)
Born :02/27/1920Jose Melis, Havana Cuba, orch leader (Jack Paar Program)
Born :04/26/1920Juan C Lampe, Aruba, pianist/composer
Born :03/03/1920Julius Boros, golfer (US Open 1952,63)
Born :12/13/1920Kaysone Phomvihane, chairman (Pathet Lao)/premier/president Laos
Born :04/16/1920Kees Scherer, photographer (World Press Photo)
Born :07/12/1920Keith Andes, Ocean City NJ, actor (Farmer's Daughter, Away All Boats)
Born :03/11/1920Kenneth Dover, chancellor (St Andrews University)
Born :06/13/1920Knut Nordahl, Sweden, soccer players (Olympic-gold-1948)
Born :06/05/1920Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist
Born :10/19/1920LaWanda Page, Cleve Ohio, actress (Aunt Esther-Sanford & Sons)
Born :02/08/1920Lana Turner, Wallace Idaho, actress (Survivors, Falcon Crest)
Born :02/16/1920Lee Russell, Cleveland Oh, singer (Vincent Lopez)
Born :04/30/1920Leen 't Hart, organist/composer
Born :03/16/1920Leo McKern, actor (Blue Lagoon, Help, Mouse that Roared)
Born :07/04/1920Leona Helmsley, (wife of Harry), real estate billionaire/tax cheat
Born :03/05/1920Leontine Kelly, famous African
Born :07/20/1920Lev Aronin, USSR, International Chess Grandmaster (1950)
Born :11/02/1920Lewis Charles, NYC, actor (Feather & Father Gang)
Born :03/06/1920Lewis Gilbert, London England, director/actor (You Only Live Twice)
Born :10/01/1920Lonny Chapman, Tulsa Okla, actor (Investigator, For the People)
Born :06/03/1920Lord Brandon of Oakbrook, Lord of appeal in Ordinary
Born :03/28/1920Lord Butterfield
Born :07/03/1920Louise Allbritton, Okla City, actr (Celia-Stage Door, Got a Secret)
Born :02/29/1920Louise Wood, director of Girl Scouts of USA (1961-72)
Born :08/19/1920Lucila English-Boskaljon, Cura‡ao painter
Born :05/17/1920Lydia Wideman, Finland, 10K cross country skier (Olympic-gold-1952)
Born :07/23/1920Marcel Maeyer, [de Maeyer], Belgian speed artist/graphic artist
Born :03/31/1920Marga [Sara Voeten-] Minco, writer (Bitter Herb)
Born :09/05/1920Margaretha D Ferguson-Wigerink, author (Anna & her Father)
Born :08/03/1920Maria Karnilova, Hartford Ct, actress (Olga-Ivan the Terrible)
Born :03/20/1920Marian McPartland, jazz pianist (Bill Mayer, Jimmy McPartland)
Born :06/05/1920Marion Motley, AAFC, NFL fullback (Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh)
Born :09/17/1920Marjorie S Holt, (Rep-R-MD, 1973- )
Born :04/25/1920Marre, reformer of the bar
Born :03/03/1920Martin Ritt, US, director/actor (Edge of the City, Front, Nuts)
Born :05/08/1920Maurice Cranston, political scientist
Born :11/27/1920Max Tripels, attorney/Dutch 2nd chamber member
Born :10/08/1920Maxie Herber, Germany, figure skater pairs (Olympic-gold-1936)
Born :06/26/1920Michael Eastham, high court judge
Born :05/27/1920Michael Webster, CEO (DRG)
Born :02/29/1920Michele Morgan, [Simone Roussel], France, actress (Joan of Paris)
Born :09/23/1920Mickey Rooney, Bkln NY, actor (Bill, Andy Hardy, Sugar Babies)
Born :10/22/1920Mitzi Green, NYC, actress (Little Orphan Annie, So This is Hollywood)
Born :10/17/1920Montgomery Clift, actor (From Here to Eternity)
Born :04/28/1920Nan Merriman, US/Neth singer
Born :10/27/1920Nanette Fabray, San Diego Calif, actress (One Day at a Time)
Born :03/23/1920Neal Smith, (Rep-D-IA, 1959- )
Born :08/14/1920Nehemiah Persoff, actor (Al Capone, Yentl)
Born :10/13/1920Nipsey Russell, Atlanta Ga, comedian (Car 54, Barefoot in the Park)
Born :01/17/1920Nora Kaye, NYC, prima ballerina
Born :02/07/1920Oscar Brand, Winnipeg Canada, folk singer (Draw Me a Laugh)
Born :07/10/1920Owen Chamberlain, codiscovered antiproton (Nobel 1959)
Born :08/03/1920P.D. James, mystery writer (Cover Her Face)
Born :06/17/1920Patrick Duffy, MP
Born :02/16/1920Patty Andrews, Minneapolis Mn, singer (Andrews Sisters)
Born :11/23/1920Paul Celan, German/Romanian poet (Collected Prose)
Born :06/22/1920Paul Frees, Chicago Ill, animation voice (Bullwinkle)
Born :11/26/1920Paul TB Rodenko, poet/author (Stolen Lover)
Born :05/26/1920Peggy Lee, [Norma Egstrom], Jamestown ND, singer (Thats All There Is?)
Born :06/12/1920Peter Jones, England, actor (From a Bird's Eye View)
Born :09/05/1920Peter R Fricker, British composer
Born :08/12/1920Peter West, British sports commentator
Born :08/22/1920Pierre A Lauffer, Antillian songwriter (Patria)
Born :02/01/1920Pierre Jonqu‚res d'Oriola, France, equest jumper (Oly-gold-1952, 64)
Born :01/22/1920Piet Van Lishout, Flemish writer (Eva & I)
Born :02/15/1920Piet van Aken, Flemish writer (Devil sails to us, Niggers)
Born :12/10/1920Ragnhild Hveger, Denmark, 200m swimmer (Olympic-silver-1936)
Born :12/19/1920Ragnild Hveger, Denmark, 400m swimmer (Olympic-silver-1936)
Born :11/21/1920Ralph Meeker, actor (Anderson Tapes, Night Stalker)
Born :03/15/1920Ranganandhan Francis, India, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56)
Born :05/13/1920Ratu Kasmisere Mara, PM of Fiji (1960-70, 70- )
Born :04/07/1920Ravi Shankar, Benares India, sitar player (Sounds of India)
Born :08/22/1920Ray[mond] [Douglas] Bradbury, Ill, sci-fi author (Fahrenheit 451)
Born :08/10/1920Red Holzman, NBA coach (NY Knickerbockers)
Born :11/25/1920Ricardo Montalban, actor (Fantasy Island, Star Trek II, Naked Gun)
Born :05/09/1920Richard Adams, author (Day Gone By)
Born :11/12/1920Richard Quine, Detroit, actor (Clay Pigeon)
Born :04/15/1920Richard von Weizs„cker, baron/president (Germany, 1984- )
Born :12/18/1920Rita Streich, German singer
Born :10/05/1920Robert Feenstra, historic rights
Born :04/12/1920Robert Fizdale, Chicago Illinois, pianist (Misia)
Born :06/11/1920Robert Hutton, Kingston NY, actor (Torture Garden, Rocket)
Born :07/19/1920Robert Mann, Portland Oregon, violinist (String Quartet 1952)
Born :05/29/1920Robin Haydon, British diplomat
Born :03/06/1920Roger Price, Charleston WV, actor/writer (Who's There, Droodles)
Born :10/08/1920Ron Randell, Sydney Australia, actor (Loves of Carmen, I am a Camera)
Born :03/22/1920Ross Martin, Grodek Poland, actor (Mr Lucky, Wild Wild West)
Born :11/11/1920Roy Jenkins, British Labour politician
Born :07/17/1920Rudolf Karpati, Hungary, sabres (Olympic-gold-1956, 60)
Born :07/15/1920Ruthven Wade, British Air Chief marshal
Born :01/20/1920Sam M Gibbons, (Rep-D-FL, 1963- )
Born :08/01/1920Sammy Lee, Fresno Calif, platform diver (Olympic-gold-1948, 52)
Born :08/05/1920Selma Diamond, London Ontario, comedienne (Selma-Night Court)
Born :09/25/1920Sergey Bondarchuk, Belozerka Ukraine, director (War & Peace)
Born :09/16/1920Sheila Quinn, adviser (British Red Cross)
Born :05/23/1920Sid Melton, Bkln NY, actor (Alf-Green Acres, Charlie-Danny Thomas)
Born :05/08/1920Sloan Wilson, US, novelist (Man in the Gray Flannal Suit)
Born :04/03/1920Stan Freeman, Waterbury Conn, pianist (Melody Tour)
Born :11/21/1920Stan Musial, outfielder (St Louis Cardinal, 7 times NL bat champ)
Born :02/03/1920Stan Ockers, Belgian bicyclist
Born :12/28/1920Steve Van Buren, NFL halfback (Philadelphia Eagles)
Born :01/31/1920Stewart L Udall, Ariz, US Secretary of interior (1961-69)
Born :05/03/1920Sugar Ray Robinson, [Walter Smith], middle/welterweight boxer (champ)
Born :01/06/1920Sun Myung Moon, evangelist (Unification Church-Moonies)
Born :05/22/1920Thomas Gold, astronomer; proposed steady-state theory of universe
Born :10/22/1920Timothy Leary, Harvard prof, LSD taker
Born :02/26/1920Tony Randall, [Leonard Rosenberg], Tulsa Ok, actor (Felix-Odd Couple)
Born :04/01/1920Toshiro Mifune, Tsing-tao China, writer/actor (Shogun)
Born :11/30/1920Virginia Mayo, St Louis Mo, actress (Out of the Blue, White Heat)
Born :12/29/1920Viveca Lindfors, actress (The Way We Were, Welcome to LA)
Born :10/09/1920Vivienne Della Chiesa, US, actress (?)
Born :04/18/1920Walter Clegg, MP
Born :10/01/1920Walter Matthau, NYC, actor (Odd Couple, Bad News Bears)
Born :03/20/1920Werner Klemperer, Cologne Germany, actor (Col Klink-Hogan's Heroes)
Born :01/04/1920William Colby, CIA director (Nixon)
Born :09/27/1920William Conrad, Louisville Ky, actor (Bullwinkle Show, Cannon)
Born :10/02/1920William Cramond, psychiatrist/vice-chancellor (Stirling University)
Born :05/27/1920William Crawshay, Lord-Lt of Gwent
Born :08/11/1920William Masselos, Niagara Falls NY, pianist/prof (Juiliard 1976)
Born :05/20/1920William Simpson, British trade union leader
Born :01/22/1920William Warfield, singer (Show Boat)
Born :07/06/1920William Worthington, horse trainer
Born :06/30/1920Zeno Colo, Italy, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1952)




Died :11/08/1920Abraham Kuyper, clergyman/Dutch premier (AR 1908-12), dies
Died :12/31/1920Albert Roelofs, painter/etcher, dies
Died :02/07/1920Alexander Koltsjak, adm/leader Russian conter-revolutionary, dies
Died :02/27/1920Alexandru D Xenopol, Romanian historian, dies at 72
Died :01/25/1920Amadeo Modigliani, Italian sculptor/painter, dies
Died :11/02/1920Andr‚ Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburgs coal basin), dies
Died :08/01/1920Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian hindu leader, dies
Died :01/04/1920Benito P‚rez Gald¢s, Spanish writer (Gloria), dies at 76
Died :06/13/1920Essad Pasja, Albanian military man/minister, murdered at peace confer
Died :07/10/1920Eug‚nie M de Montijo y de Guzman, Emperor of France, dies at 94
Died :03/21/1920Federigo Tozzi, Ital writer/journalist (Torre, Tre Croci), dies
Died :10/17/1920G‚rard Leman, Belgian general, dies
Died :08/16/1920J Norman Lockyer, English physicist (discovered helium in Sun), dies
Died :03/27/1920Johan G Dancer, poet (Meetings), dies
Died :05/10/1920John Wesley Hyatt, inventor/plastics pioneer, dies
Died :03/01/1920Joseph Trumpeldor, killed defending Tel-Mai against arab attack
Died :12/16/1920Ma de Welwillende, Chinese muslim rebel (saint war), dies
Died :01/26/1920Matthias Enzberger, German minister of finance, murdered
Died :10/02/1920Max Bruch, composer, dies
Died :06/14/1920Max Weber, German sociologist/economist/historian, dies
Died :11/23/1920Mohammed ibn Addoellah, Somalian resistances leader "Mad Molla", dies
Died :09/28/1920Nestor the Tire, Flemish playwright (The bride of the sea, dies
Died :12/12/1920Olive Schreiner, South Afr writer (Healing Imagination), dies at 75
Died :03/08/1920Rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies
Died :08/17/1920Ray Chapman, hit in the head by Yanks' Carl Mays pitch, dies
Died :02/20/1920Robert E Peary, US pole explorer (North Pole, 6/4/1909), dies
Died :04/26/1920Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indies genius (ã/Notebooks), dies at 32
Died :03/20/1920Venustiano Carranza, president Mexico, murdered
Died :08/31/1920Wilhelm Wundt, German physiologist/psychologist/philosopher, dies




Special :11/03/1920"Emperor Jones" opens at Provincetown Theater
Special :03/16/19201 Acre Park also known as Baby Park in the Bronx renamed Melrose Park
Special :01/02/192010,000 US union & socialist organizers arrested (Palmer Raids)
Special :09/17/192012 teams pay $100 each to join American Prof Football Assn
Special :01/16/192018th Amendment, prohibition, goes into effect; repealed in 1933
Special :08/28/192019th amendment acknowledges women's rights
Special :08/26/192019th amendment passes-women's suffrage granted (about time!)
Special :01/04/19201st Black baseball league, National Negro Baseball League, organizes
Special :05/17/19201st De Havilland double-decker flight (London) lands in Schiphol
Special :10/10/19201st Grandslam in WS (Smith) & 1st unassisted triple play (Wambsganss)
Special :12/04/19201st Pro football playoff game Buffalo-7, Canton-3 at Polo Grounds
Special :03/24/19201st US coast guard air station established, Morehead City, NC
Special :08/20/19201st US coml radio, 8MK (WWJ), Detroit began daily broadcasting
Special :12/19/19201st US indoor curling rink opens (Brookline, Mass)
Special :08/25/19201st US woman to win in Olympics (Ethelda Bleibtrey)
Special :01/31/19201st Ukrainian daily newspaper in US (NYC) begins publication
Special :02/22/19201st artificial rabbit used at a dog race track, Emeryville, Calif
Special :01/16/19201st assembly of League of Nations (Paris)
Special :02/01/19201st commercial armored car introduced, St Paul, Minn
Special :05/17/19201st flight by Dutch airlines KLM (Koninklijke-Luchtvaart-Maatschappij)
Special :03/20/19201st flight from London to South Africa lands (1« months)
Special :02/04/19201st flight from London to South Africa takes-off (1« months)
Special :05/02/19201st game of National Negro Baseball League played in Indianapolis
Special :08/11/19201st peace of Riga-Soviet Union recognizes Independence of Latvia
Special :09/06/19201st radio broadcast of a prizefight; Dempsey KOs Miskey retains title
Special :06/05/19201st rivet driven on Bank of Italy headquarters at 1 Powell
Special :07/29/19201st transcontinental airmail flight from NY to SF
Special :09/12/19207th Olympic games close in Antwerp Belgium
Special :04/20/19207th modern Olympic games opens in Antwerp
Special :09/28/19208 White Sox indicted, threw 1919 World Series (Black Sox scandal)
Special :12/16/19208.6 earthquake destroys 15,000ý miles (Kansu China); Over 180,000 die
Special :09/23/1920Alexander Millerand elected president of France
Special :08/20/1920Allen Woodring wins Oympic 200 m dash wearing borrowed shoes
Special :08/10/1920Allies recognize Poland, Czechoslovakia & Romania
Special :11/14/1920American Pro Football League's Chic Tiger Joe Guyon punts 95 yards
Special :04/17/1920American Professional Football Association forms
Special :04/04/1920Arabs attack Jews in Jerusalem
Special :03/01/1920Austria becomes a kingdom again, under Adm Horthy
Special :04/28/1920Azerbaijan SSR joins USSR (1st time)
Special :09/29/1920Babe Ruth sets then home run season record at 54
Special :05/01/1920Babe Ruth's 1st Yankee HR & 50th of career, out of Polo Grounds
Special :04/20/1920Balfour Declaration recognized, makes Palestine a British Mandate
Special :02/10/1920Baseball outlaws all pitches involving tampering with ball
Special :05/01/1920Belgian-Luxembourg toll tunnel opens
Special :09/29/1920Belgium annexes Eupen/Malm‚dy
Special :08/31/1920Belgium opens old age home
Special :04/20/1920Big Show ends 2 year run on NBC radio
Special :01/05/1920Boston Red Sox sell Babe Ruth to NY Yankees
Special :12/17/1920British Empire receives League of Nations mandate to Nauru
Special :05/01/1920Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Braves, 1-1, in 26 innings
Special :03/01/1920Buriat ASSR, in RSFSR, constituted
Special :10/17/1920Chicago Bears (as Decatur Staleys) play 1st NFL game, win 7-0
Special :07/16/1920China resigns from League of Nations
Special :04/01/1920Church disestablished in Wales
Special :06/24/1920Chuvash Autonomous Region formed in RSFSR
Special :10/12/1920Cleve Indians beat Bkln Dodgers, 5 games to 2 in 17th World Series
Special :03/13/1920Coup against Wolfgang Kapp in Berlin fails
Special :03/08/1920Denmark & Cuba join the League of Nations
Special :01/23/1920Dutch govt refuses to turn over ex-kaiser of Germany to the allies
Special :10/01/1920Dutch law provides for an 8 hour working day
Special :10/29/1920Edward Barrow named Yankee general manager
Special :12/24/1920Enrico Caruso gives his last public performance (NYC)
Special :02/02/1920Estonia declares its Independence from Russia (Dorpat Peace)
Special :03/19/1920F Gonnessiat discovers asteroid #931 Whittemora
Special :12/13/1920F Pease's interferometer measures 1st stellar diameter (Betelgeuse)
Special :06/12/1920Farmer Labor Party organized (Chicago)
Special :09/01/1920France creates Lebanon
Special :02/02/1920France occupies (German) Memel territory
Special :11/15/1920Free City of Danzig established under League of Nations protection
Special :01/11/1920French passenger ship Africa sinks near La Rochelle; 553 die
Special :04/06/1920French troop attacks Main/Darmstadt/Hanau
Special :07/16/1920Gen Amos Fries appointed 1st US army chemical warfare chief
Special :06/06/1920Gen Wrangel opens offensive against red Army
Special :01/16/1920Georgia declares independence
Special :05/05/1920German-Latvian peaces treaty signed
Special :03/18/1920Greece adopts the Gregorian calendar
Special :03/25/1920Greek Independence Day
Special :04/26/1920H Shapley & H.D. Curtis hold "great debate" on nature of nebulae
Special :12/14/1920Heavyweight Jack Dempsey KOs Bill Brennan in NYC
Special :03/27/1920Hermann Mller becomes German chancellor (SPD)
Special :11/13/1920Hudson River frozen at Albany (1820?)
Special :02/09/1920International treaty recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Svalbard
Special :12/23/1920Ireland divided into 2 parts, each with its own parliament
Special :09/05/1920Iron monument unveiled at Stone churches, Flanders
Special :10/10/1920Italy annexes South Tirol (Alto Adige)
Special :01/13/1920J Comas Sola discovers asteroid #925 Alphonsina
Special :08/21/1920J Fowler Hutchison wins PGA golf tournament
Special :03/23/1920J Palisa discovers asteroid #932 Hooveria
Special :10/10/1920J Palisa discovers asteroid #941 Murray
Special :12/17/1920Japan receives League of Nations mandate over Pacific islands
Special :05/16/1920Joan of Arc (Jean D'arc) canonized in Rome
Special :01/31/1920Joe Malone, Qu‚bec Bulldogs, sets NHL record with 7 goals in a game
Special :11/12/1920Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis elected 1st baseball commissioner
Special :02/15/1920K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #926 Imhilde
Special :02/23/1920K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #928 Hildrun
Special :03/10/1920K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #929 Algunde
Special :09/07/1920K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #935 Clivia
Special :09/08/1920K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #936 Kunigunde
Special :09/12/1920K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #937 Bethgea
Special :09/09/1920K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #938 Chlosinde
Special :10/04/1920K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #939 Isberga
Special :10/11/1920K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #942 Romilda
Special :10/20/1920K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #943 Begonia
Special :11/02/1920KDKA (Pittsburgh) goes on air as 1st commercial radio station
Special :07/23/1920Kenya becomes a British crown colony
Special :12/23/1920King George V signs Home Rule Act
Special :09/04/1920Last day of Julian civil calendar (in parts of Bulgaria)
Special :03/04/1920Last day of Julian civil calendar in Greece
Special :01/01/1920League of Nations forms
Special :11/15/1920League of Nations holds 1st meeting, in Geneva
Special :10/27/1920League of Nations moves headquarters in Geneva
Special :06/25/1920League of Nations places Intl head of Justice in Hague
Special :01/10/1920League of Nations' 1st meeting, Treaty of Versailles in effect
Special :07/12/1920Lithuania & USSR sign peace treaty, Lithuania becomes independent rep
Special :08/14/1920Little Entente formed by Czechoslovakia & Yugoslavia
Special :02/16/1920M Wolf discovers asteroid #927 Ratisbona
Special :10/12/1920Man O'War's last race & win
Special :08/02/1920Marcus Garvey presents his "Back To Africa" program in NYC
Special :07/29/1920Mexican rebel Pancho Villa surrenders
Special :09/25/1920Molly Blurstedt Mallory wins her 5th US Lawn Tennis title in 6 years
Special :01/10/1920Mont Canadiens (14) & Tor St Patricks (7) score NHL record 21 goals
Special :03/03/1920Montreal Canadiens scores NHL record 16 goals beating Quebec Bulldogs
Special :11/21/1920Mussolini's squad begins terror, 11 die in Bologna Italy
Special :10/03/1920NFL (then American Pro Football Association) plays 1st games
Special :03/10/1920NHL's Quebec Bulldog Jim Malone scores 6 goals vs Ottawa Senators
Special :02/24/1920NSDAP begins at Hofbr„uhaus Mnich
Special :01/13/1920NY Times editorial (falsely) reports rockets can never fly
Special :09/17/1920National Football League organized in Canton Ohio
Special :02/13/1920National Negro Baseball League organized
Special :12/13/1920Netherland breaks contact with kingdom of Serbia, Croatia & Slavia
Special :02/19/1920Netherlands joins League of Nations
Special :11/20/1920Nobel Peace Prize awarded to US president W Wilson
Special :08/14/1920Olympic Games open in Antwerp
Special :10/02/1920Only tripleheader of the century (Reds win 2, Pirates win 1)
Special :04/01/1920Ottawa Senators beat Seat Metropolitans 3 games to 2 for Stanley Cup
Special :10/14/1920Part of Petsamo province ceded by Soviet Union to Finland
Special :08/01/1920Peace of Riga-Independence of Latvia
Special :06/04/1920Peace of Trianon between Allies & Hungary
Special :02/24/1920Peace treaty gives Estonia independence
Special :03/23/1920Perserikatan Communist of India (PKI) political party forms
Special :01/31/1920Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, at Howard University, incorporates
Special :04/27/1920Pogrom leader Petljoera declares Ukraine Independence
Special :05/05/1920Polish troops occupy Kiev
Special :04/24/1920Polish troops occupy Ukraine
Special :11/16/1920Postage meter 1st used in US in lieu of postage stamps
Special :08/20/1920Preliminary meeting in Akron to form American Pro Football League
Special :12/10/1920President Woodrow Wilson receives Nobel Peace Prize
Special :12/05/1920Pro football playoff game Akron & Buffalo 0-0 tie, title undecided
Special :06/02/1920Pulitzer prize awarded to Eugene O'Neill (Beyond the Horizon)
Special :01/30/1920Qu‚bec's Joe Malone sets NHL record of 7 goals in a game
Special :07/27/1920Radio compass used for 1st time for aircraft navigation
Special :07/25/1920Red Sox turn triple-play, but Ruth's 35th HR leads Yanks to 8-2 win
Special :06/11/1920Republicans nominate Warren G Harding for president
Special :07/27/1920Resolute beats Shamrock IV (England) in 14th running of America's Cup
Special :10/31/1920Romania annexes Bessarabia
Special :07/03/1920Royal Air Force holds an air display at Hendon, England
Special :07/16/1920Ruth sets season home run record with 30 en route to 54
Special :07/15/1920Ruth ties his record of 29 HRs in a season
Special :02/06/1920Saarland administrated by League of Nations
Special :01/10/1920Silver reaches record $1.37 an ounce
Special :12/17/1920South Africa receives League of Nations mandate over SW Africa
Special :05/16/1920Spanish bullfighter Joselito was fatally gored fighting his last bull
Special :02/08/1920Swiss men vote against women's suffrage
Special :05/27/1920Tatar ASSR established in Russian SFSR
Special :08/13/1920Ted Ray wins golf's US Open
Special :08/18/1920Tennessee ratifies 19th Amendment, guarantees women voting right
Special :03/28/1920Thomas Masaryk becomes president of Czechoslovakia
Special :08/08/1920Tigers beat Yanks 1-0 in shortest AL game, 73 minutes
Special :04/20/1920Tornadoes kill 219 in Alabama & Mississippi
Special :08/10/1920Treaty of Svres (Allies & Turkey)
Special :12/03/1920Turkey & Armenia agree to peace treaty
Special :08/10/1920Turkish Govt renounces its claim to Israel, recognizes British mandate
Special :04/23/1920Turkish Grand National Assembly 1st meets, in Ankara
Special :09/08/1920US Air Mail service begins (NYC to SF)
Special :01/19/1920US Senate votes against membership in League of Nations
Special :05/05/1920US pres Wilson makes Communist Labor Party illegal
Special :07/16/1920US wins Davis Cup sweeping Australia in 5 straight matches
Special :12/07/1920USPD-KPD parties merge into Vereinigte Communist Party of Germany
Special :05/07/1920USSR recognizes independence of Georgia
Special :09/25/1920Vern Bradburn of Winnipeg Victorias kicks 9 singles in a game
Special :03/10/1920W Baade discovers asteroid #930 Westphalia
Special :08/15/1920W Baade discovers asteroid #934 Thuringia
Special :10/31/1920W Baade discovers asteroid #944 Hidalgo
Special :11/25/1920WTAW of College Station, Tx, broadcast 1st football play-by-play
Special :01/29/1920Walt Disney starts 1st job as an artist; $40 week with KC Slide Co
Special :11/02/1920Warren G Harding elected president
Special :07/01/1920Wash Senator Walter Johnson no-hits Boston Red Sox, 1-0
Special :05/14/1920Wash Senator Walter Johnson wins his 300th game vs Detroit
Special :10/27/1920Westinghouse radio station in East Pittsburgh, KDKA begins
Special :07/03/1920William T Tilden wins Wimbledon
Special :07/06/1920Yanks score team record 14 runs in 1 inning vs Senators
Special :06/20/1920Yanks win protest of 1-0 White Sox win & game is replayed
Special :10/14/192084øF highest temperature for this date in NYC

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