What Happened on Apr 20

Gunpowder Incident

The Gunpowder Incident (or Gunpowder Affair) was a conflict early in the American Revolutionary War between Lord Dunmore, the Royal Governor of... Read more

Daniel Chester French Is Born

American sculptor Daniel Chester French was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, on April 20, 1850. Reared in Cambridge and Concord, Massachusetts,... Read more

Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard Complete the First Pasteurization Test

The process of pasteurization was named after Louis Pasteur, a French chemist / microbiologist, who discovered that spoilage organisms could be... Read more

Adolf Hitler born in Austria

At 6:30 p.m. on the evening of April 20, 1889, he was born in the small Austrian village of Braunau Am Inn just across the border from German... Read more

Sunshine Rail Disaster

The most terrible accident that the state has yet encountered occurred at Sunshine Station (formally known as Braybrook), on Monday night, when the... Read more

Fenway Park Opens

After two rain delays, Fenway Park finally hosted its first professional baseball game on April 20, 1912. (The first official game played in Fenway... Read more

"Twenty Minutes of Love" (film) is Released

Twenty Minutes of Love is a 1914 American comedy silent film made by Keystone Studios. It was the first film directed by Charlie Chaplin. Read more

Games of the VII Olympiad Held in Antwerp, Belgium

The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1920... Read more

Heinrich Himmler Becomes Head of the Gestapo

On April 20,1934 Göring and Himmler agreed to put aside their differences (largely because of mutual hatred and growing dread of the... Read more

"Les Miserables" Is Released

Les Misérables is a 1935 United States drama film based upon the famous Victor Hugo novel of the same name. It was adapted by W. P. Lipscomb and... Read more

Battle of Suixian-Zaoyang

The Battle of Suixian-Zaoyang (simplified Chinese: 随枣会战; traditional Chinese: 隨棗會戰; pinyin: Suízǎo Huìzhàn), also known as the Battle of Suizao was... Read more

Gerald Ford Reports for Active Duty for the US Navy

Ford received a commission as ensign in the U.S. Naval Reserve on April 13, 1942. On April 20, he reported for active duty to the V-5 instructor... Read more

Voorbode Explosion

The Dutch steam trawler Voorbode was a fishing vessel, until it was confiscated by the Germans during World War II and used for military transport.... Read more

Soviet Forces Begin Shelling of Berlin

The amount of equipment deployed for the Berlin operation was so huge I simply cannot describe it and I was there......... Read more

Make Mine Music is premiered

Make Mine Music is an animated feature produced by Walt Disney and released to theatres by RKO Radio Pictures on August 15, 1946. It is the eighth... Read more

Montreal Canadiens win Stanley Cup

The 1958 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by the defending champion Montreal Canadiens and the Boston Bruins in a rematch of... Read more

Fourth Day of the Bay of Pigs Invasion

From 19 April until about 22 April, sorties were flown by A4D-2Ns to obtain visual intelligence over combat areas. Reconnaissance flights are also... Read more

"The Pawnbroker" Is Released

The Pawnbroker is a 1965 drama film, starring Rod Steiger, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Brock Peters and Jaime Sánchez and directed by Sidney Lumet. It... Read more

Supreme Court Rules In Favor of Swann in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education

Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, 402 U.S. 1 (1971) was an important United States Supreme Court case dealing with the busing of... Read more

Stephen Marley is born

Stephen Robert Nesta "Raggamuffin" Marley (born April 20, 1972 in Wilmington, Delaware) is a Jamaican American musician and the son of reggae... Read more

"Annie Hall" Is Released

Annie Hall is a 1977 American romantic comedy film directed by Woody Allen from a script co-written with Marshall Brickman. One of Allen's most... Read more

Bon Jovi release 7800° Fahrenheit

7800° Fahrenheit is Bon Jovi's second album, and was released in April 1985. The album charted at #37 on The Billboard 200. It introduced the... Read more

Michael Jordan Scores 63 Points Against the Boston Celtics in Round One of the NBA Playoffs

Jordan was able to play in only 18 regular-season games in his second year in the NBA, after breaking a small bone in his foot in Chicago's third... Read more

Primus releases Pork Soda

Pork Soda is the third studio album by alternative rock band Primus, released April 20, 1993. Pork Soda was certified Gold in September 1993 and... Read more

Aerosmith releases Get a Grip

Get a Grip is the eleventh studio album by American Rock band Aerosmith, released in 1993. It was the band's last studio album released by Geffen... Read more