April 20

April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in
leap years). There are 255 days remaining.

Events

   * 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
     Londonderry
   * 1775 - American Revolutionary War: British troops begin siege of
     Boston, Massachusetts
   * 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
   * 1902 - Pierre and Marie Curie isolate radium
   * 1926 - Western Electric and Warner Bros. announce Vitaphone, a process
     to add sound to film
   * 1968 - The Liberal Party of Canada lead by Pierre Trudeau wins the
     Canadian Federal Election
   * 1972 - Apollo 16 lands on the Moon
   * 1999 - Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold open fire in Columbine High School
     in Littleton, Colorado, leaving 15 dead and 23 wounded
   * 2001 - The anti-globalization movement holds a People's Summit and
     large protest marches, some of which are forcibly put down by police,
     against the FTAA summit in Quebec City, Quebec

Births

   * 571 - Muhammad (P.B.U.H) (Probably) (+ 634)
   * 1808 - Emperor Napoleon III of France (+ 1873)
   * 1818 - Henrey von Goebel, inventor (+ 1893)
   * 1832 - Ernst von Leyden, physician (+ 1910)
   * 1845 - Philippe Pinel, physician (+ 1826)
   * 1883 - Harold Lloyd, actor (+ 1971)
   * 1889 - Adolf Hitler, dictator (+ 1945)
   * 1889 - Albert Jean Amateau, businessman and social activist (+ 1996)
   * 1893 - Joan Mir—, painter (+ 1983)
   * 1893 - Harold Lloyd, actor (+ 1971)
   * 1900 - Fred Raymond, composer (+ 1954)
   * 1908 - Lionel Hampton, musician (+ 2002)
   * 1915 - Joseph Wolpe, psychotherapist (+ 1997)
   * 1920 - John Paul Stevens, associate justice of the United States
     Supreme Court
   * 1925 - Tito Puente, musician (+ 2000)
   * 1928 - Gerald S. Hawkins, astronomer
   * 1939 - Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway
   * 1939 - Peter S. Beagle, author
   * 1941 - Ryan O'Neal, actor
   * 1943 - Edie Sedgwick, actress (+ 1971)
   * 1949 - Jessica Lange, actress
   * 1951 - Luther Vandross, singer
   * 1972 - Hank The Angry Drunken Dwarf, radio and television personality
     (+ 2001)
   * 1964 - Crispin Glover, actor
   * 1964 - Rosalynn Sumners, figure skater
   * 1964 - Andy Serkis, actor
   * 1976 - Joey Lawrence, actor

Deaths

   * 1769 - Pontiac, Chief of the Ottawa tribe
   * 1869 - Carl Loewe, composer
   * 1908 - Henry Chadwick, baseball writer and historia
   * 1912 - Bram Stoker, author
   * 1932 - Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician
   * 1940 - Alfred Cort Haddon, anthropologist
   * 1947 - King Christian X of Denmark
   * 1982 - Archibald Macleish, author
   * 1992 - Benny Hill, comedian
   * 1999 - Senor Wences, Spanish ventriloquist

Holidays and Observances

   * In Canada and the United States, April 20th is a ceremonial day to
     "smoke out" (smoke marijuana). See: 420 (drug culture)

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