April 1920 calendar

Events

• 01 Apr 1920 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators (NHL) beat Seattle (PCHA), three games to 2.
• 02 Apr 1920 The German army marches to the Ruhr to fight the Ruhr Red Army.
• 04 Apr 1920 Arabs attack Jews in Jerusalem.
• 06 Apr 1920 French troop attacks Main / Darmstadt / Hanau
• 08 Apr 1920 LONGA soccer team forms in Tilburg.
• 11 Apr 1920 Mexican Revolution: Álvaro Obregón flees from Mexico City during a trial intended to ruin his reputation he flees to Guerrero where he joins Fortunato Maycotte.
• 13 Apr 1920 1st woman US Civil Service Commissioner, Helen Hamilton appointed
• 14 Apr 1920 Tornadoes killed 219 people in Alabama and Mississippi.
• 15 Apr 1920 New Canadian small cent coin is released
• 17 Apr 1920 American Professional Football Association forms (NFL).
• 19 Apr 1920 24th Boston Marathon won by Peter Trivoulidas of Greece in 2:29:31.
• 20 Apr 1920 7th modern Olympic games opens in Antwerp Belgium
• 23 Apr 1920 Turkish Grand National Assembly first meets, in Ankara.
• 24 Apr 1920 British Mandate over Palestine goes into effect (lasts 28 years).
• 26 Apr 1920 H Shapley and H D Curtis hold "great debate" on nature of nebulae.
• 27 Apr 1920 Pogrom leader Petljoera declares Ukraine Independence.
• 30 Apr 1920 Peru becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

Famous Birthday

• Ravi Shankar

  Composer.

• Toshirô Mifune
• Edmonde Charles-Roux

  French editor, writer and reporter, she served as a nurse as well as a resistance fighter during WWII.

• Jean Carmet

  French film/tv actor, comedian, and screenwriter.

• Olivier Debré

  French painter.

• John Paul Stevens

  Illinois, United States -- 103rd Supreme Court Justice (1975- ).

• Roberto Calvi

  Director (Banco Ambrosiano), hangs himself.

• Roberto Calvi

  Director (Banco Ambrosiano), hangs himself.

• Jack Webb

  American actor who was onscreen from 1948 in films that included "Sunset Blvd.

• Jean Sargueil

  Egletons EXecutives.

• Richard von Weizsacker
• Michel Durafour

  St Etienne Politician.

• Anselmo Duarte
• Nelo Risi

  Italian film director and noted family, the brother of famed director Dino Risi.

• Guido Cantelli

  Italian orchestral conductor, who was named Musical Director of La Scala, Milan in November 1956 but whose promising career was cut short...

• Arthur Hailey

  English-Canadian soldier and author (d. 2004).

• John Demjanjuk

  Ukrainian-born American auto worker, alleged Nazi.

• Gianni Ravera

  Italian showman, impresario, he also organized the Festival of San Remo.

• Vicente Ferrer
• Edwin Morgan (poet)
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Famous Deaths

• Homer Newton Bartlett composer

  dies at age 74.

• Charles Tomlinson Griffes US composer (White Peacock)

  dies at age 35.

• Tryggve Andersen Norwegian writer (Mod Kvaeld)

  dies at age 53.

• Moritz B Cantor German mathematician

  dies at age 90.

• Jacob van Stolk Azn art collector

  dies at age 74.

• John Conrad Nordqvist composer

  dies at age 80.

• Karl Binding

  German jurist (Born 1841).

• William Henry Seward

  Jr.

• Moritz Cantor

  German mathematician and historian (d. 1920).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. All-Star Trio - You'd be Surprised
2. Paul Biese Trio - Mystery
3. Art Hickman & His Orchestra - Wonderful Pal
4. Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra - That Naughty Waltz
5. Henry Burr - Was There Ever a Pal Like You?