What Happened In April 1920 In History

Historical Events for April, 1920

• 15th » Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Anarchism known as Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti would be convicted of and executed for the crime, amid much controversy.
• 23rd » The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) is founded in Ankara, Turkey. It denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces the preparation of a Turkish Constitution of 1921 known as temporary constitution.
• 25th » At the San Remo conference, the principal Allies of World War I named Allied Powers of World War I adopt a resolution to determine the allocation of Class "A" League of Nations mandates for administration of the former Ottoman Empire e.g Ottoman-ruled lan
• 28th » Azerbaijan is added to the Soviet Union.
• 30th » Peru becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires Convention known as Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

Famous Birthdays on April in 1920

• 1st » Harry Lewis (actor) called Harry Lewis, American actor (d. 2013)
• 1st » Toshiro Mifune, Chinese-Japanese actor (d. 1997)
• 2nd » Gerald Bouey, Canadian lieutenant and civil servant (d. 2004)
• 2nd » Jack Stokes (director) known as Jack Stokes, English animator and director (d. 2013)
• 2nd » Jack Webb, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1982)
• 3rd » John Demjanjuk, Ukrainian-American criminal (d. 2012)
• 3rd » Stan Freeman, American composer and conductor (d. 2001)
• 3rd » Yoshibayama Junnosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 43rd Makuuchi Yokozuna named Yokozuna (d. 1977)
• 4th » Orunamamu, American-Canadian author and educator (d. 2014)
• 4th » Ignatius IV of Antioch (d. 2012)
• 4th » Éric Rohmer, French director and screenwriter (d. 2010)
• 5th » Barend Biesheuvel, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2001)
• 5th » Arthur Hailey, English-Canadian author (d. 2004)
• 5th » Rafiq Zakaria, Indian scholar and politician (d. 2005)
• 6th » Jack Cover, American pilot and physicist, invented the Taser called Taser gun (d. 2009)
• 6th » Edmond H. Fischer, Chinese-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine known as Nobel Prize laureate
• 7th » Ravi Shankar, Indian-American sitar player and composer (d. 2012)
• 8th » Carmen McRae, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (d. 1994)
• 11th » Emilio Colombo, Italian politician, 40th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 2013)
• 11th » William Royer, American politician (d. 2013)
• 13th » Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (d. 1982)
• 13th » Claude Cheysson, French politician, Foreign Minister of France (d. 2012)
• 13th » Liam Cosgrave, Irish lawyer and politician, 6th Taoiseach named Taoiseach of Ireland
• 13th » John LaPorta, American clarinet player and saxophonist (d. 2004)
• 14th » Ivor Forbes Guest, English lawyer, historian, and author
• 15th » Godfrey Stafford, English-South African physicist (d. 2013)
• 15th » Thomas Szasz, Hungarian-American psychiatrist and academic (d. 2012)
• 15th » Richard von Weizsäcker, German politician, 6th President of Germany
• 16th » Ananda Dassanayake, Sri Lankan politician (d. 2012)
• 16th » Alan Pegler, English businessman (d. 2012)
• 17th » Edmonde Charles-Roux, French journalist and author
• 18th » John F. Wiley, American football player and coach (d. 2013)
• 19th » Gene Leis, American guitarist, composer, and producer (d. 1993)
• 19th » Julien Ries, Belgian cardinal (d. 2013)
• 20th » Clement Isong, Nigerian banker and politician (d. 2000)
• 20th » Ronald Speirs, American colonel (d. 2007)
• 20th » John Paul Stevens, American lieutenant and judge
• 21st » Edmund Adamkiewicz, German footballer (d. 1991)
• 21st » Ronald Magill, English actor (d. 2007)
• 23rd » Eric Grant Yarrow, 3rd Baronet, English businessman
• 25th » Jean Carmet, French actor (d. 1994)
• 25th » Robert Q. Lewis, American game show host and actor (d. 1991)
• 27th » Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (d. 1956)
• 27th » James Robert Mann (South Carolina) called James Robert Mann, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (d. 2010)
• 27th » Edwin Morgan (poet) named Edwin Morgan, Scottish poet (d. 2010)
• 29th » Edward Blishen, English author (d. 1996)
• 29th » Harold Shapero, American composer (d. 2013)
• 30th » Duncan Hamilton (racing driver) e.g Duncan Hamilton, Irish-English race car driver (d. 1994)

Famous Deaths for April 1920

• 1st » Walter Simon (philanthropist) e.g Walter Simon, German banker and philanthropist (b. 1857)
• 7th » Karl Binding, German jurist (b. 1841)
• 8th » Charles Griffes, American pianist and composer (b. 1884)
• 10th » Moritz Cantor, German historian (b. 1829)
• 26th » Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician (b. 1887)
• 29th » William H. Seward, Jr., American general (b. 1839)

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