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April 20 Birthdays in History - April 20 Deaths - April 20 Events
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April 20, 1977 Lisa Ervin, figure skater, U.S. Nationals-4th-1992 April 20, 1976 Lenka Nemeckova, born in Brno Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Maribor-SLO April 20, 1975 Joey Lawrence, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, actor, Gimme a Break, Blossom, Summer Rental April 20, 1974 Ben[jamin] Lincoln Holbrook, Hartland Wis, rower 1996 Olympics April 20, 1974 Kevin Sullivan, born in Brantford, Ontario, 1.5k runner 1996 Olympics April 20, 1974 Paul Bradford, cornerback for the San Diego Chargers April 20, 1973 Itula Mili, tight end for the Seattle Seahawks April 20, 1973 Lamond Murray, NBA forward for the Los Angeles Clippers April 20, 1973 Todd Hollandsworth, born in Dayton, Ohio, outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers April 20, 1972 Carmen Electra, American Actress April 20, 1971 Chris Penn, NFL wide receiver, Kansas City Chiefs, Chicago Bears April 20, 1971 Grant Smith, Australian field hockey forward 1996 Olympics April 20, 1971 John Senden, born in Brisbane QLD, Australasia golfer April 20, 1971 Terry Smith, NFL wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts April 20, 1971 Yonel Jourdain, NFL running back/kick returner for the Buffalo Bills April 20, 1970 Ben Weir, born in Rock Island, Illinois, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Bogey Hills-2nd April 20, 1970 Shemar Moore, born in Oakland, California, actor, Malcolm-Young and Restless April 20, 1969 John van Halst, soccer player, FC Twente April 20, 1969 Takayuki Kobori, hockey defenseman, Team Japan 1998 April 20, 1968 LeShundra Nathan, born in Birmingham, Alabama, heptathlete April 20, 1967 J. 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Roth, born in Beverly Hills, California, TV host, Fun House April 20, 1967 Lara Jill Miller, born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, actress, Samantha-Gimme a Break April 20, 1967 Miroslav Stefanovic, soccer player, FC Volendam April 20, 1967 Townsend Saunders, White Sands, New Mexico, freestyle wrestler, Oly-sil-92, 96 April 20, 1965 Jim Terrell, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, sprint canoe 1996 Olympics April 20, 1964 John Carney, NFL kicker for the San Diego Chargers April 20, 1964 Paul Nobes, cricketer, prolific opening batsman for Victoria and SA April 20, 1964 Stephen Colbert, American Comedian April 20, 1963 Brett Edward Garsed, born in Victoria Australia, heavy metal artist, Nelson April 20, 1963 Kal Swan, heavy metal rocker April 20, 1961 Don Mattingly, born in Indiana, 1st baseman, New York Yankees/MVP 1985 April 20, 1961 Marci Bozarth, Lampasas, Texas, LPGA golfer, 1994 Lady Keystone Open-37th April 20, 1960 Rodney Holman, NFL tight end, Detroit Lions April 20, 1959 Clint Howard, born in Burbank, California, actor, Gentle Ben April 20, 1958 Viacheslav Fetisov, born in Moscow, NHL defenseman, Team Russia, Detroit April 20, 1957 Graeme Fowler, cricketer, England left-handed opener early 80s April 20, 1957 Richenel, [Hubertus R Baars], singer/performer, Turn My Page April 20, 1955 Donald R. Pettit, born in Silverton, Oregon, PhD/astronaut April 20, 1954 Peter Toohey, cricketer, NSW and Australian batsman 1977-80 April 20, 1952 Tamara Sergeyevna Zakharova, Russian cosmonaut April 20, 1952 Toine van Benthem, dentist/playwright/cabaret performer, Purper April 20, 1951 Geraint Wyn Davies, born in Wales, actor, Bury Me in Niagara, High Hopes April 20, 1951 Luther Vandross, born in New York City, rock vocalist, On the Wings of Love April 20, 1951 Louise Jameson, British Actress April 20, 1950 Itumeleng J Mosala, South Africa president, Azanian People's Org April 20, 1949 Jessica Lange, born in Cloquet, Minnesota, actress, King Kong, Tootsie April 20, 1949 Michal, rocker April 20, 1948 Craig Frost, keyboardist, Grand Funk Railroad-Some Kind of Wonderful April 20, 1947 David Leland, born in Cambridge, England, actor and director, Nothing But Trouble April 20, 1947 Andrew Tobias, American Journalist April 20, 1945 Jimmy Winston, born in London, organist, Samll Facres-Itchycoo Park April 20, 1943 Edie Sedgwick, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, Ciao Manhattan April 20, 1943 Ian Watson, born in UK, sci-fi author, Book of Being, Whores of Babylon April 20, 1943 Michael Greer, born in born in Galesburg, Illinois, actor, Bobby Gentry Show April 20, 1941 Joni Evans, New York City, publisher, Simon and Schuster, Random House April 20, 1941 Ryan O'Neal, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Peyton Place, Paper Moon, Love Story April 20, 1940 George Takei, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Sulu-Star Trek, Green Berets April 20, 1940 James Gammon, born in Newman, Illinois, actor, Cool Hand Luke, Nick-Nash Bridges April 20, 1940 Jan Cremer, Dutch writer/sculptor, I, John Cremer April 20, 1940 Pilar Miro, director, Wether, Beltenebros April 20, 1939 Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norwegian premier, 1981-82, 86-89, 90- April 20, 1938 Bernard Malivoire, born in France, cox pair 1952 Olympics gold April 20, 1938 Betty Cuthbert, Australia 100m/200m/400m dash, Olympics gold 1956, 64 April 20, 1938 Johnny Tillotson, born in Jacksonville, Florida, singer, Gidget, Poetry in Motion April 20, 1936 Pat Roberts, Rep-R-KS, 1981- April 20, 1934 Lindsay Oliver John Boynton, furniture historian April 20, 1931 Lee Hamilton, born in Daytona Beach, Florida, Rep-D-Ind, 1965- April 20, 1930 Alan Oakman, cricketer, England batsman against Australia 1956 April 20, 1929 Bob Braun, Ludlow, Kentucky, singer, Dotty Mack Show April 20, 1928 Robert Byrne, American Celebrity April 20, 1927 Karl Muller, born in Switzerland, superconductivity physicist, Nobel 1987 April 20, 1926 Harriett Elizabeth Byrd, politician, Wyoming house of Reps April 20, 1925 Ernie Stautner, NFL tackle, Steelers, /WLAF head coach, Galaxy April 20, 1925 Richard Hoffmann, composer April 20, 1924 Gerhard Samuel, composer April 20, 1924 Nina Foch, born in Leiden, Netherlands, actress, American in Paris April 20, 1924 Paul M Van Buren, U.S. theologist, Theological Explorations April 20, 1923 Tito Puente, born in Puerto Rico, bandleader, Dance Mania April 20, 1921 Donald Gunn MacRae, sociologist April 20, 1920 John Paul Stevens, born in Illinois, 103rd Supreme Court Justice, 1975- April 20, 1913 Dick Wessel, WI, actor, Dick Tracy vs Cueball, Beware of Blondie April 20, 1912 David Townsend, cricketer, 3 Tests Eng vs. WI 1935 April 20, 1912 Ed Jones, Rep-D-TN, 1969- April 20, 1912 Frederick Craig Riddle, violist April 20, 1912 Soewarsil Djojopoespito, Indonesia, writer, Toe the Line April 20, 1911 Kukrit Pramoj, politician April 20, 1909 Guido Alberti, literary patron/businessman April 20, 1909 Lionel Hampton, orch leader/vibraphone improviser, Depths Below April 20, 1909 Richard Stubbs, publicity adviser April 20, 1908 Wilhelmus M Bekkers, bishop of Hertogenbosch April 20, 1907 Alan Reed, actor/voice, Fred Allen Show, Fred Flintstone April 20, 1907 Miran Bux, cricketer, his one season of Test and 1st-class play 1954-55 April 20, 1907 William Dollar, St. Louis, ballet dancer/choreographer April 20, 1905 Stanley Marcus, American Businessman April 20, 1904 Bruce Cabot, born in Carlsbad, New Mexico, actor, Diamonds are Forever, King Kong April 20, 1904 Bob Bartlett, American Politician April 20, 1903 Dagmar Edqvist, Swedish author, Kamrathustru-Wife and Comrade April 20, 1902 Donald Wolfit, born in England, actor, Lawrence of Arabia, Becket, Accursed April 20, 1902 Vesselin Stoyanov, composer April 20, 1901 Michel Leiris, French cultural anthropologist April 20, 1901 Mohammed Naguib, Egyptian Statesman April 20, 1900 Fred Raymond, composer April 20, 1900 Kees Verwey, painter/water colors painter/cartoonist April 20, 1897 Bernard Verhoeven, poet/literature, About the Laugh April 20, 1897 Gregory Ratoff, Petrograd Russia, actor and director, Corsican Brothers April 20, 1896 Senor Wences, ventriloquist, Close the Door April 20, 1894 Martinus Nijhoff, poet/interpreter/linguistic, spelling April 20, 1893 Harold Lloyd, Burchard, Nebraska, silent comic, Why Worry, Safety Last April 20, 1893 Hermann Ungar, writer April 20, 1893 Juan Miro, Spain, painter/sculptor, Dog Barking at the Moon April 20, 1890 Adolf Scharf, president Austria, 1957-65 April 20, 1889 Adolph Hitler, Braunau Austria, dictator of Nazi Germany, 1936-45 April 20, 1889 Adolf Hitler, Criminal April 20, 1881 Nikolai Miaskovsky, Novogeorievsk Poland, composer, Kirov is With Us April 20, 1881 Sem Dresden, composer and conductor April 20, 1879 Robert Lynd, Irish writer/critic, Pleasures of Ignorance April 20, 1876 Gerard J Arbous, actor/publicist, Prince William of Orange April 20, 1871 William Henry Davies, Wales, poet, Autobiography of a Super Tramp April 20, 1870 Simeon Roncal, composer April 20, 1866 Victor Hollaender, composer April 20, 1865 Max HHR Nettlau, Austrian historian, Le Premiere Internationale April 20, 1860 Charles Gordon Curtis, U.S. attorney/inventor, Curtis Turbine April 20, 1860 Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Dutch MP, SDAP April 20, 1858 Auguste Chapuis, composer April 20, 1857 Charles LP "Philip" Zilcken, painter/author, HW Knife Day April 20, 1857 Hermann Bang, writer April 20, 1850 Daniel Chester, French/American sculptor, Minute Man April 20, 1840 Odilon Redon, French painter/author, La nuit, Rˆves April 20, 1839 Carol I, King of Romania, 1881-1914 April 20, 1827 John Gibbon, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1896 April 20, 1826 Dina M Craik, writer April 20, 1826 Dinah Maria Mulock, English Novelist April 20, 1824 Alfred Holt Colquitt, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1894 April 20, 1809 John Smith Preston, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1881 April 20, 1808 Louis-Napoleon, Napoleon III, emperor of France, 1852-71 April 20, 1761 Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer April 20, 1748 Georg Michael Telemann, composer April 20, 1748 Guillaume Albert Teniers, composer April 20, 1745 Philippe Pinel, physician, founder of psychiatry April 20, 1739 William Bartram, American Environmentalist April 20, 1726 Jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian earl/general/cartographer April 20, 1725 Johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer April 20, 1705 Balthasar Schmid, composer April 20, 1594 Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer April 20, 1592 John Eliot, St. Germans Cornwall, English MP/author April 20, 1494 John Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister April 20, 1442 Edward IV, King, England, 1461-83 |