Daily Calendar for Thursday, April 20, 2023
Died
- George Clinton (became first U.S. vice president to die in office) –
- Bram Stoker (author) –
- Benny Hill (comedian) –
- Christopher Robin Milne (son of A.A. Milne, basis for the Winnie the Pooh character Christopher Robin) –
- Dorothy Height (civil rights activist; she stood on the platform with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during his historic I Have a Dream” speech”) –
Born
- Daniel Chester French (sculptor) –
- Stanley Marcus (retailer) –
- Lionel Hampton (jazz musician) –
- Ryan O'Neal (actor) –
- Jessica Lange (actress) –
- Don Mattingly (baseball player) –
- Felix Baumgartner (daredevil) –
- Shemar Moore (actor) –
- Joey Lawrence (actor) –
- Funny Cide (thoroughbred race horse, won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes in 2003) –
Events
- Hot Springs Reservation (now National Park) was established in Arkansas –
- French scientists Pierre and Marie Curie isolated radium chloride from pitchblende –
- Boston’s Fenway Park hosted its first professional baseball game. The Boston Red Sox played the New York Highlanders (now the Yankees). –
- Electron microscope demonstrated to public –
- Pierre Elliott Trudeau was sworn in as 15th Prime Minister of Canada –
- 54-pound 8-ounce freshwater drum caught in Nickajack Lake, Tennessee –
- During a fishing trip, an upset swamp rabbit approached President Carter’s boat, Plains, GA –
- Tony Gemignani spun 17.6 ounces of dough for 2 minutes to form pizza base 33.2 inches wide, in Minneapolis, Minnesota –
- New York Yankee’s Aaron Hicks threw 105.5 mph ball from left field, setting baseball record –
Weather
- A San Antonio hailstorm severely injured ten soldiers and killed two horses –
- Six inches of snow in northern New Hampshire –
- Deadly F3 tornado touched down in Utica, Illinois –
- Ice out, Lake Winnipesaukee, NH –
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