Important Things That Happened on October 20th

[Musical_nerd]

Posted: 10/19/05 at 5:43pm

For spanish class I have to start the class off saying the date, weather, etc.

The last requirement is that I say something important about that day. I have this for tomorrow.

Anyways, my question.

What events involving theater/broadway occured on October 20th?

If there is a site that lists this type of stuff, feel free to share.

Thanks. :)

[Musical_nerd]

Posted: 10/19/05 at 6:06pm

Bump.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 10/19/05 at 6:29pm

Google, People...IT WORKS!......all events for oct 20.....might not be theater, but I'm sure you'll find something



1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony refuse to honour the Pragmatic Sanction and the War of the Austrian Succession begins.
1803 - United States Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase
1827 - Battle of Navarino - a combined Turkish and Egyptian armada is destroyed by an allied British, French, and Russian naval force in the port of Navarino in Pylos, Greece. The most important result of this battle is the end of the Greek Liberation War and the affirmation of independence of modern Greece.
1883 - Peru and Chile signed the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province was ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.
1935 - The Long March ends
1944 - The Soviet army captures Belgrade, the capital of Yugoslavia
1944 - Liquid natural gas leaks from storange tanks in Cleveland, then explodes; the explosion and resulting fire level 30 blocks and kill 130.
1947 - The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of Hollywood, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.
1955 - Publication of The Return of the King, being the last part of The Lord of the Rings
1968 - Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy marries Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis.
1971 - The Nepal stock exchange collapses.
1973 - The Saturday Night Massacre: President Nixon fires Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus after they refuse to fire Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox, who is finally fired by Robert Bork.
1973 - The Sydney Opera House opens.
1973 - The Six Million Dollar Man premieres on ABC.
1977 - A plane carrying Lynyrd Skynyrd crashes in Mississippi, killing several band members, including lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines.
1982 - St. Louis Cardinals defeat Milwaukee Brewers 6-3 to win 9th World Series Championship.
1986 - Yitzhak Shamir begins his second office term as Israel's prime minister
1989 - Brisbane bound coach collides with Semi - Traler North of Grafton NSW (Grafton Bus Crash)
1991 - The Oakland Hills firestorm kills 25 and destroys 3469 homes and apartments, causing more than $2 billion in damage.
2004 - The Boston Red Sox win the American League pennant, defeating the New York Yankees 10-3 in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series, becoming the first team in major league baseball history to recover from a 3-0 postseason series deficit.
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Births
1463 - Alessandro Achillini, Italian philosopher (d. 1512)
1469 - Guru Nanak Dev, first Sikh Guru (d. 1539)
1496 - Claude, Duke of Guise, French soldier (d. 1550)
1616 - Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680)
1620 - Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (d. 1691)
1632 - Sir Christopher Wren, English architect (d. 1723)
1656 - Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (d. 1746)
1660 - Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (d. 1723)
1677 - Stanislaus I Leszczyński, King of Poland (d. 1766)
1759 - Chauncey Goodrich, U.S. Senator from Connecticut (d. 1815)
1808 - Karl Andree, German geographer (d. 1875)
1819 - The Báb, Persian founder of the Bábí Faith (d. 1850)
1822 - Thomas Hughes, English novelist (d. 1896)
1854 - Arthur Rimbaud, French poet (d. 1891)
1858 - John Burns, English politician (d. 1943)
1859 - John Dewey, American philosopher (d. 1952)
1874 - Charles Ives, American composer (d. 1954)
1882 - Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-born actor (d. 1956)
1889 - Margaret Dumont, American actress (d. 1965)
1890 - Jelly Roll Morton, American composer (d. 1941)
1891 - James Chadwick, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974)
1891 - Jomo Kenyatta, President of Kenya (d. 197
1893 - Charley Chase, American comedian (d. 1940)
1894 - Olive Thomas, American actress (d. 1920)
1897 - Crown Prince Eun of Korea (d. 1970)
1900 - Wayne Morse, U.S. Senator from Oregon (d. 1974)
1904 - Anna Neagle, English actress (d. 1986)
1904 - Tommy Clement Douglas, Canadian politician (d. 1986)
1905 - Ellery Queen, pseudonym of two American writers (d. 1982)
1907 - Arlene Francis, American television personality (d. 2001)
1913 - Grandpa Jones, American banjo player and singer (d. 199
1918 - Robert Lochner, German journalist (d. 2003)
1925 - Art Buchwald, American newspaper columnist
1928 - Joyce Brothers, American psychologist and television personality
1931 - Mickey Mantle, baseball player (d. 1995)
1932 - Rosey Brown, American football player (d. 2004)
1935 - Jerry Orbach, American actor (d. 2004)
1937 - Juan Marichal, baseball player
1942 - Earl Hindman, American actor (d. 2003)
1946 - Elfriede Jelinek, Austrian writer, Nobel Prize laureate
1949 - Valeri Borzov, Ukrainian athlete
1950 - Tom Petty, American musician
1955 - Aaron Pryor, American boxer
1956 - Danny Boyle, English film director
1958 - Viggo Mortensen, actor
1958 - Ivo Pogorelic, Croatian pianist
1960 - Konstantin Aseev, chess player (d. 2004)
1963 - Julie Payette, Canadian astronaut
1965 - William Zabka, American actor
1966 - Stefan Raab, German entertainer
1966 - Allan Donald, South African cricketer
1969 - Juan Gonzalez, baseball player
1971 - Dannii Minogue, Australian-born singer
1971 - Snoop Dogg, American rapper
1976 - Tom Wisniewski, American guitarist (mxpx)
1978 - Virender Sehwag, Indian cricketer
1981 - Willis McGahee, American football player
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Deaths
460 - Aelia Eudocia, Byzantine Empress
1570 - João de Barros, Portuguese historian (b. 1496)
1640 - John Ball, English Puritan clergyman (b. 1585)
1652 - Antonio Coello, Spanish writer
1713 - Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician (b. 1652)
1740 - Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1685)
1865 - Champ Ferguson, Confederate guerilla
1900 - Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet (b. 1846)
1910 - David B. Hill, Governor of New York (b. 1843)
1920 - Max Bruch, German composer (b. 183
1936 - Anne Sullivan, American teacher (b. 1866)
1935 - Arthur Henderson, Scottish politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1863)
1964 - Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States (b. 1874)
1967 - Yoshida Shigeru, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 187
1972 - Harlow Shapley, American astronomer (b. 1885)
1977 - Steve Gaines, American musician (plane crash) (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (b. 1949)
1977 - Ronnie VanZant, American musician (plane crash) (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (b. 194
1983 - Peter Dudley, British actor
1984 - Paul Dirac, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
1987 - Andrey Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician (b. 1903)
1989 - Anthony Quayle, English actor (b. 1913)
1990 - Joel McCrea, American actor (b. 1905)
1994 - Burt Lancaster, American actor (b. 1913)
2002 - Barbara Berjer, American actress (b. 1920)
2003 - Jack Elam, American actor (b. 191
2004 - Anthony Hecht, American poet (b. 1923)
2004 - Chuck Hiller, baseball player (b. 1934)

Updated On: 10/19/05 at 06:29 PM

[Elphaba]

Posted: 10/19/05 at 6:30pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/20/

try the above too

Posted: 10/19/05 at 6:37pm

The musical GOLDEN BOY by Charles Strouse and Lee Adams, opened on Broadway in 1964.

[Musical_nerd]

Posted: 10/19/05 at 6:40pm

I did google, obviously, I love google-

and found nothing theater related.

Thanks though.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 10/19/05 at 6:42pm

Sydney Opera House opened in 1973.....that's theater related
although Jose's is better

[Musical_nerd]

Posted: 10/19/05 at 7:50pm

Thanks for your help, everyone. I've got enough now.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 10/19/05 at 8:19pm

Que bueno!

[lamentingenvelope]

Posted: 10/19/05 at 10:49pm

Viggo Mortensen was born!!