April 20

Events

 * - The is instituted by.
 * - begins his voyage, in which he will discover  and.
 * - dissolves the.
 * - destroys a  silver fleet under heavy fire at.
 * 1657  -  is granted to the s of  (later ).
 * - The former, now deposed, lays siege to.
 * - : the begins, which followed the first battles at.
 * - declares war on, the beginning of.
 * - The Governors of declares the national sovereignty from.
 * - is first non-Muslim to enter in.
 * - passes an act creating the.
 * - : resigns his commission in the  in order to command the forces of the state of.
 * - The first test completed by  and.
 * - publishes the, .
 * - publishes the, .


 * - and  refine.
 * - Opening day of competition of the.
 * - Opening day for s  in, , and  in ,.
 * - Seventeen men, women, and children die in the during a bitter  coal-miner's strike.
 * -, aka , shoots down his 79th and 80th victims marking his final victories before his death the following day.
 * - and  announce, a process to add sound to film.
 * - : troops capture, , only to later cede the city to the.
 * 1945  - : U.S.  bombers destroy the Musashi Aircraft plants, halting production of the  fighter planes.
 * - Mayor of Leipzig, Germany, killed himself along with his wife and daughter
 * - Failure of the of US troops against.
 * - First production of Bentlage brand cigars, Habana, Cuba.
 * - launches with the  because of the fire at.
 * - A  turboprop crashes at, , killing 126.
 * - A  707 crashes during takeoff at, , killing 122.
 * 1968  -  politician  makes his controversial.
 * - lands on the.
 * - shot down by.
 * - Climax of in  as hundreds of  political activists are arrested.
 * - raid on  compound in northern.
 * - Pianist performed in his native  for the first time in 61 years.
 * 1986  - Professional basketball player  sets all-time record for points in a NBA playoff game with 63 against the Boston Celtics.
 * - -200 chartered by  crashes into  mountain after takeoff from, , killing 53.
 * 1998  -  terrorist group  announces their dissolution after 28 years.
 * - The leaves 15 people (including the two gunmen) dead and 24 wounded in,.
 * - In, 12 mortars are fired on by insurgents, killing 22 detainees and wounding 92.
 * - : A man with a hand gun barricades himself in NASA's before killing a male hostage and himself.

Births

 * -, founder of (d. ) (date disputed)
 * -, Muslim scholar (d. )
 * -, German Protestant reformer (d. )
 * -, Peruvian saint (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, French botanist (d. )
 * -, English informer (d. )
 * -, Governor of Belgorod (d. )
 * -, American missionary (d. )
 * -, American delegate to the Continental Congress (d. )
 * -, French physician (d. )
 * -, Emperor of the French (d. )
 * -, German-born inventor (d. )
 * -, English author (d. )
 * -, American sculptor (d. )
 * -, Scottish golfer (d. )
 * -, , i scholar (d.)
 * -, French couturier (d. )
 * -, U.S. General (d. )
 * -, Turkish-born businessman and social activist (d. )
 * 1889  -, leader of  (d. )
 * -, of , known as "Le Chef" (d. )
 * -, American poet (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * 1893  -, Spanish Catalan painter (d. )
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, Canadian aviator (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * 1904  -, American scientist (d. )
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, South African-born psychotherapist (d. )
 * -, American naval officer, author (d. )
 * 1918  -, Swedish physicist,  laureate
 * -, Australian pilot and author (d. )
 * -, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
 * 1920  -, WWII Veteran (d. )
 * -, French Canadian actress
 * -, American nun and broadcaster
 * 1923  -, American musician (d. )
 * -, English actor
 * -, German-born American football player (d. )
 * -, Swiss physicist, laureate
 * -, Irish footballer (d. )
 * -, English astronomer (d. )
 * -, American politician
 * -, American actor
 * -, American author
 * 1939  -, former
 * 1939  -, American singer
 * -, American actor
 * -, English conductor
 * 1943  -, American actress (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * 1945  -, American football player and coach
 * -, French Canadian actor
 * -, American voice actor
 * -, Swedish singer
 * 1947  -, American journalist and author
 * 1947  -, British actor, director and screenwriter
 * -, American musician ( & )
 * -, Indian politician
 * 1948  -, American actor
 * 1948  -, French Canadian politician
 * 1949  -, American actress
 * 1949  -, Canadian figure skater and artist
 * 1949  -, American actress
 * -, American novelist
 * 1950  -, Russian general and politician (d. )
 * 1950  -, Indian politician
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * -, Serbian basketball coach
 * -, British novelist
 * -, American actor and model
 * -, French Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, Swedish politician
 * -, Welsh-Canadian actor
 * -, Russian ice hockey player
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1961  -, Russian actor
 * -, Brazilian racing driver
 * 1963  -, English  activist
 * -, American actor
 * 1964  -, English actor
 * 1964  -, American figure skater
 * -, stylist and friend of
 * 1965  -, Mexican racing driver
 * -, Dutch darts player
 * 1967  -, American drummer
 * 1967  -, American actress
 * -, American game show host and television personality
 * -, American actor
 * 1970  -, Brazilian rodeo performer
 * -, Dutch swimmer
 * 1971  -, basketball player
 * 1971  -, English singer
 * -, American actress
 * 1972  -, Vietnamese footballer
 * 1972  -, Jamaican musician
 * -, British radio presenter
 * -, American actor
 * 1976  -, Irish footballer
 * -, professional wrestler
 * -, Japanese gravure idol
 * -, German singer
 * -, male fitness model
 * -, American television host
 * -, New Zealand director (d. )
 * -, New Zealand director (d. )

Deaths

 * -, English soldier (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, Emperor of China (b. )
 * -, English nun (executed)
 * -, German reformer (b. )
 * -, German composer (b. )
 * -, English royal chaplain (b. )
 * -, American accuser in the Salem witch trials (b. )
 * -, Chief of the Ottawa
 * -, English surgeon (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, Egyptian statesman (b. )
 * -, English architect (b. )
 * -, German artist (b. )
 * -, Irish author (b. )
 * -, German physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, Italian mathematician (b. )
 * -, German jurist (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, baseball player (b. )
 * -, German football coach (b. )
 * -, American poet and (b. )
 * -, Bulgarian mountaineer (b. )
 * -, Pakistani activist, journalist and writer (b. )
 * -, Romanian writer and fighter pilot (b. )
 * 1991  -, American film director (b. )
 * -, British comedian (b. )
 * -, Mexican comedian and actor (b. )
 * -, French actor (b. )
 * -, son of (b. )
 * - of the
 * 1999  -, American professional wrestler (b. )
 * 1999  -, Spanish ventriloquist and comedian (b. )
 * -, Italian conductor and composer (b. )
 * -, American singer (b. )
 * -, American playwright and actress (b. )
 * 2003  -, Japanese motorcycle racer (b. )
 * 2003  -, German-born biophysicist, recipient of the  (b. )
 * -, Japanese novelist (b. )
 * 2005  -, Polish football player (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, American jazz composer and pianist (b. )
 * 2007  -, Chinese bishop (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * begins at sunset.
 * in.

Liturgical feasts

 * Saint Victor (d. 303)
 * (d. 407)
 * (d. 1158)
 * (d. 407)
 * (d. 1158)