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| April 20th, 2008 (April 20 2008) | Event | Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 becoming the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race. | |
| April 20th, 2008 (April 20 2008) | Death | VL Mike, American Rapper (born in 1976) | |
| April 20th, 2007 (April 20 2007) | Event | Johnson Space Center Shooting: A man with a handgun barricades himself in NASA s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and himself. | |
| April 20th, 2007 (April 20 2007) | Death | Andrew Hill, American jazz composer and pianist (born in 1931) | |
| April 20th, 2007 (April 20 2007) | Death | Michael Fu Tieshan, Chinese bishop (born in 1931). | |
| April 20th, 2006 (April 20 2006) | Death | Anna Svidersky (born in 1988) | |
| April 20th, 2005 (April 20 2005) | Death | Fumio Niwa, Japanese novelist (born in 1904) | |
| April 20th, 2005 (April 20 2005) | Death | Zygfryd Blaut, Polish football player (born in 1943) | |
| April 20th, 2004 (April 20 2004) | Event | In Iraq, 12 mortars are fired on Abu Ghraib Prison by insurgents, killing 22 detainees and wounding 92. | |
| April 20th, 2003 (April 20 2003) | Death | Ruth Hale, American playwright and actress (born in 1908) | |
| April 20th, 2003 (April 20 2003) | Death | Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer (born in 1976) | |
| April 20th, 2003 (April 20 2003) | Death | Bernard Katz, German-born biophysicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born in 1911) | |
| April 20th, 2002 (April 20 2002) | Death | Alan Dale, American singer (born in 1925) | |
| April 20th, 2001 (April 20 2001) | Death | Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer (born in 1946) | |
| April 20th, 1999 (April 20 1999) | Event | Columbine High School massacre: Two gunmen kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School located in Jefferson County, Colorado. | |
| April 20th, 1999 (April 20 1999) | Death | Victims and shooters of the Columbine High School massacre | |
| April 20th, 1999 (April 20 1999) | Death | Rick Rude, American professional wrestler (born in 1958) | |
| April 20th, 1999 (April 20 1999) | Death | Senor Wences, Spanish ventriloquist and comedian (born in 1896) | |
| April 20th, 1998 (April 20 1998) | Event | TAME Boeing 727-200 chartered by Air France crashes into Cerro El Cable mountain after takeoff from Bogota, Colombia, killing 53. | |
| April 20th, 1998 (April 20 1998) | Event | German terrorist group Red Army Faction announces their dissolution after 28 years. | |
| April 20th, 1996 (April 20 1996) | Death | Christopher Robin Milne, son of A.A. Milne (born in 1920) | |
| April 20th, 1994 (April 20 1994) | Death | Jean Carmet, French actor (born in 1920) | |
| April 20th, 1993 (April 20 1993) | Death | Cantinflas, Mexican comedian and actor (born in 1911) | |
| April 20th, 1991 (April 20 1991) | Death | Steve Marriott, British singer and songwriter (Humble Pie) (born in 1947) | |
| April 20th, 1991 (April 20 1991) | Death | Don Siegel, American film director (born in 1912) | |
| April 20th, 1989 (April 20 1989) | Death | Doru Davidovici, Romanian writer and fighter pilot (born in 1945) | |
| April 20th, 1987 (April 20 1987) | Birth | John Patrick Amedori, American actor | |
| April 20th, 1986 (April 20 1986) | Event | Pianist Vladimir Horowitz performed in his native Russia for the first time in 61 years. | |
| April 20th, 1986 (April 20 1986) | Event | Professional basketball player Michael Jordan sets all-time record for points in an NBA playoff game with 63 against the Boston Celtics. | |
| April 20th, 1986 (April 20 1986) | Birth | Cameron Duncan, New Zealand director (died in 2003) | |
| April 20th, 1986 (April 20 1986) | Death | Sibte Hassan, Pakistani activist, journalist and writer (born in 1916) | |
| April 20th, 1985 (April 20 1985) | Event | ATF raid on The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord compound in northern Arkansas. | |
| April 20th, 1984 (April 20 1984) | Birth | Tyson Griffin, American mixed martial artist | Martial Quotes |
| April 20th, 1984 (April 20 1984) | Death | Hristo Prodanov, Bulgarian mountaineer (born in 1943) | |
| April 20th, 1983 (April 20 1983) | Birth | Terrence J, American television host | |
| April 20th, 1983 (April 20 1983) | Birth | Miranda Kerr, Australian supermodel | |
| April 20th, 1982 (April 20 1982) | Death | Archibald MacLeish, American poet and Librarian of Congress (born in 1892) | Archibald MacLeish Quotes |
| April 20th, 1981 (April 20 1981) | Birth | Matus Valent, male fitness model | |
| April 20th, 1980 (April 20 1980) | Event | Climax of Berber Spring in Algeria as hundreds of Berber political activists are arrested. | |
| April 20th, 1980 (April 20 1980) | Birth | Jasmin Wagner, German singer | |
| April 20th, 1978 (April 20 1978) | Event | Korean Air Flight 902 shot down by Soviets. | |
| April 20th, 1978 (April 20 1978) | Birth | Mirei Kuroda, Japanese gravure idol | |
| April 20th, 1977 (April 20 1977) | Birth | Johnny "The Bull" Stamboli, professional wrestler | |
| April 20th, 1977 (April 20 1977) | Death | Sepp Herberger, German football coach (born in 1897) | |
| April 20th, 1976 (April 20 1976) | Birth | Joey Lawrence, American actor | |
| April 20th, 1976 (April 20 1976) | Birth | Shay Given, Irish footballer | |
| April 20th, 1973 (April 20 1973) | Birth | Geoff Lloyd, British radio presenter | |
| April 20th, 1972 (April 20 1972) | Event | Apollo 16 lands on the Moon. | |
| April 20th, 1972 (April 20 1972) | Birth | Carmen Electra, American actress | |
| April 20th, 1972 (April 20 1972) | Birth | Le Huynh Duc, Vietnamese footballer | |
| April 20th, 1972 (April 20 1972) | Birth | Stephen Marley, Jamaican musician | |
| April 20th, 1971 (April 20 1971) | Birth | Carla Geurts, Dutch swimmer | |
| April 20th, 1971 (April 20 1971) | Birth | Allan Houston, American basketball player | |
| April 20th, 1971 (April 20 1971) | Birth | Tina Cousins, English singer | |
| April 20th, 1970 (April 20 1970) | Birth | Shemar Moore, American actor | |
| April 20th, 1970 (April 20 1970) | Birth | Adriano Moraes, Brazilian rodeo performer | |
| April 20th, 1969 (April 20 1969) | Birth | Chris Jarvis, children s TV personality | |
| April 20th, 1968 (April 20 1968) | Event | A South African Airways Boeing 707 crashes during takeoff at Windhoek, South-West Africa, killing 122. | |
| April 20th, 1968 (April 20 1968) | Event | English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial Rivers of Blood speech. | |
| April 20th, 1968 (April 20 1968) | Birth | J. D. Roth, American game show host and television personality | |
| April 20th, 1967 (April 20 1967) | Event | A Globe Air Bristol Britannia turboprop crashes at Nicosia, Cyprus, killing 126. | |
| April 20th, 1967 (April 20 1967) | Birth | Raymond van Barneveld, Dutch darts player | |
| April 20th, 1967 (April 20 1967) | Birth | Mike Portnoy, American drummer (Dream Theater) | |
| April 20th, 1967 (April 20 1967) | Birth | Lara Jill Miller, American actress | |
| April 20th, 1966 (April 20 1966) | Birth | David Chalmers, Australian philosopher | Philo Quotes |
| April 20th, 1965 (April 20 1965) | Birth | Ralph Cirella, stylist and friend of Howard Stern | |
| April 20th, 1965 (April 20 1965) | Birth | Kostas Hatzidakis, Greek politician | |
| April 20th, 1965 (April 20 1965) | Birth | Adrian Fernandez, Mexican racing driver | |
| April 20th, 1964 (April 20 1964) | Event | BBC Two launches with the power cut because of the fire at Battersea Power Station. | |
| April 20th, 1964 (April 20 1964) | Birth | Crispin Glover, American actor | |
| April 20th, 1964 (April 20 1964) | Birth | Andy Serkis, English actor | |
| April 20th, 1964 (April 20 1964) | Birth | Rosalynn Sumners, American figure skater | |
| April 20th, 1964 (April 20 1964) | Death | Eddie Dyer, baseball player (born in 1899) | |
| April 20th, 1963 (April 20 1963) | Birth | Mauricio Gugelmin, Brazilian racing driver | |
| April 20th, 1963 (April 20 1963) | Birth | Aubrey de Grey, British biomedical gerontologist | |
| April 20th, 1961 (April 20 1961) | Event | Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US troops against Cuba. | |
| April 20th, 1961 (April 20 1961) | Birth | Don Mattingly, American baseball player | |
| April 20th, 1961 (April 20 1961) | Birth | Konstantin Lavronenko, Russian actor | |
| April 20th, 1959 (April 20 1959) | Birth | Clint Howard, American actor | |
| April 20th, 1958 (April 20 1958) | Birth | Viacheslav Fetisov, Russian ice hockey player | |
| April 20th, 1957 (April 20 1957) | Birth | Geraint Wyn Davies, Welsh-Canadian actor | |
| April 20th, 1956 (April 20 1956) | Birth | Beatrice Ask, Swedish politician | |
| April 20th, 1954 (April 20 1954) | Birth | Gilles Lupien, French Canadian ice hockey player | |
| April 20th, 1953 (April 20 1953) | Birth | Sebastian Faulks, British novelist | |
| April 20th, 1952 (April 20 1952) | Birth | Bozidar Maljkovic, Serbian basketball coach | |
| April 20th, 1951 (April 20 1951) | Birth | Luther Vandross, American singer (died in 2005) | |
| April 20th, 1951 (April 20 1951) | Death | Ivanoe Bonomi, Prime Minister of Italy (born in 1873) | Bono Quotes |
| April 20th, 1950 (April 20 1950) | Birth | Steve Erickson, American novelist | |
| April 20th, 1950 (April 20 1950) | Birth | Aleksandr Lebed, Russian general and politician (died in 2002) | |
| April 20th, 1950 (April 20 1950) | Birth | Chandra Babu Naidu, Indian politician | |
| April 20th, 1949 (April 20 1949) | Birth | Massimo D Alema, Prime Minister of Italy | |
| April 20th, 1949 (April 20 1949) | Birth | Veronica Cartwright, American actress | |
| April 20th, 1949 (April 20 1949) | Birth | Toller Cranston, Canadian figure skater and artist | |
| April 20th, 1949 (April 20 1949) | Birth | Jessica Lange, American actress | |
| April 20th, 1948 (April 20 1948) | Birth | Craig Frost, American musician (Grand Funk & Bob Seger) | |
| April 20th, 1948 (April 20 1948) | Birth | Gregory Itzin, American actor | Gregory I Quotes |
| April 20th, 1948 (April 20 1948) | Birth | Remy Trudel, French Canadian politician | |
| April 20th, 1947 (April 20 1947) | Birth | Bjorn Skifs, Swedish singer (Blue Swede) | |
| April 20th, 1947 (April 20 1947) | Birth | Andrew Tobias, American journalist and author | |
| April 20th, 1947 (April 20 1947) | Birth | David Leland, British actor, director and screenwriter | |
| April 20th, 1947 (April 20 1947) | Death | King Christian X of Denmark (born in 1870) | |
| April 20th, 1946 (April 20 1946) | Birth | Julien Poulin, French Canadian actor | |
| April 20th, 1946 (April 20 1946) | Birth | Gordon Smiley, American racecar driver (died in 1982) | |
| April 20th, 1946 (April 20 1946) | Birth | Mel Winkler, American voice actor | |
| April 20th, 1945 (April 20 1945) | Event | World War II: US troops capture Leipzig, Germany, only to later cede the city to the Soviet Union. | |
| April 20th, 1945 (April 20 1945) | Event | World War II: Fuehrerbunker: Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface to award Iron Crosses to boy soldiers of the Hitler Youth. | Adolf Hitler Quotes |
| April 20th, 1945 (April 20 1945) | Birth | Michael Brandon, American actor | |
| April 20th, 1945 (April 20 1945) | Birth | Steve Spurrier, American football player and coach | |
| April 20th, 1945 (April 20 1945) | Death | Erwin Bumke, German jurist (born in 1874) | |
| April 20th, 1943 (April 20 1943) | Birth | John Eliot Gardiner, English conductor | |
| April 20th, 1943 (April 20 1943) | Birth | Edie Sedgwick, American actress (died in 1971) | Edie Sedgwick Quotes |
| April 20th, 1941 (April 20 1941) | Birth | Ryan O Neal, American actor | |
| April 20th, 1939 (April 20 1939) | Birth | Peter S. Beagle, American author | |
| April 20th, 1939 (April 20 1939) | Birth | Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway | |
| April 20th, 1939 (April 20 1939) | Birth | Johnny Tillotson, American singer | |
| April 20th, 1937 (April 20 1937) | Birth | George Takei, American actor | |
| April 20th, 1936 (April 20 1936) | Birth | Pat Roberts, American politician | |
| April 20th, 1932 (April 20 1932) | Death | Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician (born in 1858) | |
| April 20th, 1928 (April 20 1928) | Birth | Johnny Gavin, Irish footballer (died in 2007) | |
| April 20th, 1928 (April 20 1928) | Birth | Gerald S. Hawkins, English astronomer (died in 2003) | |
| April 20th, 1927 (April 20 1927) | Birth | Phil Hill, American race car driver and one-time F1 world champion | |
| April 20th, 1927 (April 20 1927) | Birth | Karl Alexander Muller, Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize laureate | |
| April 20th, 1926 (April 20 1926) | Event | Western Electric and Warner Bros. announce Vitaphone, a process to add sound to film. | |
| April 20th, 1925 (April 20 1925) | Birth | Ernie Stautner, German-born American football player (died in 2006) | |
| April 20th, 1924 (April 20 1924) | Birth | Leslie Phillips, English actor | |
| April 20th, 1923 (April 20 1923) | Birth | Mother Angelica, American nun and broadcaster | |
| April 20th, 1923 (April 20 1923) | Birth | Tito Puente, American musician (died in 2000) | |
| April 20th, 1921 (April 20 1921) | Birth | Janine Sutto, French Canadian actress | |
| April 20th, 1920 (April 20 1920) | Birth | John Paul Stevens, U.S. Supreme Court Justice | |
| April 20th, 1920 (April 20 1920) | Birth | Ronald Speirs, WWII Veteran (died in 2007) | |
| April 20th, 1919 (April 20 1919) | Birth | Richard Hillary, Australian Spitfire pilot and author (died in 1943) | |
| April 20th, 1918 (April 20 1918) | Event | Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims marking his final victories before his death the following day. | |
| April 20th, 1918 (April 20 1918) | Birth | Edward L. Beach, Jr., American naval officer, author (died in 2002) | |
| April 20th, 1918 (April 20 1918) | Birth | Kai Siegbahn, Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 2007) | |
| April 20th, 1918 (April 20 1918) | Death | Karl Ferdinand Braun, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1850) | |
| April 20th, 1916 (April 20 1916) | Event | Chicago Cubs played their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7-6 in 11 innings | |
| April 20th, 1915 (April 20 1915) | Birth | Joseph Wolpe, South African-born psychotherapist (died in 1997) | |
| April 20th, 1914 (April 20 1914) | Event | Forty-five men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a Colorado coal-miner s strike. | |
| April 20th, 1914 (April 20 1914) | Birth | Betty Lou Gerson, American actress (died in 1999) | |
| April 20th, 1912 (April 20 1912) | Event | Opening day for baseball stadiums Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan, and Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. | |
| April 20th, 1912 (April 20 1912) | Death | Bram Stoker, Irish author (born in 1847) | |
| April 20th, 1908 (April 20 1908) | Event | Opening day of competition of the New South Wales Rugby League. | |
| April 20th, 1908 (April 20 1908) | Birth | Lionel Hampton, American musician (died in 2002) | |
| April 20th, 1904 (April 20 1904) | Birth | Bruce Cabot, American actor (died in 1972) | |
| April 20th, 1904 (April 20 1904) | Birth | George Stibitz, American scientist (died in 1995) | |
| April 20th, 1902 (April 20 1902) | Event | Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride. | Marie Curie Quotes |
| April 20th, 1899 (April 20 1899) | Death | Joseph Wolf, German artist (born in 1820) | |
| April 20th, 1896 (April 20 1896) | Birth | Wop May, Canadian aviator (died in 1952) | |
| April 20th, 1896 (April 20 1896) | Birth | Henry de Montherlant, French writer (died in 1972) | |
| April 20th, 1895 (April 20 1895) | Birth | Emile Christian, American musician (died in 1973) | |
| April 20th, 1893 (April 20 1893) | Birth | Harold Lloyd, American actor (died in 1971) | |
| April 20th, 1893 (April 20 1893) | Birth | Edna Parker, American supercentenarian | |
| April 20th, 1893 (April 20 1893) | Birth | Joan Miro, Spanish painter (died in 1983) | |
| April 20th, 1890 (April 20 1890) | Birth | Maurice Duplessis, premier of Quebec, known as "Le Chef" (died in 1959) | Maurice Duplessis Quotes |
| April 20th, 1889 (April 20 1889) | Birth | Adolf Hitler, leader of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his death (died in 1945) | Adolf Hitler Quotes |
| April 20th, 1889 (April 20 1889) | Birth | Albert Jean Amateau, Turkish-born businessman and social activist (died in 1996) | |
| April 20th, 1887 (April 20 1887) | Death | Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Egyptian statesman (born in 1826) | |
| April 20th, 1884 (April 20 1884) | Event | Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical, Humanum Genus. | |
| April 20th, 1884 (April 20 1884) | Birth | Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (died in 1966) | |
| April 20th, 1882 (April 20 1882) | Birth | Holland Smith, U.S. General (died in 1967) | |
| April 20th, 1879 (April 20 1879) | Birth | Paul Poiret, French couturier (died in 1944) | |
| April 20th, 1874 (April 20 1874) | Death | Alexander H. Bailey, American politician (born in 1817) | |
| April 20th, 1873 (April 20 1873) | Death | William Tite, English architect (born in 1798) | |
| April 20th, 1871 (April 20 1871) | Event | Civil Rights Act of 1871 | |
| April 20th, 1870 (April 20 1870) | Birth | Maulvi Abdul Haq, Father of Urdu, Pakistani scholar (d.1961) | |
| April 20th, 1862 (April 20 1862) | Event | The first pasteurization test completed by Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard. | Louis Pasteur Quotes |
| April 20th, 1861 (April 20 1861) | Event | American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia. | |
| April 20th, 1851 (April 20 1851) | Birth | Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (died in 1875) | |
| April 20th, 1850 (April 20 1850) | Birth | Daniel Chester French, American sculptor (died in 1931) | |
| April 20th, 1836 (April 20 1836) | Event | U.S. Congress passes an act creating the Wisconsin Territory. | |
| April 20th, 1831 (April 20 1831) | Death | John Abernethy, English surgeon (born in 1764) | |
| April 20th, 1828 (April 20 1828) | Event | Rene Caillie is first non-Muslim to enter Timbouctou. | |
| April 20th, 1826 (April 20 1826) | Birth | Dinah Craik, English author (died in 1887) | Dinah Craik Quotes |
| April 20th, 1818 (April 20 1818) | Birth | Heinrich Gobel, German-born inventor (died in 1893) | |
| April 20th, 1810 (April 20 1810) | Event | The Governors of Caracas declares the national sovereignty from Spain. | |
| April 20th, 1808 (April 20 1808) | Birth | Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (died in 1873) | |
| April 20th, 1792 (April 20 1792) | Event | France declares war on Austria, the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars. | |
| April 20th, 1775 (April 20 1775) | Event | American Revolutionary War: the siege of Boston begins, which followed the first battles at Lexington and Concord. | |
| April 20th, 1769 (April 20 1769) | Death | Pontiac, Chief of the Ottawa | |
| April 20th, 1765 (April 20 1765) | Death | Abigail Williams, American accuser in the Salem witch trials (born in 1674) | |
| April 20th, 1745 (April 20 1745) | Birth | Philippe Pinel, French physician (died in 1826) | |
| April 20th, 1723 (April 20 1723) | Birth | Cornelius Harnett, American delegate to the Continental Congress (died in 1781) | |
| April 20th, 1718 (April 20 1718) | Birth | David Brainerd, American missionary (died in 1747) | |
| April 20th, 1703 (April 20 1703) | Death | Lancelot Addison, English royal chaplain (born in 1632) | |
| April 20th, 1689 (April 20 1689) | Event | The former King James II of England, now deposed, lays siege to Derry. | |
| April 20th, 1668 (April 20 1668) | Birth | Yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod (died in 1739) | |
| April 20th, 1657 (April 20 1657) | Event | Admiral Robert Blake destroys a Spanish silver fleet under heavy fire at Santa Cruz de Tenerife. | |
| April 20th, 1657 (April 20 1657) | Event | Freedom of religion is granted to the Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City). | |
| April 20th, 1653 (April 20 1653) | Event | Oliver Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament. | Oliver Cromwell Quotes |
| April 20th, 1650 (April 20 1650) | Birth | William Bedloe, English informer (died in 1680) | |
| April 20th, 1646 (April 20 1646) | Birth | Charles Plumier, French botanist (died in 1704) | |
| April 20th, 1643 (April 20 1643) | Death | Christoph Demantius, German composer (born in 1567) | |
| April 20th, 1633 (April 20 1633) | Birth | Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (died in 1654) | |
| April 20th, 1586 (April 20 1586) | Birth | Saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (died in 1617) | |
| April 20th, 1558 (April 20 1558) | Death | Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (born in 1485) | |
| April 20th, 1534 (April 20 1534) | Event | Jacques Cartier begins his voyage, in which he will discover Canada and Labrador. | |
| April 20th, 1534 (April 20 1534) | Death | Elizabeth Barton, English nun (executed) | |
| April 20th, 1521 (April 20 1521) | Death | Zhengde, Emperor of China (born in 1491) | |
| April 20th, 1494 (April 20 1494) | Birth | Johannes Agricola, German Protestant reformer (died in 1566) | |
| April 20th, 1314 (April 20 1314) | Death | Pope Clement V (born in 1264) | |
| April 20th, 1303 (April 20 1303) | Event | The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. | |
| April 20th, 1176 (April 20 1176) | Death | Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (born in 1130) | |
| April 20th, 0702 (April 20 0702) | Birth | Jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (died in 765) | |
