Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). There are 255 days remaining. Table of contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1657 - Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City) granted freedom of religion 1689 - The former King James II of England, now deposed, lays siege to Londonderry 1775 - American Revolutionary War: British troops begin siege of Boston, Massachusetts 1861 - 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 1862 - The first pasteurization test completed by Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard 1902 - Pierre and Marie Curie isolate radium 1914 - Ludlow Massacre of striking Colorado coal miners 1926 - Western Electric and Warner Bros announce Vitaphone, a process to add sound to film 1967 - A Swiss Britannia turboprop crashes at Nicosia, Cyprus killing 126 1968 - A South African Airways Boeing 707 crashes during takeoff at Windhoek, South-West Africa killing 122 1968 - The Liberal Party of Canada lead by Pierre Trudeau wins the Canadian Federal Election 1972 - Apollo 16 lands on the Moon 1998 - An Air France Boeing 727-200 crashes into mountain after takeoff from Bogota, Colombia killing 53 1999 - Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold open fire in their high school leaving 15 dead and 23 wounded 2001 - The anti-globalization movement holds a People's Summit and large protest marches, some of which are forcibly put down by police, against the FTAA summit in Quebec City, Quebec Births 571 - Muhammad (P.B.U.H) (Probably) († 634) 1808 - Emperor Napoleon III of France († 1873) 1818 - Henrey von Goebel, inventor († 1893) 1832 - Ernst von Leyden, physician († 1910) 1845 - Philippe Pinel, physician († 1826) 1879 - Paul Poiret, French couturier († 1944) 1883 - Harold Lloyd, actor († 1971) 1889 - Adolf Hitler, dictator († 1945) 1889 - Albert Jean Amateau, businessman and social activist († 1996) 1893 - Joan Miró, painter († 1983) 1893 - Harold Lloyd, actor († 1971) 1900 - Fred Raymond, composer († 1954) 1908 - Lionel Hampton, musician († 2002) 1915 - Joseph Wolpe, psychotherapist († 1997) 1920 - John Paul Stevens, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 1925 - Tito Puente, musician († 2000) 1928 - Gerald S. Hawkins, astronomer 1939 - Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway 1939 - Peter S. Beagle, author 1941 - Ryan O'Neal, actor 1943 - Edie Sedgwick, actress († 1971) 1949 - Jessica Lange, actress 1951 - Luther Vandross, singer 1964 - Crispin Glover, actor 1964 - Rosalynn Sumners, figure skater 1964 - Andy Serkis, actor 1972 - Hank The Angry Drunken Dwarf, radio and television personality († 2001) 1976 - Joey Lawrence, actor Deaths 1769 - Pontiac, Chief of the Ottawa tribe 1869 - Carl Loewe, composer 1908 - Henry Chadwick, baseball writer and historia 1912 - Bram Stoker, author 1932 - Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician 1940 - Alfred Cort Haddon, anthropologist 1947 - King Christian X of Denmark 1982 - Archibald Macleish, author 1992 - Benny Hill, comedian 1999 - Cassie Bernall, victim of the Columbine High School massacre 1999 - Eric Harris, perpetrator of the Columbine High School massacre 1999 - Dylan Klebold, perpetrator of the Columbine High School massacre 1999 - Rachel Scott, victim of the Columbine High School massacre 1999 - Senor Wences, Spanish ventriloquist Holidays and observances In Canada and the United States, April 20th is a ceremonial day to "smoke out" (smoke marijuana). See: 420 (drug culture) See Also: April 19 - April 21 - March 20 - May 20 -- listing of all days January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.