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Notable anniversaries in history for today: April 20
- 200th: 1824 - Birth of Alfred Holt Colquitt; Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (dies 1894).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Nina Foch in Leiden, Netherlands; actress (An American in Paris).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Paul M Van Buren; US theologist (Theological Explorations).
- 90th: 1934 - Heinrich Himmler becomes inspector of Prussian secret state police.
- 80th: 1944 - Dutch Communist Party resistance fighter John Postma is sentenced to death.
- 80th: 1944 - NFL legalizes coaching from the bench.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Peter Toohey; cricket player (New South Wales and Australian batsman 1977-80).
- 60th: 1964 - 68th Boston Marathon won by Aurele Vandendriessche of Belgium in 2:19:59.
- 60th: 1964 - 86 percent of black students boycott Cleveland, Ohio schools.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of John Carney; NFL kicker (San Diego Chargers).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Paul Nobes; cricket player (prolific opening batsman for Victoria and South Africa).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Ben[jamin] Lincoln Holbrook in Hartland, Wisconsin, USA; rower (Olympics-1996).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Kevin Sullivan in Brantford, Ontario, Canada; 1.5k runner (Olympics-1996).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Paul Bradford; cornerback (San Diego Chargers).
- 50th: 1974 - Mohammed Ayub Khan, premier/President (Pakistan), dies.
- 40th: 1984 - Death of Mabel Mercer at age 84; English/US singer ("Fly Me to the Moon").
- 40th: 1984 - Russian offensive in Panshirvallei, Afghanistan.
- 30th: 1994 - American Telephone & Telegraph changes its company name to AT&T Corporation.
- 30th: 1994 - Danny Harold Rolling sentenced to death in Florida for killing five.
- 30th: 1994 - Jean Carmet, French actor (Merci la Vie, Le Sucre), dies at age 72.
- 30th: 1994 - Serbian army bombs hospital in Goradze, Bosnia, 47 killed.
- 30th: 1994 - Sohail and Inzamam make world record ODI partnership of 263.
- 30th: 1994 - Space shuttle STS-59 (Endeavour 6), lands.
- 30th: 1994 - Paul Touvier is found guilty of ordering the execution of seven Jews when he served in the Vichy France Milice.
- 25th: 1999 - Two Littleton, Colorado teenagers, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, open fire on their Columbine High School teachers and classmates, killing 12 students and one teacher, and then themselves.
- 25th: 1999 - Death of Richard Rood, American professional wrestler (born 1958).
- 20th: 2004 - In Iraq, 12 mortars are fired on Abu Ghraib Prison by insurgents; 22 detainees are killed and 92 wounded.
- 15th: 2009 - Ethiopia's Deriba Merga wins the Boston Marathon (2:08:42), while Kenya's Salina Kosgei wins the women's race (2:32:16).
- 15th: 2009 - Oracle announces it will acquire Sun Microsystems for more than US$7 billion.
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