April 20
1769 - Ottawa Indian chief Pontiac was murdered.
1812 - The fourth vice president of the United States, George Clinton, died in Washington, D.C. at age 72, becoming the first vice president to die in office.
1841 - The first detective story, Edgar Allan Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue," was published.
1861 - Col. Robert E. Lee resigned his commission in the United States Army. (Lee went on to command the Army of Northern Virginia, and eventually became commander-in-chief of the Confederate army.)
1902 - Marie and Pierre Curie isolated radium.
1971 - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the practice of busing for racial desegregation.
1972 - Apollo 16’s lunar module, carrying astronauts John W. Young and Charles M. Duke Jr., landed on the moon.
1986 - Following an absence of six decades, Russian-born pianist Vladimir Horowitz performed in the Soviet Union to a packed audience at the Grand Hall of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow.
1999 - Fourteen students (including the shooters) and one teacher were killed, along with 23 others wounded, at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, in the nation's deadliest school shooting.
2003 - U.S. Army forces took control of Baghdad from the Marines in a changing of the guard that thinned the military presence in the capital.
2010 - An explosion on a BP oil drilling rig off the coast of Louisiana killed 11 people and injured 17; experts estimate that crude oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico at a rate of 13,000 gallons per hour. (The well was finally capped nearly three months after the explosion.)
2013 - Five snowboarders were killed in a backcountry avalanche on Colorado’s Loveland Pass. Search and rescue crews recovered the bodies several hours after the slide, which was about 600 feet wide and eight feet deep. It was among the deadliest U.S. avalanches in decades.
2016 - Five former New Orleans police officers pleaded guilty to lesser charges in the deadly shootings on a bridge in the days following Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
2018 - Wells Fargo agreed to pay $1 billion to federal regulators to settle charges stemming from misconduct at its mortgage and auto lending businesses; it was the latest punishment levied against the banking giant for widespread customer abuses.
2018 - The Democratic Party filed a lawsuit accusing the Donald Trump presidential campaign, Russia, WikiLeaks and Trump’s son and son-in-law of conspiring to undercut Democrats in the 2016 election by stealing tens of thousands of emails and documents.
2020 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said reports of accidental poisonings from cleaners and disinfectants were up about 20 percent in the first three months of the year; researchers believed it was related to the coronavirus epidemic.
2022 - An unexpected drop in subscribers sent Netflix shares into freefall, forcing the company to consider experimenting with ads and cracking down on millions of freeloaders who use passwords shared by friends or family.
Birthdays
26 - Maemae Renfrow (actress)
31 - Gigi Gorgeous (model)
34 - Carlos Valdes (actor)
39 - Tim Jo (actor)
40 - Miranda Kerr (model)
45 - Clayne Crawford (actor)
47 - Joey Lawrence (actor)
51 - Carmen Electra (actress)
53 - Shemar Moore (actor)
54 - Wade Hayes (singer)
55 - William deVry (actor)
59 - Andy Serkis (actor)
59 - Crispin Glover (actor)
64 - Clint Howard (actor)
74 - Veronica Cartwright (actress)
74 - Jessica Lange (actress)
78 - Judith O'Dea (actress)
82 - Ryan O'Neal (actor)
86 - George Takei (actor)
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Today in Sports History - April 20
1912 - The Boston Red Sox played their first game at Fenway Park. They beat the New York Highlanders (now Yankees) 7-6.
1916 - The Chicago Cubs played their first game at Wrigley Field (then known as Weeghman Park); the Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds 7-6.
1944 - The NFL legalizes coaching from the bench.
1958 - The Montreal Canadiens defeat the Boston Bruins to win a third consecutive Stanley Cup.
1986 - Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls sets an NBA playoff record with 63 points in a game.
1988 - The Baltimore Orioles establish a new MLB record for worst start to a season at 0-14 (they would lose 21 games before picking up their first win of the season).
1996 - The New York Jets select USC wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
1996 - The Chicago Bulls establish a new NBA record by winning their 72nd game of the season (72-10).
2002 - The Houston Texans select Fresno State quarterback David Carr with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
2003 - The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Washington Capitals 2-1 in the third overtime to win the series 4-2. It was the first time in the 11-year history of the Tampa Bay franchise that they advanced in the playoffs.
2008 - Danica Patrick won the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first woman to win an IndyCar race.
2021 - All six English Premier League clubs (Chelsea, Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United and Tottenham) withdraw from the controversial proposed European Super League just three days after it was announced.
1769 - Ottawa Indian chief Pontiac was murdered.
1812 - The fourth vice president of the United States, George Clinton, died in Washington, D.C. at age 72, becoming the first vice president to die in office.
1841 - The first detective story, Edgar Allan Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue," was published.
1861 - Col. Robert E. Lee resigned his commission in the United States Army. (Lee went on to command the Army of Northern Virginia, and eventually became commander-in-chief of the Confederate army.)
1902 - Marie and Pierre Curie isolated radium.
1971 - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the practice of busing for racial desegregation.
1972 - Apollo 16’s lunar module, carrying astronauts John W. Young and Charles M. Duke Jr., landed on the moon.
1986 - Following an absence of six decades, Russian-born pianist Vladimir Horowitz performed in the Soviet Union to a packed audience at the Grand Hall of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow.
1999 - Fourteen students (including the shooters) and one teacher were killed, along with 23 others wounded, at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, in the nation's deadliest school shooting.
2003 - U.S. Army forces took control of Baghdad from the Marines in a changing of the guard that thinned the military presence in the capital.
2010 - An explosion on a BP oil drilling rig off the coast of Louisiana killed 11 people and injured 17; experts estimate that crude oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico at a rate of 13,000 gallons per hour. (The well was finally capped nearly three months after the explosion.)
2013 - Five snowboarders were killed in a backcountry avalanche on Colorado’s Loveland Pass. Search and rescue crews recovered the bodies several hours after the slide, which was about 600 feet wide and eight feet deep. It was among the deadliest U.S. avalanches in decades.
2016 - Five former New Orleans police officers pleaded guilty to lesser charges in the deadly shootings on a bridge in the days following Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
2018 - Wells Fargo agreed to pay $1 billion to federal regulators to settle charges stemming from misconduct at its mortgage and auto lending businesses; it was the latest punishment levied against the banking giant for widespread customer abuses.
2018 - The Democratic Party filed a lawsuit accusing the Donald Trump presidential campaign, Russia, WikiLeaks and Trump’s son and son-in-law of conspiring to undercut Democrats in the 2016 election by stealing tens of thousands of emails and documents.
2020 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said reports of accidental poisonings from cleaners and disinfectants were up about 20 percent in the first three months of the year; researchers believed it was related to the coronavirus epidemic.
2022 - An unexpected drop in subscribers sent Netflix shares into freefall, forcing the company to consider experimenting with ads and cracking down on millions of freeloaders who use passwords shared by friends or family.
Birthdays
26 - Maemae Renfrow (actress)
31 - Gigi Gorgeous (model)
34 - Carlos Valdes (actor)
39 - Tim Jo (actor)
40 - Miranda Kerr (model)
45 - Clayne Crawford (actor)
47 - Joey Lawrence (actor)
51 - Carmen Electra (actress)
53 - Shemar Moore (actor)
54 - Wade Hayes (singer)
55 - William deVry (actor)
59 - Andy Serkis (actor)
59 - Crispin Glover (actor)
64 - Clint Howard (actor)
74 - Veronica Cartwright (actress)
74 - Jessica Lange (actress)
78 - Judith O'Dea (actress)
82 - Ryan O'Neal (actor)
86 - George Takei (actor)
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Today in Sports History - April 20
1912 - The Boston Red Sox played their first game at Fenway Park. They beat the New York Highlanders (now Yankees) 7-6.
1916 - The Chicago Cubs played their first game at Wrigley Field (then known as Weeghman Park); the Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds 7-6.
1944 - The NFL legalizes coaching from the bench.
1958 - The Montreal Canadiens defeat the Boston Bruins to win a third consecutive Stanley Cup.
1986 - Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls sets an NBA playoff record with 63 points in a game.
1988 - The Baltimore Orioles establish a new MLB record for worst start to a season at 0-14 (they would lose 21 games before picking up their first win of the season).
1996 - The New York Jets select USC wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
1996 - The Chicago Bulls establish a new NBA record by winning their 72nd game of the season (72-10).
2002 - The Houston Texans select Fresno State quarterback David Carr with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
2003 - The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Washington Capitals 2-1 in the third overtime to win the series 4-2. It was the first time in the 11-year history of the Tampa Bay franchise that they advanced in the playoffs.
2008 - Danica Patrick won the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first woman to win an IndyCar race.
2021 - All six English Premier League clubs (Chelsea, Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United and Tottenham) withdraw from the controversial proposed European Super League just three days after it was announced.
