Daily Calendar for April 20th, 2021

The Old Farmer's Almanac daily calendar gives you quick reference for the significant events on any day throughout the year.

1810s

• Died 1812: George Clinton became first U.S. vice president to die in office

1830s

• 1832: Hot Springs Reservation (now National Park) was established in Arkansas

1850s

• Born 1850: Daniel Chester French (sculptor)

1900s

• 1902: French scientists Pierre and Marie Curie isolated radium chloride from pitchblende

• Born 1905: Stanley Marcus (retailer)

• Born 1908: Lionel Hampton (jazz musician)

1910s

• Died 1912: Bram Stoker (author)

• 1912: Boston's Fenway Park hosted its first professional baseball game. The Boston Red Sox played the New York Highlanders (now the Yankees).

1940s

• 1940: Electron microscope demonstrated to public

• Born 1949: Jessica Lange (actress)

1960s

• Born 1961: Don Mattingly (baseball player)

• 1968: Pierre Elliott Trudeau was sworn in as 15th Prime Minister of Canada

• Born 1969: Felix Baumgartner (daredevil)

1970s

• Born 1976: Joey Lawrence (actor)

• 1979: During a fishing trip, an upset swamp rabbit approached President Carter’s boat, Plains, GA

1990s

• Died 1992: Benny Hill (comedian)

• Died 1996: Christopher Robin Milne (son of A.A. Milne, basis for the Winnie the Pooh character Christopher Robin)

2000s

• Born 2000: Funny Cide (thoroughbred race horse, won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes in 2003)

• 2006: Tony Gemignani spun 17.6 ounces of dough for 2 minutes to form pizza base 33.2 inches wide, in Minneapolis, Minnesota

2010s

• Died 2010: Dorothy Height (civil rights activist; she stood on the platform with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during his historic "I Have a Dream" speech)

• 2016: New York Yankee's Aaron Hicks threw 105.5 mph ball from left field, setting baseball record