April 20
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| *[[1939]] – [[Billie Holiday]] records the first civil rights song "[[Strange Fruit]]". | *[[1939]] – [[Billie Holiday]] records the first civil rights song "[[Strange Fruit]]". | ||
| == Births == | == Births == | ||
| - | *[[1492]] - [[Pietro Aretino]] | + | *[[1492]] – [[Pietro Aretino]], Italian author, playwright, and poet (d. 1556) |
| *[[1807]] - [[Aloysius Bertrand]] introduced the [[prose poetry|prose poem]] into [[French literature]] and inspired [[Symbolist poetry|Symbolist poets]]. | *[[1807]] - [[Aloysius Bertrand]] introduced the [[prose poetry|prose poem]] into [[French literature]] and inspired [[Symbolist poetry|Symbolist poets]]. | ||
| *[[1879]] - [[Paul Poiret]], French a couturier based in Paris before the First World War and during the [[Belle Epoque]]. | *[[1879]] - [[Paul Poiret]], French a couturier based in Paris before the First World War and during the [[Belle Epoque]]. | ||
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Events
- 1939 – Billie Holiday records the first civil rights song "Strange Fruit".
Births
- 1492 – Pietro Aretino, Italian author, playwright, and poet (d. 1556)
- 1807 - Aloysius Bertrand introduced the prose poem into French literature and inspired Symbolist poets.
- 1879 - Paul Poiret, French a couturier based in Paris before the First World War and during the Belle Epoque.
- 1889 - Adolf Hitler, failed artist and leader of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945.
- 1901 - Michel Leiris, French surrealist writer and ethnographer.
- 1914 - Karel Thole, Dutch painter and illustrator.
Deaths
- 1912 – Bram Stoker, Irish author (b. 1847)
- 1991 – Don Siegel, American director and producer (b. 1912)
- 1992 – Benny Hill, English comedian and actor (b. 1924)
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