April 20
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| == Events == | == Events == | ||
| + | *[[1939]] – [[Billie Holiday]] records the first civil rights song "[[Strange Fruit]]". | ||
| == Births == | == Births == | ||
| - | *1807: [[Aloysius Bertrand]] introduced the [[prose poetry|prose poem]] into French literature and inspired [[Symbolist poetry|Symbolist poets]]. | + | *[[1492]] – [[Pietro Aretino]], Italian author, playwright, and poet (d. 1556) |
| - | *[[Paul Poiret]] (20 April 1879, Paris, France - 30 April 1944, Paris) was a couturier based in Paris before the First World War, during the Belle Epoque. ... | + | *[[1807]] – [[Aloysius Bertrand]], French poet (d. 1841) |
| - | *[[Adolf Hitler]] (April 20, 1889 - April 30, 1945) was the Führer (Leader) of Nazi Germany and of the National Socialist German Workers' (Nazi) Party. ... | + | *[[1879]] – [[Paul Poiret]], French couturier (d. 1944) |
| - | *[[Michel Leiris]] (April 20, 1901 in Paris - September 30, 1990 in Saint-Hilaire, Essonne) was a French surrealist writer and ethnographer. ... | + | *[[1889]] – [[Adolf Hitler]], [[failed artist]] and leader of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945 (d. 1945) |
| + | *[[1901]] – [[Michel Leiris]], French surrealist writer and ethnographer (d. 1990) | ||
| + | *[[1914]] – [[Karel Thole]], Dutch painter and illustrator (d. 2000) | ||
| == Deaths == | == 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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Events
- 1939 – Billie Holiday records the first civil rights song "Strange Fruit".
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Births
- 1492 – Pietro Aretino, Italian author, playwright, and poet (d. 1556)
- 1807 – Aloysius Bertrand, French poet (d. 1841)
- 1879 – Paul Poiret, French couturier (d. 1944)
- 1889 – Adolf Hitler, failed artist and leader of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945 (d. 1945)
- 1901 – Michel Leiris, French surrealist writer and ethnographer (d. 1990)
- 1914 – Karel Thole, Dutch painter and illustrator (d. 2000)
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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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