October 20 - Young Master

Young Master

This Day In History

1548

The city of Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Our Lady of Peace) is founded by Alonso de Mendoza.

1720

Caribbean pirate Calico Jack is captured by the Royal Navy.

1873

Yale, Princeton, Columbia, and Rutgers universities draft the first code of American football rules.

1939

Pope Pius XII publishes his first major encyclical entitled Summi Pontificatus.

1973

The Sydney Opera House opens.

Famous Birthdays

1632

Sir Christopher Wren, English architect (d. 1723)

1719

Gottfried Achenwall, German statistician (d. 1772)

1822

Thomas Hughes, English novelist (d. 1896)

1854

Arthur Rimbaud, French poet (d. 1891)

1874

Charles Ives, American composer (d. 1954)

1882

Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-born American actor (d. 1956)

1922

John Anderson, American actor (d. 1992)

1935

Jerry Orbach, American actor (d. 2004)

1950

Tom Petty, American musician

1955

Thomas Newman, American composer

1958

Viggo Mortensen, American actor

1966

Patrick Volkerding, American computer operating systems developer
1970
Michelle Malkin, American political commentator and author