On this day: 20 April

Selected events and births on 20 April, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1535 – Sun dogs were observed over Stockholm, Sweden, inspiring Vädersolstavlan, the oldest coloured depiction of the city. Read more: Sun dog Stockholm Vädersolstavlan
• 1537 – Bacatá, the main settlement of the Muisca Confederation in present-day Colombia, was conquered by Spanish conquistadors led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. Read more: Bacatá Muisca Confederations (political units) Spanish conquest of the Muisca
• 1922 – The Soviet government created the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within the Georgian SSR. Read more: Soviet Union South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
• 1939 – Billie Holiday recorded the song "Strange Fruit", which later became an emblem of the civil rights movement. Read more: Billie Holiday Strange Fruit Civil rights movement (1896–1954)
• 1968 – Enoch Powell, a British Conservative member of Parliament, made a controversial speech in opposition to immigration and anti-discrimination legislation, resulting in his removal from the shadow cabinet. Read more: Enoch Powell Conservative Party (UK) Rivers of Blood speech
• 1968 – Pierre Trudeau was sworn in as prime minister of Canada, succeeding Lester B. Pearson. Read more: Pierre Trudeau Prime Minister of Canada Lester B. Pearson
• 2008 – American racing driver Danica Patrick won the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first woman to win an IndyCar auto race. Read more: Danica Patrick Indy Japan 300 IndyCar
• 2008 – Fernando Lugo became the first candidate not from the Colorado Party candidate to be elected President of Paraguay in 61 years. Read more: Fernando Lugo Colorado Party (Paraguay) 2008 Paraguayan general election

Born on this day

• 1939 – Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norwegian physician and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Norway– Read more: Gro Harlem Brundtland Prime Minister of Norway
• 1945 – Thein Sein, Burmese general and politician, 8th President of Burma Read more: Thein Sein President of Myanmar
• 1949 – Massimo D'Alema, Italian journalist and politician, 76th Prime Minister of Italy Read more: Massimo D'Alema Prime Minister of Italy
• 1956 – Beatrice Ask, Swedish politician, Swedish Minister for Justice Read more: Beatrice Ask Minister for Justice (Sweden)
• 1965 – Kostis Chatzidakis, Greek politician, Ministry of Economy, Infrastructure, Shipping and Tourism Read more: Kostis Hatzidakis Ministry of Development (Greece)
• 1966 – David Filo, American businessman, co-founded Yahoo! Read more: David Filo Yahoo
• 1969 – Will Hodgman, Australian politician, 45th Premier of Tasmania Read more: Will Hodgman Premier of Tasmania
• 1990 – Kyle Higashioka, American baseball player Read more: Kyle Higashioka
• 1990 – Jason Behrendorff, Australian cricketer Read more: Jason Behrendorff
• 1991 – Luke Kuechly, American football player Read more: Luke Kuechly
• 1997 – Alexander Zverev, German tennis player Read more: Alexander Zverev
• 2005 – Tallyn Da Silva, Australian rugby league player Read more: Tallyn Da Silva

Text from Wikipedia: Selected anniversaries / April 20 and the linked articles, via the Wikimedia “On this day” feed, under CC BY-SA 4.0. We leave out entries about wars, violence and disasters to keep this page family-friendly.