April 20

Today in History
• 1139 - 2nd Lateran Council (10th ecumenical council) opens in Rome
• 1505 - Jews are expelled from Orange Burgandy by Philibert of Luxembourg
• 1551 - John Dudley becomes English Earl Marshal
• 1611 - First known performance of Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth at the Globe Theatre
• 1653 - Oliver Cromwell routes English parliament to house
• 1657 - Battle in Santa Cruz Bay, Tenerife: English fleet sinks Spanish silver fleet
• 1770 - Captain Cook arrives in New South Wales
• 1777 - New York adopts new constitution as an independent state


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Chinese Language Day
• International Cli-Fi Day
• International Pizza Cake Day
• Lima Bean Respect Day
• Look Alike Day
• National Auctioneers Day
• National High Five Day
• Volunteer Recognition Day

Birthdays
• 1442 - Edward IV, King, England, 1461-83
• 1586 - Saint Rose of Lima [Isabel Flores de Olivia], Peruvian saint
• 1633 - Emperor Go-Komyo, 110th emperor of Japan
• 1668 - Yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod
• 1718 - David Brainerd, American missionary to the Native Americans
• 1745 - Philippe Pinel, physician, founder of psychiatry
• 1808 - Louis-Napoleon, Napoleon III, emperor of France, 1852-71
• 1839 - Carol I, King of Romania, 1881-1914s