Historical events , 20^th April

1939: Adolf Hitler’s 50th birthday celebrated as a public holiday in Germany.

1946: The League of Nations, the erstwhile institution of the United Nations, was disbanded.

1972: The Apollo-16 expedition landed on the moon after battling for six hours.

1997: Indra Kumar Gujral became the 12th Prime Minister of India.

2008: Danica Patrick became the first female driver to win an indie car race.

2011: The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) satellite launch vehicle ‘PSLV’ successfully placed three satellites into space.

Famous birthdays20^th April

1889: Adolf Hitler, a German politician, and leader of the Nazi Party. 

1914: Gopinath Mohanty, an Indian novelist.

1950: N. Chandrababu Naidu, an Indian politician and former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh.

1966: David Filo, an American billionaire businessman and the co-founder of Yahoo! with Jerry Yang.

1972: Mamta Kulkarni, a former Indian actress, and model.

Death anniversaries April 20.

1918: Karl Ferdinand Braun was a German electrical engineer, inventor, and physicist.

1960: Pannalal Ghosh, an Indian flute player, and composer.

1970: Shakeel Badayuni, an Indian Urdu poet, lyricist, and songwriter