April 20^th in history

Encyclopædia Britannica presents people and events from this day in history:

Adolf Hitler: Biography of the Day

Adolf Hitler

"I know, my comrades, it must have been difficult at times, when you were desiring change which didn't come, so time and time again the appeal has to be made to continue the struggle—you mustn't act yourself, you must obey, you must give in, you must submit to this overwhelming need to obey."

Adolf Hitler, speaking to SA and SS troops, January 30, 1933, the day he was appointed chancellor of Germany

Born this day in 1889 in Austria, Adolf Hitler became leader of the Nazi Party in 1920 and chancellor of Germany in 1933, created a formidable war machine, provoked World War II, and orchestrated the Holocaust.

 

Trudeau sworn in as prime minister of Canada: 20 April 1968 - This Day in History

Pierre Elliott Trudeau of the Liberal Party, who became prime minister of Canada this day in 1968, discouraged the French separatist movement, oversaw the formation of a new constitution, and established relations with China.

More Events on this day:

1920: U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens was born in Chicago.

1919: In an ongoing dispute over the possession of Vilnius, Polish forces drove out Russia's Red Army—which had previously ousted the newly established Lithuanian government—and occupied the city.

1871: Japan's first government-operated postal service opened between Tokyo and saka.

1840: French Symbolist painter Odilon Redon was born in Bordeaux.

1808: Napoleon III, president of the Second Republic (1850–52) and emperor of France (1852–70), was born in Paris.

1653: England's Rump Parliament was dissolved by Oliver Cromwell and later replaced by the nominated Barebones Parliament, which was dissolved in the same year, leading to the declaration of the Protectorate.