What happened on April 20 ?

570 - Muhammad (possible date of birth), Founder of Islam (d. 632)

702 - Jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765)

1494 - Johannes Agricola, German Protestant reformer (d. 1566)

1586 - Saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617)

1633 - Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654)

1650 - William Bedloe, English informer (d. 1680)

1668 - Yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod (d. 1739)

1718 - David Brainerd, American missionary (d. 1747)

1723 - Cornelius Harnett, American delegate to the Continental Congress (d. 1781)

1745 - Philippe Pinel, French physician (d. 1826)

1802 - Alan Campbell Palmer, Maine Legislator (d. 1852)

1808 - Emperor Napoleon III of France (d. 1873)

1818 - Heinrich Göbel, German-born inventor (d. 1893)

1850 - Daniel Chester French, American sculptor (d. 1931)

1879 - Paul Poiret, French couturier (d. 1944)

1882 - Holland Smith, U.S. General (d. 1967)

1889 - Albert Jean Amateau, Turkish-born businessman and social activist (d. 1996)

1889 - Adolf Hitler, Austrian-born German dictator (d. 1945)

1891 - Caresse Crosby, American poet (d. 1970)

1893 - Harold Lloyd, American actor (d. 1971)

1893 - Joan Miró, Catalan painter (d. 1983)

1895 - Emile Christian, American musician (d. 1973)

1896 - Wop May, Canadian aviator (d. 1952)

1904 - Bruce Cabot, American actor (d. 1972)

1904 - George Stibitz, American scientist (d. 1995)

1908 - Lionel Hampton, American musician (d. 2002)

1914 - Betty Lou Gerson, American actress (d. 1999)

1915 - Joseph Wolpe, South African-born psychotherapist (d. 1997)

1918 - Edward L. Beach, Jr., American naval officer, author (d. 2002)

1918 - Kai Siegbahn, Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

1920 - John Paul Stevens, U.S. Supreme Court Justice

1923 - Mother Angelica, American nun and broadcaster

1923 - Tito Puente, American musician (d. 2000)

1925 - Ernie Stautner, German-born American football player (d. 2006)

1927 - Karl Alexander Müller, Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

1928 - Gerald S. Hawkins, English astronomer (d. 2003)

1939 - Peter S. Beagle, American author

1939 - Gro Harlem Brundtland, Prime Minister of Norway

1940 - George Takei, American actor

1941 - Ryan O'Neal, American actor

1943 - John Eliot Gardiner, English conductor

1943 - Edie Sedgwick, American actress (d. 1971)

1945 - Michael Brandon, American Actor

1945 - Steve Spurrier, American football player and coach

1947 - Björn Skifs, Swedish singer (Blue Swede)

1948 - Craig Frost, American musician (Grand Funk & Bob Seger)

1949 - Massimo D'Alema, Prime Minister of Italy

1949 - Toller Cranston, Canadian figure skater and artist

1949 - Jessica Lange, American actress

1950 - Veronica Cartwright, American actress

1950 - Steve Erickson, American novelist

1950 - Aleksandr Lebed, Russian general, politician (d. 2002)

1951 - Luther Vandross, American singer (d. 2005)

1957 - Geraint Wyn Davies, American actor

1961 - Don Mattingly, baseball player

1964 - Crispin Glover, American actor

1964 - Andy Serkis, English actor

1964 - Rosalynn Sumners, American figure skater

1967 - Raymond van Barneveld, Dutch darts player

1967 - Mike Portnoy, American drummer (Dream Theater)

1971 - Carla Geurts, Dutch swimmer

1972 - Carmen Electra, American actress

1976 - Joey Lawrence, American actor

1976 - Shay Given, Irish footballer

1980 - Jasmin Wagner, German singer

2000 - Funny Cide, racehorse