Births on December 20

Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman

Born on December 20, 1886

Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, American tennis player and businessman (d. 1974)

Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, CBE (née Hotchkiss; December 20, 1886 – December 5, 1974) was an American tennis player and founder of the Wightman Cup, an annual team competition for British and American women. She dominated American women's tennis before World War I, and won 45 U.S. titles during her life.

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Events on 1886

23 Feb

Julia Brainerd Hall
Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of man-made aluminum, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall.
27 Mar

Apache Wars
Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
29 May

John Pemberton
The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
10 Jun

Pink and White Terraces
Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and burying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for three months creating a large, 17 km long fissure across the mountain peak.
30 Jun

Port Moody, British Columbia
The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.

Births on December 20

Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman

Born on December 20, 1886

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Events on 1886

Julia Brainerd Hall

Apache Wars

John Pemberton

Pink and White Terraces

Port Moody, British Columbia