Births on May 20

Margery Allingham

Born on May 20, 1904

Margery Allingham, English author of detective fiction (d. 1966)

Margery Louise Allingham (20 May 1904 – 30 June 1966) was an English novelist from the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", best remembered for her hero, the gentleman sleuth Albert Campion.

Initially believed to be a parody of Dorothy L. Sayers's detective Lord Peter Wimsey, Campion matured into a strongly individual character, part-detective, part-adventurer, who formed the basis for 18 novels and many short stories.

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Events on 1904

17 Jan

The Cherry Orchard
Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
3 Mar

Thomas Edison
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany becomes the first person to make a sound recording of a political document, using Thomas Edison's phonograph cylinder.
8 Apr

The Book of the Law
British mystic Aleister Crowley transcribes the first chapter of The Book of the Law.
5 May

Cy Young
Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
16 Nov

Vacuum tube
English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).

Births on May 20

Margery Allingham

Born on May 20, 1904

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Events on 1904

The Cherry Orchard

Thomas Edison

The Book of the Law

Cy Young

Vacuum tube