What Happened on April 20, 1943

Historical Events

Braves manager Casey Stengel is struck by a taxi, fractures a leg

Edie Sedgwick, American actress (Ciao Manhattan) and socialite, born in Santa Barbara, California (d. 1971)
Ian Watson, British sci-fi author (Book of Being, Whores of Babylon), born in North Shields, England
John Eliot Gardiner, English conductor, born in Fontmell Magna, Dorset
Michael Greer, American actor (Bobby Gentry Show), born in Galesburg, Illinois (d. 2002)