On this day in history – featuring Star Trek, Only Fools and Horses and Dracula

What happened on April 20 down the years?

1653 – Oliver Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament;

1889 – Adolf Hitler is born. He committed suicide in 1945, aged 56;

1893 – Spanish painter and sculptor Joan Miro is born;

1912 – Famous baseball stadium Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox, opens;

1912 – Dracula author Bram Stoker dies, aged 64;

1951 – Singer Luther Vandross is born. He died in 2005, aged 54.

1964 – BBC Two launches, with a power cut because of a fire at Battersea Power Station;

1968 – Enoch Powell makes his controversial Rivers of Blood speech;

1968 – Deep Purple made their live debut;

1985 – We Are The World by USA for Africa was at number one in the UK;

1990 – Janet Jackson received a star on the Hollywood walk of fame;

1996 – Mark Morrison had his first UK number one with Return of the Mack;

An Alfreton man attacked his wife and damaged a phone and a car during a marital dispute

1999 – 13 students killed in the Columbine High School massacre;

2006 – Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty was arrested on suspicion of drugs possession;

2010 – Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes, killing 11 people and causing an oil spill which lasted six months.

2013 – Mansfield Town secured the Conference title and promotion back to the Football League with a 1-0 home win over Wrexham, thanks to Matt Green’s 40th minute penalty.

Happy Birthday to:

Actor Leslie Phillips, 92;

Star Trek actor George Takei, 79;

Braodcaster Peter Snow, 78;

Actress Jessica Lange, 67;

Politician Eric Pickles, 64;

Only Fools and Horses star Nicholas Lyndhurst, 55;

Darts player Raymond van Barneveld, 49;

Footballer Shay Given, 40.