April 20
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Events
- 1888: The will of Thomas Green Clemson is admitted to probate. (Bryan, Wright, "Clemson: An Informal History of the University 1889-1979", The R.L. Bryan Company, Columbia, South Carolina, 1979, ISBN 0-934870-01-2, page 29.)
- 1893: The Pickens Sentinel reports on Thursday, this date, that "By the end of the week the telephone line from Spartanburg to Greenville, via Riedville, Spartanburg Co. will be complete." ("The Pickens Sentinel, Pickens Court House, South Carolina, 1872-1893, Historical and Genealogical Abstracts, Volume 2, compiled by Peggy Burton Rich and Marion Ard Whitehurst, Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, Maryland, 1994, ISBN 1-55613-985-3, page 555.)
- 1968: A steam operated passenger train operates through Clemson for the first time since about 1950, when the Southern Railway runs a steam excursion behind Southern 2-8-0 No. 630 from Atlanta to Spartanburg.
- 1975: The Clemson Players, in cooperation with the Dionysia Council, present Eugene Ionesco's The Bald Soprano and The Lesson in Daniel Auditorium at 8 p.m., with free admission.
- 1978: Registration for both summer semesters, as well as first semester 1978-1979.
- 1978: The Clemson Players present Lanford Wilson's Hot l Baltimore, the fourth production of the 1977-1978 season, directed by Chip Egan. Free admission with performances in Daniel Auditorium at 8 p.m., April 17-22, except matinee at 3:30 p.m. on April 20.
- 1978: "Monty Python Meets Beyond the Fringe", a filmed live stage performance by the two British comedy troupes, is shown in the Palmetto Ballroom, admission is $1. This was from the First Secret Policeman's Ball. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO0zEfrEle4
- 1979 - Spring Folly presented by Union special events committee on Bowman Field. Country Empire, the U.S. Navy's country band, appears on the Union Plaza at noon, in support of an appearance by the Blue Angels flight demonstration team in Anderson on April 21. The Tiger prints several articles about the retirement of President Robert C. Edwards, including a farewell letter from him to the student body. See President Edwards farewell letter.
- 2006: The Clemson Players present Sincerely in the Brooks Center Bellamy Theatre, $10 for adults, $5 for students. Performances at 8 p.m., April 18-22, and 3 p.m., April 22-23.
- 2008: The Clemson Players present Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" at the Brooks Center, at 3 p.m. Tickets are $5 for students, $10 for adults.
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