<SPAN class=mw-headline>Events
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1648</A> - American Indian Battle of Tippycart

• <LI>1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony refuse to honour the Pragmatic Sanction and the War of the Austrian Succession begins.
  <LI>1781 - Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, was approved in Habsburg Monarchy. <LI>1803 - The United States Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase. <LI>1818 - The Convention of 1818 signed between the United States and the United Kingdom which, among other things, settled the US-Canada border on the 49th parallel for most of its length.
  
  <LI>1824 - William H. Seward and Frances Adeline Miller Seward wed.
  <LI>1827 - Battle of Navarino - a combined Turkish and Egyptian armada is destroyed by an allied British, French, and Russian naval force in the port of Navarino in Pylos, Greece. The most important result of this battle is the end of the Greek Liberation War and the affirmation of independence of modern Greece.
  <LI>1883 - Peru and Chile signed the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province was ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.
  <LI>1910 - The hull of the RMS Olympic, sister-ship to the ill-fated RMS Titanic, is launched from the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland. <LI>1935 - The Long March ends
  <LI>1941 - World War II: Thousands of civilians in Kragujevac in German-occupied Serbia are killed in the Kragujevac massacre. <LI>1944 - The Soviet army and Yugoslav Partisans liberate Belgrade, the capital of Yugoslavia
  <LI>1944 - Liquid natural gas leaks from storage tanks in Cleveland, then explodes; the explosion and resulting fire level 30 blocks and kill 130. <LI>1944 - General Douglas MacArthur fulfills his promise to return to the Philippines when he commands an Allied assault on the islands, reclaiming them from the Japanese during the Second World War.
  <LI>1947 - The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of Hollywood, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years. <LI>1951 - The "Johnny Bright Incident" occurred in Stillwater, Oklahoma
  <LI>1952 - Governor Evelyn Baring declared a state of emergency in Kenya and began arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising, including Jomo Kenyatta, the future first President of Kenya. <LI>1955 - Publication of The Return of the King, being the last part of The Lord of the Rings. <LI>1967 - A purported bigfoot is filmed by Patterson and Gimlin.
  <LI>1968 - Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy marries Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis. <LI>1971 - The Nepal stock exchange collapses. <LI>1973 - The Saturday Night Massacre: President Nixon fires Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus after they refuse to fire Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox, who is finally fired by Robert Bork. <LI>1973 - The Sydney Opera House opens. <LI>1976 - The ferry George Prince is struck by a ship while crossing the Mississippi River between Destrehan and Luling, LA. Seventy-eight passengers and crew died; only 18 people aboard the ferry survived.
  <LI>1977 - A plane carrying Lynyrd Skynyrd crashes in Mississippi, killing lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines along with backup singer Cassie Gaines, the road manager, pilot, and co-pilot. <LI>1979 - The John F Kennedy library is opened in Boston, Massachusetts.
  <LI>1982 - During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem at least 63 and probably many more people are crushed to death in the Luzhniki disaster. <LI>1984 - The Monterey Bay Aquarium opens in Monterey Bay, California. <LI>1991 - The Oakland Hills firestorm kills 25 and destroys 3,469 homes and apartments, causing more than $2 billion in damage.
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• <LI>2004 - Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is sworn in as the President of Indonesia. <LI>2004 - The Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball become the first team in the history of the league to win a best-of-7 postseason series after trailing the series 3 games to 0, by defeating the New York Yankees in Game 7 the American League Championship Series. <LI>2004 - The first Ubuntu Linux distribution is released. <LI>2007 - The 2007 Rugby World Cup final, England v South Africa.
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<H2><SPAN class=editsection>[edit]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Births</SPAN></H2>

• <LI>1463 - Alessandro Achillini, Italian philosopher (d. 1512) <LI>1496 - Claude, Duke of Guise, French soldier (d. 1550) <LI>1616 - Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680) <LI>1620 - Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (d. 1691)
  <LI>1632 - Sir Christopher Wren, English architect (d. 1723) <LI>1656 - Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (d. 1746) <LI>1660 - Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (d. 1723) <LI>1677 - Stanislaus I Leszczynski, King of Poland (d. 1766) <LI>1711 - Timothy Ruggles, American-born Tory politician (d. 1795) <LI>1719 - Gottfried Achenwall, German statistician (d. 1772)
  <LI>1759 - Chauncey Goodrich, U.S. Senator from Connecticut (d. 1815) <LI>1780 - Pauline Bonaparte, princess Borghese, sister of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1825) <LI>1784 - Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1865)
  <LI>1785 - George Ormerod, English historian and antiquarian (d. 1873) <LI>1808 - Karl Andree, German geographer (d. 1875) <LI>1819 - The Báb, Persian founder of the Bábí Faith (d. 1850) <LI>1819 - Carl Mikuli, Polish pianist (d. 1897)
  <LI>1822 - Thomas Hughes, English novelist (d. 1896) <LI>1832 - Constantin Lipsius, German architect (d. 1894) <LI>1854 - Arthur Rimbaud, French poet (d. 1891) <LI>1858 - John Burns, English politician (d. 1943) <LI>1859 - John Dewey, American philosopher (d. 1952)
  <LI>1874 - Charles Ives, American composer (d. 1954) <LI>1882 - Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-born actor (d. 1956) <LI>1889 - Margaret Dumont, American actress (d. 1965) <LI>1890 - Jelly Roll Morton, American composer (d. 1941) <LI>1891 - James Chadwick, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974) <LI>1891 - Jomo Kenyatta, President of Kenya (d. 1978)
  <LI>1893 - Charley Chase, American comedian (d. 1940) <LI>1894 - Olive Thomas, American actress (d. 1920) <LI>1895 - Rex Ingram, American actor (d. 1969) <LI>1897 - Crown Prince Eun of Korea (d. 1970)
  <LI>1900 - Wayne Morse, U.S. Senator from Oregon (d. 1974) <LI>1904 - Anna Neagle, English actress (d. 1986) <LI>1904 - Tommy Clement Douglas, Canadian politician (d. 1986) <LI>1905 - Ellery Queen, pseudonym of two American writers (d. 1982) <LI>1907 - Arlene Francis, American television personality (d. 2001) <LI>1909 - Sugiyama Yasushi, Japanese painter (d. 1993)
  <LI>1913 - Grandpa Jones, American banjo player and singer (d. 1998) <LI>1914 - Fayard Nicholas, American dancer (d. 2006) <LI>1917 - Jean-Pierre Melville, French director (d. 1973) <LI>1918 - Robert Lochner, German journalist (d. 2003) <LI>1922 - John Anderson, American actor (d. 1992) <LI>1925 - Art Buchwald, American humorist (d. 2007) <LI>1925 - Tom Dowd, American recording engineer (d. 2002) <LI>1925 - Roger Hanin, French actor
  <LI>1931 - Richard Caliguiri, American politician (d. 1988) <LI>1931 - Mickey Mantle, American baseball player (d. 1995) <LI>1932 - Rosey Brown, American football player (d. 2004) <LI>1932 - William Christopher, American actor (M*A*S*H) <LI>1934 - Eddie Harris, American jazz saxophonist (d. 1996) <LI>1934 - Michiko, empress of Japan
  <LI>1935 - Jerry Orbach, American actor (d. 2004) <LI>1937 - Juan Marichal, Dominican baseball player <LI>1937 - Wanda Jackson, American rock and rockabilly singer <LI>1938 - Iain MacMillan, Abbey Road photographer (d. 2006) <LI>1940 - Kathy Kirby, British singer
  <LI>1940 - Robert Pinsky, American poet and Poet Laureate of the United States <LI>1942 - Earl Hindman, American actor (d. 2003) <LI>1942 - Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, German biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine <LI>1943 - Dunja Vejzovic, Croatian soprano <LI>1944 - David Mancuso, American disc jockey
  <LI>1946 - Elfriede Jelinek, Austrian writer, Nobel Prize laureate <LI>1946 - Lucien Van Impe, Belgian cyclist <LI>1949 - Valeri Borzov, Ukrainian athlete <LI>1950 - Tom Petty, American musician <LI>1951 - Claudio Ranieri, Italian football player and manager <LI>1951 - Leif Pagrotsky, Swedish politician <LI>1953 - Keith Hernandez, American baseball player <LI>1953 - Bill Nunn, American actor
  <LI>1954 - Steve Orich, orchestrator <LI>1955 - Aaron Pryor, American boxer <LI>1955 - David Profumo, English novelist <LI>1956 - Danny Boyle, English film director <LI>1957 - Susanna Haavisto, Finnish actress and singer <LI>1958 - Valerie Faris, American film director <LI>1958 - Dave Finlay, Northern Irish professional wrestler <LI>1958 - Lynn Flewelling, American fantasy author <LI>1958 - Scott Hall, American professional wrestler
  <LI>1958 - Mark King, English musician <LI>1958 - Dave Krieg, American football player <LI>1958 - Viggo Mortensen, American actor <LI>1958 - Ivo Pogorelic, Croatian pianist <LI>1960 - Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player (d. 2004) <LI>1961 - Ian Rush, Welsh footballer <LI>1961 - Michie Tomizawa, Japanese voice actress <LI>1962 - Dave Wong, Hong Kong/Taiwanese singer-songwriter <LI>1963 - Julie Payette, Canadian astronaut
  <LI>1963 - Nikos Tsiantakis, Greek footballer <LI>1965 - Mikhail Shtalenkov, Russian ice hockey player <LI>1965 - William Zabka, American actor <LI>1966 - Allan Donald, South African cricketer <LI>1966 - Stefan Raab, German entertainer <LI>1966 - Patrick J. Volkerding, Founder and maintainer of the Slackware Linux distribution <LI>1966 - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Al-Qaeda leader (d. 2006) <LI>1967 - Luck Mervil, Québécois actor and singer <LI>1967 - Marco Ngai, Hong Kong actor
  <LI>1969 - Juan González, Puerto Rican baseball player <LI>1969 - Laurie Daley, Australian rugby league footballer <LI>1969 - Lambros Papakostas, Greek high jumper <LI>1970 - Chavo Guerrero, Jr., American professional wrestler <LI>1970 - Michelle Malkin, American political commentator and author <LI>1971 - Dannii Minogue, Australian singer <LI>1971 - Snoop Dogg, American rapper
  <LI>1972 - Will Greenwood, England rugby union player <LI>1976 - Tom Wisniewski, American guitarist (MxPx) <LI>1977 - Matt Jansen, English footballer <LI>1978 - Virender Sehwag, Indian cricketer <LI>1978 - Paul Wilson, Irish bass player (Snow Patrol) <LI>1979 - John Krasinski, American actor <LI>1979 - Paul O'Connell, Irish rugby player <LI>1980 - Jose Veras, Dominican baseball player <LI>1981 - Willis McGahee, American football player
  <LI>1981 - Dimitrios Papadopoulos, Greek footballer <LI>1981 - Francisco Javier Rodríguez, Mexican footballer <LI>1982 - Becky Brewerton, Welsh golfer <LI>1982 - Yasser Al-Qahtani, Saudi football player <LI>1983 - Alex Nackman, musician <LI>1983 - Takayuki Yamada, Japanese actor
  <LI>1983 - Luis Saritama, Ecuadorian footballer <LI>1984 - Florent Sinama-Pongolle, French footballer <LI>1984 - Andrew Trimble, Northern Irish rugby player for Irish rugby team <LI>1985 - Jennifer Nicole Freeman, American actress <LI>1985 - James Sutton, British racing driver <LI>1988 - Risa Niigaki, Japanese singer </LI>

<H2><SPAN class=editsection>[edit]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Deaths</SPAN></H2>

• <LI>460 - Aelia Eudocia, Byzantine Empress
  <LI>1139 - Henry X, Duke of Bavaria <LI>1570 - João de Barros, Portuguese historian (b. 1496) <LI>1631 - Michael Maestlin, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1550) <LI>1640 - John Ball, English Puritan clergyman (b. 1585) <LI>1652 - Antonio Coello, Spanish writer (b. 1611) <LI>1713 - Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician (b. 1652)
  <LI>1740 - Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1685) <LI>1842 - Grace Darling, English heroine (b. 1815) <LI>1865 - Champ Ferguson, Confederate guerrilla (b. 1821) <LI>1890 - Sir Richard Burton, British explorer and writer (b. 1821) <LI>1900 - Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet (b. 1846) <LI>1907 - Said Pasha Kurd, Kurdish statesman (b. 1834)
  <LI>1910 - David B. Hill, Governor of New York (b. 1843) <LI>1926 - Eugene Debs, American labor leader and Socialist presidential candidate (b. 1855) <LI>1935 - Arthur Henderson, Scottish politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1863) <LI>1936 - Anne Sullivan, American teacher (b. 1866) <LI>1964 - Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States (b. 1874) <LI>1967 - Yoshida Shigeru, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1878)
  <LI>1968 - Bud Flanagan, British wartime entertainer (b. 1896) <LI>1972 - Harlow Shapley, American astronomer (b. 1885) <LI>1977 - Members of the American rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd killed in a plane crash:
  • <LI>Cassie Gaines (b. 1948) <LI>Steve Gaines (b. 1949) <LI>Ronnie Van Zant (b. 1948) RIP Freebirds
    
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  <LI>1983 - Peter Dudley, British actor <LI>1983 - Yves Thériault, French Canadian author (b. 1915) <LI>1984 - Carl Ferdinand Cori, Austrian-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1896) <LI>1984 - Paul Dirac, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902) <LI>1987 - Andrey Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician (b. 1903) <LI>1988 - Sheila Scott, English aviatrix (b. 1922) <LI>1989 - Anthony Quayle, English actor (b. 1913)
  <LI>1990 - Joel McCrea, American actor (b. 1905) <LI>1992 - Werner Torkanowsky, German conductor (b. 1926) <LI>1993 - Sugiyama Yasushi, Japanese painter (b. 1909) <LI>1994 - Burt Lancaster, American actor (b. 1913) <LI>1995 - Christopher Stone, American actor (b. 1942) <LI>2001 - Ted Ammon, American financier (b. 1949) <LI>2002 - Barbara Berjer, American actress (b. 1920) <LI>2002 - Bernard Fresson, French actor (b. 1931) <LI>2003 - Jack Elam, American actor (b. 1918)
  <LI>2004 - Anthony Hecht, American poet (b. 1923) <LI>2004 - Chuck Hiller, American baseball player (b. 1934) <LI>2005 - Shirley Horn, American singer (b. 1934) <LI>2005 - Endon Mahmood, First Lady of Malaysia (breast cancer) (b. 1941) <LI>2005 - Eva Svankmajerova, Czech artist (b. 1940)
  <LI>2006 - Jane Wyatt, American actress (b. 1910) </LI>

<H2><SPAN class=editsection>[edit]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Holidays and observances</SPAN></H2>

• <LI>Christianity - the feast day of martyr Andrew of Crete
  <LI>October 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) <LI>Bahá'í Faith - Holy Day - Birth of the Báb <LI>French Republican Calendar - Orge (Barley) Day, twenty-ninth day in the Month of Vendémiaire <LI>Sweetest Day - USA
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1997</SPAN>Richard Gnida, Limo driver in Detroit Red Wings crash, pleads guilty
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1997</SPAN><SPAN class=body> U.S. accuses Microsoft of violating pact forcing IE browser on computers </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1996</SPAN><SPAN class=body> "Summer and Smoke" closes at Criterion Theater New York City </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1996</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1996</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Braves Andruw Jones is youngest player to homer in World Series </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1996</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1996</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Wasim Akram and Saqlain Mushtaq gets cricket Test record 313 for 8th wkt </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1996</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Wasim Akram scores cricket 257 vs. Zimbabwe at Sheikhupura, 12 sixes
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1995</SPAN><SPAN class=body> STS 73 (Columbia 18), launches into orbit </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1995</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Sri Lanka beat West Indies to win Sharjah Champions Trophy final </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1993</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Highest scoring World Series game Blue Jays 15, Phillies 14 in 4h14m
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1992</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 1st World Series game outside of U.S. - Toronto beats Atlanta </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1992</SPAN><SPAN class=body> David Houghton gets Zimbabwe's 1st Test ton (121 vs. India, debut) </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1991</SPAN><SPAN class=body> "Andre Heller's Wonderhouse" opens at Broadhurst New York City for 9 performances
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1991</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 6.1-7.1 earthquake in Uttar Kashi, India, about 670 die </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1991</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Actress Lisa Hartman weds country singer Clint Black </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1991</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Formal opening ceremony of International One Mind Zen center in Crestone, Colo </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1990</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 3 members of 2 Live Crew acquitted on obsenity charges in Florida
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1990</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Antiwar protest marches begin in 20 U.S. cities (for U.S. - Iraq war) </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1990</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Cincinnati Reds sweep Oakland A's in 86th World Series </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1989</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Pakistan win Sharjah Trophy over India and WI on round-robin </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1989</SPAN><SPAN class=body> U.S. Senate impeaches U.S. District Judge Alcee L Hastings </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1988</SPAN><SPAN class=body> "Les Miserables," opens at Forrest Theatre, Phila </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1988</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Britain ends suspects right to remain silent in crackdown on IRA
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1988</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Gastineau sacks Jets, retires from football "for personal reasons" </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1988</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Los Angeles Dodgers beat Oakland A's in World Series 4 games to 1 </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1988</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Man armed with explosives blows self up in 125 St. subway station (New York City) </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1988</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Reggie Rogers, Det Lion's # 1 pick, kills 3 by driving intoxicated
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1988</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Dodgers win World Series, LA 1st to have both NBA and baseball champs as LA beats Oakland A's, 4 games to 1 in 85th World Series </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1987</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 10 die as Air Force jet crashed into a Ramada Inn near Indianapolis </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1987</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Dow-Jones increases 102.27 pts/608,120,000 shares traded (record)
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1987</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Subway gunman Bernhard Goetz sentenced to 6 months in jail </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1986</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Tupolev-134 crashes in Southern Africa </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1984</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Cleveland Metroparks' Valley Parkway All Purpose Trails are completed </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1984</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Islander's Mike Bossy's 30th career hat trick-4 goals </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1983</SPAN><SPAN class=body> IBM-PC DOS Version 2.1 released </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1982</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Billy Martin fired as manager of Oakland A's </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1982</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Nobel prize for economy awarded to George Stigler </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1982</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Sri Lanka President Jayewardene re-elected
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1982</SPAN><SPAN class=body> St. Louis Cardinals beat Mil Brewers, 4 games to 3 in 79th World Series </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1981</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 1st NBA game at Meadowlands Arena, New Jersey Nets lose to New York Knicks 103-99 </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1981</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 3 members of Weather underground arrested for armored truck robbery </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1981</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Bomb attack on Antwerp Belgium synagogue, 1 dead, 80 injured
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1979</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Bob Dylan appears on SNL </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1979</SPAN><SPAN class=body> John F. Kennedy Library dedicated in Boston </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1979</SPAN><SPAN class=body> John Tate beats Gerrie Coetze in 15 for heavyweight boxing title </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1978</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Paul Vanden Boeynants forms Belgium government </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1978</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Police's 1st U.S. concert (NY's CBGBs) </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1977</SPAN><SPAN class=body> David Mamet's "Life in the Theater," premieres in New York City
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1977</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Hamilton Deane and John Balderstons "Dracula," premieres in New York City </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1976</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 70 die as Norwegian tanker Frosta collides with George Prince </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1976</SPAN><SPAN class=body> New York Nets Julius "Dr. J" Erving sold to Philadelphia 76ers </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1975</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Supreme Court rules teachers could spank their pupils after warning </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1974</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 1st broadcast of "Derrick" on ZDF </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1974</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Bard's presentation of "Richard III" opens at Lincoln Center New York City </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1973</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Canadian actor William Shatner (Star Trek) marries Marcy Lafferty </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1973</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Mariette Hartley appears on Bob Newhart in "Have You Met Miss Dietz"
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1973</SPAN><SPAN class=body> OPEC oil embargo begins </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1973</SPAN><SPAN class=body> President Nixon proclaims Jim Thorpe greatest athelete of 1st century </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1973</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Queen Elizabeth II opens Sydney Opera House </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1973</SPAN><SPAN class=body> U.S. president Nixon fires Watergate accuser Archibald Cox </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1973</SPAN><SPAN class=body> William Shatner marries Marcy Lafferty </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1973</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Solicitor Gen Bork, AG Richardson and Deputy AG Ruckelshaus resigned
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1973</SPAN><SPAN class=body> The Family Station Inc buys shortwave Radio Station WNYW, changes calls to WYFR and moves station from New York City to Scituate Mass </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1972</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Queen Juliana visits Yugoslavia </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1971</SPAN><SPAN class=body> "Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death" opens at Barrymore for 325 per </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1971</SPAN><SPAN class=body> West German Chancellor Willy Brandt is awarded Nobel Peace Prize </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1970</SPAN><SPAN class=body> American Norman Borlaug awarded the Nobel Peace Prize </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1970</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Zond 8 Launch (Moon Orbit and Return) </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1969</SPAN><SPAN class=body> WKYH (now WYMT) TV channel 57 in Hazard, Kentucky (NBC) begins broadcasting
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1968</SPAN><SPAN class=body> "Her 1st Roman" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 17 performances </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1968</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Carol Mann wins LPGA Quality Chekd Golf Classic </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1968</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Jacqueline Kennedy marries Aristotle Onassis </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1968</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Mamo Wolde wins 16th Olympic marathon (2:20:26.4) </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1967</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 7 men are convicted of civil rights violations in Meridan Miss </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1967</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Charlie Finley names Bob Kennedy 1st manager of Oakland A's </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1967</SPAN><SPAN class=body> KMXN (now KJTV) TV channel 34 in Lubbock, Texas (IND) begins broadcasting
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1965</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 19th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 5-2 at Montreal </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1965</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Beatles receive a gold record for "Yesterday" </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1965</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Mass arrests of communists in Indonesia </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1964</SPAN><SPAN class=body> "Golden Boy" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 569 performances
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1964</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Mad Dog Vachon beats Verne Gagne in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1964</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Riot at Rolling Stones show in Paris (150 arrested) </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1963</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Alec Douglas-Home forms British government </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1963</SPAN><SPAN class=body> France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1963</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Jim Brown sets NFL single-season rushing record, 8,390 yds </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1963</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Hillside Golf Open </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1963</SPAN><SPAN class=body> South Africa begins trial of Nelson Mandela and 8 others on conspiracy
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1963</SPAN><SPAN class=body> WITV TV channel 7 in Charleston, South Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1962</SPAN><SPAN class=body> "Mr President" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 265 performances </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1962</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Chinese army lands in India </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1962</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Musical, "Mr President," written by Irving Berlin, opens on Bdwy </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1962</SPAN><SPAN class=body> U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1960</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 1st fully mechanized post office opened, Providence, RI </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1960</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Ralph Houk, 41, replaces Casey Stengel as Yankee manager </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1959</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Clark Griffith of Senators says team will not move the franchise
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1959</SPAN><SPAN class=body> WABG TV channel 6 in Greenwood-Greenville, MS (ABC) 1st broadcast </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1957</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Karachi A (277-0d) beat Sind A by an innings w/o losing a wkt </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1957</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Walter Cronkite begins hosting weekly documentary </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1956</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 58 degrees F (15 degrees C), Esperanza Station, Antarctica (Antarctic record high) </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1956</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Hannes Lindemann begins journey across Atlantic in a 17' craft </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1955</SPAN><SPAN class=body> "No Time for Sergeants" opens on Broadway, starring Andy Griffith
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1955</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Harry Belafonte records "Day-O" (Banana Boat Song) </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1955</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Ira Levin's "No Time for Sergeants," premieres in New York City </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1955</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Yanks begin 16-game exhibition in Japan </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1954</SPAN><SPAN class=body> "Peter Pan" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 149 performances </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1953</SPAN><SPAN class=body> WRAU (now WHOI) TV channel 19 in Peoria, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1952</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Emergency crisis proclaimed in Kenya </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1947</SPAN><SPAN class=body> HUAC opens hearings into alleged Communist influence in Hollywood </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1947</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Radio rights for the World Series sell for $475,000 for 3 years </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1947</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Robinson Jeffer's "Medea," premieres in New York City </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1946</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Frank Seno returns kickoff 105 yd, Chicago Cards vs New York Giants
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1945</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Lawrence opens trial of Neurenberg </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1944</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Liquid-gas tanks in Cleveland explodes, 135 die, 3,600 homeless </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1944</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Revolution by workers and students in Guatemala </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1944</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Russian/Yugoslavian troops free Belgrade </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1944</SPAN><SPAN class=body> U.S. 1st army wins battle of Aachen </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1944</SPAN><SPAN class=body> U.S. 6th army lands on Leyte, Philippines </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1944</SPAN><SPAN class=body> U.S. forces under Gen Douglas MacArthur return to Philippines </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1942</SPAN><SPAN class=body> "Durham Manifesto" calls for fundamental changes in race relations
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1941</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Nazi occupiers murder 500 inhabitants of Kragujevac Serbia </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1940</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Cheese rationed in Netherlands </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1940</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Greenhouse rationing begins in Netherlands </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1939</SPAN><SPAN class=body> "All the Things You Are" recorded by Tommy Dorsey Orch </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1939</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Pope Pius XII publishes his 1st encyclical Summi pontificatus </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1936</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Carl Hubbell, 26-6, edges out Dizzy Dean, 24-13, for MVP honors in NL
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1936</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Spanish government moves to Barcelona </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1935</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 400,000 demonstrators against fascism in Madrid </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1935</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Anti-fascist People front forms in Brussels </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1935</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Hank Greenberg is named AL MVP by the BBWAA, Wes Ferrell is runner-up </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1935</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Mao Tse Tung and his Communist forces ended their "Long March" at Yan'an, in Shaanxi China </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1934</SPAN><SPAN class=body> All-Star team led by Babe Ruth and Connie Mack sails to Hawaii and Japan </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1934</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Richard Strauss completes his opera "Die Schweigsame Frau" </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1932</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Journalist, Robert Trout, joins CBS </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1931</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Frankie Frisch of the Cards named MVP </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1930</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, premiers on NBC radio </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1930</SPAN><SPAN class=body> British White Paper restricts Jews from buying Arab land </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1929</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Bayshore Highway opens (SF)
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1926</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Hurricane in Cuba, kills 600 </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1924</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 1st Negro League World Series: Kansas City, Missouri narchs shuts out Hilldales, 5-0 </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1922</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Kennelworth in Bronx renamed Dwight Place </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1920</SPAN><SPAN class=body> "1st Year" with Frank Craven premieres in New York City </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1918</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Germans, aimed at an armistice, Germans agree to further concessions </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1912</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Cort Theater opens at 148 W 48th St. New York City </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1912</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Hannes Kolehmainen runs world record marathon (2:29:39.2) </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1911</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Helen Hayes Theater (Folies Bergere) opens at 210 W 46th St. New York City </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1911</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Roald Amundsen sets out on race to South Pole </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1910</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 1st appearance of cork centered baseball in World Series </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1910</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Soccer team KFC forms in Alkmaar </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1908</SPAN><SPAN class=body> King Leopold II sells Congo to Belgium </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1906</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Dr. Lee DeForest demonstrated his electrical vacuum tube (radio tube) </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1905</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Great General Strike in Russia begins; lasts 11 days </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1905</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Russian tsar allows Polish people to speak Polish </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1903</SPAN><SPAN class=body> U.S. wins disputed boundary between District of Alaska and Canada </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1899</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Battle at Talana Hill Natal: British army vs Boers </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1899</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Columbia (U.S.) beats Shamrock (England) in 11th America's Cup </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1898</SPAN><SPAN class=body> North Carolina Mutual and Provident Insurance Company forms </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1891</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 1st International 6 day bike race (New York MSG) begins </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1889</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Gerhart Hauptmann's "Vor Sonnenaufgang," premieres in Berlin </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1888</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Chicago and All America baseball teams play exhibition in Auckland, NZ </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1883</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Max Bruch's "Kol Nidre," 1st performed </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1883</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Treaty of Ancon, Peru cedes Tarapaca to Chile </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1880</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Amsterdam Free University opens </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1877</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Franz Schubert's 2nd Symphony in B, premieres </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1873</SPAN><SPAN class=body> P. T. Barnum Hippodrome featuring "Greatest Show on Earth," opens (New York City) </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1864</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Lincoln formaly establishes Thanksgiving as a national holiday </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1862</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Amnesty proclaimed for escaped slaves of Suriname </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1856</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Arnhem-Oberhausen railway in Netherlands opens </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1847</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Little William Nelman poisons his grandpa </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1845</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Opera "Tannhauser" is produced (Dresden) </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1843</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 1st Chinese immigrant arrives in Suriname </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1835</SPAN><SPAN class=body> HMS Beagle leaves Galapagos Archipelago/sails to Tahiti </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1833</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Charles Darwin reaches river mouth of Parana </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1827</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Battle at Navarino: Engl/Russ/French fleet beat Turk/Egyptian fleet </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1822</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 1st edition of London Sunday Times </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1820</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Spain sells part of Florida to U.S. for $5 million </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1818</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 49th parallel forms as border between U.S. and Canada </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1818</SPAN><SPAN class=body> U.S. and Britain agree to joint control of Oregon country </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1817</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 1st Mississippi "Showboat," leaves Nashville on maiden voyage </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1813</SPAN><SPAN class=body> German Kingdom of Westphalia abolished </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1803</SPAN><SPAN class=body> U.S. Senate ratifies Louisiana Purchase </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1786</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Harvard University organizes 1st astronomical expedition in U.S. </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1774</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Continental Congress orders discouragment of entertainment </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1751</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Royal ship Duc de Bourgogne launched at Rochefort </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1740</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Maria Theresa became ruler of Austria, Hungary and Bohemia </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1714</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Georg Ludwig of Hannover crowned as King George I </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1634</SPAN><SPAN class=body> English King Charles I disbands new "Ship Money" tax </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1603</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Chinese uprising in Philippines fails after 23,000 killed </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1600</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Battle of Sekigahara sets Tokugawa clan as Japan's rulers (shoguns) </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1587</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Battle at Coultras: Henri van Navarra beats Catholic League </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1576</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Spanish troops occupies and plunder Maastricht </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1536</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Danish/Norw king Christian III leads reform in Catholic possessions </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1528</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Treaty of Gorinchem (Emperor and church) </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 20, 1097</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 1st Crusaders arrive in Antioch </SPAN>

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thank you slugger for yet again starting my day off right