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Events
1648
- American Indian Battle of Tippycart
- 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.
- 1781 - Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, was approved in Habsburg Monarchy.
- 1803 - The United States Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase.
- 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.
- 1824 - William H. Seward and Frances Adeline Miller Seward wed.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1935 - The Long March ends
- 1941 - World War II: Thousands of civilians in Kragujevac in German-occupied Serbia are killed in the Kragujevac massacre.
- 1944 - The Soviet army and Yugoslav Partisans liberate Belgrade, the capital of Yugoslavia
- 1944 - Liquid natural gas leaks from storage tanks in Cleveland, then explodes; the explosion and resulting fire level 30 blocks and kill 130.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1951 - The "Johnny Bright Incident" occurred in Stillwater, Oklahoma
- 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.
- 1955 - Publication of The Return of the King, being the last part of The Lord of the Rings.
- 1967 - A purported bigfoot is filmed by Patterson and Gimlin.
- 1968 - Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy marries Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis.
- 1971 - The Nepal stock exchange collapses.
- 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.
- 1973 - The Sydney Opera House opens.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1979 - The John F Kennedy library is opened in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 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.
- 1984 - The Monterey Bay Aquarium opens in Monterey Bay, California.
- 1991 - The Oakland Hills firestorm kills 25 and destroys 3,469 homes and apartments, causing more than $2 billion in damage.
[edit] Births
- 1463 - Alessandro Achillini, Italian philosopher (d. 1512)
- 1496 - Claude, Duke of Guise, French soldier (d. 1550)
- 1616 - Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680)
- 1620 - Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (d. 1691)
- 1632 - Sir Christopher Wren, English architect (d. 1723)
- 1656 - Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (d. 1746)
- 1660 - Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (d. 1723)
- 1677 - Stanislaus I Leszczynski, King of Poland (d. 1766)
- 1711 - Timothy Ruggles, American-born Tory politician (d. 1795)
- 1719 - Gottfried Achenwall, German statistician (d. 1772)
- 1759 - Chauncey Goodrich, U.S. Senator from Connecticut (d. 1815)
- 1780 - Pauline Bonaparte, princess Borghese, sister of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1825)
- 1784 - Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1865)
- 1785 - George Ormerod, English historian and antiquarian (d. 1873)
- 1808 - Karl Andree, German geographer (d. 1875)
- 1819 - The Báb, Persian founder of the Bábí Faith (d. 1850)
- 1819 - Carl Mikuli, Polish pianist (d. 1897)
- 1822 - Thomas Hughes, English novelist (d. 1896)
- 1832 - Constantin Lipsius, German architect (d. 1894)
- 1854 - Arthur Rimbaud, French poet (d. 1891)
- 1858 - John Burns, English politician (d. 1943)
- 1859 - John Dewey, American philosopher (d. 1952)
- 1874 - Charles Ives, American composer (d. 1954)
- 1882 - Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-born actor (d. 1956)
- 1889 - Margaret Dumont, American actress (d. 1965)
- 1890 - Jelly Roll Morton, American composer (d. 1941)
- 1891 - James Chadwick, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974)
- 1891 - Jomo Kenyatta, President of Kenya (d. 1978)
- 1893 - Charley Chase, American comedian (d. 1940)
- 1894 - Olive Thomas, American actress (d. 1920)
- 1895 - Rex Ingram, American actor (d. 1969)
- 1897 - Crown Prince Eun of Korea (d. 1970)
- 1900 - Wayne Morse, U.S. Senator from Oregon (d. 1974)
- 1904 - Anna Neagle, English actress (d. 1986)
- 1904 - Tommy Clement Douglas, Canadian politician (d. 1986)
- 1905 - Ellery Queen, pseudonym of two American writers (d. 1982)
- 1907 - Arlene Francis, American television personality (d. 2001)
- 1909 - Sugiyama Yasushi, Japanese painter (d. 1993)
- 1913 - Grandpa Jones, American banjo player and singer (d. 1998)
- 1914 - Fayard Nicholas, American dancer (d. 2006)
- 1917 - Jean-Pierre Melville, French director (d. 1973)
- 1918 - Robert Lochner, German journalist (d. 2003)
- 1922 - John Anderson, American actor (d. 1992)
- 1925 - Art Buchwald, American humorist (d. 2007)
- 1925 - Tom Dowd, American recording engineer (d. 2002)
- 1925 - Roger Hanin, French actor
- 1931 - Richard Caliguiri, American politician (d. 1988)
- 1931 - Mickey Mantle, American baseball player (d. 1995)
- 1932 - Rosey Brown, American football player (d. 2004)
- 1932 - William Christopher, American actor (M*A*S*H)
- 1934 - Eddie Harris, American jazz saxophonist (d. 1996)
- 1934 - Michiko, empress of Japan
- 1935 - Jerry Orbach, American actor (d. 2004)
- 1937 - Juan Marichal, Dominican baseball player
- 1937 - Wanda Jackson, American rock and rockabilly singer
- 1938 - Iain MacMillan, Abbey Road photographer (d. 2006)
- 1940 - Kathy Kirby, British singer
- 1940 - Robert Pinsky, American poet and Poet Laureate of the United States
- 1942 - Earl Hindman, American actor (d. 2003)
- 1942 - Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, German biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- 1943 - Dunja Vejzovic, Croatian soprano
- 1944 - David Mancuso, American disc jockey
- 1946 - Elfriede Jelinek, Austrian writer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1946 - Lucien Van Impe, Belgian cyclist
- 1949 - Valeri Borzov, Ukrainian athlete
- 1950 - Tom Petty, American musician
- 1951 - Claudio Ranieri, Italian football player and manager
- 1951 - Leif Pagrotsky, Swedish politician
- 1953 - Keith Hernandez, American baseball player
- 1953 - Bill Nunn, American actor
- 1954 - Steve Orich, orchestrator
- 1955 - Aaron Pryor, American boxer
- 1955 - David Profumo, English novelist
- 1956 - Danny Boyle, English film director
- 1957 - Susanna Haavisto, Finnish actress and singer
- 1958 - Valerie Faris, American film director
- 1958 - Dave Finlay, Northern Irish professional wrestler
- 1958 - Lynn Flewelling, American fantasy author
- 1958 - Scott Hall, American professional wrestler
- 1958 - Mark King, English musician
- 1958 - Dave Krieg, American football player
- 1958 - Viggo Mortensen, American actor
- 1958 - Ivo Pogorelic, Croatian pianist
- 1960 - Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player (d. 2004)
- 1961 - Ian Rush, Welsh footballer
- 1961 - Michie Tomizawa, Japanese voice actress
- 1962 - Dave Wong, Hong Kong/Taiwanese singer-songwriter
- 1963 - Julie Payette, Canadian astronaut
- 1963 - Nikos Tsiantakis, Greek footballer
- 1965 - Mikhail Shtalenkov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1965 - William Zabka, American actor
- 1966 - Allan Donald, South African cricketer
- 1966 - Stefan Raab, German entertainer
- 1966 - Patrick J. Volkerding, Founder and maintainer of the Slackware Linux distribution
- 1966 - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Al-Qaeda leader (d. 2006)
- 1967 - Luck Mervil, Québécois actor and singer
- 1967 - Marco Ngai, Hong Kong actor
- 1969 - Juan González, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1969 - Laurie Daley, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1969 - Lambros Papakostas, Greek high jumper
- 1970 - Chavo Guerrero, Jr., American professional wrestler
- 1970 - Michelle Malkin, American political commentator and author
- 1971 - Dannii Minogue, Australian singer
- 1971 - Snoop Dogg, American rapper
- 1972 - Will Greenwood, England rugby union player
- 1976 - Tom Wisniewski, American guitarist (MxPx)
- 1977 - Matt Jansen, English footballer
- 1978 - Virender Sehwag, Indian cricketer
- 1978 - Paul Wilson, Irish bass player (Snow Patrol)
- 1979 - John Krasinski, American actor
- 1979 - Paul O'Connell, Irish rugby player
- 1980 - Jose Veras, Dominican baseball player
- 1981 - Willis McGahee, American football player
- 1981 - Dimitrios Papadopoulos, Greek footballer
- 1981 - Francisco Javier Rodríguez, Mexican footballer
- 1982 - Becky Brewerton, Welsh golfer
- 1982 - Yasser Al-Qahtani, Saudi football player
- 1983 - Alex Nackman, musician
- 1983 - Takayuki Yamada, Japanese actor
- 1983 - Luis Saritama, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1984 - Florent Sinama-Pongolle, French footballer
- 1984 - Andrew Trimble, Northern Irish rugby player for Irish rugby team
- 1985 - Jennifer Nicole Freeman, American actress
- 1985 - James Sutton, British racing driver
- 1988 - Risa Niigaki, Japanese singer
[edit] Deaths
- 460 - Aelia Eudocia, Byzantine Empress
- 1139 - Henry X, Duke of Bavaria
- 1570 - João de Barros, Portuguese historian (b. 1496)
- 1631 - Michael Maestlin, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1550)
- 1640 - John Ball, English Puritan clergyman (b. 1585)
- 1652 - Antonio Coello, Spanish writer (b. 1611)
- 1713 - Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician (b. 1652)
- 1740 - Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1685)
- 1842 - Grace Darling, English heroine (b. 1815)
- 1865 - Champ Ferguson, Confederate guerrilla (b. 1821)
- 1890 - Sir Richard Burton, British explorer and writer (b. 1821)
- 1900 - Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet (b. 1846)
- 1907 - Said Pasha Kurd, Kurdish statesman (b. 1834)
- 1910 - David B. Hill, Governor of New York (b. 1843)
- 1926 - Eugene Debs, American labor leader and Socialist presidential candidate (b. 1855)
- 1935 - Arthur Henderson, Scottish politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1863)
- 1936 - Anne Sullivan, American teacher (b. 1866)
- 1964 - Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States (b. 1874)
- 1967 - Yoshida Shigeru, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1878)
- 1968 - Bud Flanagan, British wartime entertainer (b. 1896)
- 1972 - Harlow Shapley, American astronomer (b. 1885)
- 1977 - Members of the American rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd killed in a plane crash:
- 1983 - Peter Dudley, British actor
- 1983 - Yves Thériault, French Canadian author (b. 1915)
- 1984 - Carl Ferdinand Cori, Austrian-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1896)
- 1984 - Paul Dirac, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
- 1987 - Andrey Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician (b. 1903)
- 1988 - Sheila Scott, English aviatrix (b. 1922)
- 1989 - Anthony Quayle, English actor (b. 1913)
- 1990 - Joel McCrea, American actor (b. 1905)
- 1992 - Werner Torkanowsky, German conductor (b. 1926)
- 1993 - Sugiyama Yasushi, Japanese painter (b. 1909)
- 1994 - Burt Lancaster, American actor (b. 1913)
- 1995 - Christopher Stone, American actor (b. 1942)
- 2001 - Ted Ammon, American financier (b. 1949)
- 2002 - Barbara Berjer, American actress (b. 1920)
- 2002 - Bernard Fresson, French actor (b. 1931)
- 2003 - Jack Elam, American actor (b. 1918)
- 2004 - Anthony Hecht, American poet (b. 1923)
- 2004 - Chuck Hiller, American baseball player (b. 1934)
- 2005 - Shirley Horn, American singer (b. 1934)
- 2005 - Endon Mahmood, First Lady of Malaysia (breast cancer) (b. 1941)
- 2005 - Eva Svankmajerova, Czech artist (b. 1940)
- 2006 - Jane Wyatt, American actress (b. 1910)
[edit] Holidays and observances
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October 20, 1997Richard Gnida, Limo driver in Detroit Red Wings crash, pleads guilty
October 20, 1997 U.S. accuses Microsoft of violating pact forcing IE browser on computers
October 20, 1996 "Summer and Smoke" closes at Criterion Theater New York City
October 20, 1996 Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf
October 20, 1996 Braves Andruw Jones is youngest player to homer in World Series
October 20, 1996 Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf
October 20, 1996 Wasim Akram and Saqlain Mushtaq gets cricket Test record 313 for 8th wkt
October 20, 1996 Wasim Akram scores cricket 257 vs. Zimbabwe at Sheikhupura, 12 sixes
October 20, 1995 STS 73 (Columbia 18), launches into orbit
October 20, 1995 Sri Lanka beat West Indies to win Sharjah Champions Trophy final
October 20, 1993 Highest scoring World Series game Blue Jays 15, Phillies 14 in 4h14m
October 20, 1992 1st World Series game outside of U.S. - Toronto beats Atlanta
October 20, 1992 David Houghton gets Zimbabwe's 1st Test ton (121 vs. India, debut)
October 20, 1991 "Andre Heller's Wonderhouse" opens at Broadhurst New York City for 9 performances
October 20, 1991 6.1-7.1 earthquake in Uttar Kashi, India, about 670 die
October 20, 1991 Actress Lisa Hartman weds country singer Clint Black
October 20, 1991 Formal opening ceremony of International One Mind Zen center in Crestone, Colo
October 20, 1990 3 members of 2 Live Crew acquitted on obsenity charges in Florida
October 20, 1990 Antiwar protest marches begin in 20 U.S. cities (for U.S. - Iraq war)
October 20, 1990 Cincinnati Reds sweep Oakland A's in 86th World Series
October 20, 1989 Pakistan win Sharjah Trophy over India and WI on round-robin
October 20, 1989 U.S. Senate impeaches U.S. District Judge Alcee L Hastings
October 20, 1988 "Les Miserables," opens at Forrest Theatre, Phila
October 20, 1988 Britain ends suspects right to remain silent in crackdown on IRA
October 20, 1988 Gastineau sacks Jets, retires from football "for personal reasons"
October 20, 1988 Los Angeles Dodgers beat Oakland A's in World Series 4 games to 1
October 20, 1988 Man armed with explosives blows self up in 125 St. subway station (New York City)
October 20, 1988 Reggie Rogers, Det Lion's # 1 pick, kills 3 by driving intoxicated
October 20, 1988 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
October 20, 1987 10 die as Air Force jet crashed into a Ramada Inn near Indianapolis
October 20, 1987 Dow-Jones increases 102.27 pts/608,120,000 shares traded (record)
October 20, 1987 Subway gunman Bernhard Goetz sentenced to 6 months in jail
October 20, 1986 Tupolev-134 crashes in Southern Africa
October 20, 1984 Cleveland Metroparks' Valley Parkway All Purpose Trails are completed
October 20, 1984 Islander's Mike Bossy's 30th career hat trick-4 goals
October 20, 1983 IBM-PC DOS Version 2.1 released
October 20, 1982 Billy Martin fired as manager of Oakland A's
October 20, 1982 Nobel prize for economy awarded to George Stigler
October 20, 1982 Sri Lanka President Jayewardene re-elected
October 20, 1982 St. Louis Cardinals beat Mil Brewers, 4 games to 3 in 79th World Series
October 20, 1981 1st NBA game at Meadowlands Arena, New Jersey Nets lose to New York Knicks 103-99
October 20, 1981 3 members of Weather underground arrested for armored truck robbery
October 20, 1981 Bomb attack on Antwerp Belgium synagogue, 1 dead, 80 injured
October 20, 1979 Bob Dylan appears on SNL
October 20, 1979 John F. Kennedy Library dedicated in Boston
October 20, 1979 John Tate beats Gerrie Coetze in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
October 20, 1978 Paul Vanden Boeynants forms Belgium government
October 20, 1978 Police's 1st U.S. concert (NY's CBGBs)
October 20, 1977 David Mamet's "Life in the Theater," premieres in New York City
October 20, 1977 Hamilton Deane and John Balderstons "Dracula," premieres in New York City
October 20, 1976 70 die as Norwegian tanker Frosta collides with George Prince
October 20, 1976 New York Nets Julius "Dr. J" Erving sold to Philadelphia 76ers
October 20, 1975 Supreme Court rules teachers could spank their pupils after warning
October 20, 1974 1st broadcast of "Derrick" on ZDF
October 20, 1974 Bard's presentation of "Richard III" opens at Lincoln Center New York City
October 20, 1973 Canadian actor William Shatner (Star Trek) marries Marcy Lafferty
October 20, 1973 Mariette Hartley appears on Bob Newhart in "Have You Met Miss Dietz"
October 20, 1973 OPEC oil embargo begins
October 20, 1973 President Nixon proclaims Jim Thorpe greatest athelete of 1st century
October 20, 1973 Queen Elizabeth II opens Sydney Opera House
October 20, 1973 U.S. president Nixon fires Watergate accuser Archibald Cox
October 20, 1973 William Shatner marries Marcy Lafferty
October 20, 1973 Solicitor Gen Bork, AG Richardson and Deputy AG Ruckelshaus resigned
October 20, 1973 The Family Station Inc buys shortwave Radio Station WNYW, changes calls to WYFR and moves station from New York City to Scituate Mass
October 20, 1972 Queen Juliana visits Yugoslavia
October 20, 1971 "Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death" opens at Barrymore for 325 per
October 20, 1971 West German Chancellor Willy Brandt is awarded Nobel Peace Prize
October 20, 1970 American Norman Borlaug awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
October 20, 1970 Zond 8 Launch (Moon Orbit and Return)
October 20, 1969 WKYH (now WYMT) TV channel 57 in Hazard, Kentucky (NBC) begins broadcasting
October 20, 1968 "Her 1st Roman" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 17 performances
October 20, 1968 Carol Mann wins LPGA Quality Chekd Golf Classic
October 20, 1968 Jacqueline Kennedy marries Aristotle Onassis
October 20, 1968 Mamo Wolde wins 16th Olympic marathon (2:20:26.4)
October 20, 1967 7 men are convicted of civil rights violations in Meridan Miss
October 20, 1967 Charlie Finley names Bob Kennedy 1st manager of Oakland A's
October 20, 1967 KMXN (now KJTV) TV channel 34 in Lubbock, Texas (IND) begins broadcasting
October 20, 1965 19th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 5-2 at Montreal
October 20, 1965 Beatles receive a gold record for "Yesterday"
October 20, 1965 Mass arrests of communists in Indonesia
October 20, 1964 "Golden Boy" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 569 performances
October 20, 1964 Mad Dog Vachon beats Verne Gagne in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ
October 20, 1964 Riot at Rolling Stones show in Paris (150 arrested)
October 20, 1963 Alec Douglas-Home forms British government
October 20, 1963 France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
October 20, 1963 Jim Brown sets NFL single-season rushing record, 8,390 yds
October 20, 1963 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Hillside Golf Open
October 20, 1963 South Africa begins trial of Nelson Mandela and 8 others on conspiracy
October 20, 1963 WITV TV channel 7 in Charleston, South Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting
October 20, 1962 "Mr President" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 265 performances
October 20, 1962 Chinese army lands in India
October 20, 1962 Musical, "Mr President," written by Irving Berlin, opens on Bdwy
October 20, 1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
October 20, 1960 1st fully mechanized post office opened, Providence, RI
October 20, 1960 Ralph Houk, 41, replaces Casey Stengel as Yankee manager
October 20, 1959 Clark Griffith of Senators says team will not move the franchise
October 20, 1959 WABG TV channel 6 in Greenwood-Greenville, MS (ABC) 1st broadcast
October 20, 1957 Karachi A (277-0d) beat Sind A by an innings w/o losing a wkt
October 20, 1957 Walter Cronkite begins hosting weekly documentary
October 20, 1956 58 degrees F (15 degrees C), Esperanza Station, Antarctica (Antarctic record high)
October 20, 1956 Hannes Lindemann begins journey across Atlantic in a 17' craft
October 20, 1955 "No Time for Sergeants" opens on Broadway, starring Andy Griffith
October 20, 1955 Harry Belafonte records "Day-O" (Banana Boat Song)
October 20, 1955 Ira Levin's "No Time for Sergeants," premieres in New York City
October 20, 1955 Yanks begin 16-game exhibition in Japan
October 20, 1954 "Peter Pan" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 149 performances
October 20, 1953 WRAU (now WHOI) TV channel 19 in Peoria, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
October 20, 1952 Emergency crisis proclaimed in Kenya
October 20, 1947 HUAC opens hearings into alleged Communist influence in Hollywood
October 20, 1947 Radio rights for the World Series sell for $475,000 for 3 years
October 20, 1947 Robinson Jeffer's "Medea," premieres in New York City
October 20, 1946 Frank Seno returns kickoff 105 yd, Chicago Cards vs New York Giants
October 20, 1945 Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Lawrence opens trial of Neurenberg
October 20, 1944 Liquid-gas tanks in Cleveland explodes, 135 die, 3,600 homeless
October 20, 1944 Revolution by workers and students in Guatemala
October 20, 1944 Russian/Yugoslavian troops free Belgrade
October 20, 1944 U.S. 1st army wins battle of Aachen
October 20, 1944 U.S. 6th army lands on Leyte, Philippines
October 20, 1944 U.S. forces under Gen Douglas MacArthur return to Philippines
October 20, 1942 "Durham Manifesto" calls for fundamental changes in race relations
October 20, 1941 Nazi occupiers murder 500 inhabitants of Kragujevac Serbia
October 20, 1940 Cheese rationed in Netherlands
October 20, 1940 Greenhouse rationing begins in Netherlands
October 20, 1939 "All the Things You Are" recorded by Tommy Dorsey Orch
October 20, 1939 Pope Pius XII publishes his 1st encyclical Summi pontificatus
October 20, 1936 Carl Hubbell, 26-6, edges out Dizzy Dean, 24-13, for MVP honors in NL
October 20, 1936 Spanish government moves to Barcelona
October 20, 1935 400,000 demonstrators against fascism in Madrid
October 20, 1935 Anti-fascist People front forms in Brussels
October 20, 1935 Hank Greenberg is named AL MVP by the BBWAA, Wes Ferrell is runner-up
October 20, 1935 Mao Tse Tung and his Communist forces ended their "Long March" at Yan'an, in Shaanxi China
October 20, 1934 All-Star team led by Babe Ruth and Connie Mack sails to Hawaii and Japan
October 20, 1934 Richard Strauss completes his opera "Die Schweigsame Frau"
October 20, 1932 Journalist, Robert Trout, joins CBS
October 20, 1931 Frankie Frisch of the Cards named MVP
October 20, 1930 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, premiers on NBC radio
October 20, 1930 British White Paper restricts Jews from buying Arab land
October 20, 1929 Bayshore Highway opens (SF)
October 20, 1926 Hurricane in Cuba, kills 600
October 20, 1924 1st Negro League World Series: Kansas City, Missouri narchs shuts out Hilldales, 5-0
October 20, 1922 Kennelworth in Bronx renamed Dwight Place
October 20, 1920 "1st Year" with Frank Craven premieres in New York City
October 20, 1918 Germans, aimed at an armistice, Germans agree to further concessions
October 20, 1912 Cort Theater opens at 148 W 48th St. New York City
October 20, 1912 Hannes Kolehmainen runs world record marathon (2:29:39.2)
October 20, 1911 Helen Hayes Theater (Folies Bergere) opens at 210 W 46th St. New York City
October 20, 1911 Roald Amundsen sets out on race to South Pole
October 20, 1910 1st appearance of cork centered baseball in World Series
October 20, 1910 Soccer team KFC forms in Alkmaar
October 20, 1908 King Leopold II sells Congo to Belgium
October 20, 1906 Dr. Lee DeForest demonstrated his electrical vacuum tube (radio tube)
October 20, 1905 Great General Strike in Russia begins; lasts 11 days
October 20, 1905 Russian tsar allows Polish people to speak Polish
October 20, 1903 U.S. wins disputed boundary between District of Alaska and Canada
October 20, 1899 Battle at Talana Hill Natal: British army vs Boers
October 20, 1899 Columbia (U.S.) beats Shamrock (England) in 11th America's Cup
October 20, 1898 North Carolina Mutual and Provident Insurance Company forms
October 20, 1891 1st International 6 day bike race (New York MSG) begins
October 20, 1889 Gerhart Hauptmann's "Vor Sonnenaufgang," premieres in Berlin
October 20, 1888 Chicago and All America baseball teams play exhibition in Auckland, NZ
October 20, 1883 Max Bruch's "Kol Nidre," 1st performed
October 20, 1883 Treaty of Ancon, Peru cedes Tarapaca to Chile
October 20, 1880 Amsterdam Free University opens
October 20, 1877 Franz Schubert's 2nd Symphony in B, premieres
October 20, 1873 P. T. Barnum Hippodrome featuring "Greatest Show on Earth," opens (New York City)
October 20, 1864 Lincoln formaly establishes Thanksgiving as a national holiday
October 20, 1862 Amnesty proclaimed for escaped slaves of Suriname
October 20, 1856 Arnhem-Oberhausen railway in Netherlands opens
October 20, 1847 Little William Nelman poisons his grandpa
October 20, 1845 Opera "Tannhauser" is produced (Dresden)
October 20, 1843 1st Chinese immigrant arrives in Suriname
October 20, 1835 HMS Beagle leaves Galapagos Archipelago/sails to Tahiti
October 20, 1833 Charles Darwin reaches river mouth of Parana
October 20, 1827 Battle at Navarino: Engl/Russ/French fleet beat Turk/Egyptian fleet
October 20, 1822 1st edition of London Sunday Times
October 20, 1820 Spain sells part of Florida to U.S. for $5 million
October 20, 1818 49th parallel forms as border between U.S. and Canada
October 20, 1818 U.S. and Britain agree to joint control of Oregon country
October 20, 1817 1st Mississippi "Showboat," leaves Nashville on maiden voyage
October 20, 1813 German Kingdom of Westphalia abolished
October 20, 1803 U.S. Senate ratifies Louisiana Purchase
October 20, 1786 Harvard University organizes 1st astronomical expedition in U.S.
October 20, 1774 Continental Congress orders discouragment of entertainment
October 20, 1751 Royal ship Duc de Bourgogne launched at Rochefort
October 20, 1740 Maria Theresa became ruler of Austria, Hungary and Bohemia
October 20, 1714 Georg Ludwig of Hannover crowned as King George I
October 20, 1634 English King Charles I disbands new "Ship Money" tax
October 20, 1603 Chinese uprising in Philippines fails after 23,000 killed
October 20, 1600 Battle of Sekigahara sets Tokugawa clan as Japan's rulers (shoguns)
October 20, 1587 Battle at Coultras: Henri van Navarra beats Catholic League
October 20, 1576 Spanish troops occupies and plunder Maastricht
October 20, 1536 Danish/Norw king Christian III leads reform in Catholic possessions
October 20, 1528 Treaty of Gorinchem (Emperor and church)
October 20, 1097 1st Crusaders arrive in Antioch
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Slugger, you're my hero. Thanks for all the hard work you put into these threads, day in and day out. I appreciate it.
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I had no idea the LOTR books were that old. I had never read them or anything just really like the movies.
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tyvm hld it means a lot that people enjoy the threads have a great day
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hey slugger thx for posting this, i have found confirmation the girl my friend is dating is a fake!
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thank you slugger for yet again starting my day off right
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