World War 1 and 2 - October 20

October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining.

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1 Events

Events

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.
1803 - United States Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase
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.

1935 - The Long March ends
1944 - The Soviet army captures Belgrade, the capital of Yugoslavia
1944 - Liquid natural gas leaks from storange tanks in Cleveland, then explodes; the explosion and resulting fire level 30 blocks and kill 130.
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.
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.
1973 - The Six Million Dollar Man premieres on ABC.
1977 - A plane carrying Lynyrd Skynyrd crashes in Mississippi, killing several band members, including lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines.
1986 - Yitzhak Shamir begins his second office term as Israel's prime minister
1991 - The Oakland Hills firestorm kills 25 and destroys 3469 homes and apartments, causing more than 2 billion USD in damage.

2004 - The Boston Red Sox defeat the New York Yankees in the 2004 ALCS and enter the World Series for the first time since 1986 They become the first team in baseball to win a best of 7 series after losing the first 3.

1469 - Guru Nanak Dev ji, The Founder of the Sikh religion.
1632 - Sir Christopher Wren, architect (d. 1723)
1759 - Chauncey Goodrich, U.S. Senator from Connecticut (d. 1815)
1808 - Karl Andree, German geographer (d. 1875)
1819 - The Báb, prophet founder of the Bábí Faith, precursor to the Bahá'í Faith (d. 1850)
1822 - Thomas Hughes, novelist (d. 1896)
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, actor (d. 1956)
1889 - Margaret Dumont, actress (d. 1965)
1890 - Jelly Roll Morton, composer, musician (d. 1941)
1891 - Jomo Kenyatta, President of Kenya (d. 1978)

1900 - Wayne Morse, Senator from Oregon (d. 1974)
1904 - Anna Neagle, actress (d. 1986)
1904 - Tommy Clement Douglas, politician: founder of public healthcare in Canada (d. 1986)
1905 - Frederic Dannay (Ellery Queen), mystery novelist (d. 1982)
1907 - Arlene Francis, television personality (d. 2001)
1909 - Adela Holban (Baiut, Maramures, Romania)
1913 - Grandpa Jones , country music performer (d. 1998)
1918 - Robert Lochner, journalist, creator of Kennedy's "ish been oin bear-lee-ner" (d. 2003)
1923 - Herschel Bernardi , actor (d. 1986)
1925 - Art Buchwald, newspaper columnist
1928 - Joyce Brothers, psychologist, television personality
1931 - Mickey Mantle, baseball star (d. 1995)
1932 - Rosey Brown, Pro Football Hall of Famer (d. 2004)
1935 - Jerry Orbach, actor (Law & Order) (d. 2004)
1937 - Juan Marichal, baseball star
1949 - Valeri Borzov, Ukrainian athlete
1953 - Tom Petty, musician
1955 - Aaron Pryor, world boxing champion
1958 - Viggo Mortensen, actor
1963 - Julie Payette, Canadian Astronaut
1965 - William Zabka, American actor
1966 - Stefan Raab, German entertainer
1969 - Juan Gonzalez, baseball player
1971 - Dannii Minogue, singer
1971 - Snoop Dogg, rapper
1977 - Elena Berezhnaya , figure skating star
1978 - Virender Sehwag, Indian cricketer
1981 - Willis McGahee, American football player
1989 - Steve Edwards , Oh yeah?
2002 - Austin William Harmer , [[son of Adrian & Susan Harmer

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