Historical Events In August - 20
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1945 On August - 20 dodgers Tommy Brown, 17, is youngest player to hit a HR
1945 A Roda Roda, writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1947 On August - 20 turner Caldwell in D-558-I sets aircraft speed record, 1131 kph
1947 On this day in history boston Braves hit a million attendance for 1st time
1947 On this day in history franz VM Cumont, Belgian religious historian, dies at 79
1948 US expels Soviet Consul General in New York, Jacob Lomakin on this day in history.
1948 15th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Cards 28, All-Stars 0 (101,220) on this day in history.
1948 David John de Lloyd, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.
1949 On August - 20 78,382 watch the White Sox play the Indians at Cleveland
1949 Hungary (Magyar People's Republic) accepts constitution on this day in history.
1949 On August - 20 78,382 watch White Sox play Indians at Cleveland
1952 On this day in history stalin meets Chou Enlai
1952 Kurt Schumacher, German politician/chairman (SPD), dies on this day in history.
1953 On this day in history russia publicly acknowledges hydrogen bomb test detonation
1953 On August - 20 general Fazlollah Zahedi arrests premier Mossadeq of Persia
1955 On this day in history first airplane to exceed 1800 mph (2897 kph)-HA Hanes, Palmdale Ca
1955 Hundreds killed in anti-French rioting in Morocco and Algeria on this day in history.
1955 1st airplane to exceed 1800 mph (2897 kph)-HA Hanes, Palmdale Ca on August - 20.
1956 On August - 20 republicans convene at Cow Palace
1957 USAF ballon breaks an altitude record at 102,000' (310,896 m) on this day in history.
1959 Marine Helicopter Squadron 261, operating from the amphibious assault ship Thetis Bay, completed a week of relief operations in flood-stricken Taiwan in which it airlifted 1,600,540 pounds of cargo and 833 passengers on 898 missions on this day in history.
1959 Alfred Kubin, writer, dies at 82 on August - 20.
1960 On this day in history senegal breaks from the Mali federation; declaring independence
1960 On this day in history uSSR recovers 2 dogs; first living organisms to return from space
1960 Rudolf Moser, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.
1961 Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic explorer, dies at 82 on this day in history.
1964 On August - 20 president Johnson signs Economic Opportunity Act (totaling nearly $1 billion)
1965 Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction" (their first #1 US hit) on August - 20.
1968 On August - 20 650,000 Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia
1968 On August - 20 russian and Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia
1968 Earl Sande, US jockey (Kentucky Derby), dies at 69 on August - 20.
1970 Hildo Krop, modernistic sculptor, dies at 86 on this day in history.
1973 On August - 20 saskatchewan Rough Rider fullback George Reed sets all time world pro football rushing record, beating the 12,312 yards held by the NFL's Jimmy Brown
1974 On this day in history ilona Massey, actress (Love HAppy, Holiday in Mexico), dies at 62
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