Historical Events In August - 20

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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1517  Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75) was born on August - 20.   

1526  On this day in history birth of peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum)   

1561  Jacopo Peri, composer was born on this day in history.   

1625  On this day in history birth of thomas Corneille, French playwright   

1632  Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.   

1637  On this day in history birth of cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam   

1665  Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed) was born on this day in history.   

1666  Alphonse d' Eve, composer was born on August - 20.   

0535  Death of Mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick on this day in history.   

0984  John XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies on this day in history.   

1153  On August - 20 bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies   

1384  On this day in history geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies   

1538  Death of Aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake on this day in history.   

1572  Death of Miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (b. 1502) on this day in history.   

1580  On this day in history death of jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506)   

1632  On this day in history death of valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38