Historical Events In August - 20

1945  On August - 20 dodgers Tommy Brown, 17, is youngest player to hit a HR   

1945  On this day in history a Roda Roda, writer, dies at 73   

1947  Turner Caldwell in D-558-I sets aircraft speed record, 1131 kph on this day in history.   

1947  On August - 20 boston Braves hit a million attendance for 1st time   

1947  Franz VM Cumont, Belgian religious historian, dies at 79 on August - 20.   

1948  On this day in history uS expels Soviet Consul General in New York, Jacob Lomakin   

1948  15th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Cards 28, All-Stars 0 (101,220) on August - 20.   

1948  On this day in history david John de Lloyd, composer, dies at 65   

1949  On August - 20 78,382 watch the White Sox play the Indians at Cleveland   

1949  On August - 20 hungary (Magyar People's Republic) accepts constitution   

1949  78,382 watch White Sox play Indians at Cleveland on this day in history.   

1952  On August - 20 stalin meets Chou Enlai   

1952  On this day in history kurt Schumacher, German politician/chairman (SPD), dies   

1953  Russia publicly acknowledges hydrogen bomb test detonation on this day in history.   

1953  General Fazlollah Zahedi arrests premier Mossadeq of Persia on this day in history.   

1955  First airplane to exceed 1800 mph (2897 kph)-HA Hanes, Palmdale Ca on this day in history.   

1955  Hundreds killed in anti-French rioting in Morocco and Algeria on this day in history.   

1955  On August - 20 1st airplane to exceed 1800 mph (2897 kph)-HA Hanes, Palmdale Ca   

1956  Republicans convene at Cow Palace on August - 20.   

1957  USAF ballon breaks an altitude record at 102,000' (310,896 m) on this day in history.   

1959  On August - 20 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.   

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 August - 20 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 this day in history president Johnson signs Economic Opportunity Act (totaling nearly $1 billion)   

1965  Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction" (their first #1 US hit) on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history 650,000 Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia   

1968  Russian and Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia on this day in history.   

1968  On August - 20 earl Sande, US jockey (Kentucky Derby), dies at 69   

1970  Hildo Krop, modernistic sculptor, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history 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  Peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum) was born on August - 20.   

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 August - 20.   

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  On August - 20 birth of alphonse d' Eve, composer   

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

0984  On August - 20 john XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies   

1153  Bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies on this day in history.   

1384  Geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies on this day in history.   

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 August - 20.   

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

1632  On August - 20 death of valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38