Historical Events In August - 20
Sunday, 28 February 2021
1945 On this day in history 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 On August - 20 turner Caldwell in D-558-I sets aircraft speed record, 1131 kph
1947 Boston Braves hit a million attendance for 1st time on this day in history.
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 August - 20.
1948 On this day in history 15th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Cards 28, All-Stars 0 (101,220)
1948 On August - 20 david John de Lloyd, composer, dies at 65
1949 78,382 watch the White Sox play the Indians at Cleveland on this day in history.
1949 Hungary (Magyar People's Republic) accepts constitution on this day in history.
1949 78,382 watch White Sox play Indians at Cleveland on August - 20.
1952 Stalin meets Chou Enlai on this day in history.
1952 On this day in history kurt Schumacher, German politician/chairman (SPD), dies
1953 On August - 20 russia publicly acknowledges hydrogen bomb test detonation
1953 General Fazlollah Zahedi arrests premier Mossadeq of Persia on this day in history.
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 August - 20.
1955 1st airplane to exceed 1800 mph (2897 kph)-HA Hanes, Palmdale Ca on August - 20.
1956 Republicans convene at Cow Palace on August - 20.
1957 On this day in history uSAF ballon breaks an altitude record at 102,000' (310,896 m)
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 this day in history.
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 On this day in history vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic explorer, dies at 82
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 650,000 Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia on this day in history.
1968 Russian and Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia on August - 20.
1968 Earl Sande, US jockey (Kentucky Derby), dies at 69 on this day in history.
1970 Hildo Krop, modernistic sculptor, dies at 86 on this day in history.
1973 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 on August - 20.
1974 On this day in history ilona Massey, actress (Love HAppy, Holiday in Mexico), dies at 62
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