Historical Events In August - 20
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
1945 Dodgers Tommy Brown, 17, is youngest player to hit a HR on this day in history.
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 August - 20.
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 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 On this day in history david John de Lloyd, composer, dies at 65
1949 On this day in history 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 August - 20.
1952 Stalin meets Chou Enlai on August - 20.
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 On August - 20 general Fazlollah Zahedi arrests premier Mossadeq of Persia
1955 First airplane to exceed 1800 mph (2897 kph)-HA Hanes, Palmdale Ca on August - 20.
1955 Hundreds killed in anti-French rioting in Morocco and Algeria on August - 20.
1955 On this day in history 1st airplane to exceed 1800 mph (2897 kph)-HA Hanes, Palmdale Ca
1956 Republicans convene at Cow Palace on this day in history.
1957 On August - 20 uSAF ballon breaks an altitude record at 102,000' (310,896 m)
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 August - 20 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 On August - 20 rolling Stones release "Satisfaction" (their first #1 US hit)
1968 650,000 Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia on August - 20.
1968 Russian and Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia on August - 20.
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 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 August - 20 ilona Massey, actress (Love HAppy, Holiday in Mexico), dies at 62
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