Page 6: Historical Events In August - 20

1945  Dodgers Tommy Brown, 17, is youngest player to hit a HR on August - 20.   

1945  A Roda Roda, writer, dies at 73 on August - 20.   

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

1947  On this day in history boston Braves hit a million attendance for 1st time   

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

1948  US expels Soviet Consul General in New York, Jacob Lomakin on August - 20.   

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 August - 20.   

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

1949  Hungary (Magyar People's Republic) accepts constitution on August - 20.   

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

1952  Stalin meets Chou Enlai on August - 20.   

1952  On August - 20 kurt Schumacher, German politician/chairman (SPD), dies   

1953  On this day in history russia publicly acknowledges hydrogen bomb test detonation   

1953  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  USAF ballon breaks an altitude record at 102,000' (310,896 m) on August - 20.   

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 August - 20.   

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  On this day in history rudolf Moser, composer, dies at 68   

1961  Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic explorer, dies at 82 on August - 20.   

1964  President Johnson signs Economic Opportunity Act (totaling nearly $1 billion) on August - 20.   

1965  On this day in history rolling Stones release "Satisfaction" (their first #1 US hit)   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

1974  Ilona Massey, actress (Love HAppy, Holiday in Mexico), dies at 62 on August - 20.   

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1517  On this day in history birth of antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75)   

1526  Peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum) was born on this day in history.   

1561  On this day in history birth of jacopo Peri, composer   

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  Cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 20.   

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

1153  Bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies on August - 20.   

1384  On August - 20 geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies   

1538  On this day in history death of aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake   

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

1580  On August - 20 death of jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506)   

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