Page 6: 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  On this day in history 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  Franz VM Cumont, Belgian religious historian, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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 August - 20.   

1948  On August - 20 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  On August - 20 78,382 watch White Sox play Indians at Cleveland   

1952  On this day in history stalin meets Chou Enlai   

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  General Fazlollah Zahedi arrests premier Mossadeq of Persia on August - 20.   

1955  First airplane to exceed 1800 mph (2897 kph)-HA Hanes, Palmdale Ca on August - 20.   

1955  On this day in history hundreds killed in anti-French rioting in Morocco and Algeria   

1955  On this day in history 1st airplane to exceed 1800 mph (2897 kph)-HA Hanes, Palmdale Ca   

1956  On August - 20 republicans convene at Cow Palace   

1957  On August - 20 uSAF ballon breaks an altitude record at 102,000' (310,896 m)   

1959  On this day in history 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  On August - 20 alfred Kubin, writer, dies at 82   

1960  Senegal breaks from the Mali federation; declaring independence on this day in history.   

1960  On August - 20 uSSR recovers 2 dogs; first living organisms to return from space   

1960  On August - 20 rudolf Moser, composer, dies at 68   

1961  Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic explorer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1964  President Johnson signs Economic Opportunity Act (totaling nearly $1 billion) on this day in history.   

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  On August - 20 russian and Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia   

1968  Earl Sande, US jockey (Kentucky Derby), dies at 69 on August - 20.   

1970  On August - 20 hildo Krop, modernistic sculptor, dies at 86   

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

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1517  Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75) was born on this day in history.   

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

1561  Jacopo Peri, composer was born on August - 20.   

1625  Thomas Corneille, French playwright was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 20.   

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

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

1538  On August - 20 death of aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake   

1572  Death of Miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (b. 1502) on August - 20.   

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

1632  Death of Valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38 on this day in history.