Page 6: Historical Events In August - 20

1945  Dodgers Tommy Brown, 17, is youngest player to hit a HR on this day in history.   

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 August - 20.   

1947  Boston Braves hit a million attendance for 1st time on this day in history.   

1947  Franz VM Cumont, Belgian religious historian, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1948  David John de Lloyd, composer, dies at 65 on August - 20.   

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

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  On this day in history stalin meets Chou Enlai   

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

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

1956  On this day in history republicans convene at Cow Palace   

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  On August - 20 alfred Kubin, writer, dies at 82   

1960  Senegal breaks from the Mali federation; declaring independence on August - 20.   

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

1960  Rudolf Moser, composer, dies at 68 on August - 20.   

1961  On this day in history vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic explorer, dies at 82   

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

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

1968  650,000 Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia on August - 20.   

1968  On August - 20 russian and Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia   

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  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 this day in history.   

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1517  On August - 20 birth of antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75)   

1526  On this day in history birth of peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum)   

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

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

1632  Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.   

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  Alphonse d' Eve, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

0984  On this day in history john XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies   

1153  On this day in history 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 August - 20.