Historical Events In August - 20

1945  On this day in history dodgers Tommy Brown, 17, is youngest player to hit a HR   

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 August - 20 boston Braves hit a million attendance for 1st time   

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 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  On this day in history 78,382 watch White Sox play Indians at Cleveland   

1952  Stalin meets Chou Enlai on this day in history.   

1952  Kurt Schumacher, German politician/chairman (SPD), dies on August - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Republicans convene at Cow Palace on August - 20.   

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 August - 20.   

1959  Alfred Kubin, writer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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

1960  USSR recovers 2 dogs; first living organisms to return from space on August - 20.   

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

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  On August - 20 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  On August - 20 earl Sande, US jockey (Kentucky Derby), dies at 69   

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 this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history ilona Massey, actress (Love HAppy, Holiday in Mexico), dies at 62   

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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 August - 20 birth of jacopo Peri, composer   

1625  On August - 20 birth of thomas Corneille, French playwright   

1632  On August - 20 birth of louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704)   

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  On this day in history death of mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick   

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

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

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

1538  Death of Aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake on this day in history.   

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

1580  Death of Jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506) on August - 20.   

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