Page 6: Historical Events In August - 20

1945  On August - 20 dodgers Tommy Brown, 17, is youngest player to hit a HR   

1945  On August - 20 a Roda Roda, writer, dies at 73   

1947  On August - 20 turner Caldwell in D-558-I sets aircraft speed record, 1131 kph   

1947  Boston Braves hit a million attendance for 1st time on August - 20.   

1947  On this day in history franz VM Cumont, Belgian religious historian, dies at 79   

1948  On August - 20 uS expels Soviet Consul General in New York, Jacob Lomakin   

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

1949  Hungary (Magyar People's Republic) accepts constitution on this day in history.   

1949  On this day in history 78,382 watch White Sox play Indians at Cleveland   

1952  On August - 20 stalin meets Chou Enlai   

1952  On this day in history kurt Schumacher, German politician/chairman (SPD), dies   

1953  Russia publicly acknowledges hydrogen bomb test detonation on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history general Fazlollah Zahedi arrests premier Mossadeq of Persia   

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

1955  On August - 20 hundreds killed in anti-French rioting in Morocco and Algeria   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1960  On August - 20 senegal breaks from the Mali federation; declaring independence   

1960  On this day in history uSSR recovers 2 dogs; first living organisms to return from space   

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

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 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 this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history earl Sande, US jockey (Kentucky Derby), dies at 69   

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

1973  On August - 20 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 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  On this day in history birth of peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum)   

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

1625  On this day in history birth of thomas Corneille, French playwright   

1632  On this day in history birth of louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704)   

1637  On August - 20 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  On this day in history birth of alphonse d' Eve, composer   

0535  On August - 20 death of mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick   

0984  On August - 20 john XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies   

1153  On this day in history bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies   

1384  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506)   

1632  On this day in history death of valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38