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

1948  On August - 20 15th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Cards 28, All-Stars 0 (101,220)   

1948  David John de Lloyd, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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  Stalin meets Chou Enlai on this day in history.   

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

1953  Russia publicly acknowledges hydrogen bomb test detonation on August - 20.   

1953  General Fazlollah Zahedi arrests premier Mossadeq of Persia on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1956  On this day in history republicans convene at Cow Palace   

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 August - 20.   

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

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

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

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

1964  On this day in history 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  On August - 20 russian and Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia   

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 August - 20.   

1974  Ilona Massey, actress (Love HAppy, Holiday in Mexico), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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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  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 this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history.   

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

1538  Death of Aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake on August - 20.   

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

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