Historical Events In August - 20

1975  Il-62 crashes south of Damascus, Syria, killing 126 on August - 20.   

1975  On this day in history viking 1 launched toward orbit around Mars, soft landing   

1976  On this day in history phyllis Konstam, actress (Murder, Skin Game), dies at 69   

1977  NASA launches Voyager 2 towards Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune on this day in history.   

1978  On August - 20 gunmen open fire on an Israeli El Al Airline bus in London   

1978  Ivan Jirko, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1980  On August - 20 reinhold Messner of Italy is first to solo ascent Mt Everest   

1980  On August - 20 uN Security Council condemns (14-0, US abstains) Israeli declaration that all of Jersualem is its capital   

1980  Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank, dies at 91 on August - 20.   

1982  Mexican Treasury Secretary Jesus Silva Herzog tells foreign bankers that Mexico cannot repay her $60 billion foreign debt, the first Third World country to default on this day in history.   

1982  On August - 20 ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (Zulu), dies of bone cancer at 53   

1983  Kerwin Duinmeijer, Antillean boy, murdered by racist at 15 on August - 20.   

1985  Israel ships 96 TOWs to Iran on behalf of the US on August - 20.   

1985  On this day in history harchand Singh Longowai, Sikh leader, shot by Sikh extremists   

1986  On August - 20 mail carrier Patrick Sherrill, Edmond Ok, shot 14 fellow workers dead   

1986  Donn Bennett, TV host (The Big Idea), dies at 76 on August - 20.   

1987  On this day in history the Canadian federal government slaps a total ban on smoking in public service offices, starting Jan. 1, 1988. Smoking by government employees at all public service counters ends immediately, well maybe not quite??   

1988  On this day in history in the Nepal-India border region a 6.6 quake killed 721, 6,553 injured and 64,470 buildings damaged in eastern Nepal   

1989  In Ethiopia a 6.3 earthquake killed 2, injured 2 and damage and rockslides caused in the Galafi-Yoboki area on this day in history.   

1990  George Steinbrenner steps down as NY Yankee owner on August - 20.   

1990  On this day in history iraq moves Western hostages to military installations (human shields)   

1990  On this day in history marc Turfkruijer, Flemish movie journalist/writer, dies   

1991  On this day in history betty Bowden, British dancer/actress (Vote for Nigel), dies at 86   

1992  On August - 20 ivan Nikolayevich Anikeyev, cosmonaut, dies at 59   

1993  Bernard Delfgaauw, philosopher (Johnson murderer!), dies at 80 on August - 20.   

1994  Aleksander Petrovic, film Director, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1995  On this day in history hugo Pratt, graphic artist, dies at 68   

1996  George Brian Snape, businessman/rugby league entrepreneur, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1997  Hudson Bay Railway, owned by Omnitrax of Denver, Colorado, takes over operation of former CN lines to Flin Flon, Lyn Lake and Churchill on this day in history.   

2011  On this day in history arab Spring and the Libyan civil war: In the Battle of Tripoli, Libyan rebels take control the nation's capital, effectively overthrowing the government of Muammar Gaddafi.   

2012  20 people are killed in a riot in Caracas, Venezuela on August - 20.   

2013  On this day in history 9 Islamist militants are killed by Russian police in North Caucasus   

2018  On this day in history measles cases reach record high in Europe with 41,000 infected first six months of 2018 with 37 deaths according to WHO   

2018  On this day in history pope Francis releases letter to all Catholics condemning sexual abuse atrocities and clerical cover-ups "We showed no care for the little ones; we abandoned them"   

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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 this day in history.   

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 August - 20 birth of alphonse d' Eve, composer   

0535  Death of Mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick on August - 20.   

0984  John XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies on August - 20.   

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