Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In August - 20
Wednesday, 25 December 2024
1975 Il-62 crashes south of Damascus, Syria, killing 126 on this day in history. 
1975 Viking 1 launched toward orbit around Mars, soft landing on August - 20.
1976 On this day in history phyllis Konstam, actress (Murder, Skin Game), dies at 69
1977 On August - 20 nASA launches Voyager 2 towards Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
1978 On August - 20 gunmen open fire on an Israeli El Al Airline bus in London
1978 On this day in history ivan Jirko, composer, dies at 51
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 this day in history.
1982 On August - 20 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
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 this day in history mail carrier Patrick Sherrill, Edmond Ok, shot 14 fellow workers dead
1986 Donn Bennett, TV host (The Big Idea), dies at 76 on this day in history.
1987 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?? on this day in history.
1988 On August - 20 in the Nepal-India border region a 6.6 quake killed 721, 6,553 injured and 64,470 buildings damaged in eastern Nepal
1989 On August - 20 in Ethiopia a 6.3 earthquake killed 2, injured 2 and damage and rockslides caused in the Galafi-Yoboki area
1990 George Steinbrenner steps down as NY Yankee owner on this day in history.
1990 Iraq moves Western hostages to military installations (human shields) on this day in history.
1990 Marc Turfkruijer, Flemish movie journalist/writer, dies on this day in history.
1991 Betty Bowden, British dancer/actress (Vote for Nigel), dies at 86 on this day in history.
1992 Ivan Nikolayevich Anikeyev, cosmonaut, dies at 59 on this day in history.
1993 On August - 20 bernard Delfgaauw, philosopher (Johnson murderer!), dies at 80
1994 On August - 20 aleksander Petrovic, film Director, dies at 65
1995 On August - 20 hugo Pratt, graphic artist, dies at 68
1996 George Brian Snape, businessman/rugby league entrepreneur, dies at 81 on August - 20.
1997 On this day in history hudson Bay Railway, owned by Omnitrax of Denver, Colorado, takes over operation of former CN lines to Flin Flon, Lyn Lake and Churchill.
2011 On August - 20 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 On this day in history 20 people are killed in a riot in Caracas, Venezuela
2013 On this day in history 9 Islamist militants are killed by Russian police in North Caucasus
2018 Measles cases reach record high in Europe with 41,000 infected first six months of 2018 with 37 deaths according to WHO on this day in history.
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"