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| Birthday October 20, 1632 Sir Christopher Wren, astronomer, great English architect |
| Birthday October 20, 1812 Austin Flint, 19th century heart research. pioneer |
| Birthday October 20, 1819 Mirza Ali Mohammad, (The Bab), forerunner of Baha'Ullah |
| Birthday October 20, 1819 Union General Daniel Sickles is born |
| Birthday October 20, 1823 Thomas Hughes, British author (Tom Brown's School Days) |
| Birthday October 20, 1853 French poet Arthur Rimbaud is born |
| Birthday October 20, 1854 Arthur Rimbaud, French poet, adventurer (Illuminations) |
| Birthday October 20, 1859 John Dewey, philosopher |
| Birthday October 20, 1874 Charles Ives, composer |
| Birthday October 20, 1900 Wayne Morse, (R/D-Sen-Ore) |
| Birthday October 20, 1908 Arlene Francis, in Boston Mass |
| Birthday October 20, 1911 Will Rogers Jr., Actor |
| Birthday October 20, 1923 Herschel Bernardi, Actor |
| Birthday October 20, 1925 Art Buchwald, columnist |
| Birthday October 20, 1931 Mickey Mantle, NY Yankee, home run slugger |
| Birthday October 20, 1932 William Christopher, Actor, "Father Mulcahy" |
| Birthday October 20, 1932 Roosevelt Brown, NFL offensive tackle (NY Giants) |
| Birthday October 20, 1935 Jerry Orbach |
| Birthday October 20, 1937 Juan Marichal, baseball player |
| Birthday October 20, 1953 Keith Hernandez |
| History October 20, 1600 Battle of Sekigahara establishes Tokugawa clan as rulers of Japan (shoguns) until 1865 (basis of Clavell's novel). |
| History October 20, 1740 Maria Theresa became ruler of Austria Hungary & Bohemia |
| History October 20, 1774 Congress creates the Continental Association |
| History October 20, 1803 Senate ratifies La Purchase. |
| History October 20, 1803 U.S. Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase |
| History October 20, 1813 Kingdom of Westphalia abolished. |
| History October 20, 1818 US & Britain agree to joint control of Oregon country. |
| History October 20, 1820 Spain sells (east) Florida to US for $5 million. |
| History October 20, 1827 Battle of Navarino |
| History October 20, 1903 US wins disputed boundary between the District of Alaska & Canada. |
| History October 20, 1906 Dr Lee DeForest gives a demonstration of his radio tube |
| History October 20, 1918 Turks send British officer to negotiate armistice terms |
| History October 20, 1929 Bayshore Highway opens (SF). |
| History October 20, 1935 Mao's Long March concludes |
| History October 20, 1944 MacArthur returns |
| History October 20, 1944 U.S. forces land at Leyte Island in the Philippines |
| History October 20, 1944 Natural gas explosions rock Cleveland |
| History October 20, 1944 During WWII MacArthur goes to Phillipines saying `I have returned' |
| History October 20, 1946 Frank Seno returns kickoff 105 yd Chicago Cards vs. N.Y. Giants. |
| History October 20, 1947 The Red Scare comes to Hollywood |
| History October 20, 1947 The House Un-American Activities Committee opens hearings into alleged Communist influence in the Hollywood movie industry. |
| History October 20, 1960 1st fully mechanized post office opened Providence RI |
| History October 20, 1960 Ralph Houk replaces Casey Stengel as Yankee manager |
| History October 20, 1962 Kennedy press secretary misleads press |
| History October 20, 1964 31st president of US Herbert Hoover died in NY at age 90. |
| History October 20, 1964 Relations between South Vietnam, the United States, and Cambodia deteriorate |
| History October 20, 1965 Last Volvo PV rolls off the assembly line |
| History October 20, 1968 Fosbury flops to an Olympic record |
| History October 20, 1968 Jacqueline Kennedy marries Aristotle Onassis. |
| History October 20, 1972 Harlow Shapley discoverer of the sun's position in the galaxy dies. |
| History October 20, 1973 Watergate special prosecutor dismissed |
| History October 20, 1973 Sat Night Massacre Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox dismissed by Solicitor Gen Bork. AG Richardson & Deputy AG Ruckelshaus resigned |
| History October 20, 1973 Sydney Opera House opens |
| History October 20, 1976 70 die as Norwegian tanker Frosta collides with George Prince |
| History October 20, 1977 Three members of the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd die in a Mississippi plane crash |
| History October 20, 1979 John F. Kennedy Library dedicated in Boston. |
| History October 20, 1982 Billy Martin fired as manager of the Oakland A's |
| History October 20, 1984 Islander's Mike Bossy's 30th career hat trick - 4 goals |
| History October 20, 1987 Bernhard Goetz sentenced to six months in jail |
| History October 20, 1990 2 Live Crew members are acquitted of obscenity charges |
| History October 20, 1994 Burt Lancaster dies |
| History October 20, 2011 Libyan Dictator Moammar Gadhafi is Killed |