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August 20, 1997 Shelly Moore, 18, of Tennessee, crowned 15th Miss Teen USA August 20, 1996 India defeat Pakistan in Under-15 World Challenge Final at Lord's August 20, 1995 "Play's the Thing" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 75 performances August 20, 1995 Indians' Jose Mesa sets record with his 37th consecutive save August 20, 1995 Kerrie Webb wins LPGA Weetabix Women's British Golf Open August 20, 1994 109.8 degrees F (43.2 degrees C) in Cordoba, Spain August 20, 1994 Archbishop Quarracino wants all homosexuals to leave Argentina August 20, 1994 Ferry boat sinks at Chandpur Bangladesh, 300-350 killed August 20, 1993 Colin Jackson runs world record 110m hurdles (12.91) August 20, 1993 Howard Stern is fired from WLUP-AM, Chicago August 20, 1993 Mother Teresa hospitalized with malaria August 20, 1992 England get 7-363 in 55 overs vs Pakistan, then world ODI record August 20, 1992 Rocker Sting weds Trudie Styler August 20, 1991 Norbert Rosza swims world record 100m breast stroke (1:01.29) August 20, 1991 Dolphin Dan Marino surpasses Joe Montana as the highest paid NFL player with a 5-year extension for $25 million August 20, 1991 Estonia declares it's independence from U.S.S.R. itself independent August 20, 1990 Gene Michael names New York Yankee VP/GM replacing Harding Peterson August 20, 1990 George Steinbrenner steps down as New York Yankee owner August 20, 1990 Iraq moves Western hostages to military installations (human shields) August 20, 1990 New York Yankee Kevin Mass is quickest to reach 15 home runs (approx 132 at bat) August 20, 1989 Aak crashes into pleasure boat The Margin on the Thames, 51 killed August 20, 1989 Howard Johnson joins B Bonds and W Mays to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases August 20, 1989 Janet B Evans swims female world record 800m freestyle (8:16.22) August 20, 1989 Said Aouita runs world record 3000 m (7:29.45) August 20, 1988 6.5 earthquake strikes India/Nepal, 1,000s killed August 20, 1988 Yordanka Donkova of Bulgaria sets 100m hurdle woman's record (12.21) August 20, 1986 Mail carrier Patrick Sherrill, Edmond Ok, shot 14 fellow workers dead August 20, 1986 Phils Don Carmen perfect game bid is broken in 9th August 20, 1985 1st NL pitcher to strike out 200+ in 1st 2 seasons (Dwight Gooden) August 20, 1985 Israel ships 96 TOWs to Iran on behalf of US August 20, 1985 Libya throws out 1000s Tunisian/Egyptian gas workers August 20, 1985 Met Dwight Gooden strikes out 16 on way to his 13th consecutive win August 20, 1985 Hanspeter Beck of South Australia, finishes a 3,875 mile, 51 day trip from Western Australia to Melbourne on a unicycle August 20, 1982 Don Lever becomes 1st captain of New Jersey Devils August 20, 1982 U.S. Marines land in Beirut, Lebanon August 20, 1980 Mt. Everest climbed by Italian Reinhold Messner, alone August 20, 1980 New York Yankee Bob Watson hits Seattle Kingdome speaker, 2nd straight day August 20, 1980 Pitts Omar Moreno steals record 70 bases for 3rd consecutive season August 20, 1980 Reinhold Messner of Italy is 1st to solo ascent Mt Everest August 20, 1980 Cleve Dan Spillner, 545 ERA, is 2 outs from a no-hitter when White Sox rookie Leo Sutherland singles August 20, 1980 U.N. Security Council condemns (14-0, U.S. abstains) Israeli declaration that all of Jersualem is it's capital August 20, 1979 India premier Charan Singh resigns August 20, 1979 Singer Vikki Carr and Michael Nilsson wed August 20, 1978 Gunmen open fire on an Israeli El Al Airline bus in London August 20, 1978 Mark Vinchesi of Amherst Mass keeps a frisbee aloft 15.2 seconds August 20, 1978 Sandra Post wins LPGA Lady Stroh's Golf Open August 20, 1978 Tatyana Providokhina runs female world record 1k (2:30.6) August 20, 1977 NASA launches Voyager 2 towards Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune August 20, 1975 Il-62 crashes south of Damascus, Syria, killing 126 August 20, 1975 Viking 1 launched to orbit around Mars, soft landing August 20, 1974 Brooklyn pitcher Dan Bankhead is 1st black to homer in his 1st at bat August 20, 1974 Nelson Rockefeller becomes V.P. August 20, 1974 Nolan Ryan pitch measured at record 161.6 kph (100.4 mph) August 20, 1974 President Gerald Ford, assumes office after Richard Nixon's resignation August 20, 1972 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Southgate Ladies Golf Open August 20, 1972 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test August 20, 1971 FBI begins covert investigation of journalist Daniel Schorr August 20, 1970 Hurricane Dorothy, kills 42 in Martinique August 20, 1969 69 cm rainfall in Nelson Co., Virginia (state record) August 20, 1968 650,000 Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia August 20, 1968 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. August 20, 1967 Alvin Dark (52-69) is fired, rehired, and fired again as manager of A's August 20, 1967 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open August 20, 1966 Beatles pelted with rotten fruit during Memphis concert August 20, 1965 Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction" (their 1st #1 U.S. hit) August 20, 1965 Eddie Mathews and Hank Aaron (1954-65) pass Babe Ruth-Lou Gehrig hitting 772 home runs while playing together on the same team August 20, 1964 Lyndon Baines Johnson signs anti-poverty measure totaling nearly $1 billion August 20, 1964 President Johnson signs Economic Opportunity Act August 20, 1964 Rex Sellers bowls 5-1-17-0 vs. India in only Test Cricket innings August 20, 1964 Yankee Phil Linz plays harmonica on bus despite Yogi Berra's orders August 20, 1962 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. August 20, 1961 Phillies set then dubious record of 23 straight loses, beat Braves August 20, 1961 East Germany begins erecting 5' high wall along the border with the west to replace the barbed wire put up Aug 13 August 20, 1960 Senegal breaks from Mali federation, declaring independence August 20, 1960 U.S.S.R. recovers 2 dogs, 1st living organisms to return from space August 20, 1959 Belgium shortens conscription to 12 months August 20, 1958 Dale Long becomes 1st major league lefty catcher in 52 years August 20, 1958 Detroit Tiger Jim Bunning no-hits Boston Red Sox, 3-0 August 20, 1957 "Simply Heavenly" opens at Playhouse Theater New York City for 62 performances August 20, 1957 Chicago White Sox Bob Keegan no-hits Washington Senators, 6-0 August 20, 1957 USAAF ballon breaks an altitude record at 102,000' (310,896 m) August 20, 1957 White Sox Bob Keegan no-hits Senators 6-0 August 20, 1956 Republicans convene at Cow Palace August 20, 1955 1st airplane to exceed 1800 mph (2897 kph)-HA Hanes, Palmdale, California August 20, 1955 Hundreds killed in anti-French rioting in Morocco and Algeria August 20, 1953 General Fazlollah Zahedi arrests premier Mossadeq of Persia August 20, 1953 Russia publicly acknowledges hydrogen bomb test detonation August 20, 1952 Stalin meets Chou Enlai August 20, 1949 78,382 watch White Sox play Indians at Cleveland August 20, 1949 Hungary (Magyar People's Republic) accepts constitution August 20, 1948 15th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Cards 28, All-Stars 0 (101,220) August 20, 1948 U.S. expels Soviet Consul General in New York, Jacob Lomakin August 20, 1947 Boston Braves hit a million attendance for 1st time August 20, 1947 Turner Caldwell in D-558-I sets aircraft speed record, 1131 kph August 20, 1945 Dodgers Tommy Brown, 17, is youngest player to hit a HR August 20, 1945 Robert Hamilton wins PGA golf tournament August 20, 1945 Russian troops occupy Harbin and Mukden August 20, 1945 Tommy Brown, Brooklyn Dodger becomes youngest HR hitter (17) August 20, 1944 "Anna Lucasta," opens on Broadway August 20, 1944 26th PGA Championship: Bob Hamilton at Manito G and CC Spokane Wash August 20, 1944 Gen de Gaulle returns to France August 20, 1944 Russian offensive at Jassy and Kisjinev August 20, 1944 U.S. and British forces destroy German 7th Army at Falaise-Argentan Gap August 20, 1942 Dim-out regulations implemented in San Francisco August 20, 1941 Police raid 11th district of Paris, takes 4,000+ Jewish males August 20, 1940 1st Polish squadrons fight along in the Battle of Britain August 20, 1940 Leon Trotsky, revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson, dies Aug 21 August 20, 1940 British Prime Minister Churchill says of Royal Air Force, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few" August 20, 1939 1st black bowling league formed (National Bowling Assoc) August 20, 1939 Russ offensive under gen Zjoekov against Jap invasion in Mongolia August 20, 1938 Lou Gehrig hits record 23rd and last grand slam August 20, 1935 Milt coup by General Pons and president Ibarra in Ecuador August 20, 1934 Ponsford out for 266 in his final Test Cricket match August 20, 1931 45th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Eileen Whitingstall (64 61) August 20, 1930 Bradman scores 232 in 5th Test Cricket at The Oval August 20, 1930 Dumont's 1st TV broadcast for home reception (New York City) August 20, 1929 1st airship flight around Earth flying eastward completed August 20, 1926 Uprising against Reza Shah Pahlawi in Persia August 20, 1925 WJR-AM in Detroit Michigan begins radio transmissions August 20, 1923 London harbor strike ends August 20, 1922 1st world championship athletics for women, held in Paris August 20, 1921 35th U.S. Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats M Browne (46 64 62) August 20, 1920 1st U.S. coml radio, 8MK (WWJ), Detroit began daily broadcasting August 20, 1920 Allen Woodring wins Oympic 200 m dash wearing borrowed shoes August 20, 1920 Israel publishes it's 1st medical journal "Ha-Refuah" August 20, 1920 Preliminary meeting in Akron to form American Pro Football League August 20, 1920 Red Sox-Indians game postponed in Boston to allow Indian players to attend Ray Chapman's funeral in Cleveland August 20, 1919 Wichita outfielder Joe Wilhoit (Western League) fails to get a hit, ending a 69-game streak (155 hits in 299 at bats for a .505 avg) August 20, 1918 Britain opens offensive on Western front during WW I August 20, 1915 Italy declares war on Turkey August 20, 1915 White Sox obtain Joe Jackson from Cleveland in exchange for Robert Roth, Larry Chappell, Ed Klepfer, and $31,500 August 20, 1914 Battle of Bounderies: Lorraine, Ardennen, Sambre and Meuse, Mons August 20, 1914 Battle at Gumbinnen, East-Prussia: Russian beat Germans August 20, 1914 Battle at Morhange: German troops chase French, killing 1000s August 20, 1914 Bavarian troops kill 50 inhabitants of Nomeny France August 20, 1914 German army captured Brussels as the Belgian army retreated to Antwerp August 20, 1913 1st pilot to parachute from an aircraft (Adolphe Pegoud-France) August 20, 1913 Piotr Nesterow 1st flight (Kiev Ukraine) August 20, 1912 Plant Quarantine Act goes into effect August 20, 1912 Washington Senator Carl Cushion no-hits Cleveland Indians, 2-0 in 6 innings August 20, 1910 U.S. supported opposition brings down Madriz in Nicaragua August 20, 1908 Congo Free State becomes Belgian Congo August 20, 1901 Fawcett committee visits Mafeking concentration camp in Cape Colony August 20, 1900 Great Britain beats France in cricket in Olympic Games August 20, 1896 Dial telephone patented August 20, 1895 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Norwood Builder" August 20, 1893 Shechita (ritual slaughtering) prohibited in Switzerland August 20, 1888 Longest U.S. men's single tournament match Palmer Presbrey defeats T S Tailer, 19-21, 8-6, 6-1, 6-4, an 80-game 1st-round contest August 20, 1882 Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" opens in Moscow August 20, 1879 Government Kappeijne of Coppello resigns August 20, 1866 President Andrew Johnson formally declares Civil War over August 20, 1865 President Johnson proclaims an end to "insurrection" in Tx August 20, 1864 8th/last day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia (about 3900 casualties) August 20, 1856 Wilberforce University forms in Ohio August 20, 1852 Steamer "Atlantic" collided with fishing boat, sinks with 250 aboard August 20, 1795 Joseph Haydn returns to Vienna from England August 20, 1794 Gen Mad Anthony Wayne defeated the Indians at Fallen Timbers Ohio August 20, 1791 Danish navigator Vitus Jonas Bering discovers Alaska August 20, 1781 George Washington begins to move his troops south to fight Cornwallis August 20, 1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie reaches Blair Castle Scotland August 20, 1741 Alaska discovered by Danish explorer Vitus Bering August 20, 1648 Battle of Lens: French duke d'Enghien defeats Spaniards August 20, 1641 Britain and Scotland sign Treaty of Pacification August 20, 1619 1st Black slaves brought by Dutch to colony of Jamestown Virginia August 20, 1604 Spanish garrison of Sluis surrenders to count Maurice August 20, 1597 1st Dutch East India Company ships returned from Far East August 20, 1585 English queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: aid to Netherland August 20, 1566 Iconoclasm reaches Antwerp Belgium August 20, 1534 Turkish Admiral Chaireddin"Barbarossa" occupies Tunis August 20, 1191 Crusader King Richard I kills 3,000 muslim prisoners in Akko August 20, 917 Battle at Anchialus: Bulgaria army counter attacks Byzantines August 20, 573 Gregory of Tours selected bishop of Tours August 20, 2 Venus-Jupiter in conjunction-Star of Bethlehem |