History Home
Events     Birthdays     Deaths     Years

Add "Today in History" or "Today's Birthdays" to Your Site - it's Easy!

August 20, 1888 in History
Event:
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

Related Topics:
Contest
defeats
Longest
match
Men
Palmer
Single
tournament

Related Year:
1888

Related Events:
August 20
 More Notable Events on August 20:
1982 U.S. Marines land in Beirut, Lebanon
1980 Mount Everest climbed by Italian Reinhold Messner, alone
1977 NASA launches Voyager 2 towards Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
1929 1st airship flight around Earth flying eastward completed
1741 Alaska discovered by Danish explorer Vitus Bering
History Home    Copyright 2009 BrainyMedia.com