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August 20, 1980 in History
Event:
Reinhold Messner of Italy is 1st to solo ascent Mount Everest

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Related Year:
1980

Related Events:
August 20
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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
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1741 Alaska discovered by Danish explorer Vitus Bering
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