398 Historic Events for August 20
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| 1937 |
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Corrie E Moret-de Jong, Dutch MP (CDA)
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| 1938 |
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Jean-Loup Jaques Marie Chretien, France, cosmonaut (T-6, TM-7, STS 86)
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| 1938 |
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Lou Gehrig hits record 23rd and last grand slam
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| 1939 |
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Russ offensive under gen Zjoekov against Jap invasion in Mongolia
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| 1939 |
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1st black bowling league formed (National Bowling Assoc)
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| 1940 |
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John Lantree, rocker
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| 1940 |
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1st Polish squadrons fight along in the Battle of Britain
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| 1940 |
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Rex Sellers, Aust cricketer leg-spinner (bowled 5 overs in Tests)
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| 1940 |
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British PM Churchill says of Royal Air Force, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few"
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| 1940 |
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Sam Melville, Utah, actor (Mike Danko-Rookies, Roughnecks)
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| 1940 |
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Leon Trotsky, revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson, dies Aug 21
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| 1941 |
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Slobodan Milocevic, premier Serbia
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| 1941 |
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William H Gray III, Baton Rouge La, (Rep-D-PA, 1978- )
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| 1941 |
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Police raid 11th district of Paris, takes 4,000+ Jewish males
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| 1942 |
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Isaac Hayes, Covington TN, composer (Shaft)
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| 1942 |
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Dim-out regulations implemented in SF
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| 1942 |
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Hans-Joachim Klein, German FR, 100m swimmer (Olympic-bronze-1964)
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| 1943 |
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Robert Plant, English rock vocalist (Led Zeppelin-Whole Lotta Love)
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| 1944 |
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John Povey, rocker
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| 1944 |
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Graig Nettles, 3rd baseman (NY Yankees, SD Padres, Cleve Indians)
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| 1944 |
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26th PGA Championship: Bob Hamilton at Manito G and CC Spokane Wash
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| 1944 |
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"Anna Lucasta," opens on Broadway
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| 1944 |
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Rajiv Gandhi, PM of India (1984-89)
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| 1944 |
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Russian offensive at Jassy and Kisjinev
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| 1944 |
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Gen de Gaulle returns to France
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