October 20
480 BC
Greeks defeat the Persians in a naval battle at Salamis.
1587
In France, Huguenot Henri de Navarre routs Duke de Joyeuse's larger Catholic force at Coutras.
1709
Marlborough and Eugene of Savoy take Mons in the Netherlands.
1714
George I of England crowned.
1805
Austrian general Karl Mac surrenders to Napoleon's army at the battle of Ulm.
1818
The United States and Britain establish the 49th Parallel as the boundary between Canada and the United States.
1870
The Summer Palace in Beijing, China, is burnt to the ground by a Franco-British expeditionary force.
1903
The Joint Commission, set up on January 24 by Great Britain and the United States to arbitrate the disputed Alaskan boundary, rules in favor of the United States. The deciding vote is Britain's, which embitters Canada. The United States gains ports on the panhandle coast of Alaska.
1904
Bolivia and Chile sign a treaty ending the War of the Pacific. The treaty recognizes Chile's possession of the coast, but provides for construction of a railway to link La Paz, Bolivia, to Arica, on the coast.
1924
Baseball's first 'colored World Series' is held in Kansas City, Mo.
1938
Czechoslovakia, complying with Nazi policy, outlaws the Communist Party and begins persecuting Jews.
1941
German troops reach the approaches to Moscow.
1944
U.S. troops land on Leyte in the Philippines, keeping General MacArthur's pledge "I shall return."
1945
Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon form the Arab League to present a unified front against the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine.
1947
The House Un-American Activities Committee opens public hearings on alleged communist infiltration in Hollywood. Among those denounced as having un-American tendencies are: Katherine Hepburn, Charles Chaplin and Edward G. Robinson. Among those called to testify is Screen Actors Guild President Ronald Reagan, who denies that leftists ever controlled the Guild and refuses to label anyone a communist.
1968
Jacqueline Kennedy marries Aristotle Onassis.
1973
Arab oil-producing nations ban oil exports to the United States, following the outbreak of Arab-Israeli war.
1977
Charter plane crashes in Mississippi, killing three members of popular Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, along with their assistant road manager, the pilot and co-pilot.
1991
Oakland Hills firestorm destroys nearly 3,500 homes and apartments and kills 25 people.
2011
In the Libyan civil war, rebels capture deposed dictator Muammar Gaddafi in his hometown of Sirte, killing him soon afterward.
Born on October 20
1632
Sir Christopher Wren, astronomer and architect.
1854
Arthur Rimbaud, poet.
1874
Charles Ives, composer.
1884
Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-born film actor famous for his portrayal of Count Dracula (1931).
1891
Sir James Chadwick, physicist who won the Nobel Prize for discovering the neutron.
1901
Adelaide Hall, cabaret singer.
1925
Art Buchwald, humorist.
1931
Mickey Mantle, baseball great who played for the New York Yankees
1932
Michael McClure, beat poet.
1940
Robert Pinsky, former U.S. Poet Laureate.
1946
Lewis Grizzard, journalist and humorist who gained popularity through his syndicated Atlanta Journal-Constitution column; he authored 25 books, including collections of his columns.
1946
Elfriede Jelinek, Austrian playwright and novelist; awarded Nobel Prize in Literature, 2004.
1948
Tom Petty, singer, songwriter, musician; lead singer for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and a founder of the Traveling Wilburys and Mudcrutch bands; inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 2002.
1971
Snoop Dogg (Calvin Broadus, Jr.), rapper, songwriter, actor; his debut album, Doggy style, came in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and Billboard Hot R&B / Hip-Hop charts.
Chanzo; History Net
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