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HäNDELSER DEN 20 AUGUSTI
Eighth Route Army
År:
1940
World War II: The Eighth Route Army launches the Hundred Regiments Offensive, a successful campaign to disrupt Japanese war infrastructure and logistics in occupied northern China.
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World War II
År:
1940
World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes the fourth of his famous wartime speeches, containing the line "Never was so much owed by so many to so few".
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Lou Gehrig
År:
1938
Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez.
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Saladin
År:
1191
Believing Saladin had reneged on ransom promises, Richard I of England initiates the massacre at Ayyadieh, beheading 2,700 captive Muslim soldiers and another 300 women and children seized at the Fall of Acre.
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WWJ (AM)
År:
1920
The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit.
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Leon Trotsky
År:
1940
In Mexico City, exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded with an ice axe by Ramón Mercader. He dies the next day.
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Battle of Romania
År:
1944
World War II: The Battle of Romania begins with a major Soviet Union offensive.
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King of Hungary
År:
1083
The first King of Hungary, Stephen I, and his son, Prince Emeric, are canonized, a date now celebrated as a National Day in Hungary.
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FöDELSEDAGAR DEN 20 AUGUSTI
Laurent Fabius
Födelseår:
1946
Laurent Fabius, French politician, 158th Prime Minister of France
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N. R. Narayana Murthy
Födelseår:
1946
N. R. Narayana Murthy, Indian businessman, co-founded Infosys
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Mufaddal Saifuddin
Födelseår:
1946
Mufaddal Saifuddin, 53rd Da'i al-Mutlaq of Fatimid Caliphate
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DöDSFALL DEN 20 AUGUSTI
William Booth
Dödsår:
1912
William Booth, English preacher, co-founded The Salvation Army (born 1829)
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Paul Ehrlich
Dödsår:
1915
Paul Ehrlich, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1854)
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Adolf von Baeyer
Dödsår:
1917
Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1835)
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Gregor MacGregor (sportsman)
Dödsår:
1919
Greg MacGregor, Scottish cricketer and rugby player (born 1869)
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Charles Lilley
Dödsår:
1897
Charles Lilley, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Queensland (born 1827)
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Alexander Wassilko von Serecki
Dödsår:
1893
Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Austrian lawyer and politician (born 1827)
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Shiranui Dakuemon
Dödsår:
1854
Shiranui Dakuemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 8th Yokozuna (born 1801)
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HELGDAGAR DEN 20 AUGUSTI
August 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast day: August 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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