October 20 ::: Project ETERNITY

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October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining.

Events

1700-1899

1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony refuse to honour the Pragmatic Sanction and the War of the Austrian Succession begins.

1803 - United States Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase

1827 - Battle of Navarino - a combined Turkish and Egyptian armada is destroyed by an allied British, French, and Russian naval force in the port of Navarino in Pylos, Greece. The most important result of this battle is the end of the Greek Liberation War and the affirmation of independence of modern Greece.

1883 - Peru and Chile signed the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province was ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.

1900-1999

1935 - The Long March ends

1944 - The Soviet army captures Belgrade, the capital of Yugoslavia

1944 - Liquid natural gas leaks from storange tanks in Cleveland, then explodes; the explosion and resulting fire level 30 blocks and kill 130.

1947 - The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of Hollywood, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.

1968 - Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy marries Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis.

1971 - The Nepal stock exchange collapses.

1973 - The Saturday Night Massacre: President Nixon fires Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus after they refuse to fire Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox, who is finally fired by Robert Bork.

1973 - The Sydney Opera House opens.

1973 - The Six Million Dollar Man premieres on ABC.

1977 - A plane carrying Lynyrd Skynyrd crashes in Mississippi, killing several band members, including lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines.

1986 - Yitzhak Shamir begins his second office term as Israel's prime minister

1991 - The Oakland Hills firestorm kills 25 and destroys 3469 homes and apartments, causing more than 2 billion USD in damage.

2000-2099

2004 - The Boston Red Sox defeat the New York Yankees in the 2004 ALCS and enter the World Series for the first time since 1986 They become the first team in baseball to win a best of 7 series after losing the first 3.