World History
On August 20, 1000, The Hungarian state was founded by Saint Stephen, On August 20, 1083, The first King of Hungary, Saint Stephen, was canonized On August 20, 1926, Japan's public broadcasting company was established On August 20, 1940, Leon Trotsky was fatally wounded On August 20, 1993, The Oslo Accords were signed
US History
On August 20, 1775, The Spanish established el Presidio San Augustin del Tucson in Tucson On August 20, 1866, The American Civil War over was officially declared to be over On August 20, 1910, The Great Fire of 1910 burned about 3 million acres in NE Washington On August 20, 1920, The first commercial radio station began operations in Detroit On August 20, 1998, Clinton attacked Sudan's only pharmaceutical plant with cruise missles. That's a serious war on drugs.
Science & Technology
On August 20, 1858, Charles Darwin first published his theory of evolution through natural selection On August 20, 1975, NASA launched the Viking 1 toward Mars.
The Arts
On August20, 1882, Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture debuted
Misc.
Birthdays of Note
August 20, 1881, Edgar Guest, poet August 20, 1890, H. P. Lovecraft, author August 20, 1905, Jack Teagarden, trombonist, singer and songwriter August 20, 1918, Jacqueline Susann, author and actress August 20, 1934, Sneaky Pete Kleinow, pedal steel guitarist August 20, 1941, Dave Brock, musician, singer and songwriter August 20, 1942, Isaac Hayes, singer, songwriter, pianist and actor August 20, 1952, John Hiatt, singer, songwriter, guitarist
Deaths of Note
August 20, 1672, Johan de Witt, lynched and partially eaten by a mob August 20, 1785, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, sculptor August 20, 2012, Phyllis Diller, actor**, comedian, hair stylist August 20, 2013, Elmore Leonard, writer
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** 'An actress can only play a woman. I'm an actor, I can play anything.' - attributed to Whoopie Goldberg
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I know it is a different dude, but I don't really care I could've gone with Mosquito Day, ya know.
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At the time this posts, my wife and I will be at a coastal location that advertises its lack of any cellular reception (or WIFI) as a feature. Should be back Monday, however.
St. Stephen image by: Petr Smerkl, Wikipedia [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Bonus: Isaac Hayes
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