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Gravdigr · 10-20-2016, 02:26 PM

October 20

Today is World Osteoporosis Day, as well as World Statistics Day. So, know that 2-8% of men, and 9-38% of women are affected by osteoporosis.

Today is Vietnamese Women's Day (Ngày phụ nữ Việt Nam) in Vietnam.

Events

1720 – Caribbean pirate Calico Jack is captured by the Royal Navy.

1781 – The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Habsburg Monarchy.

1803 – The United States Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase.

1818 – The Convention of 1818 is signed between the United States and the United Kingdom, which settles the Canada–United States border on the 49th parallel for most of its length.

1827 – In the Battle of Navarino, a combined Turkish and Egyptian fleet is defeated by British, French, and Russian naval forces in the last significant battle fought with wooden sailing ships.

1873 – Yale, Princeton, Columbia, and Rutgers universities draft the first code of American football rules.

1935 – The Long March, a mammoth retreat undertaken by the armed forces of the Chinese Communist Party a year prior, ends.

1941 – World War II: Thousands of civilians in Kragujevac in German-occupied Serbia are murdered in the Kragujevac massacre.

1944 – Liquefied natural gas leaks from storage tanks in Cleveland and then explodes; the explosion and resulting fire level 30 blocks and kill 130 people.

1944 – American General Douglas MacArthur fulfills his promise to return to the Philippines when he commands an Allied assault on the islands, reclaiming them from the Japanese during the Second World War.

1946 – Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam decides that October 20 is Vietnam Women's Day.

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.

1951 – The "Johnny Bright incident" (a violent on-field assault against African American player Johnny Bright by white player Wilbanks Smith during an American college football game) occurs in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

1962 - Bobby 'Boris' Pickett and the Crypt Kickers started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Monster Mash', it became a No.3 in the UK eleven years later in 1973.

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

1973 – "Saturday Night Massacre": United States President Richard Nixon fires U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus after they refuse to fire Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox, who is finally fired by Robert Bork.

1973 – The Sydney Opera House is opened by Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction work.

1976 – The ferry George Prince is struck by a ship while crossing the Mississippi River between Destrehan and Luling, Louisiana. Seventy-eight passengers and crew die, and only 18 people aboard the ferry survive.

1977 – Rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane crashes after running out of fuel near Gillsburg, Mississippi.

1983 - American country/western singer/songwriter Merle Travis died of a heart attack, aged 65. Travis is acknowledged as one of the most influential American guitarists of the twentieth century.

1991 – The Oakland Hills firestorm kills 25 people, and destroys 3,469 homes and apartments, causing more than $2 billion in damage.

2011 – Libyan Civil War: National Transitional Council rebel forces capture ousted Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi in his hometown of Sirte and kill him within the hour.

Births

1632 – Christopher Wren (designed St Paul's Cathedral); 1854 – Arthur Rimbaud; 1882 – Bela Lugosi

; 1885 – Jelly Roll Morton

; 1895 – Rex Ingram (the genie in The Thief of Bagdad); 1907 – Arlene Francis; 1913 – Grandpa Jones

; 1922 – John Anderson; 1925 – Art Buchwald; 1925 – Tom Dowd♪ ♫; 1927 – Dr. Joyce Brothers; 1931 – Mickey Mantle; 1935 – Jerry Orbach; 1936 – Bobby Seale; 1937 – Wanda Jackson♪ ♫; 1940 – Kathy Kirby♪ ♫; 1942 – Earl Hindman (neighbor 'Wilson W. Wilson, Jr.' on Home Improvement); 1946 – Lewis Grizzard (Designing Women); 1950 – Tom Petty

; 1951 – Al Greenwood

(Foreigner); 1953 – Keith Hernandez; 1955 – Aaron Pryor

; 1956 – Danny Boyle; 1958 – Viggo Mortensen

; 1961 – Les Stroud♪ ♫

(Survivorman); 1964 – Jim Sonefeld (Hootie & The Blowfish); 1967 – Fred Coury

(Cinderella); 1971 – Snoop Dogg♪ ♫; 1979 – John Krasinski (The Office)

Deaths

1936 – Anne Sullivan (companion to Helen Keller); 1964 – Herbert Hoover (31st POTUS);

1977 – Cassie Gaines♪ ♫, Steve Gaines, Ronnie Van Zant♪ ♫ (all three were members of Lynyrd Skynyrd)

; 1983 – Merle Travis

; 1989 – Anthony Quayle; 1990 – Joel McCrea; 1994 – Burt Lancaster; 1995 – Christopher Stone; 2003 – Jack Elam

; 2005 – Shirley Horn

; 2006 – Jane Wyatt (Spock's mother on Star Trek TOS); 2010 – Bob Guccione

(founded Penthouse magazine); 2011 – Muammar Gaddafi (int'l asshole); 2011 – Mutassim Gaddafi (the asshole's son); 2014 – Oscar de la Renta

10-20-2016, 02:26 PM	#337
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	October 20 Today is World Osteoporosis Day, as well as World Statistics Day. So, know that 2-8% of men, and 9-38% of women are affected by osteoporosis. Today is Vietnamese Women's Day (Ngày phụ nữ Việt Nam) in Vietnam. Events 1720 – Caribbean pirate Calico Jack is captured by the Royal Navy. 1781 – The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Habsburg Monarchy. 1803 – The United States Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase. 1818 – The Convention of 1818 is signed between the United States and the United Kingdom, which settles the Canada–United States border on the 49th parallel for most of its length. 1827 – In the Battle of Navarino, a combined Turkish and Egyptian fleet is defeated by British, French, and Russian naval forces in the last significant battle fought with wooden sailing ships. 1873 – Yale, Princeton, Columbia, and Rutgers universities draft the first code of American football rules. 1935 – The Long March, a mammoth retreat undertaken by the armed forces of the Chinese Communist Party a year prior, ends. 1941 – World War II: Thousands of civilians in Kragujevac in German-occupied Serbia are murdered in the Kragujevac massacre. 1944 – Liquefied natural gas leaks from storage tanks in Cleveland and then explodes; the explosion and resulting fire level 30 blocks and kill 130 people. 1944 – American General Douglas MacArthur fulfills his promise to return to the Philippines when he commands an Allied assault on the islands, reclaiming them from the Japanese during the Second World War. 1946 – Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam decides that October 20 is Vietnam Women's Day. 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. 1951 – The "Johnny Bright incident" (a violent on-field assault against African American player Johnny Bright by white player Wilbanks Smith during an American college football game) occurs in Stillwater, Oklahoma. 1962 - Bobby 'Boris' Pickett and the Crypt Kickers started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Monster Mash', it became a No.3 in the UK eleven years later in 1973. 1968 – Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy marries Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis. 1973 – "Saturday Night Massacre": United States President Richard Nixon fires U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus after they refuse to fire Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox, who is finally fired by Robert Bork. 1973 – The Sydney Opera House is opened by Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction work. 1976 – The ferry George Prince is struck by a ship while crossing the Mississippi River between Destrehan and Luling, Louisiana. Seventy-eight passengers and crew die, and only 18 people aboard the ferry survive. 1977 – Rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane crashes after running out of fuel near Gillsburg, Mississippi. 1983 - American country/western singer/songwriter Merle Travis died of a heart attack, aged 65. Travis is acknowledged as one of the most influential American guitarists of the twentieth century. 1991 – The Oakland Hills firestorm kills 25 people, and destroys 3,469 homes and apartments, causing more than $2 billion in damage. 2011 – Libyan Civil War: National Transitional Council rebel forces capture ousted Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi in his hometown of Sirte and kill him within the hour. Births 1632 – Christopher Wren (designed St Paul's Cathedral); 1854 – Arthur Rimbaud; 1882 – Bela Lugosi; 1885 – Jelly Roll Morton; 1895 – Rex Ingram (the genie in The Thief of Bagdad); 1907 – Arlene Francis; 1913 – Grandpa Jones; 1922 – John Anderson; 1925 – Art Buchwald; 1925 – Tom Dowd♪ ♫; 1927 – Dr. Joyce Brothers; 1931 – Mickey Mantle; 1935 – Jerry Orbach; 1936 – Bobby Seale; 1937 – Wanda Jackson♪ ♫; 1940 – Kathy Kirby♪ ♫; 1942 – Earl Hindman (neighbor 'Wilson W. Wilson, Jr.' on Home Improvement); 1946 – Lewis Grizzard (Designing Women); 1950 – Tom Petty; 1951 – Al Greenwood(Foreigner); 1953 – Keith Hernandez; 1955 – Aaron Pryor; 1956 – Danny Boyle; 1958 – Viggo Mortensen; 1961 – Les Stroud♪ ♫ (Survivorman); 1964 – Jim Sonefeld (Hootie & The Blowfish); 1967 – Fred Coury(Cinderella); 1971 – Snoop Dogg♪ ♫; 1979 – John Krasinski (The Office) Deaths 1936 – Anne Sullivan (companion to Helen Keller); 1964 – Herbert Hoover (31st POTUS); 1977 – Cassie Gaines♪ ♫, Steve Gaines, Ronnie Van Zant♪ ♫ (all three were members of Lynyrd Skynyrd); 1983 – Merle Travis; 1989 – Anthony Quayle; 1990 – Joel McCrea; 1994 – Burt Lancaster; 1995 – Christopher Stone; 2003 – Jack Elam; 2005 – Shirley Horn; 2006 – Jane Wyatt (Spock's mother on Star Trek TOS); 2010 – Bob Guccione(founded Penthouse magazine); 2011 – Muammar Gaddafi (int'l asshole); 2011 – Mutassim Gaddafi (the asshole's son); 2014 – Oscar de la Renta __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. 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