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Historical Events - October 20
1982:
St. Louis Cardinals defeat Milwaukee Brewers 6-3 to win 9th World Series Championship.
1977:
A plane carrying Lynyrd Skynyrd crashes in Mississippi, killing several band members, including lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines.
1971:
The Nepal stock exchange collapses.
1968:
Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy marries Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis.
1955:
Publication of The Return of the King, being the last part of The Lord of the Rings
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.
1944:
Liquid natural gas leaks from storange tanks in Cleveland, then explodes; the explosion and resulting fire level 30 blocks and kill 130.
1935:
The Long March ends
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.
1827:
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.
1803:
United States Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase
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.
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