Holidays and Observances
Famous Birthdays
- 1970: Fred Durst - Singer, Limp Bizkit
- 1956: Joan Allen - Actress
- 1948: Robert Plant - Songwriter, Led Zeppelin
- 1942: Isaac Hayes - Chef from South Park
- 1933: Benjamin Harrison - 23rd American President
Famous Deaths
Music Chart Toppers
Top Box Office Movies
- 2007: Superbad - Michael Cera, Jonah Hill
- 2006: Talladega Nights - Will Ferrell
- 2005: 40 Year Old Virgin - Carell, Seth Rogen
- 2004: Exorcist: The Beginning - Izabella Scorupco
- 2003: Freddy vs. Jason - Robert Englund
- 1997: Batman and Robin - Chris O'Donnell, Clooney The Numbers: Historical Box Office Charts
AP Today in History
August 20 2008
The 2000s
- 2009: Usain Bolt broke his own world record in the 200 meter sprint. The Jamaican took the gold with a run of 19.19 seconds.
The 1990s
1998: United States bomb Al Qaeda training camps inside Afghanistan and Sudan in retaliation to the embassy bombings in Africa.
1992: During the 1992 Republican National Convention in Houston, Texas George H.W. Bush and Dan Quayle are nominated to serve a 2nd term.
The 1980s
- 1989: The Menendez Brothers, Lyle and Eric murder their parents in Beverly Hills
The 1960s
1968: The Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact allies invade Czechoslovakia (Now Czech Republic and Slovakia) thus, ending the Prague Spring liberalization movement.
1964: Lyndon Johnson signs the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 to combat poverty.
The 1950s
- 1953: The Soviet Union acknowledge the test of a hydrogen bomb
The 1910s
- 1911: The New York Times send the first commercial cablegram telegraph around the world in under 17 minutes.
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