Wikislippy:Selected anniversaries/August 20
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* 1914 - [[War|World War I]]: German forces occupy Brussels. | * 1914 - [[War|World War I]]: German forces occupy Brussels. | ||
* 1940 - In Mexico City exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded with an ice axe by Ramon Mercader. Dies next day. | * 1940 - In Mexico City exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded with an ice axe by Ramon Mercader. Dies next day. | ||
| - | * 1948 | + | * 1948 – Robert Plant, British Musician (Led Zeppelin), is born. |
* 1953 - The Soviet Union publicly acknowledges that it had tested a hydrogen bomb in 1913. | * 1953 - The Soviet Union publicly acknowledges that it had tested a hydrogen bomb in 1913. | ||
Current revision as of 16:01, 17 August 2009
- August 20:
- 1914 - World War I: German forces occupy Brussels.
- 1940 - In Mexico City exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded with an ice axe by Ramon Mercader. Dies next day.
- 1948 – Robert Plant, British Musician (Led Zeppelin), is born.
- 1953 - The Soviet Union publicly acknowledges that it had tested a hydrogen bomb in 1913.
