October 20
This day in history:
- 1973 – Watergate scandal: "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 special prosecutor Archibald Cox, who is finally fired by Solicitor General Robert Bork.
- 1781 – The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria.
- 1951 – The "Johnny Bright incident" occurs during a football game between the Drake Bulldogs and Oklahoma A&M Aggies.
- 1952 – The Governor of Kenya Evelyn Baring declares a state of emergency and begins arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising.
Births:
- 1894 – Olive Thomas, American model and actress (d. 1920)
- 1979 – Vasyl Baranov, Ukrainian footballer
- 1963 – Nikos Tsiantakis, Greek footballer
Deaths:
- 1865 – Champ Ferguson, American guerrilla leader (b. 1821)
- 2013 – Lawrence Klein, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920)
- 1870 – Michael William Balfe, Irish violinist and composer (b. 1808)
Holidays:
- Vietnamese Women's Day (Vietnam)
- Heroes' Day (Kenya)
- Arbor Day (Czech Republic)
Random Article of the day:
Patrick Wang
Patrick Wang is an American writer, economist, director, and actor. His first feature film, the acclaimed hit indie film In the Family, was released in 2011. He later directed the acclaimed two-part indie film A Bread Factory in 2018.
