Today in History for 20th August 2017:
Historical Events
1861 – Skirmish at Jonesboro, MO
1879 – Government Kappeijne of Coppello resigns
1964 – Yankee Phil Linz plays harmonica on bus despite Yogi Berra’s orders
1988 – Yordanka Donkova of Bulgaria sets 100m hurdle woman’s record (12.21)
1993 – Mother Teresa hospitalized with malaria
1998 – U.S. embassy bombings: US military launches cruise missile attacks against alleged al-Qaida camps in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical plant in Sudan in retaliation for August 7 bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania
Famous Birthdays
1702 – Stepan F graaf Apraksin, Russian general-fieldmarshal
1888 – George Sklavos, composer
1907 – Anatole Fistoulari, conductor
1908 – John Reginald Bevins, politician
1968 – Klas Ingesson, Swedish footballer
1976 – Chris Drury, American hockey player
Famous Deaths
1811 – Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (b. 1729)
1917 – JFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies
1963 – Joan Voûte, Dutch astronomer (b. 1879)
1996 – Rio Reiser, German rock singer (Ton Steine Scherben), dies at 46
2009 – Larry Knechtel, American keyboard player and bassist (b. 1940)
2016 – Brian Rix [Lord Rix], English actor, dies at 92