October 20
Today in America's Present Past
1774 | Congress: Passes a resolution that includes the discouragement of entertainment.
1803 | Congress: The Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase.
1812 | Physician Austin Flint was born.
1817 | The first Mississippi “Showboat” leaves Nashville on maiden voyage.
1818 | The Treaty of 1818 between the United States and Great Britain established the modern border between the United States and Canada.
1853 | POTUS: President Benjamin Harrison weds Caroline Scott.
1859 | Educator John Dewey was born.
1877 | Entrepreneur Alfred Vanderbilt was born.
1925 | Columnist Art Buchwald was born.
1925 | Atomic Soviet spy Theodore Hall was born.
1926 | Activist and Communist Eugene V. Debs died.
1927 | PsychologistEugene V. Debswas born.
1928 | Wien Alaska Airways was incorporated in Alaska.
1931 | Baseballer Mickey Mantle was born.
1940 | Poet Robert Pinsky was born.
1950 | Musician Tom Petty was born.
1964 | POTUS: President Herbert Hoover died.
1964 | Politician Kamala Harris was born.
1968 | Cleric Lightfoot Solomon Michaux died.
1971 | Musician Snoop Dogg was born.
1975 | SCOTUS: The Court rules that teachers could spank pupils.
1979 | Actor John Krasinski was born.
1981 | Playwright Mary Coyle Chase died.
1989 | Congress: The Senate impeached District Judge Alcee L Hastings.
1994 | Actor Burt Lancaster died.
1999 | Rapper NBA YoungBoy was born.
2004 | Poet Anthony Hecht died.
2006 | Actress Jane Wyatt died.
2017 | Entrepreneur and philanthropist Russell G. Mawby died.