October 20 - This Day in History

October 20: General Interest
1947: Congress investigates Reds in Hollywood

On October 20, 1947, the notorious Red Scare kicks into high gear in Washington, as a Congressional committee begins investigating Communist influence in one of the world's richest... read more


American Revolution
1774 : Congress creates the Continental Association
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-creates-the-continental-association


Automotive
1965 : Last Volvo PV rolls off the assembly line
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/last-volvo-pv-rolls-off-the-assembly-line


Civil War
1819 : Controversial Union General Daniel Sickles is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/union-general-daniel-sickles-is-born


Cold War
1947 : The Red Scare comes to Hollywood
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-red-scare-comes-to-hollywood


Crime
1990 : 2 Live Crew members are acquitted of obscenity charges
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/2-live-crew-members-are-acquitted-of-obscenity-charges


Disaster
1944 : Natural gas explosions rock Cleveland
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/natural-gas-explosions-rock-cleveland


General Interest
1827 : Battle of Navarino
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-navarino

1935 : Mao's Long March concludes
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/maos-long-march-concludes

1944 : MacArthur returns
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/macarthur-returns

1973 : Sydney Opera House opens
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sydney-opera-house-opens

2011 : Libyan Dictator Moammar Gadhafi is Killed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/libyan-dictator-moammar-gadhafi-is-killed


Hollywood
1994 : Burt Lancaster dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/burt-lancaster-dies


Literary
1853 : French poet Arthur Rimbaud is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/french-poet-arthur-rimbaud-is-born


Music
1977 : Three members of the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd die in a Mississippi plane crash
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/three-members-of-the-southern-rock-band-lynyrd-skynyrd-die-in-a-mississippi-plane-crash


Old West
1803 : U.S. Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-senate-ratifies-the-louisiana-purchase


Presidential
1962 : Kennedy press secretary misleads press
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kennedy-press-secretary-misleads-press


Sports
1968 : Fosbury flops to an Olympic record
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fosbury-flops-to-an-olympic-record


Vietnam War
1964 : Relations between South Vietnam, the United States, and Cambodia deteriorate
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/relations-between-south-vietnam-the-united-states-and-cambodia-deteriorate

1973 : Watergate special prosecutor dismissed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/watergate-special-prosecutor-dismissed


World War I
1918 : Turks send British officer to negotiate armistice terms
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/turks-send-british-officer-to-negotiate-armistice-terms


World War II
1944 : U.S. forces land at Leyte Island in the Philippines
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-forces-land-at-leyte-island-in-the-philippines