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Sunday, 19 October 2014
On this day... October 20:
On this day...
October 20
:
Birth of the
Báb
, a
holy day
in the
Bahá'í Faith
1572
–
Eighty Years' War
: Soldiers of the
Spanish Tercios
waded across the river
Scheldt
at its mouth, walking overnight in water to chest height, to
relieve
the siege of
Goes
in the
Spanish Netherlands
.
1740
– Per the terms of the
Pragmatic Sanction of 1713
,
Maria Theresa
assumed the throne of the
Habsburg Monarchy in Austria
.
1944
–
World War II
: Fulfilling
a promise
he made 2
1
⁄
2
years previous, General
Douglas MacArthur
landed
(pictured)
on
Leyte
to begin the recapture of the entire Philippine Archipelago.
1977
– Three members of the American rock band
Lynyrd Skynyrd
died when their chartered plane
crashed
in
Gillsburg, Mississippi
.
2011
–
Libyan Civil War
:
Muammar Gaddafi
, the deposed leader of Libya, was captured during the
Battle of Sirte
and
killed
less than an hour later.
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