August 20 in History
20 August in History – 110 years ago
North America 1914: Occupation of Veracruz
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on 20 August 1924
All Events on 20 August
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1993
Armenia defeats Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh
starts
1993
Israel and PLO agree to Palestinian interim self-government
1991
Estonia secedes from Soviet Union
starts
1985
Iran-Contra affair
starts
1968
Soviet Union, Bulgaria, East Germany, Hungary and Poland invade Czechoslovakia to end Prague Spring reforms
1960
Senegal withdraws from Mali Federation
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1947
Civil war in Paraguay
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1945
Soviets invade Manchuria, defeating Japanese
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1924
American settlement on Wrangel Island
1924
Soviets land in Wrangel Island, removing US colonists
1914
Carranza enters Mexico City
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1903
British conquer Sokoto Caliphate*
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1896
Nansen tries for North Pole by drifting in pack ice aboard *Fram*
1865
Gastein Convention gives Holstein to Austria and Schleswig to Prussia
starts
1860
Burke & Wills die attempting to cross Australia
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1860
Over 20,000 volunteers depart northern Italy for Sicily
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1833
Miguelists besiege Portuguese Liberals in Porto
1809
Swedes repel Russians at Ratan
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1498
Columbus explores South American coast
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431
Aetius suppresses Nori revolt*
*Actual date uncertain; set to 20 August for purposes of Omniatlas
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