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events
1804 - Lewis and Clark Expedition: The "Corps of Discovery", exploring the Louisiana Purchase, suffers its only death when Sergeant Charles Floyd dies, apparently from acute appendicitis.
1986 - In Edmond, Oklahoma, US Postal employee Patrick Henry Sherrill guns down 14 of his co-workers and then commits suicide.
1994 - Circus elephant trainer Allen Campbell is crushed to death in Honolulu, Hawaii, by the performing elephant "Tyke".
births
1890 - H. P. Lovecraft, American writer (d. 1937)
1962 - James Marsters, American actor
death
1986 - Milton Acorn, Canadian poet (b. 1923)
holiday
Hungary - St. Stephen's day, the main national holiday in Hungary
lesson of they day: who knew august 20 was such an eventful day? the answer. me. i was born.
1804 - Lewis and Clark Expedition: The "Corps of Discovery", exploring the Louisiana Purchase, suffers its only death when Sergeant Charles Floyd dies, apparently from acute appendicitis.
1986 - In Edmond, Oklahoma, US Postal employee Patrick Henry Sherrill guns down 14 of his co-workers and then commits suicide.
1994 - Circus elephant trainer Allen Campbell is crushed to death in Honolulu, Hawaii, by the performing elephant "Tyke".
births
1890 - H. P. Lovecraft, American writer (d. 1937)
1962 - James Marsters, American actor
death
1986 - Milton Acorn, Canadian poet (b. 1923)
holiday
Hungary - St. Stephen's day, the main national holiday in Hungary
lesson of they day: who knew august 20 was such an eventful day? the answer. me. i was born.