On This Day in History - August 20 |
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| What Happened On This Day In History - August 20 |
1913 August 20
1913-08-20
1st pilot to parachute from an aircraft (Adolphe Pegoud-France)
1922 August 20
1922-08-20
1st world championship athletics for women, held in Paris
1977 August 20
1977-08-20
NASA launches Voyager 2 towards Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
1980 August 20
1980-08-20
Mount Everest climbed by Italian Reinhold Messner, alone
1993 August 20
1993-08-20
Mother Teresa hospitalized with malaria
