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Notable anniversaries in history for today: August 20
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Graig Nettles; third baseman (New York Yankees, San Diego Padres, Cleveland Indians).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Rajiv Gandhi; Prime Minister of India (1984-1991).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Giuseppe Giannini in Rome, Italy; soccer player (Rome A Team).
- 60th: 1964 - US President Lyndon Johnson signs Economic Opportunity Act (totaling nearly US$1 billion).
- 50th: 1974 - Nolan Ryan pitch measured at record 161.6 kph (100.4 mph).
- 30th: 1994 - In Honolulu, Hawaii, during a circus international performance at the Neal Blaisdell Arena, a female elephant named Tyke crushes her trainer Allen Campbell to death before hundreds of horrified spectators.
- 20th: 2004 - Elbegdorj Tsakhia, the peaceful democratic revolutionary leader of Mongolia, becomes Prime Minister of Mongolia for the second time.
- 15th: 2009 - At the Athletics World Championships in Berlin, Germany, Usain Bolt of Jamaica sets a new world record in the 200m dash with a time of 19.19 seconds.
- 15th: 2009 - Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, imprisoned for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, is released by the Scottish government on compassionate grounds as he has terminal prostate cancer. He returns to his native Libya.
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