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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_20" title="October 20">October 20</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939" title="1939">1939</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII" title="Pope Pius XII">Pope Pius XII</a> published his first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclical" title="Encyclical">encyclical</a>, <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summi_Pontificatus" title="Summi Pontificatus">Summi Pontificatus</a></b></i>, which critiqued ideologies such as racism, cultural superiority and totalitarianism.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1951" title="1951">1951</a> – African-American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> player <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Bright" title="Johnny Bright">Johnny Bright</a> was the victim of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Bright_incident" title="Johnny Bright incident">an on-field assault</a></b>, eventually leading to changes in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">NCAA</a> football rules that mandated the use of more protective <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_helmet" title="Football helmet">helmets</a> with face guards.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967" title="1967">1967</a> – Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterson%E2%80%93Gimlin_film" title="Patterson–Gimlin film">filmed an unidentified subject</a></b>, which they claimed was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfoot" title="Bigfoot">Bigfoot</a>, at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Rivers_National_Forest" title="Six Rivers National Forest">Six Rivers National Forest</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984" title="1984">1984</a> – The Spanish trawler <i>Sonia</i> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_the_Spanish_trawler_Sonia" title="Sinking of the Spanish trawler Sonia">sank in British waters</a></b> after a five-hour chase by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Naval_Service" title="Irish Naval Service">Irish Naval Service</a> patrol vessel <i><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%89_Aisling_(P23)" title="LÉ Aisling (P23)">Aisling</a></i>, during which almost 600 shots were fired.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991" title="1991">1991</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Uttarkashi_earthquake" title="1991 Uttarkashi earthquake">An earthquake</a></b> struck the Indian state of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttarakhand" title="Uttarakhand">Uttarakhand</a>, killing at least 768 people and destroying thousands of homes.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sennacherib" title="Sennacherib">Sennacherib</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 681 BC); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A1lint_Balassi" title="Bálint Balassi">Bálint Balassi</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1554); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_de_Vos" title="Simon de Vos">Simon de Vos</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1603); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A9phane_Hessel" title="Stéphane Hessel">Stéphane Hessel</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1917)</p>
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