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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/1740" title="1740">1740</a> – Under the terms of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragmatic_Sanction_of_1713" title="Pragmatic Sanction of 1713">Pragmatic Sanction</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Theresa" title="Maria Theresa">Maria Theresa</a></b> ascended the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habsburg_monarchy" title="Habsburg monarchy">Habsburg throne</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969" title="1969">1969</a> – Experimental results from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SLAC_National_Accelerator_Laboratory" title="SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory">Stanford Linear Accelerator Center</a> were published showing that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton" title="Proton">protons</a> were composed of smaller particles, the first evidence of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark" title="Quark">quarks</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977" title="1977">1977</a> – Three members of the American rock band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynyrd_Skynyrd" title="Lynyrd Skynyrd">Lynyrd Skynyrd</a> died when <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynyrd_Skynyrd_plane_crash" title="Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash">their chartered plane crashed</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillsburg,_Mississippi" title="Gillsburg, Mississippi">Gillsburg, Mississippi</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982" title="1982">1982</a> – During a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League" title="UEFA Europa League">UEFA Cup</a> match between <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">FC Spartak Moscow</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HFC_Haarlem" title="HFC Haarlem">HFC Haarlem</a>, a large number of attendees trying to leave the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luzhniki_Stadium" title="Luzhniki Stadium">Central Lenin Stadium</a> resulted in <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luzhniki_disaster" title="Luzhniki disaster">a stampede</a></b> that caused 66 deaths.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011" title="2011">2011</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libyan_civil_war_(2011)" title="Libyan civil war (2011)">First Libyan Civil War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muammar_Gaddafi" title="Muammar Gaddafi">Muammar Gaddafi</a>, the deposed Libyan leader, was captured by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Gaddafi_forces" title="Anti-Gaddafi forces">rebel forces</a> during the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sirte_(2011)" title="Battle of Sirte (2011)">Battle of Sirte</a></b>, and <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Muammar_Gaddafi" title="Killing of Muammar Gaddafi">was killed shortly thereafter</a></b>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Chadwick" title="James Chadwick">James Chadwick</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1891); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Liting" title="Chen Liting">Chen Liting</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1910); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris" title="Kamala Harris">Kamala Harris</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1964)</p>
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