Top Social News Stories
August 20 2008
- Reddit.com: Vote up if you pledge to never find a defendent "Guilty" of a non-violent drug offense, should you find yourself serving jury duty (1726 Score)
- Digg.com: That is when...I Attack! (3010 Diggs)
- Fark.com: 1 in 5 women are remaining childless throughout their lives...(5372 Clicks)
- YouTube: The Miley and Mandy Show- Wake Up America (393,822 Views)
- Propeller.com: Latest Poll Reveals 430 New Demographics... (9.3 Prop Score)
August 20 Historical Events
The 2000s
- 2008: A Spanair plane headed to the Canary Islands from Madrid crashed, killing many on-board.
- YouTube: Fiery Plane Crash at Madrid Airport Kills 153 (Time 1:06)
The 1990s
- 1998: United States bomb Al Qaeda training camps inside Afghanistan and Sudan in retaliation to the embassy bombings in Africa.
- 1992: During the 1992 Republican National Convention in Houston, Texas George H.W. Bush and Dan Quayle are nominated to serve a 2nd term.
The 1980s
- 1989: The Menendez Brothers, Lyle and Eric murder their parents in Beverly Hills
The 1970s
- 1977 As part of the Voyager Program, NASA Launches Voyager 2 into orbit where it went on a grand tour of our Solar System visiting Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
- YouTube: Voyager 2 Neptune Footage (Time 1:34)
The 1960s
- 1968: The Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact allies invade Czechoslovakia (Now Czech Republic and Slovakia) thus, ending the Prague Spring liberalization movement.
- 1964: Lyndon Johnson signs the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 to combat poverty.
The 1950s
- 1953: The Soviet Union acknowledge the test of a hydrogen bomb
The 1910s
- 1911: The New York Times send the first commercial cablegram telegraph around the world in under 17 minutes.
August 20 Historical Information
- YouTube: AP Video: Today in History (Time 1:27)
- Wikipedia: Today in History Entry
- Library of Congress: This Day in History
- The New York Times: Today in History News Archive
- BBC News: Today in British News Archive
- CBC News: Today in Canadian News Archive
- History.com: This Day in History
August 20 Sports Articles and Information
- National Pastime: August 20th in Baseball History
- Monsters and Critics: August 20th in Olympic History
- Washington Post: NFL Hall of Famer Gene Upshaw Dead at 63 (August 21, 2008)
August 20 Entertainment Articles and Information
- Josh Hosler: August 20 Chart Toppers
