Monday, October 20, 2025

History for October 20

History for October 20 - On-This-Day.com 
Art Buchwald 1925 - Newspaper columnist
  • 1803 - The U.S. Senate approved the Louisiana Purchase.
  • 1818 - The U.S. and Great Britain established the boundary between the U.S. and Canada to be the 49th parallel.
  • 1935 - Mao Zedong arrived in Hanoi after his Long March that took just over a year. He then set up the Chinese Communist Headquarters.
  • 1942 - Pierre Laval told the French labor that they must serve in Germany.
  • 1947 - Hollywood came under scrutiny as the House Un-American Activities Committee opened hearings into alleged Communist influence within the motion picture industry.
  • 1993 - Attorney General Janet Reno warned the TV industry to limit the violence in their programs.

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