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| August 20th |
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| About August 20th is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 133 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. August 20th is World Union Day. Births 1833 - Benjamin Harrison, 23rd U.S. President 1942 - Isaac Hayes, singer, musician, actor 1954 - Al Roker, broadcaster, weather anchor (Today) Deaths 2008 - Gene Upshaw, Hall of Fame offensive guard, union leader Events 1969 - Completing the song "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" for the album Abbey Road, all four of The Beatles work together in the same studio for the final time. 1988 - In what would later become known as "Black Saturday", 150,000 acres are consumed during one of many firestorms in Yellowstone National Park. |
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