THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2011

Today is Thursday, October 20, the 293rd day of 2011. There are 72 days left in the year.

1600 ― Battle of Sekigahara sets Tokugawa clan as Japan's rulers (shoguns)

1740 ― Maria Theresa became ruler of Austria, Hungary and Bohemia

1905 ― Great General Strike in Russia begins; lasts 11 days

1906 ― Dr. Lee DeForest demonstrates his radio tube

1944 ― U.S. forces under Gen Douglas MacArthur return to the Philippines

1963 ― S. Africa begins trial of Nelson Mandela and eight others on conspiracy

1968 ― Jacqueline Kennedy marries Aristotle Onassis

1973 ― OPEC oil embargo begins

1973 ― Saturday Night Massacre; Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox dismissed by Solicitor Gen. Bork, Attorney General Richardson and Deputy A.G. Ruckelshaus resigned

1990 ― Antiwar protest marches begin in 20 U.S. cities (Iraq war)