SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2012

Today is Saturday, Oct. 20, the 294th day of 2012. 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

1813 ― German Kingdom of Westphalia abolished

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

1906 ― Dr. Lee DeForest demonstrates his radio tube

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

1964 ― Riot at Rolling Stones show in Paris (150 arrested)

1968 ― Jacqueline Kennedy marries Aristotle Onassis

1973 ― OPEC oil embargo begins

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