Today is Wednesday, October 20, the 293rd day of 2010. 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
1968 ― Jacqueline Kennedy marries Aristotle Onassis
1973 ― OPEC oil embargo begins
1983 ― IBM-PC DOS Version 2.1 released
1990 ― Antiwar protest marches begin in 20 U.S. cities (U.S.-Iraq)