MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2014

Today is Monday, October 20, the 293rd day of 2014. 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

1845 ― The opera ``Tannheuser" is produced (Dresden)

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

1968 ― Jacqueline Kennedy marries Aristotle Onassis

1973 ― OPEC oil embargo begins

1977 ― Three members of rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd die in charter plane crash

1983 ― IBM-PC DOS Version 2.1 released

1988 ― L.A. first to have both NBA and baseball champs as LA Dodgers beat Oakland

A's, 4 games to 1 in 85th World Series