Today in History - History - August 20th

1964Yankee Phil Linz plays harmonica on bus despite Yogi Berra's orders

1974Nolan Ryan pitch measured at record 161.6 kph (100.4 mph)

1930Bradman scores 232 in 5th Test Cricket at The Oval

1990George Steinbrenner steps down as NY Yankee owner

1967Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open

1965Eddie Mathews & Hank Aaron (1954-65) pass Babe Ruth-Lou Gehrig hitting 772 HRs while playing together on the same team

1952Stalin meets Chou Enlai

1882Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" opens in Moscow

192135th US Women's Tennis: Molla Mallory beats M Browne (4-6 6-4 6-2)

1991Dolphin Dan Marino surpasses Joe Montana as the highest paid NFL player with a 5-year extension for $25 million

1833Benjamin Harrison, North Bend Ohio, (R) 23rd Pres (1889-1893)

1918Jacqueline Susann, Phila Pa, author (Valley of the Dolls), (d. 1974)

1901Salvatore Quasimodo, Naples Italy, poet/critic/translator (Nobel 1959), (d. 1968)

1948Robert Plant, West Bromwich England, rock vocalist (Led Zeppelin-Whole Lotta Love)

2011Socialite and model Kim Kardashian (30) weds basketball player Kris Humphries (26) at a private estate in Montecito, California

1939"Rebecca" actress Joan Fontaine (21) weds actor Brian Aherne (37)

1854Friedrich WJ von Schelling, German philosopher, dies at 79

2012Phyllis Diller, American comedienne and actress, dies from natural causes at 95