Today in History - History - August 20th

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

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

200688th PGA Championship: Tiger Woods shoots a 270 at Medinah Country Club

1940Louis Buchalter is indicted on murder charges in Los Angeles for the killing of Harry Greenberg, a mob associate of casino owner Meyer Lansky and mobster Bugsy Siegel

1781George Washington begins to move his troops south to fight Cornwallis

1865President Andrew Johnson proclaims an end to "insurrection" in Texas

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

1967Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open

1882Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" opens in Moscow

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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