20 August 1882 August 20, 2015 Author: Staff Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture is first performed in Moscow, Russia. Famous Words of Inspiration..."All but the hard hearted man must be torn with pity for this pathetic dilemma of the rich man, who has to keep the poor man just stout enough to do the work and just thin enough to have to do it." GK Chesterton — Click here for more from GK Chesterton Related posts: 28 October 1893 2 March 1882 24 December 1974 13 September 1882 27 May 1813 20 August 1988 20 August 1988 20 August 1988 20 August 917 Categories: History Tags: 1882, 20 August