British Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes the fourth of his famous wartime speeches, containing the line “Never was so much owed by so many to…
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20 August 1858
Charles Darwin first publishes his theory of evolution through natural selection in The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, alongside Alfred…
20 August 1882
Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow, Russia. Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture is one of the most famous pieces of classical music, composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky…
20 August 1998
The Supreme Court of Canada rules that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government’s approval. There have been historical and ongoing discussions…
20 August 1858
Charles Darwin first publishes his theory of evolution through natural selection in The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, alongside Alfred…
20 August 1882
Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow, Russia. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1812_Overture’]
20 August 1997
Over 64 people are killed in the Souhane massacre in Algeria. The largest of the Souhane massacres took place in the small mountain town of…
20 August 1866
The USA, President Andrew Johnson declares the American Civil War over. The highest-ranking Confederate general, Robert E Lee, surrendered to his opposing number, Ulysses S…