This Day In History

October 20th

1818  Great Britain and the US agree to establish boundries between the US and Canada along the 49th parallel, stretching from Lake of the Woods in the east to the Rocky Mountains in the west.  They also agree to joint occupation of Oregon territory for 10 years.  That arrangement was extended for another 10 years. In the 1830s and 1840s, American expansionists urged seizure of Oregon and in order to avoid more conflict with the US, Great Britain agreed to give up Oregon.
1968 Former First Lady Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy married Greek tycoon Aristotle Onassis 5 years after her husband's assasination (US President John F. Kennedy).
1973  The Sydney Opera House opens in Australia

1908  Actress Arlene Francis (Kazanjian)
1928  Therapist Dr. Joyce Brothers (Bauer)
1931  Baseball Great Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees
1953  Musician Tom Petty

1955

• The Yellow Rose of Texas - Mitch Miller

• The Shifting, Whispering Sands - Rusty Draper & Billy Vaughn

• Only You - The Platters

• The Cattle Call - Eddy Arnold

1963

• Sugar Shack - Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs

• Be My Baby - The Ronettes

• Busted - Ray Charles

• Love's Gonna Live Here - Buck Owens

1971

• Maggie May/Reason to Believe - Rod Stewart

• Superstar - Carpenters

• Yo-Yo - The Osmonds

• How Can I Unlove You - Lynn Anderson

1979

• Rise - Herb Alpert

• Pop Muzik - M

• I'll Never Love this Way Again - Dionne Warwick

• All the Gold in California - Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers

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