This Day in History: August 20, 2024
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1964
As part of his Great Society policies, Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Economic Opportunity Act which, among other things, established the Head Start program.
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1968
The Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact nations invaded Czechoslovakia.
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1977
The space probe Voyager 2 was launched. It continues to explore to this day, and is now more than 7 billion miles from Earth.
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1980
Italian Reinhold Messner made the first successful solo ascent of Mount Everest and without oxygen.
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1998
U.S. cruise missiles hit suspected terrorist bases in Afghanistan and the Sudan.
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2000
Tiger Woods won the PGA Championship becoming the first player since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win three majors in one year.
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