20 October History and Importance of the Day

1822 - 1st edition of London Sunday Times
1912 - Hannes Kolehmainen runs world record marathon (2:29:39.2)
1944 - Liquid-gas tanks in Cleveland, Ohio explode, 135 die, 3,600 homeless


Birthdays

1859 - John Dewey, philosopher, educational theorist/writer (Learn by doing)
1891 - James Chadwick, English physicist (discoverer of  neutron)



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