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Ruslana Korshunova (2008), Kazakhstani model, aged 20, jumped from the ninth-floor balcony of her apartment in New York City [694] Gé Korsten (1999), South African artist, gunshot [695] Jerzy Kosinski (1991), Polish-born American writer, suffocation with plastic bag [696]
Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores (site of another human stampede) appears on October 16, so Luzhniki disaster should not appear in the same year. October 20. Pope Pius XII. 1939 – Pope Pius XII (pictured) published his first encyclical, Summi Pontificatus, which critiqued ideologies such as racism, cultural superiority and totalitarianism.
1855–1905. Inventor. Folding "cabinet-bed", forerunner of the Murphy bed; first African-American woman to receive a patent in the United States. [ 81][ 82][ 83] Grant, George F. 1846–1910. Dentist, professor. The first African-American professor at Harvard, Boston dentist, and inventor of a wooden golf tee .
October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... 1925 – Art Buchwald, American soldier and journalist (d. 2007) [32]
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. One of the most widely distributed photos of the abolitionist movement . [ s 3] Execution of the Lincoln Conspirators at Washington Arsenal. 7 July 1865. Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C., United States. [ s 1] Portrait of Sir John Herschel.
Signature. Paul Jackson Pollock ( / ˈpɒlək /; January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956) was an American painter. A major figure in the abstract expressionist movement, Pollock was widely noticed for his "drip technique" of pouring or splashing liquid household paint onto a horizontal surface, enabling him to view and paint his canvases from all ...
This is a partial list of notable people who were or are gay men, lesbian or bisexual . The historical concept and definition of sexual orientation varies and has changed greatly over time; for example the general term "gay" wasn't used to describe sexual orientation until the mid-20th century. A number of different classification schemes have ...
Kamala Harris. Kamala Devi Harris ( / ˈkɑːmələ ˈdeɪvi / ⓘ KAH-mə-lə DAY-vee; [ 2] born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who is the 49th and current vice president of the United States since 2021 under President Joe Biden.