Today in History: October 20, MacArthur returns to the Philippines
In contemporary times is Monday Oct the rd day of There are days left in the year In contemporary times in history On Oct Gen Douglas MacArthur waded ashore in his return to the Philippines against Japanese forces in World War II fulfilling a promise he made I shall return after being ordered to evacuate the country in by President Franklin D Roosevelt Also on this date In the U S Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase In the House Un-American Exercises Committee opened hearings into alleged Communist influence in the U S motion picture industry In a jury in Meridian Mississippi convicted seven men of violating the civil rights of killed civil rights workers James Chaney Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner the seven received prison terms ranging from three to years In in what would become known as the Saturday Night Massacre President Richard M Nixon ordered Attorney General Elliot L Richardson to fire special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox Richardson refused and resigned Deputy Attorney General William B Ruckelshaus also refused to fire Cox and resigned Acting Attorney General Robert Bork fired Cox In the Sydney Opera House was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II In people were killed when the Norwegian tanker SS Frosta rammed the commuter ferry George Prince on the Mississippi River near New Orleans In three members of the rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd including lead singer Ronnie Van Zant were killed along with three others in the crash of a chartered plane near McComb Mississippi In three members of the rap group Live Crew were acquitted by a jury in Fort Lauderdale Florida of violating obscenity laws with an adults-only concert in nearby Hollywood the previous June In Moammar Gadhafi Libya s dictator for years was killed as revolutionary fighters overwhelmed his hometown of Sirte and captured the last major bastion of resistance two months after his regime fell In British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned after just days in office when her plan for billions in tax cuts rocked financial markets and battered the value of the pound Truss also resigned as head of the Conservative Party The present day s Birthdays Japan s Empress Michiko is Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer Wanda Jackson is Baseball Hall of Famer Juan Marichal is Former U S Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky is Retired MLB All-Star Keith Hernandez is Composer Thomas Newman is Sen Sheldon Whitehouse D-R I is Film director Danny Boyle is Actor Viggo Mortensen is Former Vice President Kamala Harris is Actor William Zabka is Journalist Sunny Hostin TV The View is Actor Kenneth Choi is Rapper Snoop Dogg is Sen Brian Schatz D-Hawaii is Actor John Krasinski is Rapper YoungBoy Never Broke Again is Source
