This Day in History - October 20

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1803 - The Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase.

1944 - Gen. Douglas MacArthur returned to the Philippines, 30 months after he said "I shall return."

1947 - The U.S. House Un-American Activities Committee opened meetings about alleged Communist infiltration in the Hollywood film industry.

1964 - The 31st president of the United States, Herbert Hoover, died in New York at age 90.

1968 - Jacqueline Kennedy married Aristotle Onassis.