This Day in History - October 20
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:57 am
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.