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What Happened on August 20

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Oslo accords negotiations conclude:
The negotiations for the Oslo Accords were concluded at the Fafo Institute in Oslo. The agreement was between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization.

The Iran-Iraq War comes to an end after 7 years:
The deadly conventional war between the two Middle Eastern countries began when Iraq invaded Iran on September 22, 1980.

Viking 1 is launched by NASA using a Titan launch vehicle:
It became the first space probe to successfully land on Mars.

  • 1944 Rajiv Gandhi
    Indian politician, 6th Prime Minister of India
  • 1941 Slobodan Milošević
    Serbian politician, 3rd President of Serbia, Montenegro
  • 1923 Jim Reeves
    American singer-songwriter
  • 2012 Meles Zenawi
    Ethiopian politician, Prime Minister of Ethiopia
  • 1996 Rio Reiser
    German singer-songwriter
  • 1914 Pope Pius X
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