OCTOBER 20
1944:Commanding a substantial Allied force, Gen. Douglas MacArthur wades ashore at the island of Leyte, fulfilling his promise to return to the Japanese-occupied Philippines after he was forced to abandon the islands in March 1942, leaving behind 90,000 Filipino and American troops.
1973: In the dramatic "Saturday Night Massacre," Solicitor General Robert Bork dismisses Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox. Earlier that day, Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus resigned after refusing President Nixon's orders to fire Cox.
1977: Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines of the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd are among those killed in a plane crash near Gillsburg, Miss., three days after the band released its fifth studio album, Street Survivors.
1973: In the dramatic "Saturday Night Massacre," Solicitor General Robert Bork dismisses Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox. Earlier that day, Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus resigned after refusing President Nixon's orders to fire Cox.
1977: Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines of the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd are among those killed in a plane crash near Gillsburg, Miss., three days after the band released its fifth studio album, Street Survivors.
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