Thursday, October 20, 2011

TODAY IN HISTORY

OCTOBER 20
1935:During the Chinese Civil War, Communist leader Mao Zedong concludes his "Long March," having led the Red Army more than 6,000 miles across China to Shenshi province in flight from Chiang Kai-Shek's Nationalist forces. Fewer than 5 percent of the original marchers make it to their destination.

1803: The U.S. Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase Treaty, approving the $15 million purchase of North American land from France, effectively doubling the size of the United States.

1968: Former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, widow of President John F. Kennedy, marries Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis in a Greek Orthodox ceremony on the island of Skorpios, owned by Onassis.
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