On this day: October 20

October 20: Birth of the Báb, a holy day in the Bahá'í Faith

Maria Theresa of Austria

• 1740 – Under the terms of the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713, Maria Theresa (pictured) assumed the throne of the Habsburg Monarchy in Austria.
• 1818 – The United Kingdom and the United States signed the Treaty of 1818, which settled the Canada–United States border on the 49th parallel between the Pacific Ocean and Lake of the Woods.
• 1944 – World War II: Fulfilling a promise he made two years previous, General Douglas MacArthur landed on Leyte to begin the recapture of the entire Philippine Archipelago.
• 1961 – The Soviet Union performed the first armed test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, launching an R-13 from a Golf class submarine.
• 1982 – During a UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, a large number of attendees tried to leave the Grand Sports Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium at the same time, resulting in a stampede that caused 66 deaths.

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