Today in History: Watergate scandal: “Saturday Night Massacre”

The following are some of the major events that occurred on October 20 throughout history:

1572 – Eighty Years’ War: Three thousand Spanish soldiers wade through fifteen miles of water in one night to effect the relief of Goes.

1827 – Greek War of Independence: In the Battle of Navarino, a combined Turkish and Egyptian fleet is defeated by British, French and Russian naval forces in the last significant battle fought with wooden sailing ships.

1904 – Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.

1944 – World War II: The Soviet Red Army and Yugoslav Partisans liberate Belgrade.

1973 – Watergate scandal: “Saturday Night Massacre”: United States President Richard Nixon fires U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus after they refuse to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox, who is finally fired by Solicitor General Robert Bork.

1977 – A plane carrying the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd crashes in woodland in Mississippi, United States. Six people, including three band members, are killed.

1982 – During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are crushed to death in the Luzhniki disaster.

2003 – The Sloan Great Wall, once the largest cosmic structures known to humanity, is discovered by students at Princeton University.

2017 – Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) declare victory in the Raqqa campaign.

2022 – Liz Truss steps down as British Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party amid the country’s political crisis, serving for the least time of any British Prime Minister (49 days).