Historical Events for 20th October 2022

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1536 - King Christian III of Denmark and Norway leads reform in Catholic possessions
1587 - Battle at Coultras: Henri van Navarra beats Catholic League
1839 - Margaret Fuller is appointed editor of new US Transcendental Magazine "The Dial"
1880 - Amsterdam Free University opens
1942 - "Durham Manifesto" issued by the Southern Conference on Race Relations held in Durham, North Carolina, calls for fundamental changes in race relations
1962 - Peter, Paul and Mary's debut folk album "Peter, Paul and Mary" reaches No. 1 on US album charts
1978 - Police's 1st US concert (NYC's CBGBs)
1983 - IBM-PC DOS Version 2.1 released
1991 - Formal opening ceremony of Intl One Mind Zen center in Crestone, Colo
2018 - President Trump threatens to pull the US out of an arms control agreement with Russia because Russia has violated its terms

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