Historical Events for 20th April 2023

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1939 - Ted Williams' first MLB hit comes off of NY Yankees fellow future HOF'er Red Ruffing in Boston's 2-0 opening day defeat at Yankee Stadium, NYC
1951 - Velsen city council demands investigation of police collaborators
1963 - 10th National Film Awards (India): "Dada Thakur" wins the Golden Lotus
1981 - Rocker Papa John Phillips arrested for drug possession
1985 - ATF raid on The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord compound in northern Arkansas
1987 - US deports Karl Linnas to USSR, charged with Nazi war crimes
1987 - 91st Boston Marathon: Toshihiko Seko of Japan wins 2nd title in 2:11:50; Rosa Mota of Portugal claims women's event in 2:25:21; her first of 3 race victories
1994 - Serbian army bombs hospital in Goradze Bosnia, 47 killed
1997 - 27th Easter Seal Telethon raises $47,392,682
2021 - Record number of new COVID-19 cases reported (5.24 million) in one week around the world according to WHO, with a third in India

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