Historical Events for 20th October 2025

1839 – Margaret Fuller is appointed editor of new US Transcendental Magazine “The Dial”
1862 – Amnesty is proclaimed for escaped slaves of Suriname
1911 – Helen Hayes Theater (Folies Bergere) opens at 210 W 46th St, New York City
1939 – “All the Things You Are” is recorded by Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
1963 – South Africa begins the trial of Nelson Mandela and eight others on conspiracy charges
1964 – Ann Packer of Great Britain runs a world record 2:01.1 to win the women’s 800 m gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics
1984 – Cleveland Metroparks’ Valley Parkway All Purpose Trails is completed
2023 – Claim that the world’s oldest pyramid constructed by humans is under the Indonesian prehistoric site of Gunung Padang, West Java, and is 27,000 years old causes controversy

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