Almanac Oct 20,2024

Opening of Sydney Opera House
was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on this day in 1973.
A plane carrying the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, known for such songs as Free Bird and Sweet Home Alabama, crashed in Gillsburg, Mississippi, killing singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines, among others.

American novelist Ernest Hemingway published his classic novel For Whom the Bell Tolls; it was later adapted into an acclaimed film.

Actor Bela Lugosi—who was famous for his sinister portrayal of the elegantly mannered vampire Count Dracula—was born in Hungary.

Tiki Island Radio and Tiki Man Radio broadcast together for the first time live at The Panama City Parrot Head Rendezvous 2015

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