August 20 records a wide range of historical milestones and tragedies across centuries. In 2012 Augusta National Golf Club named Condoleezza Rice and Darla Moore its first female members. In 1858 Charles Darwin's theory of evolution was first published in the Proceedings of the Linnean Society. In 1862 Horace Greeley urged President Abraham Lincoln to adopt stronger measures to free enslaved people, and in 1866 President Andrew Johnson declared the Civil War officially over. Other events include the 1812 Overture premiere, deadly 1910 wildfires, the founding of the American Professional Football Conference, Trotsky’s 1940 attack, the 1964 Economic Opportunity Act, the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, the 1986 Edmond shooting, the 1989 Marchioness sinking, and 2023 Tropical Storm Hilary.
On Aug. 20, 2012, after 80 years in existence, Georgia's Augusta National golf club (home to the Masters Tournament) invited former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and South Carolina financier Darla Moore to become its first female members; both accepted. Also on this date: In 1858, Charles Darwin's theory of evolution was first published, in the Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society.
In 1862, the New York Tribune published an open letter by editor Horace Greeley calling on President Abraham Lincoln to take more aggressive measures to free enslaved people and end the South's rebellion. In 1866, President Andrew Johnson declared the official end of the Civil War. In 1882, Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture had its premiere in Moscow. In 1910, a series of wildfires swept through parts of Idaho, Montana and Washington, killing at least 85 people and burning some 3 million acres.
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