On this day: Usain Bolt sets new world record in men’s 200m race in 2016

Following are some of the major events to have occurred on August 20: 1940 – Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, was fatally wounded by a Spanish Communist with an ice axe in Mexico City, dying the next day. The Soviet government denied responsibility. 1953 – French forces deposed the Sultan of Morocco, Sidi Mohammed ben Youssef. […]

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