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Movie events on the 20th August
Benjamin Harrison is born. (North Bend, Ohio) (Stars and Stripes Forever)
Horace Greeley's "The Prayer of Twenty Millions" is published. (Gangs of New York)
Papa Justify records the voodoo spell Conjure of Sacrifice onto an LP. (New Orleans) (The Skeleton Key)
Jacqueline Susann is born. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) (Isn't She Great)
Christine Collins is told that her son has been found in Illinois. (LA) (Changeling)
After wandering the world for 10 years, taking odd newspaper jobs in Calcutta, London, Paris and Melbourne, Sam Preston decides it's time to return to the family he abandoned in Silvertown, Colorado. (Shanghai, China) (Mary Jane's Pa)
People visit RMS "Queen Mary." (New York City, New York) (Foreign Correspondent)
Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded. (Mexico City) (The Assassination of Trotsky)
Irene, future mother of Raimunda and Sole, is born. (Volver)
Sharon Dobbs born. (USA) (Untraceable)
Sandra Dee ends her contract with Universal. (Beyond the Sea)
Newt Times newspaper with the typo "Sunday August 19" details the Texas Chain Saw Massacre and the attack on the Sawyer family. (Newt, Texas) (Texas Chainsaw 3D)
Police are dispatched to a remote farmhouse in Travis County where they find the butchered remains of 33 victims, killed by Leatherface. (Travis County, Texas) (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre)
The Iran-Iraq War ends. (Persepolis)
Brad meets Ellie's boyfriend Darren. (Boston, Massachusetts) (The Big Year)