World record, 🌄 August20

Day of Restoration of Independence in Estonia (1991)

St. Stephen's Day in Hungary

917 – Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars: Bulgarians led by Tsar Simeon I drove the Byzantines out of Thrace with a decisive victory in the Battle of Achelous.

1707 – The first Siege of Pensacola came to an end with the British abandoning their attempt to capture Pensacola in Spanish Florida.

1882 – The 1812 Overture by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was first performed in Moscow, conducted by Ippolit Al'tani.

1988 – Fires (pictured) in the United States' Yellowstone National Park destroyed more than 150,000 acres (610 km2), the single-worst day of the conflagration.

2008 – Spanair Flight 5022 crashed just after take off from Madrid's Barajas Airport, killing 154 people.

UCJ, UNILORIN.