Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/October 20

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October 20:

Maria Theresa of Austria

1740: Maria Theresa (pictured) assumed the throne of Austria, following the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713.
1827: An allied British, French, and Russian naval force destroyed a combined Turkish and Egyptian fleet at the Battle of Navarino, a decisive moment in the Greek War of Independence.
1968: Former U.S. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy married Greek shipping business magnate Aristotle Onassis.
1973: Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia, was formally opened by Queen Elizabeth II.
1991: The Oakland Hills firestorm killed 25 people and destroyed 3,469 homes in Oakland, California, United States.

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