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Anniversary

Date	Type	Text
100 years anniversary
20 Aug 1925	event	WJR-AM in Detroit MI begins radio transmissions	0
20 Aug 1925	event	WJR-AM in Detroit MI begins radio transmissions	0
50 years anniversary
20 Aug 1975	event	Il-62 crashes south of Damascus, Syria, killing 126	0
20 Aug 1975	event	Viking 1 launched to orbit around Mars, soft landing	0
20 Aug 1975	music	Bob Dylan released 'Slow Train Coming', an album of religious songs, including the Grammy Award winning single, 'Gotta Serve Somebody'. The album alienated many of his long time fans.	0
20 Aug 1975	event	Il-62 crashes south of Damascus, Syria, killing 126	0
20 Aug 1975	event	Viking 1 launched toward orbit around Mars, soft landing	0
20 Aug 1975 Viking program	science	Viking program (astronomy and space ) Viking program: NASA launches the Viking 1 planetary probe toward Mars.	0
25 years anniversary
20 Aug 2000	music	Janet Jackson went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Doesn't Really Matter'. Nelly started a five week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Country Grammar'.	0
20 Aug 2000	music	Spiller went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Groovejet'. The Italian DJ and producer mixed the track based on an old 1970's hit 'Love Is You' by Carol Williams, with new vocals by Sophie Ellis-Bextor.	0

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