October 20

October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. It is preceded by October 19, and succeeded by October 21. Following October 20, there are 72 days in the year.

Blavatsky's Gem of the Day

"A misfortune that cometh from on high cannot be averted; caution is useless against the decrees of Fate."

Events

• 1880 – While picnicking again on Prospect Hill, Simla, brooch no. 2 phenomenon occurred.
• 1888 – The First Volume of The Secret Doctrine came off the Press. The first printing of 500 copies were exhausted before date of publication. The Second Volume is out towards the end of the year.
• 1888 – Col. Olcott left London for India, accompanied by Richard Harte, Charles Johnston and his wife Vera.
• 1893 – Annie Besant departs for her first visit to India.
• 1945 – Arthur L. Conger, Jr. was selected by the Cabinet as Leader of Theosophical Society (Pasadena), which was then based in Covina.

Births

• 1846 – Dr. Wilhelm Hübbe-Schleiden, German scholar and first president of the Germania Theosophical Society, at Hamburg, Germany. (d. 1916)

Deaths

• YEAR – NAME, SOMETHING ABOUT PERSON (b. YEAR) - THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE

Holidays and observances

• NAME OF HOLIDAY, SOMETHING ABOUT THE HOLIDAY - THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE

External links

• This Date in Wikipedia