THURSDAY, Aug. 20, 2026
1597-First Dutch East India Company ships return from the Far East 1741-Alaska is first sighted by a Russian expedition led by Danish explorer Vitus Bering 1905-Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen forms the first chapter of Tongmenghui, a union of secret societies determined to bring down the Qing dynasty 1939-General Zhukov leads a Soviet offensive against the Japanese invasion in Mongolia…
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- THURSDAY, Aug. 20, 2026 koreatimes.co.kr
