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unusual facts about 1020


Filarete of Calabria

Saint Filarete of Calabria (also the gardener) (c. 10201070) he was born in Palermo in 1020, into a family of Calabrian origin deported to Sicily by the Saracens, and subsequently released.


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Al-Mu’id li-Din Illah

A Caspian Zaidi leader in Persia, Abu Talib Yahya, is sometimes formally counted as imam in the period 1020-1033 in Zaydiyyah historiography.

Al-Sijistani

Abu Sa'id Ahmed ibn Mohammed ibn Abd al-Jalil al-Sijzi (c. 945 - c. 1020 CE), ("Al-Sijzi"), mathematician and astronomer

Big Jack Armstrong

Larsh moved on, working at other 50,000 watt stations like WMEX-1510 in Boston; CHUM-1050 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; KFI-640 in Los Angeles, KTNQ-/1020 in Los Angeles and WKBW-1520 in Buffalo, New York.

Chroberz

According to the chronicle of Marcin Kromer, in 1019 or 1020 Bolesław Chrobry, while returning from Kiev Expedition (1018), established a settlement in Chroberz.

Edwin of Tegeingl

Edwin of Tegeingl (born about 1020 and died 1073) was a prince or lord of the cantref of Tegeingl in north-east Wales.

Eustace of Boulogne

Eustace II, Count of Boulogne (c. 1015-1020 – c. 1087), count of Boulogne from 1049–1087 and companion of William the Conqueror

Gaudentius

Radim Gaudentius (970- 106/1020), a member of Slavnik's dynasty, was the first archbishop of Gniezno from 1000 until 1006/1020.

I Dreamed

This recording was released by Bally Records as catalog number 1020.

KABA

KVNT, a radio station (1020 AM) licensed to serve Anchorage, Alaska, which held the call sign KABA from March 2008 to June 2009

Karan, Užice

The church was erected on site of an older temple from 10th century, mentioned in charter edited by Byzantine Emperor Basil II in 1020.

KOAN

KVNT, a radio station (1020 AM) licensed to serve Eagle River, Alaska, which held the call sign KOAN from 2009 to 2013

KPOP

KTNQ, a radio station (1020 AM) licensed to Los Angeles, California, United States, which formerly used the call sign KPOP

Labourd

In 1020 Duke Sancho VI ceded the jurisdiction over Labourd and what came to be known as Lower Navarre, to King Sancho III the Great of Pamplona.

Pandulf IV of Capua

He assisted Boiannes in capturing Melus' brother-in-law Dattus' tower on the Garigliano in 1020, but this brought a large army down from Germany.

Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines Abbey

The main portal has an architrave with bas-reliefs commissioned by abbot Guillaume and realized in 1019-1020 in white marble from Céret.

Scientia potentia est

A later account of the concept is found in the Shahnameh by the Persian poet Ferdowsi (940 – 1020 CE) who wrote: "Capable is he who is wise" (in Persian: توانا بود هر که دانا بود).

Shannyn Moore

On December 13, 2010, Shannyn Moore debuted her show on KOAN 1020, a Fox affiliate.

Soviet submarine K-278 Komsomolets

In October 1988, K-278 was honored by becoming one of the few Soviet submarines to be given an actual name: Komsomolets (Комсомолец, meaning "a member of the Young Communist League"), and her commanding officer, Captain 1st Rank Yuriy Zelenskiy was honored for diving to a depth of 1020 meters (3,345 feet).

The Kadakkarapally Boat

Radiocarbon dating done in the United States yielded a date of AD 1020 to 1270, corroborating the C-14 date of AD 920 to 1160 derived by an Indian laboratory.


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