Today in history October 20

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NASSAU, BAHAMAS – On October 20, 1968, former United States first lady Jacqueline Kennedy married Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis.

When the couple left the church, they were followed by guests and crowds.

The car of the newly married couple is surrounded by newsmen and cameramen.

The couple was married for six and a half years until he died in 1975.

Then in 1973, the world saw the opening of Sydney Opera House in Australia.

Designed by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, whose dynamic, imaginative, but problematic plan won an international competition in 1957, the opera house was opened by Queen Elizabeth II.

Today, the historic opera house is celebrating 50 years of extraordinary moments.

In 2007, Frenchman Loic Leferme sets world record for apnea diving at depth of 162m off the shores of Nice.

The Frenchman is seen celebrating his first apnea diving “no limits” world record. Emergency workers say the 36-year-old died during a training accident on April 11, 2007.

Also, on this day in 2011, Libyan de facto leader Muammar Al-Qaddafi was killed by rebel forces following a revolt that received international military assistance.

The longest-serving leader in Africa and the Arab world was captured and killed near his hometown.

The eccentric 69-year-old dictator, who came to power in a 1969 coup, headed a government that was accused of numerous human rights violations against its own people, and was linked to terrorist attacks, including the 1988 bombing of a pan am jet over Scotland.

And in 2014, Dominican-born American fashion designer Oscar De La Renta, whose work, blending European luxury with American ease, helped define standards of elegant dressing among socialites, U.S. first ladies, and red-carpet celebrities, died in Connecticut.

De La Renta became internationally known in the 1960s as one of the countries most desired designers who dressed former U.S. first lady Jacqueline Kennedy.