Thread: ✍ Date in History - September 20th

Hear are Some Notable Events
that Happened on
This Date in History

September 20th

September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.
There are 102 days remaining until the end of the year.

On This Day

ISLAMIC

622	Prophet Mohammed (pbuh)/Abu Bakr arrives in Medina

DESIRULEZ
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EVENTS
1906 – Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania is launched at the Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
1920 – Foundation of the Spanish Legion.
1930 – Syro-Malankara Catholic Church is formed by Archbishop Mar Ivanios.
1942 – Holocaust in Letychiv, Ukraine. In the course of two days German SS murders at least 3,000 Jews.
1946 – The first Cannes Film Festival is held.
1954 – New Zealand's Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents reports just ten days after concluding hearings.
1962 – James Meredith, an African-American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.
1967 – The RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 is launched at John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland. It is operated by the Cunard Line.
1970 – Syrian tanks roll into Jordan in response to continued fighting between Jordan and the fedayeen.
1973 – Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in The Battle of the Sexes tennis match at the Houston Astrodome in Houston, Texas.
1977 – The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is admitted to the United Nations.
1979 – Lee Iacocca is elected president of the Chrysler Corporation.
1979 – A coup d'ιtat in the Central African Empire overthrows Emperor Bokasa I.
1982 – The National Football League players begin a 57-day strike.
1984 – A suicide bomber in a car attacks the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing twenty-two people.
1990 – South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia.
2000 – The British MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building is attacked by a Russian-built Mark 22 anti-tank missile.
2001 – In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a "war on terror".
2002 – The Kolka-Karmadon rock/ice slide started.
2003 – Maldives civil unrest: the death of prisoner Hassan Evan Naseem sparks a day of rioting in Malι.


BIRTHS
1902 – Stevie Smith, British poet (d. 1971)
1906 – Jean Drιville, French Film director (d. 1997)
1911 – Shriram Sharma Acharya, Indian spiritual leader (d. 1991)
1914 – Kenneth More, English actor (d. 1982)
1916 – Malik Meraj Khalid, Former Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 2003)
1917 – Red Auerbach, American basketball coach (d. 2006)
1917 – Fernando Rey, Spanish-born actor (d. 1994)
1917 – Don Starr, American-born actor (d. 2005)
1920 – Jay Ward, American animated cartoonist (d. 1989)
1920 – Alberto de Lacerda, Portuguese poet (d. 2007)
1922 – William Kapell, American pianist (d. 1953)
1923 – Geraldine Clinton Little, Irish-born poet (d. 1997)
1923 – Maurice Sauvι, Canadian economist and politician (d. 1992)
1924 – Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Indian Telugu actor
1924 – Gogi Grant, American singer
1925 – Ananda Mahidol, King of Thailand (d. 1946)
1925 – Bobby Nunn, American singer (The Coasters) (d. 1986)
1927 – Colette Bonheur, Canadian singer (d. 1966)
1927 – Johnny Dankworth, English musician and composer (d. 2010)
1927 – Rachel Roberts, Welsh actress (d. 1980)
1928 – Kirsten Rolffes, Danish actress (d. 2000)
1928 – Donald Hall, American poet and US Poet Laureate
1929 – Anne Meara, American comic and actress
1931 – Cherd Songsri, Thai filmmaker (d. 2006)
1933 – Dennis Viollet, English former footballer (d. 1999)
1934 – Sophia Loren, Italian actress
1934 – Takayuki Kubota, martial artist and founder of the Gosoku-ryu style of karate
1935 – Jim Taylor, American football player
1935 – Keith Roberts, British science fiction author (d. 2000)
1935 – David Pegg, English footballer (d. 1958)
1937 – Birgitta Dahl, Swedish politician
1937 – Monica Zetterlund, Swedish actress and singer (d. 2005)
1939 – Robert L. Gerry III, American businessman
1940 – Taro Aso, Prime Minister of Japan
1941 – Dale Chihuly, American glass artist
1942 – Gιrald Tremblay, Quιbec politician
1947 – Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, French TV journalist and writer
1947 – Mia Martini, Italian singer (d. 1995)
1947 – Bruce Pasternack, American CEO
1947 – Steve Gerber, American comics writer (d. 2008)
1948 – George R. R. Martin, American writer
1948 – Chuck Panozzo, American musician (Styx)
1948 – John Panozzo, American musician (Styx) (d. 1996)
1949 – Mahesh Bhatt, Indian film director
1949 – Anthony Denison, American actor
1949 – John W. Henry, American MLB team owner
1951 – Guy Lafleur, Canadian ice hockey player
1951 – Javier Marνas, Spanish author, translator and academic
1954 – Henry Samueli, American NHL team owner
1956 – Gary Cole, American actor
1957 – Alannah Currie, New Zealander musician (Thompson Twins)
1957 – Michael Hurst, New Zealand actor
1957 – Rich DiSilvio, American new media developer & artist
1958 – Arn Anderson, American wrestler
1959 – Danny Devos, Belgian artist
1960 – Deborah Roberts, American journalist and TV reporter
1961 – Lisa Bloom, American lawyer and television personality
1963 – Velcrow Ripper, Canadian documentary filmmaker
1964 – Maggie Cheung, Hong Kong actress
1964 – Randy Bradbury, American musician (Pennywise)
1965 – Robert Rusler, American actor
1966 – Nuno Bettencourt, Portuguese rock musician
1967 – Martin Harrison, American football player
1967 – Kristen Johnston, American actress
1967 – Gunnar Nelson, American musician (Nelson)
1967 – Matthew Nelson, American musician (Nelson)
1968 – Van Jones, American attorney, activist, author, and former Special Advisor for Green Jobs in the Obama administration
1968 – Leah Pinsent, Canadian actress
1968 – Darrell Russell, American race car driver (d. 2004)
1968 – Tim Rogers, Australian singer / songwriter
1968 – Vik Foxx, American rock musician
1969 – Victoria Dillard, American actress
1969 – Megumi Kudo, Japanese pro-wrestler
1969 – Richard Witschge, former Dutch footballer
1971 – Henrik Larsson, Swedish footballer
1971 – Masashi Hamauzu, Japanese composer
1971 – Todd Blackadder, New Zealand rugby player
1971 – Dominika Peczynski, Swedish singer (Army of Lovers)
1973 – Ronald McKinnon, American football player
1974 – Michael Waddington, American defense lawyer
1975 – Asia Argento, Italian actress
1975 – Moon Bloodgood, American actress
1975 – Juan Pablo Montoya, Colombian race car driver
1976 – Agata Buzek, Polish actress
1976 – Yo Hitoto, Japanese pop singer
1976 – Yui Horie, Japanese seiyuu
1976 – Enuka Okuma, Canadian actress
1976 – Reuben Singh, British entrepreneur
1977 – Namie Amuro, Japanese pop singer
1977 – Chris Mooney, American writer
1978 – Jason Bay, Canadian baseball player
1978 – Patrizio Buanne, Italian singer
1978 – Sarit Hadad, Israeli singer
1978 – T.J. Tucker, American baseball player
1978 – Dante Hall, American football player
1979 – Sean Davis, English footballer
1980 – Mariacarla Boscono, Italian fashion model
1980 – Vladimir Karpets, Russian cyclist
1980 – Jonathan Le Billon, British actor
1980 – Mehrzad Marashi, German singer
1980 – Madison Young, founder of Femina Potens Art Gallery
1981 – Joanie Dodds, America's Next Top Model contestant
1981 – Feliciano Lσpez, Spanish tennis player
1981 – Jordan Tata, American baseball player
1982 – Brian Fortuna, Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer
1983 – Yuna Ito, Japanese singer and actress
1983 – Αngel Sαnchez, Puerto Rican baseball player
1984 – Brian Joubert, French figure skater
1986 – Aldis Hodge, American actor
1987 – Jack Lawless, American drummer for the Jonas Brothers
1987 – Tito Tebaldi, Italian rugby player
1990 – John Tavares, Canadian ice hockey player
1990 – Erich Gonzales, Filipina actress
1990 – Marilou, Quebec pop singer
1991 – Spencer Locke, American actress
1995 – Sammi Hanratty, American actress
1995 – Laura Dekker, Dutch Solo Sailor
2003 – Princess Jennah bint Al Ghazi, member of the Jordanian Royal Family


DEATHS
1906 – Robert R. Hitt, American politician (b. 1834)
1908 – Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (b. 1844)
1927 – George Nichols, American actor and film director (b. 1864)
1932 – Wovoka, Paiute visionary and founder of the Ghost Dance movement (b. 1856)
1933 – Annie Besant, women's rights activist (b. 1847)
1939 – Paul Bruchιsi, French Canadian Catholic archbishop of Montreal (b. 1855)
1945 – William Buehler Seabrook, Writer, journalist, occultist and explorer (b. 1884)
1945 – Augusto Tasso Fragoso, Brazilian president (b. 1869)
1945 – Eduard Wirths, Nazi physician at Auschwitz concentration camp (b. 1909)
1946 – Raimu, French actor (b. 1883)
1947 – Fiorello La Guardia, Mayor of New York City (b. 1882)
1948 – Husain Salaahuddin, Maldivian writer (b. 1881)
1957 – Heino Kaski, Finnish composer (b. 1885)
1957 – Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer (b. 1865)
1958 – Oscar O'Brien, Canadian catholic priest, folklorist and music educator (b. 1892)
1971 – Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
1972 – Pierre-Henri Simon, French historian, essayist and novelist (b. 1903)
1973 – Jim Croce, American singer and songwriter (b. 1943)
1975 – Saint-John Perse, French diplomat and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
1979 – Ludvνk Svoboda, President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1895)
1980 – Sanpei Hayashiya, Japanese comedian (b. 1925)
1984 – Steve Goodman, American folk music singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
1987 – Michael Stewart, American playwright (b. 1924)
1989 – Richie Ginther, American racing driver (b. 1930)
1993 – Erich Hartmann, German, world's most successful fighter pilot (352 'kills') (b. 1922)
1994 – Jule Styne, American songwriter (b. 1905)
1994 – Abioseh Nicol, Sierra Leonean diplomat and noted author (b. 1924)
1996 – Paul Erdős, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1913)
1996 – Paul Weston, American arranger and conductor (b. 1912)
1997 – Nick Traina, American singer, Link 80 (b. 1978)
1998 – Muriel Humphrey Brown, American politician (b. 1912)
1999 – Raisa Gorbachyova, wife of Mikhail Gorbachev (b. 1932)
1999 – Robert Lebel, Quebec ice hockey administrator (b. 1905)
2000 – Gherman Titov, cosmonaut (b. 1935)
2002 – Sergei Bodrov, Jr., Russian actor (b. 1971)
2003 – Lord Williams of Mostyn, British politician (b. 1941)
2003 – Gordon Mitchell, American actor (b. 1923)
2003 – Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwe politician (b. 1922)
2004 – Brian Clough, English footballer and football manager (b. 1935)
2004 – Townsend Hoopes, American politician (b. 1922)
2005 – Simon Wiesenthal, Austrian-Jewish Nazi hunter (b. 1908)
2006 – Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor (b. 1932)
2006 – John W. Peterson, American songwriter (b. 1921)
2007 – Johnny Gavin, Irish footballer (b. 1928)


HOLIDAYS AND OSERVANCES
Christian Feast Day

• Eustace (Western Christianity)
• John Coleridge Patteson (Anglican Communion)
• Korean Martyrs, including Andrew Kim Taegon and Laurent-Marie-Joseph Imbert
• September 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Farroupilha's Revolution (Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul)
Independence Day of South Ossetia (not fully recognized)
National Youth Day (Thailand)
The seventh day of the Eleusinian Mysteries, when the secret rites in the Telesterion began. (ancient Greece)


SOME NEWS HEADLINES

• 1984: US embassy blast kills 20
• 1999: UN force arrives in East Timor
• 1970: Soviet probe collects moon rock
• 2004: Tropica Storm Jeanne kills more than 550 during flooding in Haiti
• 1994: Space shuttle STS-64(Discovery 20), lands
• 1992: Space shuttle STS-47 (Endeavour 2) lands
• 1990: Saddam Hussein demands U.S. networks broadcast his message
• 1990: U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1989: U.S. Air overshoots runway at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, 2 people die

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