September, 20th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Tuesday 20, 2005:
The Opera Web Browser is rereleased as freeware.

Saturday 20, 2003:
2003 Maldives civil unrest: the death of prisoner Hassan Evan Naseem sparks a day of rioting in Malé.

Sunday 20, 1998:
Baseball: After playing 2,632 consecutive games for the Baltimore Orioles, Cal Ripken, Jr takes a day off.

Thursday 20, 1984:
A suicide bomber in a car attacks the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing twelve people

Sunday 20, 1981:
A coup d'état in the Central African Republic overthrows President David Dacko.

Thursday 20, 1979:
A coup d'état in the Central African Empire overthrows Emperor Bokasa I

Thursday 20, 1973:
Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match.

Thursday 20, 1962:
James Meredith, an African-American, is barred from entering the University of Mississippi.

Monday 20, 1954:
New Zealand's Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents reports just ten days after concluding hearings.

Friday 20, 1946:
The first Cannes Film Festival is held.

Monday 20, 1920:
Foundation of the Spanish Legion

Thursday 20, 1917:
Paraguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

Sunday 20, 1891:
The first gasoline-powered car debuts in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States.

Tuesday 20, 1881:
Chester A. Arthur is inaugurated as the 21st President of the United States.

Tuesday 20, 1870:
Bersaglieri corps enters Rome through Porta Pia and completes the unification of Italy

Sunday 20, 1863:
American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga ends.

Thursday 20, 1860:
The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII of the United Kingdom) visits the United States.

Wednesday 20, 1854:
Battle of Alma: British and French troops defeat Russians in the Crimea.

Friday 20, 1737:
Runner Edward Marshall completes his journey in the Walking Purchase forcing the cession of 1.2 million acres (4,860 km²) of Lenape-Delaware tribal land to the Pennsylvania Colony.

Friday 20, 1596:
Diego de Montemayor founded the city of Monterrey in New Spain.

Saturday 20, 1377:
Cardinal Robert of Geneva, called by some the Butcher of Cesena, is elected as Avignon Pope Clement VII, beginning the Papal schism.

Sunday 20, 1187:
Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem.

Wednesday 20, 451:
451- According to some sources, this was the date of the Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius' victory over Attila the Hun.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/20-september/on-this-day.html


People born on September 20

1981:
Feliciano López, Spanish tennis player (b: September 20, 1981) (Biography of Feliciano López)

1978:
Jason Bay, Canadian Major League Baseball player (b: September 20, 1978) (Biography of Jason Bay)
Sarit Hadad, Israeli singer (b: September 20, 1978) (Biography of Sarit Hadad)

1977:
Namie Amuro, Japanese singer (b: September 20, 1977) (Biography of Namie Amuro)

1976:
Yui Horie, Japanese voice actress and singer (b: September 20, 1976) (Biography of Yui Horie)

1975:
Asia Argento, Italian actress (b: September 20, 1975) (Biography of Asia Argento)
Juan Pablo Montoya, Colombian race car driver (b: September 20, 1975) (Biography of Juan Pablo Montoya)

1971:
Henrik Larsson, Swedish footballer (b: September 20, 1971) (Biography of Henrik Larsson)

1968:
Darrell Russell, American race car driver (b: September 20, 1968 ; d: June 27, 2004) (Biography of Darrell Russell)
Leah Pinsent, Canadian actress (b: September 20, 1968) (Biography of Leah Pinsent)

1967:
Kristen Johnston, American actress (b: September 20, 1967) (Biography of Kristen Johnston)

1965:
Robert Rusler, American actor (b: September 20, 1965) (Biography of Robert Rusler)

1956:
Gary Cole, American actor (b: September 20, 1956) (Biography of Gary Cole)

1951:
Guy Lafleur, Canadian hockey player (b: September 20, 1951) (Biography of Guy Lafleur)

1948:
George R. R. Martin, American writer (b: September 20, 1948) (Biography of George R. R. Martin)

1947:
Chuck Panozzo, American musician (Styx) (b: September 20, 1947) (Biography of Chuck Panozzo)

1937:
Monica Zetterlund, Swedish actress and singer (b: September 20, 1937 ; d: May 12, 2005) (Biography of Monica Zetterlund)

1934:
Sophia Loren, Italian actress (b: September 20, 1934) (Biography of Sophia Loren)

1929:
Anne Meara, American comic and actress (b: September 20, 1929) (Biography of Anne Meara)

1927:
Johnny Dankworth, English musician and composer (b: September 20, 1927) (Biography of Johnny Dankworth)
Rachel Roberts, English actress (b: September 20, 1927) (Biography of Rachel Roberts (British actress))

1924:
Gogi Grant, American singer (b: September 20, 1924) (Biography of Gogi Grant)

1923:
Geraldine Clinton Little, Irish-born poet (b: September 20, 1923) (Biography of Geraldine Clinton Little)

1922:
William Kapell, American pianist (b: September 20, 1922 ; d: October 29, 1953) (Biography of William Kapell)

1917:
Red Auerbach, American basketball coach and executive (b: September 20, 1917) (Biography of Red Auerbach)

1889:
Charles Reidpath, American athlete (b: September 20, 1889 ; d: October 21, 1975) (Biography of Charles Reidpath)

1878:
Upton Sinclair, American writer and politician (b: September 20, 1878 ; d: November 25, 1968) (Biography of Upton Sinclair)

1873:
Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-born race car driver (b: September 20, 1873 ; d: February 21, 1944) (Biography of Ferenc Szisz)
Sidney Olcott, Canadian film director (b: September 20, 1873 ; d: December 16, 1949) (Biography of Sidney Olcott)

1861:
Herbert Putnam, Librarian of Congress (b: September 20, 1861 ; d: August 14, 1955) (Biography of Herbert Putnam)

1853:
Chulalongkorn, King of Thailand (b: September 20, 1853 ; d: October 23, 1910) (Biography of Chulalongkorn)

1842:
Sir James Dewar, Scottish chemist (b: September 20, 1842 ; d: March 27, 1923) (Biography of James Dewar)

1778:
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian naval officer and explorer (b: September 20, 1778 ; d: January 13, 1852) (Biography of Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen)

1599:
Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, German protestant military leader (b: September 20, 1599 ; d: June 16, 1623) (Biography of Christian the Younger)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/20-september/births.html