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Events [ ] 451 - The Battle of Chalons , in North Eastern France. Flavius Aetius ' victory over Attila the Hun in a day of combat, considered and believed to be the largest battle in the ancient world.1187 - Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem .1378 - Cardinal Robert of Geneva , called by some the Butcher of Cesena , is elected as Avignon Pope Clement VII , beginning the Papal schism .1519 - Ferdinand Magellan - set sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda with about 270 men on his expedition to circumnavigate the globe.1596 - Diego de Montemayor founded the city of Monterrey in New Spain .1633 - Galileo Galilei is tried before the Inquisition for teaching that the Earth orbits the Sun.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 .1792 - French troops stop allied invasion of France , during the War of the First Coalition at Valmy .1835 - Farroupilha's Revolution begins in Rio Grande do Sul , Brazil .1848 - The American Association for the Advancement of Science was created.1854 - Battle of Alma : British and French troops defeat Russians in the Crimea .1857 - The Indian Mutiny ends with the recapture of Delhi by troops loyal to the East India Company .1860 - The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII of the United Kingdom ) visits the United States .1863 - American Civil War : The Battle of Chickamauga ends.1870 - Bersaglieri Rome through Porta Pia unification of Italy ; see capture of Rome .1871 - Bishop John Coleridge Patteson martyred on the island of Nukapu a Polynesian outlier island now in the Temotu province of the Solomon Islands . He was the first bishop of Melanesia .1879 - Cliftonville Football Club , the oldest club in Ireland , is founded.1881 - Chester A. Arthur is inaugurated as the 21st President of the United States .1891 - The first gasoline -powered car debuts in Springfield , United States .1906 - Cunard Line 's RMS Mauretania is launched at the Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard in Newcastle .1917 - Paraguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty .1920 - Foundation of the Spanish Legion .1930 - Syro-Malankara Catholic Church was formed by Archbishop Mar Ivanios1939 - A German Messerschmitt Bf 109 is shot down by Fairey Battle gunner Sgt. F. Letchard during a patrol near Aachen . This is the RAF's first aerial victory of the Second World War .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 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 . The Jordanians knock out 30 of the Syrian tanks.1973 - Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match at the Houston Astrodome in Houston .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'état in the Central African Empire overthrows Emperor Bokasa I .
1979 - The Punjab wing of the Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India formally splits and constitutes a parallel UCCRI(ML) .
1979 - Assassination of French left-wing militant Pierre Goldman .
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 was attacked by a Russian-built Mark 22 anti-tank missile2001 - In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American People president George W. Bush declares "war on terror ".2002 - Kolka-Karmadon rock/ice slide started.2003 - A referendum is held in Latvia to decide the country's accession to the European Union .2003 - Maldives civil unrest : the death of prisoner Hassan Evan Naseem sparks a day of rioting in Malé . Births [ ] 1486 - Arthur , son of King Henry VII of England (d. 1502 )1599 - Christian the Younger , German Protestant military leader (d. 1623 )1744 - Thomas Grosvenor , American Revolutionary War hero (d. 1825 )1746 - Móric Beňovský , Slovak officer and explorer, King of Madagaskar (d. 1786 )1778 - Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen , Russian naval officer and explorer (d. 1852 )1833 - Ernesto Teodoro Moneta , Italian pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1918 )1842 - James Dewar , Scottish chemist (d. 1923 )1844 - William H. Illingworth , American photographer (d. 1893 )1853 - Rama V , King of Thailand (d. 1910 )1861 - Herbert Putnam , Librarian of Congress (d. 1955 )1872 - Maurice Gamelin , French army general (d. 1958 )1873 - Sidney Olcott , Canadian film director (d. 1949 )1873 - Ferenc Szisz , Hungarian race car driver (d. 1944 )
1878 - Upton Sinclair , American writer (d. 1968 )1880 - Louise Peete , American murderess (d. 1947 )1884 - Maxwell Perkins , American editor and publisher (d. 1947 )1885 - Jelly Roll Morton , American jazz pianist, bandleader and composer (d. 1941 )1886 - Charles Williams , British author (d. 1945 )1889 - Charles Reidpath , American athlete (d. 1975 )1899 - Leo Strauss , German-born philosopher (d. 1973 )1902 - Stevie Smith , British poet (d. 1971 )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 )
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 )1924 - Gogi Grant , American singer1925 - Ananda Mahidol , King of Thailand (d. 1946 )1925 - Bobby Nunn , American singer (The Coasters ) (d. 1986 )
1926 - Donald Hall , American poet and US Poet Laureate 1927 - Johnny Dankworth , English musician and composer1927 - Rachel Roberts , English actress (d. 1980 )
1928 - Joyce Brothers , American psychologist and advice columnist1928 - Kirsten Rolffes , Danish actress (d. 2000 )
1929 - Anne Meara , American comic and actress1931 - Cherd Songsri , Thai filmmaker (d. 2006 )1933 - Dennis Viollet , English former footballer (d. 1999 )1934 - Sophia Loren , Italian actress1935 - Jim Taylor , National Football League player1935 - Keith Roberts , British science fiction author (d. 2000 )
1935 - David Pegg , English footballer (d. 1958 )
1937 - Birgitta Dahl , Swedish politician1937 - Monica Zetterlund , Swedish actress and singer (d. 2005 )
1939 - Robert L. Gerry III , American businessman1941 - Dale Chihuly , American glass artist1942 - Gérald Tremblay , Québec politician1947 - Mia Martini , Italian singer (d. 1995 )1947 - Bruce Pasternack , American CEO
1948 - George R. R. Martin , American writer1948 - Chuck Panozzo and John Panozzo (d. 1996 ), American musicians (Styx )
1949 - John W. Henry , American MLB team owner1949 - Mahesh Bhatt . Indian film director1951 - Guy Lafleur , Canadian ice hockey player1951 - Javier Marías , Spanish author, translator and academic
1954 - Henry Samueli , American NHL team owner1956 - Gary Cole , American actor1957 - Alannah Currie , New Zealander musician (Thompson Twins )1958 - Arn Anderson , American wrestler1959 - Danny Devos , Belgian artist1960 - Deborah Roberts , American journalist and TV reporter1961 - Lisa Bloom , American lawyer and television personality1964 - Maggie Cheung , Hong Kong actress1965 - Robert Rusler , American actor1966 - Nuno Bettencourt , Portuguese rock musician1967 - Kristen Johnston , American actress1967 - Gunnar and Matthew Nelson , American musicians (Nelson )
1968 - Leah Pinsent , Canadian actress1968 - Darrell Russell , American race car driver (d. 2004 )
1968 - Tim Rogers , Australian singer / songwriter
1969 - Victoria Dillard , American actress1969 - Megumi Kudo , Japanese pro-wrestler
1970 - Moon Bloodgood , American actress and model1971 - Henrik Larsson , Swedish footballer1971 - Masashi Hamauzu , Japanese composer
1974 - Michael Waddington , American defense lawyer1975 - Asia Argento , Italian actress1975 - Juan Pablo Montoya , Colombian race car driver
1976 - Yui Horie , Japanese seiyuu 1976 - Enuka Okuma , Canadian actress
1976 - Reuben Singh , British entrepreneur
1977 - Namie Amuro , Japanese pop singer1978 - Jason Bay , Canadian baseball player1978 - Patrizio Buanne , Italian singer
1978 - Sarit Hadad , Israeli singer
1978 - T.J. Tucker , American baseball player
1979 - Sean Davis , English footballer1980 - Mariacarla Boscono , Italian fashion model1980 - Jonathan Le Billon , British actor
1980 - Vladimir Karpets , Russian cyclist
1980 - Luke Munns , Australian singer / songwriter1981 - Joanie Dodds , America's Next Top Model contestant1981 - Feliciano López , Spanish tennis player
1983 - Yuna Ito , Japanese singer and actress1985 - David Allen , American composer and writer1990 - John Tavares , Canadian ice hockey player1990 - Marilou , Quebec pop singer
1991 - Spencer Locke , American actress1993 - Taylor Parks , American actress1995 - Sammi Hanratty , American actressDeaths [ ] 1246 - Mikhail of Chernigov , ruler of Kiev1384 - King Louis I of Naples (b. 1339 )1460 - Gilles Binchois , Flemish composer1586 - Chidiock Tichborne , English conspirator and poet (executed) (b. 1558 )1590 - Lodovico Agostini , Italian composer (b. 1534 )1625 - Heinrich Meibom , German historian and critic (b. 1555 )1627 - Jan Gruter , Dutch critic (b. 1560 )1630 - Claudio Saracini , Italian composer (b. 1586 )1639 - Johannes Meursius , Dutch classical scholar (b. 1579 )1643 - Lucius Cary , English politician and writer1721 - Thomas Doggett , Irish actor1803 - Robert Emmet , Irish patriot (b. 1780 )1815 - Nicolas Desmarest , French geologist (b. 1725 )1852 - Philander Chase , American university founder (b. 1775 )1863 - Jacob Grimm , German folklorist (b. 1785 )1884 - Leopold Fitzinger , Austrian zoologist (b.1802 )1898 - Theodor Fontane , German writer (b. 1819 )1906 - Robert R. Hitt , American politician (b. 1834 )1908 - Pablo de Sarasate , Spanish violinist and composer (b. 1844 )1932 - Wovoka , Paiute visionary1933 - Annie Besant , women's rights activist (b. 1847 )1939 - Paul Bruchési , French Canadian Catholic archbishop of Montreal (b. 1855 )1945 - William Buehler Seabrook , Writer, journalist, occultist and explorer (b. 1884 )1945 - Eduard Wirths , Nazi physician at Auschwitz concentration camp (b. 1909 )1946 - Raimu , French actor (b. 1883 )1947 - Fiorello LaGuardia , Mayor of New York City (b. 1882 )1957 - Jean Sibelius , Finnish composer (b. 1865 )1971 - Giorgos Seferis , Greek poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900 )1973 - Jim Croce , American singer and songwriter (b. 1943 )1975 - Saint-John Perse , French diplomat and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887 )1979 - Ludvík Svoboda , President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1895 )1980 - Sanpei Hayashiya , Japanese comedian (b. 1925 )1984 - Steve Goodman , American folk music singer-songwriter (b. 1948 )1989 - Richie Ginther , American racing driver (b. 1930 )1993 - Erich Hartmann , German pilot (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 )1999 - Raisa Gorbachyova , wife of Mikhail Gorbachev (b. 1932 )1999 - Robert Lebel , Quebec ice hockey administrator (b. 1905 )
2000 - Gherman Titov , cosmonaut (b. 1935 )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-Polish 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 observances [ ] External links [ ]
140 Familypedia people were born on September 20
141 Familypedia people died on September 20
100 Familypedia people were first married on September 20