1168 – Paschal III, [Guido di Crema], Italian anti-Pope, dies
1586 – Anthony Babington, page and conspirator to Mary, Queen of Scots, executed at 24
1721 – Thomas Doggett, British comedy actor (Drury Lane Theatre), dies at approximately 51
1884 – Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist, dies at 82
1906 – Robert R. Hitt, American politician (b. 1834)
1945 – William Buehler Seabrook, Writer, journalist, occultist and explorer (b. 1884)
1971 – James Westerfield, American actor (Jungle Heat, Lucky Johnny), dies from a heart attack at 59
1989 – Richie Ginther, American racing driver, dies from a heart attack at 59
1997 – Edmund Falkiner, jazz saxophinist and probation officer, dies at 59
2004 – Brian Clough, English footballer and football manager, dies of cancer at 69
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Historical Events for 20th September 2020
622 – Islamic Prophet Muhammed/Abu Bakr arrives in Jathrib (Medina)
1602 – Spanish held city of Grave surrenders to Maurice of Orange during Eighty Years’ War
1911 – Yanks set team record 12 errors in a double header
1944 – Polish forces free Terneuzen Neth
1948 – Mexican Baseball league disbanded
1964 – Günter Grass’ play “Die Plebejern proben den Aufstand,” premieres in Berlin
1972 – The Social Democratic and Labour Party issues a document entitled “Towards a New Ireland”, proposing that the British and Irish governments should have joint sovereignty over Northern Ireland
2000 – The British MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building is attacked by a Russian-built Mark 22 anti-tank missile.
2005 – Model Kate Moss is dropped by clothing chain HandM after allegations of drug taking
2015 – Martin Shkreli, CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, confirms raising the price of toxoplasmosis drug Daraprim by 5,000%
Today in History for 20th September 2020
Historical Events
1530 – Luther advises protestant monarch compromise
1917 – Paraguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1948 – Mexican Baseball league disbanded
1961 – USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1990 – South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia
2016 – Black American Keith Lamont Scott is shot dead by a black police officer in Charlotte, North Carolina, provoking violent protests in the city
Famous Birthdays
1873 – Robert Wrenn, American tennis player (US Open 1893-94, 1896-97), born in Highland Park, Illinois (d. 1925)
1910 – Jacques-Baptiste LeBrun, French finn yachtsman (Olympic gold 1932), born in Paris (d. 1996)
1936 – Dany Carrel, French actress (Passionate Summer), born in Tourane, Annam, French Indochina
1938 – Jane Manning, English soprano, born in Norwich
1967 – Catherine Bond-Mills, Woodstock Ontario, heptathlete (Olympics 1996)
1971 – Henryk Larsson, Swedish soccer player (Feyenoord), born in Helsingborg, Sweden
Famous Deaths
1803 – Robert Emmet, Irish nationalist, executed
1884 – Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist, dies at 82
1968 – Frank Pelleg, Czech-Israeli composer, dies at 57
1984 – Steve Goodman, American folk singer and songwriter (Somebody Elses Trouble), dies at 36
1994 – Jimmy Hamilton, American jazz saxophonist, dies at 77
2010 – Leonard Skinner, American high school gym teacher; namesake of rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd (b. 1933)
Famous Deaths for 19th September 2020
1719 – Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/lord of the manor, executed at 59
1830 – Stanislas Champein, French composer, dies at 76
1864 – Archibald Campbell Godwin, Confederate brigadier general, dies in battle
1942 – Condé Nast, American publisher (b. 1873)
1967 – Martin Block, TV announcer (Chesterfield Supper Club), dies at 64
1967 – Monica Proietti, Canadian criminal (b. 1940)
1982 – Samuel L M Barlow, American composer (Mon Ami Pierrot), dies at 90
1986 – Vivian Duncan, entertainer (Duncan Sisters), dies
1997 – Rich Mullins, American singer (b. 1955)
2013 – Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japanese businessman (President of Nintendo, 1949-2003, owner of Seattle Mariners), dies at 85
Historical Events for 19th September 2020
1912 – Soccer team NAC (Noad Advendo Combination) forms in Breda
1923 – Ernst Tollers “Hinkemann,” premieres in Leipzig
1971 – 2nd NYC Marathon won by Norman Higgins in 2:22:54
1974 – The KGB begin a large-scale operation to discredit Russian novelist Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and cut his communications with Soviet dissidents
1982 – New Orleans Saints 1st road shutout victory beating Chicago Bears 10-0
1986 – Australian cricketer Dean Jones scores 210 v India at Madras
1994 – Swedish government of Bildt resigns
1995 – Andres Galarraga is 4th to hit 30 HRs for Rockies in 1995
1999 – Federation Cup Women’s Tennis, Stanford, California: Lindsay Davenport beats Elena Likhovtseva of Russia 6-4, 6-4 to give US an unassailable 3-0 lead (ends, 4-1) and their record extending 16th title
2012 – 9 people are killed and 20 wounded by a car bombing in Peshawar, Afghanistan
Today in History for 19th September 2020
Historical Events
1796 – George Washington’s farewell address as president
1940 – Nazi decree forbids gentile woman to work in Jewish homes
1945 – Kim Il-sung arrives in harbor of Wonsan, Korea
1952 – “Adventures of Superman” TV series starring George Reeves premieres in syndication in the US
1955 – Hurricane Hilda, kills 200 in Mexico
1973 – Frank Robinson homers in record 32nd ML park (Arlington Tx)
Famous Birthdays
1902 – Pieter Jan Bouman, Dutch sociologist and historian, born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies (d. 1977)
1911 – William Golding, English novelist (Lord of the Flies, Nobel Prize for Literature 1983), born in Newquay, Cornwall (d. 1993)
1965 – Alexandra Vandernoot, Belgian actress (Highlander: The Series), born in Brussels, Belgium
1969 – Tapio Wilska, Finnish singer (Sethian), born in Savonlinna, Finland
1973 – Jeremy Jordan, American singer and actor, born in Hammond, Indiana
1981 – Damiano Cunego, Italian cyclist (Nippo–Vini Fantini team), born in Cerro Veronese, Italy
Famous Deaths
1356 – Jean de Clermont, French marshal, dies in battle
1836 – Carl Friedrich Ebers, composer, dies at 66
1936 – Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician (b. 1860)
1957 – Reginald Aldworth Daly, Canadian-American Geologist who independently developed the theory of magmatic stopping, dies at 86
1962 – Nikolai Pogodin, Soviet playwright, dies at 61
1987 – Einar Gerhardsen, Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1897)
Famous Deaths for 18th September 2020
1675 – Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (1624-75), dies at 71
1857 – Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer and conductor (Pygmalion), dies at 72
1890 – Dion Boucicault [Dionysus Lardner Boursiquot], Irish actor and playwright (Rip van Winkle, London Assurance), dies at 67
1968 – Willem Kooiman, Dutch theologist and church historian, dies at 65
1969 – Rudolph Wagner-Regeny, Hungarian German composer, dies at 66
1972 – Bill Tallon, Australian cricketer (brother of Don, Queensland leggie), dies at 58
1991 – Rob Tyner [Robert Derminer], American hard rock singer (MC5 – Kick Out The Jams), dies of a heart attack at 46
1998 – Leonid Kinskey, Russian actor (Casablanca, Duck Soup), dies at 95
2004 – Russ Meyer, American film director (Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!), dies at 82
2013 – Richard C. Sarafian, American director and actor (Foley Square), dies from complications from pneumonia at 83
Historical Events for 18th September 2020
1437 – Peasant uprising in Transsylvania
1809 – Royal Opera House in London opens
1882 – Pacific Stock Exchange opens (as Local Security Board)
1929 – Pirates loss to Braves and clinch NL pennant for the Cubs
1959 – Vanguard 3 launched into Earth orbit
1961 – USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1965 – “I Dream of Jeannie”, starring Barbara Eden as a 2,000-year-old genie, and Larry Hagman as an astronaut who becomes her master, premieres on NBC
1965 – Mickey Mantle Day at Yankee Stadium: Mantle play his 2,000th game
1993 – Trailing 3-1 with 2 outs in 9th, time is called prior to Mike Stanley pop out, gets a 2nd chance, and Yanks rally to beat Boston 4-3
2012 – The Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools reach a deal that ends an 8-day strike.
Today in History for 18th September 2020
Historical Events
1502 – Christopher Columbus lands at Costa Rica on his 4th and last voyage
1635 – Emperor Ferdinand II declares war on France
1793 – US President George Washington lays the cornerstone of the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.
1915 – Boston Braves trounce St Louis Cardinals 20-1
2003 – The United Kingdom’s Local Government Act 2003, repealing controversial Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988, receives Royal Assent
2017 – 69th Emmy Awards: hosted by Stephen Colbert, “The Handmaid’s Tale”, Elisabeth Moss, Sterling K Brown, Julia Dreyfus, Donald Glover win
Famous Birthdays
1636 – Pietro Sanmartini, Italian composer, born in Florence, Italy (d. 1701)
1875 – Tomas Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (founder of Villa Lo Burgos), born in Osorno, Chile (d. 1945)
1906 – Semjon I Kirsanov, Ukrainian poet (Semj Dnej Nedeli), born in Odessa, Ukraine [OS=Sept 5]
1908 – Victor Ambartsumian, Russian astronomer (Stalin Prize 1946, 50), born in Tiflis, Russian Empire (d. 1996)
1973 – Ami Onuki, Japanese singer (Puffy AmiYumi), born in Tokyo, Japan
1973 – Mark Shuttleworth, South African entrepreneur (founder and CEO of Canonical Ltd.), born in Welkom, Orange Free State, South Africa
Famous Deaths
31 – Sejanus, Roman head of praetorian guard, executed
1684 – Joannes Antonides van der Goes, Dutch poet (Ystroom), dies at 37
1860 – Joseph Locke, English railway and civil engineer, dies at 55
1904 – Herbert von Bismarck, German politician/son of Otto, dies
1929 – Hermann Gradener, German composer, dies at 85
1966 – Jeno Vecsey, Hungarian composer, dies at 57
Famous Deaths for 17th September 2020
1179 – Hildegard of Bingen, German magistra and the first composer whose biography is known, dies at 81
1864 – Walter Savage Landor, English poet and writer (Imaginary Conversations), dies at 89
1884 – Louis Schubert, composer, dies at 56
1948 – Ruth Benedict, American anthropologist (Patterns of Culture), dies at 61
1994 – Paul Nicholas Young, architect, dies at 47
1997 – Jan Peder Syse, Prime Minister of Norway (1989-90), dies
2000 – Nicole Reinhart, American cyclist (b. 1976)
2005 – Alfred Reed, American composer, dies at 84
2011 – Colin Madigan, Australian architect (b. 1921)
2013 – Marvin Rainwater, American country and rockabilly singer, dies from heart failure at 88