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September 20
(Redirected from 20 September)
September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). There are 102 days remaining.
Events
Births
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1842 - Sir James Dewar, chemist (d. 1923)
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1853 - Chulalongkorn (Rama V), king of Thailand (d. 1910)
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1861 - Herbert Putnam, Librarian of Congress (d. 1955)
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1873 - Sidney Olcott, pioneer film director (d. 1949)
- 1873 - Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-born French race car driver (d. 1944)
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1878 - Upton Sinclair, writer, politician (d. 1968)
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1889 - Charles Reidpath, American athlete
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1890 - Jelly Roll Morton, composer (d. 1941)
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1899 - Elliott Nugent , actor, director
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1917 - Red Auerbach, National Basketball Association coach and executive
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1918 - Peg Phillips , actress
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1922 - William Kapell, pianist (d. 1953)
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1924 - Gogi Grant (Audrey Brown), singer
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1925 - James Galanos , fashion designer
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1927 - Johnny Dankworth, musician, composer
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1927 - Rachel Roberts, actress (d. 1980)
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1928 - Doctor Joyce Brothers, psychologist, advice columnist
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1928 - Donald A. Hall , author
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1929 - Anne Meara, comic, actress
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1931 - Peter Palmer , actor
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1934 - Sophia Loren, actress
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1938 - Pia Lindstrom , journalist
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1947 - Chuck Panozzo , musician
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1948 - George R. R. Martin, science fiction writer
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1951 - Guy Lafleur, National Hockey League star
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1954 - Peter White , jazz musician
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1956 - Gary Cole, actor
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1967 - Kristen Johnston , actress
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1967 - Gunnar Nelson and Matthew Nelson , singers
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1968 - Leah Pinsent, Canadian actress
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1968 - Darrell Russell, NHRA drag racer (d. 2004)
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1971 - Henrik Larsson, Swedish football star
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1975 - Asia Argento, actress
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1975 - Juan Pablo Montoya, Formula One racer
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1976 - Michael Ballack, German football star
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1977 - Namie Amuro, Japanese singer
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1978 - Jason Bay, Canadian baseball player
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1978 - Sarit Hadad, Israeli singer
Deaths
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1460 - Gilles Binchois, composer
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1586 - Chidiock Tichborne, English conspirator and poet, executed
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1803 - Robert Emmet, Irish patriot.
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1852 - Philander Chase, founder of Kenyon College
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1863 - Jacob Grimm, folklorist
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1908 - Pablo de Sarasate, violinist
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1947 - Fiorello LaGuardia, former mayor of New York City
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1949 - Nikolaos Skalkottas, composer
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1957 - Jean Sibelius, composer
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1973 - Jim Croce, singer-songwriter
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1974 - José Mojica , Mexican singer and film actor (b. 1899)
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1975 - Saint-John Perse, French diplomat and poet (b. 1887)
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1996 - Paul Erdös, mathematician
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1999 - Raisa Gorbachev, First Lady of the Soviet Union
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2000 - Gherman Titov, cosmonaut
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2003 - Lord Williams of Mostyn, British Cabinet minister, Leader of the House of Lords
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2003 - Simon Muzenda, vice president of Zimbabwe under Robert Mugabe
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2004 - Townsend Hoopes, United States Under Secretary of Defense for the Air Force
Holidays
External links
September 19 ˇ September 21 ˇ August 20 ˇ October 20 ˇ more historical anniversaries
Last updated: 08-28-2005 12:17:52
Last updated: 09-12-2005 02:39:13
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