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September 20th, 2007 (September 20 2007) | Death | Johnny Gavin, Irish footballer (born in 1928) | |
September 20th, 2006 (September 20 2006) | Death | Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor (born in 1932) | |
September 20th, 2006 (September 20 2006) | Death | John W. Peterson, American songwriter (born in 1921) | |
September 20th, 2005 (September 20 2005) | Death | Simon Wiesenthal, Austrian-Polish Nazi hunter (born in 1908) | |
September 20th, 2004 (September 20 2004) | Death | Brian Clough, English footballer and football manager (born in 1935) | Brian Clough Quotes |
September 20th, 2004 (September 20 2004) | Death | Townsend Hoopes, American politician (born in 1922) | |
September 20th, 2003 (September 20 2003) | Event | A referendum is held in Latvia to decide the country s accession to the European Union. | |
September 20th, 2003 (September 20 2003) | Event | Maldives civil unrest: the death of prisoner Hassan Evan Naseem sparks a day of rioting in Male. | |
September 20th, 2003 (September 20 2003) | Death | Lord Williams of Mostyn, British politician (born in 1941) | |
September 20th, 2003 (September 20 2003) | Death | Gordon Mitchell, American actor (born in 1923) | |
September 20th, 2003 (September 20 2003) | Death | Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwe politician (born in 1922) | |
September 20th, 2002 (September 20 2002) | Event | Kolka-Karmadon rock/ice slide started. | |
September 20th, 2001 (September 20 2001) | Event | In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American People president George W. Bush declares "war on terror". | George W. Bush Quotes |
September 20th, 2000 (September 20 2000) | Event | The British MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building was attacked by a Russian-built Mark 22 anti-tank missile | |
September 20th, 2000 (September 20 2000) | Death | Gherman Titov, cosmonaut (born in 1935) | |
September 20th, 1999 (September 20 1999) | Death | Raisa Gorbachyova, wife of Mikhail Gorbachev (born in 1932) | |
September 20th, 1999 (September 20 1999) | Death | Robert Lebel, Quebec ice hockey administrator (born in 1905) | |
September 20th, 1998 (September 20 1998) | Event | Baltimore Orioles third baseman Cal Ripken, Jr. chooses to sit out the Orioles game against the New York Yankees, ending his record streak for consecutive Major League Baseball games played at 2,632. | |
September 20th, 1996 (September 20 1996) | Death | Paul Erdos, Hungarian mathematician (born in 1913) | Paul Erdos Quotes |
September 20th, 1995 (September 20 1995) | Birth | Sammi Hanratty, American actress | |
September 20th, 1994 (September 20 1994) | Death | Jule Styne, American songwriter (born in 1905) | |
September 20th, 1994 (September 20 1994) | Death | Abioseh Nicol, Sierra Leonean diplomat and noted author (born in 1924) | |
September 20th, 1993 (September 20 1993) | Birth | Taylor Parks, American actress | |
September 20th, 1993 (September 20 1993) | Death | Erich Hartmann, German, world s most successful fighter pilot (352 kills ; born in 1922) | |
September 20th, 1991 (September 20 1991) | Birth | Spencer Locke, American actress | |
September 20th, 1990 (September 20 1990) | Event | South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia. | |
September 20th, 1990 (September 20 1990) | Birth | John Tavares, Canadian ice hockey player | |
September 20th, 1990 (September 20 1990) | Birth | Marilou, Quebec pop singer | |
September 20th, 1989 (September 20 1989) | Death | Richie Ginther, American racing driver (born in 1930) | |
September 20th, 1988 (September 20 1988) | Event | Boston Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs becomes the first player to get 200 hits in six consecutive seasons. | |
September 20th, 1987 (September 20 1987) | Birth | Jack Lawless, American drummer for the Jonas Brothers | |
September 20th, 1985 (September 20 1985) | Birth | David Allen, American composer and writer | |
September 20th, 1984 (September 20 1984) | Event | A suicide bomber in a car attacks the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing twenty-two people. | |
September 20th, 1984 (September 20 1984) | Death | Steve Goodman, American folk music singer-songwriter (born in 1948) | |
September 20th, 1983 (September 20 1983) | Birth | Yuna Ito, Japanese singer and actress | |
September 20th, 1983 (September 20 1983) | Birth | Angel Sanchez, Puerto Rican baseball player | |
September 20th, 1982 (September 20 1982) | Event | National Football League players begin a 57-day strike. | |
September 20th, 1981 (September 20 1981) | Event | Brazilian river boat Sobral Santos capsized Amazon River, Obidos, Brazil, killing at least 300. | |
September 20th, 1981 (September 20 1981) | Birth | Joanie Dodds, America s Next Top Model contestant | |
September 20th, 1981 (September 20 1981) | Birth | Feliciano Lopez, Spanish tennis player | |
September 20th, 1981 (September 20 1981) | Birth | Jordan Tata, American baseball player | |
September 20th, 1980 (September 20 1980) | Birth | Mariacarla Boscono, Italian fashion model | |
September 20th, 1980 (September 20 1980) | Birth | Jonathan Le Billon, British actor | |
September 20th, 1980 (September 20 1980) | Birth | Vladimir Karpets, Russian cyclist | |
September 20th, 1980 (September 20 1980) | Death | Sanpei Hayashiya, Japanese comedian (born in 1925) | |
September 20th, 1979 (September 20 1979) | Event | Lee Iacocca is elected president of the Chrysler Corporation. | Lee Iacocca Quotes |
September 20th, 1979 (September 20 1979) | Event | A coup d etat in the Central African Empire overthrows Emperor Bokasa I. | |
September 20th, 1979 (September 20 1979) | Event | The Punjab wing of the Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist-Leninist) formally splits and constitutes a parallel UCCRI(ML). | |
September 20th, 1979 (September 20 1979) | Event | Assassination of French left-wing militant Pierre Goldman. | |
September 20th, 1979 (September 20 1979) | Birth | Sean Davis, English footballer | |
September 20th, 1979 (September 20 1979) | Death | Ludvik Svoboda, President of Czechoslovakia (born in 1895) | |
September 20th, 1978 (September 20 1978) | Birth | Jason Bay, Canadian baseball player | |
September 20th, 1978 (September 20 1978) | Birth | Patrizio Buanne, Italian singer | |
September 20th, 1978 (September 20 1978) | Birth | Sarit Hadad, Israeli singer | |
September 20th, 1978 (September 20 1978) | Birth | T.J. Tucker, American baseball player | |
September 20th, 1978 (September 20 1978) | Birth | Luke Heron, British entrepreneur & investor | |
September 20th, 1977 (September 20 1977) | Event | The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is admitted to the United Nations | |
September 20th, 1977 (September 20 1977) | Birth | Namie Amuro, Japanese pop singer | |
September 20th, 1976 (September 20 1976) | Event | Turkish Airlines Boeing 727 hit Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Osmaniye, Turkey, killing all 155 passengers and crew. | |
September 20th, 1976 (September 20 1976) | Birth | Yui Horie, Japanese seiyuu | |
September 20th, 1976 (September 20 1976) | Birth | Enuka Okuma, Canadian actress | |
September 20th, 1976 (September 20 1976) | Birth | Reuben Singh, British entrepreneur | |
September 20th, 1975 (September 20 1975) | Birth | Asia Argento, Italian actress | |
September 20th, 1975 (September 20 1975) | Birth | Juan Pablo Montoya, Colombian race car driver | |
September 20th, 1975 (September 20 1975) | Death | Saint-John Perse, French diplomat and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1887) | |
September 20th, 1974 (September 20 1974) | Birth | Michael Waddington, American defense lawyer | |
September 20th, 1973 (September 20 1973) | Event | Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match at the Houston Astrodome in Houston, Texas. | |
September 20th, 1973 (September 20 1973) | Birth | Ronald McKinnon, National Football League linebacker | |
September 20th, 1973 (September 20 1973) | Death | Jim Croce, American singer and songwriter (born in 1943) | |
September 20th, 1971 (September 20 1971) | Birth | Henrik Larsson, Swedish footballer | |
September 20th, 1971 (September 20 1971) | Birth | Masashi Hamauzu, Japanese composer | |
September 20th, 1971 (September 20 1971) | Death | Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1900) | |
September 20th, 1970 (September 20 1970) | Event | Syrian tanks roll into Jordan in response to continued fighting between Jordan and the fedayeen. The Jordanians knock out 30 of the Syrian tanks. | |
September 20th, 1970 (September 20 1970) | Birth | Moon Bloodgood, American actress and model | |
September 20th, 1969 (September 20 1969) | Birth | Victoria Dillard, American actress | |
September 20th, 1969 (September 20 1969) | Birth | Megumi Kudo, Japanese pro-wrestler | |
September 20th, 1969 (September 20 1969) | Birth | Richard Witschge, former Dutch footballer | |
September 20th, 1968 (September 20 1968) | Birth | Leah Pinsent, Canadian actress | |
September 20th, 1968 (September 20 1968) | Birth | Darrell Russell, American race car driver (died in 2004) | |
September 20th, 1968 (September 20 1968) | Birth | Tim Rogers, Australian singer / songwriter | |
September 20th, 1967 (September 20 1967) | Event | The RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 is launched at John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotlandied in It is operated by the Cunard Line. | |
September 20th, 1967 (September 20 1967) | Birth | Martin Harrison, American NFL Football Player | |
September 20th, 1967 (September 20 1967) | Birth | Kristen Johnston, American actress | |
September 20th, 1967 (September 20 1967) | Birth | Gunnar and Matthew Nelson, American musicians (Nelson) | |
September 20th, 1966 (September 20 1966) | Birth | Nuno Bettencourt, Portuguese rock musician | |
September 20th, 1965 (September 20 1965) | Birth | Robert Rusler, American actor | |
September 20th, 1964 (September 20 1964) | Birth | Maggie Cheung, Hong Kong actress | |
September 20th, 1962 (September 20 1962) | Event | James Meredith, an African-American, is barred from entering the University of Mississippi. | |
September 20th, 1961 (September 20 1961) | Birth | Lisa Bloom, American lawyer and television personality | |
September 20th, 1960 (September 20 1960) | Birth | Deborah Roberts, American journalist and TV reporter | |
September 20th, 1959 (September 20 1959) | Birth | Danny Devos, Belgian artist | Devo Quotes |
September 20th, 1958 (September 20 1958) | Birth | Arn Anderson, American wrestler | |
September 20th, 1957 (September 20 1957) | Birth | Alannah Currie, New Zealander musician (Thompson Twins) | |
September 20th, 1957 (September 20 1957) | Birth | Rich DiSilvio, American new media developer & artist | |
September 20th, 1957 (September 20 1957) | Death | Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer (born in 1865) | Jean Sibelius Quotes |
September 20th, 1956 (September 20 1956) | Birth | Gary Cole, American actor | |
September 20th, 1954 (September 20 1954) | Event | New Zealand s Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents reports just ten days after concluding hearings. | |
September 20th, 1954 (September 20 1954) | Birth | Henry Samueli, American NHL team owner | |
September 20th, 1951 (September 20 1951) | Birth | Guy Lafleur, Canadian ice hockey player | |
September 20th, 1951 (September 20 1951) | Birth | Javier Marias, Spanish author, translator and academic | |
September 20th, 1949 (September 20 1949) | Birth | John W. Henry, American MLB team owner | |
September 20th, 1949 (September 20 1949) | Birth | Mahesh Bhatt. Indian film director | |
September 20th, 1948 (September 20 1948) | Birth | George R. R. Martin, American writer | |
September 20th, 1948 (September 20 1948) | Birth | Chuck Panozzo and John Panozzo (died in 1996), American musicians (Styx) | Chuck D Quotes |
September 20th, 1947 (September 20 1947) | Birth | Mia Martini, Italian singer (died in 1995) | |
September 20th, 1947 (September 20 1947) | Birth | Bruce Pasternack, American CEO | |
September 20th, 1947 (September 20 1947) | Birth | Steve Gerber, American comics writer (died in 2008) | |
September 20th, 1947 (September 20 1947) | Death | Fiorello La Guardia, Mayor of New York City (born in 1882) | |
September 20th, 1946 (September 20 1946) | Event | The first Cannes Film Festival is held. | |
September 20th, 1946 (September 20 1946) | Death | Raimu, French actor (born in 1883) | |
September 20th, 1945 (September 20 1945) | Death | William Buehler Seabrook, Writer, journalist, occultist and explorer (born in 1884) | |
September 20th, 1945 (September 20 1945) | Death | Augusto Tasso Fragoso, Brazilian president (born in 1869) | |
September 20th, 1945 (September 20 1945) | Death | Eduard Wirths, Nazi physician at Auschwitz concentration camp (born in 1909) | |
September 20th, 1942 (September 20 1942) | Event | Holocaust in Letychiv, Ukraine. In the course of two days German SS murders at least 3,000 Jews | |
September 20th, 1942 (September 20 1942) | Birth | Gerald Tremblay, Quebec politician | |
September 20th, 1941 (September 20 1941) | Birth | Dale Chihuly, American glass artist | |
September 20th, 1939 (September 20 1939) | Event | 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. | |
September 20th, 1939 (September 20 1939) | Birth | Robert L. Gerry III, American businessman | |
September 20th, 1939 (September 20 1939) | Death | Paul Bruchesi, French Canadian Catholic archbishop of Montreal (born in 1855) | |
September 20th, 1937 (September 20 1937) | Birth | Birgitta Dahl, Swedish politician | |
September 20th, 1937 (September 20 1937) | Birth | Monica Zetterlund, Swedish actress and singer (died in 2005) | |
September 20th, 1935 (September 20 1935) | Birth | Jim Taylor, National Football League player | |
September 20th, 1935 (September 20 1935) | Birth | Keith Roberts, British science fiction author (died in 2000) | |
September 20th, 1935 (September 20 1935) | Birth | David Pegg, English footballer (died in 1958) | |
September 20th, 1934 (September 20 1934) | Birth | Sophia Loren, Italian actress | |
September 20th, 1933 (September 20 1933) | Birth | Dennis Viollet, English former footballer (died in 1999) | |
September 20th, 1933 (September 20 1933) | Death | Annie Besant, women s rights activist (born in 1847) | |
September 20th, 1932 (September 20 1932) | Death | Wovoka, Paiute visionary | |
September 20th, 1931 (September 20 1931) | Birth | Cherd Songsri, Thai filmmaker (died in 2006) | |
September 20th, 1930 (September 20 1930) | Event | Syro-Malankara Catholic Church was formed by Archbishop Mar Ivanios | |
September 20th, 1929 (September 20 1929) | Birth | Anne Meara, American comic and actress | |
September 20th, 1928 (September 20 1928) | Birth | Joyce Brothers, American psychologist and advice columnist | |
September 20th, 1928 (September 20 1928) | Birth | Kirsten Rolffes, Danish actress (died in 2000) | |
September 20th, 1928 (September 20 1928) | Birth | Donald Hall, American poet and US Poet Laureate | |
September 20th, 1927 (September 20 1927) | Birth | Johnny Dankworth, English musician and composer | |
September 20th, 1927 (September 20 1927) | Birth | Rachel Roberts, English actress (died in 1980) | |
September 20th, 1925 (September 20 1925) | Birth | Ananda Mahidol, King of Thailand (died in 1946) | |
September 20th, 1925 (September 20 1925) | Birth | Bobby Nunn, American singer (The Coasters) (died in 1986) | |
September 20th, 1924 (September 20 1924) | Birth | Gogi Grant, American singer | |
September 20th, 1923 (September 20 1923) | Birth | Geraldine Clinton Little, Irish-born poet (died in 1997) | |
September 20th, 1922 (September 20 1922) | Birth | William Kapell, American pianist (died in 1953) | William Kapell Quotes |
September 20th, 1920 (September 20 1920) | Event | Foundation of the Spanish Legion. | |
September 20th, 1920 (September 20 1920) | Birth | Jay Ward, American animated cartoonist (died in 1989) | |
September 20th, 1920 (September 20 1920) | Birth | Alberto de Lacerda, Portuguese poet (died in 2007) | |
September 20th, 1917 (September 20 1917) | Event | Paraguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty. | |
September 20th, 1917 (September 20 1917) | Birth | Red Auerbach, American basketball coach (died in 2006) | |
September 20th, 1917 (September 20 1917) | Birth | Fernando Rey, Spanish-born actor (died in 1994) | |
September 20th, 1916 (September 20 1916) | Birth | Malik Meraj Khalid, Former Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan (died in 2003) | |
September 20th, 1914 (September 20 1914) | Birth | Kenneth More, English actor (died in 1982) | |
September 20th, 1911 (September 20 1911) | Birth | Shriram Sharma Acharya, Indian spiritual leader (died in 1991) | |
September 20th, 1908 (September 20 1908) | Death | Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (born in 1844) | |
September 20th, 1906 (September 20 1906) | Event | Cunard Line s RMS Mauretania is launched at the Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard in Newcastle, England. | |
September 20th, 1906 (September 20 1906) | Death | Robert R. Hitt, American politician (born in 1834) | |
September 20th, 1902 (September 20 1902) | Birth | Stevie Smith, British poet (died in 1971) | Stevie Smith Quotes |
September 20th, 1899 (September 20 1899) | Birth | Leo Strauss, German-born philosopher (died in 1973) | Leo Strauss Quotes |
September 20th, 1898 (September 20 1898) | Death | Theodor Fontane, German writer (born in 1819) | |
September 20th, 1891 (September 20 1891) | Event | The first gasoline-powered car debuts in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. | |
September 20th, 1889 (September 20 1889) | Birth | Charles Reidpath, American athlete (died in 1975) | |
September 20th, 1886 (September 20 1886) | Birth | Charles Williams, British author (died in 1945) | |
September 20th, 1885 (September 20 1885) | Birth | Jelly Roll Morton, American jazz pianist, bandleader and composer (died in 1941) | |
September 20th, 1884 (September 20 1884) | Birth | Maxwell Perkins, American editor and publisher (died in 1947) | |
September 20th, 1884 (September 20 1884) | Death | Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist (b.1802) | |
September 20th, 1881 (September 20 1881) | Event | Chester A. Arthur is inaugurated as the 21st President of the United States following the assassination of James Garfield. | Chester A. Arthur Quotes |
September 20th, 1880 (September 20 1880) | Birth | Louise Peete, American murderess (died in 1947) | |
September 20th, 1879 (September 20 1879) | Event | Cliftonville Football Club, the oldest club in Ireland, is founded. | |
September 20th, 1878 (September 20 1878) | Birth | Upton Sinclair, American writer (died in 1968) | Upton Sinclair Quotes |
September 20th, 1873 (September 20 1873) | Birth | Sidney Olcott, Canadian film director (died in 1949) | |
September 20th, 1873 (September 20 1873) | Birth | Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian race car driver (died in 1944) | |
September 20th, 1872 (September 20 1872) | Birth | Maurice Gamelin, French army general (died in 1958) | |
September 20th, 1871 (September 20 1871) | Event | 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. | Solomon Quotes |
September 20th, 1870 (September 20 1870) | Event | Bersaglieri corps enters Rome through Porta Pia and completes the unification of Italy; see capture of Rome. | |
September 20th, 1863 (September 20 1863) | Event | American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga ends. | |
September 20th, 1863 (September 20 1863) | Death | Jacob Grimm, German folklorist (born in 1785) | |
September 20th, 1861 (September 20 1861) | Birth | Herbert Putnam, Librarian of Congress (died in 1955) | |
September 20th, 1860 (September 20 1860) | Event | The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII of the United Kingdom) visits the United States. | |
September 20th, 1857 (September 20 1857) | Event | The Indian Mutiny ends with the recapture of Delhi by troops loyal to the East India Company. | |
September 20th, 1854 (September 20 1854) | Event | Battle of Alma: British and French troops defeat Russians in the Crimea. | |
September 20th, 1853 (September 20 1853) | Birth | Rama V, King of Thailand (died in 1910) | |
September 20th, 1852 (September 20 1852) | Death | Philander Chase, American university founder (born in 1775) | |
September 20th, 1851 (September 20 1851) | Birth | Henry Arthur Jones, English writer (died in 1929) | |
September 20th, 1848 (September 20 1848) | Event | The American Association for the Advancement of Science was created. | |
September 20th, 1844 (September 20 1844) | Birth | William H. Illingworth, American photographer (died in 1893) | |
September 20th, 1842 (September 20 1842) | Birth | James Dewar, Scottish chemist (died in 1923) | |
September 20th, 1835 (September 20 1835) | Event | Farroupilha s Revolution begins in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. | |
September 20th, 1833 (September 20 1833) | Birth | Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italian pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (died in 1918) | |
September 20th, 1815 (September 20 1815) | Death | Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist (born in 1725) | |
September 20th, 1803 (September 20 1803) | Death | Robert Emmet, Irish patriot (born in 1780) | |
September 20th, 1792 (September 20 1792) | Event | French troops stop allied invasion of France, during the War of the First Coalition at Valmy. | |
September 20th, 1778 (September 20 1778) | Birth | Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian naval officer and explorer (died in 1852) | |
September 20th, 1746 (September 20 1746) | Birth | Moric Benovsky, Slovak officer and explorer, King of Madagascar (died in 1786) | |
September 20th, 1744 (September 20 1744) | Birth | Thomas Grosvenor, American Revolutionary War hero (died in 1825) | |
September 20th, 1737 (September 20 1737) | Event | Runner Edward Marshall completes his journey in the Walking Purchase forcing the cession of 1.2 million acres (4,860 km?) of Lenape-Delaware tribal land to the Pennsylvania Colony. | |
September 20th, 1721 (September 20 1721) | Death | Thomas Doggett, Irish actor | |
September 20th, 1643 (September 20 1643) | Death | Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland, English politician and writer | |
September 20th, 1639 (September 20 1639) | Death | Johannes Meursius, Dutch classical scholar (born in 1579) | |
September 20th, 1633 (September 20 1633) | Event | Galileo Galilei is tried before the Inquisition for teaching that the Earth orbits the Sun. | Galileo Galilei Quotes |
September 20th, 1630 (September 20 1630) | Death | Claudio Saracini, Italian composer (born in 1586) | |
September 20th, 1627 (September 20 1627) | Death | Jan Gruter, Dutch critic (born in 1560) | |
September 20th, 1625 (September 20 1625) | Death | Heinrich Meibom, German historian and critic (born in 1555) | |
September 20th, 1599 (September 20 1599) | Birth | Christian the Younger, German Protestant military leader (died in 1623) | |
September 20th, 1596 (September 20 1596) | Event | Diego de Montemayor founded the city of Monterrey in New Spain. | |
September 20th, 1590 (September 20 1590) | Death | Lodovico Agostini, Italian composer (born in 1534) | |
September 20th, 1586 (September 20 1586) | Death | Chidiock Tichborne, English conspirator and poet (executed) (born in 1558) | |
September 20th, 1519 (September 20 1519) | Event | Ferdinand Magellanset sail from Sanlucar de Barrameda with about 270 men on his expedition to circumnavigate the globe. | |
September 20th, 1486 (September 20 1486) | Birth | Arthur, Prince of Wales, son of King Henry VII of England (died in 1502) | |
September 20th, 1460 (September 20 1460) | Death | Gilles Binchois, Flemish composer | |
September 20th, 1384 (September 20 1384) | Death | King Louis I of Naples (born in 1339) | |
September 20th, 1378 (September 20 1378) | Event | Cardinal Robert of Geneva, called by some the Butcher of Cesena, is elected as Avignon Pope Clement VII, beginning the Papal schism. | |
September 20th, 1246 (September 20 1246) | Death | Mikhail of Chernigov, ruler of Kiev | |
September 20th, 1187 (September 20 1187) | Event | Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem. | |
September 20th, 0451 (September 20 0451) | Event | The Battle of Chalons, in North Eastern France. Flavius Aetius victory over Attila the Hun in a day of combat, considered to be the largest battle in the ancient world. | |