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September 20, 1947 (Saturday) A Pan-American Douglas DC-4 airliner flying from Bermuda to New York City developed engine trouble over the Atlantic Ocean, skimmed the waves for 60 miles and then crashed and burned at Floyd Bennett Field. All 36 passengers and 5 crew aboard survived.
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December 2 – 1947 Jerusalem riots: Arabs protest against the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine. December 3 French communist strikers derail the Paris-Tourcoing express train because of false rumors that it is transporting soldiers; 21 people are killed.
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Pre-1600
1. 9 – The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends: The Roman Empire suffers the greatest defeat of its history and the Rhine is established as the border between the Empire and the so-called barbariansfor the next four hundred years. 2. 1185 – Isaac II Angelos kills Stephen Hagiochristophorites and then appeals to the people, resulting in the revolt that deposes Andronikos I Komnenos and places Isaac on the throne of the Byzantine Empire. 3. 1297 – Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots jointly led by...
1601–1900
1. 1609 – Henry Hudson arrives on Manhattan Islandand meets the indigenous people living there. 2. 1649 – Siege of Drogheda ends: Oliver Cromwell's Parliamentariantroops take the town and execute its garrison. 3. 1683 – Battle of Vienna: Coalition forces, including the famous winged Hussars, led by Polish King John III Sobieskilift the siege laid by Ottoman forces. 4. 1697 – Battle of Zenta: a major engagement in the Great Turkish War (1683–1699) and one of the most decisive defeats in Ottoma...
1901–present
1. 1903 – The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsinis held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world. 2. 1905 – The Ninth Avenue derailmentoccurs in New York City, killing 13. 3. 1914 – World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka. 4. 1914 – The Second Period of Russification: The teaching of the Russian language and Russian history in Finnish schools is ordered to be considerably increased as part of the fo...
Pre-1600
1. 600 – Yuknoom Ch'een II, Mayan ruler 2. 1182 – Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shōgun (d. 1204) 3. 1318 – Eleanor of Lancaster, countess of Arundel (d. 1372) 4. 1465 – Bernardo Accolti, Italian poet (d. 1536) 5. 1476 – Louise of Savoy, French regent (d. 1531) 6. 1494 – Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duchess of Guelders(1518–1538) (d. 1572) 7. 1522 – Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian ornithologist and botanist (d. 1605) 8. 1524 – Pierre de Ronsard, French poet and author (d. 1585) 9. 1525 – John Ge...
1601–1900
1. 1611 – Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, French general (d. 1675) 2. 1681 – Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German academic and jurist (d. 1741) 3. 1700 – James Thomson, Scottish poet and playwright (d. 1748) 4. 1711 – William Boyce, English organist and composer (d. 1779) 5. 1723 – Johann Bernhard Basedow, German author and educator (d. 1790) 6. 1751 – Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen(d. 1827) 7. 1764 – Valentino Fioravanti, Italian organist and composer (d. 1837) 8. 1771 –...
1901–present
1. 1901 – D. W. Brooks, American farmer and businessman, founded Gold Kist(d. 1999) 2. 1903 – Theodor Adorno, German sociologist and philosopher (d. 1969) 3. 1903 – Stephen Etnier, American lieutenant and painter (d. 1984) 4. 1904 – Karl Plutus, Estonian lawyer and jurist (d. 2010) 5. 1907 – Lev Oborin, Russian pianist and educator (d. 1974) 6. 1908 – Alvar Lidell, English journalist (d. 1981) 7. 1911 – Lala Amarnath, Indian cricketer (d. 2000) 8. 1911 – Bola de Nieve, Cuban singer-songwriter...
Pre-1600
1. 883 – Kesta Styppiotes, Byzantine general 2. 1063 – Béla I of Hungary(b. 1016) 3. 1161 – Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem(b. 1105) 4. 1185 – Stephen Hagiochristophorites, Byzantine courtier (b. 1130) 5. 1279 – Robert Kilwardby, English cardinal (b. 1215) 6. 1297 – Hugh de Cressingham, English Treasurer 7. 1298 – Philip of Artois, Lord of Conches, Nonancourt, and Domfront(b. 1269) 8. 1349 – Bonne of Luxembourg, queen of John II of France(b. 1315) 9. 1569 – Vincenza Armani, Italian actress (b....
1601–1900
1. 1677 – James Harrington, English philosopher and author (b. 1611) 2. 1680 – Emperor Go-Mizunooof Japan (b. 1596) 3. 1721 – Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (b. 1665) 4. 1733 – François Couperin, French organist and composer (b. 1668) 5. 1760 – Louis Godin, French astronomer and academic (b. 1704) 6. 1823 – David Ricardo, English economist and politician (b. 1772) 7. 1843 – Joseph Nicollet, French mathematician and explorer (b. 1786) 8. 1846 – José Núñez de Cáceres, Do...
1901–present
1. 1911 – Louis Henri Boussenard, French explorer and author (b. 1847) 2. 1915 – William Sprague IV, American businessman and politician, 27th Governor of Rhode Island(b. 1830) 3. 1917 – Georges Guynemer, French captain and pilot (b. 1894) 4. 1919 – Quianu Robinson, New Mexican Congressman and political ally of Conrad Hilton(b. 1852) 5. 1921 – Subramania Bharati, Indian journalist, poet, and activist (b. 1882) 6. 1926 – Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor and director (b. 1875) 7. 1932 – Stanisł...
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