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On This Day In History - September 20: anniversaries, birthdays, major events, and time capsules. This day's facts in the arts, politics, and sciences.
Discover what happened on September 20 with HISTORY's summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths. This Day In History: 09/20/1973 - King Wins Battle of...
Events in History on September 20. Calendar. Events. Birthdays. Deaths. 368 Emperor Valentinianus visits Nijmegen. 622 Prophet Muhammad arrives in Yathrib (Medina) 1066 Battle of Fulford, Yorkshire: Harald III Hardrada of Norway defeats Northern Saxon Earls Edwin and Morcar.
Today in history – which major historical events happened on September 20? Who was born on this date, who died? In which year did the birth or death occur?
September 20. Today's: Famous Birthdays - Music history. 1519 - Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan left Spain to find a route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia. Magellan was killed during the trip, but one of his ships eventually made the journey. 1870 - The Papal States came under the control of Italian troops, leading to the unification ...
Sofia Loren (Sofia Scicolone), first actress to win the Academy Award for Best Actress for a performance in a non-English language film ( Two Women ); received Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievements (1995). Bruno Hauptmann arrested for the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby.
September 11, 1935 - September 20, 2000 Gherman Stepanovich Titov was a Soviet cosmonaut who piloted the Vostok 2 spacecraft, launched on August 6, 1961, on the first manned spaceflight of more than a single orbit; Yury Gagarin had made the...
