Historical Events In September - 20
Thursday, 28 March 2024
1930 On this day in history syro-Malankara Catholic Church is formed by Archbishop Mar Ivanios.
1931 On this day in history lou Gehrig's 4 RBIs break his old RBI mark of 175 en route to 184
1931 On this day in history sam Morris, cricketer (one Test Aust v Eng 1884), dies
1932 Chicago Cubs clinch the NL pennant on September - 20.
1932 On September - 20 max Slevogt, German painter, dies at 63
1933 On September - 20 pittsburgh Steelers (as Pirates) play 1st NFL game, lose 23-2
1933 On this day in history annie Besant, English theosophy (Esoteric Christianity), dies
1934 The birth of Sophia Loren, Italian born film actress on this day in history.
1935 Pitts Crawfords beat NY Cubans to win Negro NL Championship, 3-0 on this day in history.
1938 On this day in history dmitri Shostakovitch's Suite for jazz orchestra, premieres
1939 On this day in history british fleet takes German U-27 boat
1942 Gunther Hagg becomes world champ of all records from 1500m to 5000m on September - 20.
1943 HMCS ST CROIX (RCN),sunk by a new acoustic torpedoSE of Greenland by 2 torpedoes from German U.305 on this day in history.
1943 On this day in history rome is occupied by the Germans. The German Army now controls most of Italy.
1943 Liberator bombers sinks U-338 on September - 20.
1944 Death in action, while filming American troops on Peleliu, of Australian cameraman Damien Parer Parer made what has been considered Australia's most famous war film - Kokoda Front Line The film won an Academy Award and gave international exposure to the experiences of Australian soldiers in 1942 on the Kokoda Track on this day in history.
1944 Nijmegen is liberated from German occupation on this day in history.
1944 John Grayburn, English (Victoria Cross), dies in battle in Arnhem on September - 20.
1945 On this day in history german rocket engineers begin work in US
1946 On September - 20 first ever Cannes film festival
1946 On this day in history churchill argues for a "US of Europe"
1947 On September - 20 fiorello H La Guardia, (Mayor-R-NYC, 1933-45), dies
1948 On this day in history "Magdalena" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 48 performances
1949 On this day in history dutch Guilder devalued 30.3%
1949 Nikolaos Skalkottas, composer, dies at 45 on September - 20.
1951 First North Pole jet crossing on September - 20.
1951 On September - 20 1st North Pole jet crossing
1952 KPTV TV channel 12 in Portland, OR (IND) begins broadcasting on September - 20.
1953 On September - 20 cubs Ernie Banks hits his 1st major league HR
1954 First National People's Congress adopts Chinese constitution on September - 20.
1954 On this day in history roger Bannister awarded Britain's Silver Pears Trophy
1954 On September - 20 the first FORTRAN computer program run
1957 On this day in history jean Julius Christian Sibelius, Fin composer (Finlandia), dies at 91
1958 Martin Luther King Jr stabbed in chest by a deranged black woman in NYC on September - 20.
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