Page 4: Historical Events In September - 11
Friday, 20 March 2026
1896 Anton Joseph Bruckner, composer, dies at 72. 

1897 After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom 

1898 Adolphe-Abraham Samuel, composer, dies at 74. 

1899 Nelly A "Nell" Knoop, Dutch actress (Driestuivers Opera) 

1900 President Kruger crosses border with Mozambique. 

1902 Alice Tully, Corning, NY, singer/patroness (Carnegie Hall) 

1903 The inaugural race at The Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world 

1903 Theodor Adorno, German philosopher/sociologist. 

1906 Mahatma Gandhi coins the term "Satyagraha" to characterize the Non-Violence movement in South Africa. 

1906 Roye England, modeller/museum curator 

1908 Everhardus J van Romondt, physician/Dutch Antillean minister of Eco 

1909 Max Wolf rediscovers Halley's comet 

1909 Anne Seymour, Engld, actress (Gemini Affair, Empire, Tim Conway Show). 

1910 inaugural commercially successful electric bus line opens (Hollywood) 

1910 1st commercially successful electric bus line opens (Hollywood) 

1912 Netherland Olympic Committee forms 

1913 Paul "Bear" Bryant, US football coach (Alabama Crimson Tide) 

1914 Two Australian battalions land near Rabaul and occupy the German colony on New Britain, off north-eastern New Guinea during WWI 

1914 In this year, William Christopher Handy publishes "St Louis Blues". 

1915 Athena Lorde, NY, actress (Fuzz, Skin Game, Firecreek) 

1916 German troops conquer Kavalla Greece 

1917 Ferdinand Marcos, Philippines Pres (1965-86) 

1917 Georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot, dies at 22. 

1918 Boston Red Sox beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 2 in 15th World Series 

1919 US marines invade Honduras 

1921 Nahalal, the inaugural moshav in Israel, is settled 

1922 British mandate declared in Palestine 

1922 British mandate of Palestine begins. 

1922 Charles Evers, civil rights leader (Amazing Grace) 

1922 Louis Coerne, composer, dies at 52 

1923 The ZR-1 (biggest active dirigible) flies over NY's tallest skyscraper, the Woolworth Tower 

1923 After a single, Red Sox Howard Ehmke retires next 27 Yanks. 

1923 Alan Badel, Manchester England, actor (Shogun) 

1924 Daniel Kahikina Akaka, (Rep-D-HI, 1977- /Sen-D Hawaii). 

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