Page 4: Historical Events In September - 29
Wednesday, 20 May 2026
1901 Enrico Fermi, Rome, US physicist, gone fission/fermium (Nobel-1938) 

1902 Impresario David Belasco opened his inaugural Broadway theater. 

1902 Impresario David Belasco opens his 1st Broadway theater. 

1902 Iosif Ivanovici, composer, dies. 

1903 Karl August Andersen, composer 

1904 1st monument honoring Spanish American War erected (Monroeville Ohio) 

1904 Dorothy Emmet, philosopher 

1904 Niels Ryberg Finnen, Danish physician (Nobel 1903), dies. 

1905 Francis Joseph Quinn, academic. 

1906 US intervenes in Cuba ousts dictator Estrada Palma 

1907 Construction begins on Washington National Cathedral. 

1907 Gene Autry, Tioga Tx, cowpoke/singer/actor/owner (Calif Angels). 

1908 Calgary Rugby Football Union forms. 

1908 Greer Garson, North Ireland, actress (Pride and Prejudice, Chips). 

1908 Joaquim M Machado de Assis, Brazil writer (Dom Casmurro), dies at 69 

1909 Andrew Herron, Moderator (General Assembly of Church of Scotland) 

1910 Virginia Bruce, actress (Action in Arabia). 

1910 Winslow Homer, painter (Prout's Neck), dies. 

1911 Italy declares war on Turkey over who owns Tripoli, Libya 

1911 Gun magazine of French battleship Liberte explode 

1911 Reginald Victor Jones, CH, FRS natural philosopher 

1912 French/British troops lands on Samoa 

1912 Lukas Ammann, Basel, actor (Day of Anger, Class Reunion, Palace Hotel) 

1913 Sam S Shubert Theater opens at 225 W 44th St NYC. 

1913 Silvio Piola, soccer star. 

1913 Rudolph C K Diesel, German constructer (Diesel Motor), dies at 55. 

1914 Boston Braves, who were in last place in mid-July, clinch NL pennant 

1914 Jean Bouin, French marathoner (Olympic-silver-1912), dies in battle. 

1915 In this year, A hurricane claims 275 in the Mississippi Delta. 

1915 1st transcontinental radio telephone message is sent. 

1915 Ann Nagel, Boston MA, actress (Don Winslow of the Navy) 

1915 Luther Orlando Emerson, composer, dies at 95 

1916 American John D. Rockerfeller is recorded as becoming the world's inaugural billionaire 

1916 John D. Rockefeller is recorded as becoming the inaugural billionaire. 

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