Thursday, September 20, 2012

September 20th in History


1378 - Cardinal Robert of Geneva, called by some the Butcher of Cesena, is elected as Avignon Pope Clement VII, beginning the Papal schism.

1519 - Ferdinand Magellan sets sail from SanlĂșcar de Barrameda with about 270 men on his expedition to circumnavigate the globe.

1860 - The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII of the United Kingdom) visits the United States.

1881 - Chester A. Arthur is inaugurated as the 21st President of the United States following the assassination of James Garfield.

1942 - Holocaust in Letychiv, Ukraine. In the course of two days the German SS murders at least 3,000 Jews.

1977 - The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is admitted to the United Nations.

1990 - South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia.

Famous Birthdays:

1486 - Prince Arthur Tudor, son of King Henry VII of England (Catherine of Aragon was married to Prince Arthur(until his death) before she married King Henry VIII)

1853 - Chulalongkorn, King of Siam, Rama V (Thailand)

1911 - Shriram Sharma Acharya, spiritual leader

1925 - Ananda Mahidol, King of Thailand, Rama VIII

1935 - David Pegg, footballer

1940 - Taro Aso, Prime Minister of Japan


1980 - Vladimir Karpets, cyclist




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