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100 years anniversary | ||||
20 Sep 1925 | James Bernard, English composer and screenwriter (d. 2001) | |||
20 Sep 1925 | Ananda Mahidol, Thai king (d. 1946) | |||
20 Sep 1925 | Bobby Nunn, American singer (The Coasters and The Robins) (d. 1986) | |||
75 years anniversary | ||||
20 Sep 1950 | Debi Morgan: Dunn, North Carolina -- Actress (Angie-All My Children, Cry Uncle) | |||
20 Sep 1950 | James P[aul] Blaylock: United States -- Sci-fi author (Elfin Ship, Homunculus) | |||
20 Sep 1950 | Debi Morgan Dunn NC, actress (Angie-All My Children, Cry Uncle) | |||
20 Sep 1950 | Loredana Berte Milan Italy, 2nd wife of Bjorn Borg | |||
50 years anniversary | ||||
20 Sep 1975 | Saint-John Perse: French diplomat / Poet (Nobel 1960), dies at 78 | |||
20 Sep 1975 | 21st Ryder Cup: US, 21-11 at Laurel Valley Golf Club - Pennsylvania | |||
20 Sep 1975 | Asia Argento, Italian actress, director, and screenwriter | |||
20 Sep 1975 | Moon Bloodgood, American actress | |||
20 Sep 1975 | Juan Pablo Montoya, Colombian race car driver | |||
20 Sep 1975 | Jason Robinson, American saxophonist and composer (Cosmologic, Cross Border Trio, Groundation, and Trummerflora Collective) | |||
20 Sep 1975 | Saint-John Perse, French poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887) | |||
20 Sep 1975 | 'Fame' gave David Bowie his first No.1 in the US, the song was co-written with John Lennon. | |||
20 Sep 1975 | The Bay City Rollers made their US TV debut when they appeared on the 'Saturday Night Variety Show'. | |||
20 Sep 1975 | Winners in this years Melody Makers Readers poll included, Robert Plant who won Best singer, Joni Mitchell, Best female singer, Yes won Best band, Genesis won Best live act, Best single, Im Not In Love, by 10cc, Best album Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin, and Brightest hope went to Camel. | |||
20 Sep 1975 | David Bowie's "Fame," single goes #1 for 2 weeks | |||
20 Sep 1975 | Gary Sentman draws a record 176 lb longbow to a maximum 28 | |||
25 years anniversary | ||||
20 Sep 2000 | Gherman Titov, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1935) | |||
20 Sep 2000 | The United Kingdom's MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building is attacked by individuals using a Russian-built RPG-22 anti-tank missile. The perpetrators remain unidentified. | |||
20 Sep 2000
Gherman Stepanovich Titov |
death Gherman Stepanovich Titov Died 20 Sep 2000 at age 65 (born 11 Sep 1935). Russian cosmonaut who was pilot of the Vostok 2 spacecraft on its 6-7 Aug 1961 orbital flight of 25 hrs 18 min. His spacecraft carried life-support equipment, radio and television for monitoring the condition of the cosmonaut, tape recorder, telemetry system, biological experiments, and automatic and manual control equipment. After Yuri Gagarin, Titov was the second human to orbit the Earth but was the first person to orbit more than once, the first to spend more than a day in space, and the first to sleep in space. He died holding the record as the youngest person in space (age 25). Titov was selected for cosmonaut training in 1960. After his spaceflight, Titov held senior positions in the Soviet space programme until his retirement in 1992. |
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20 Sep 2000
Gherman Titov |
death Gherman Titov Gherman Titov (b. 1935), cosmonaut |
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20 years anniversary | ||||
20 Sep 2005 | Simon Wiesenthal, Ukrainian-Austrian holocaust survivor (b. 1908) | |||
20 Sep 2005 | Canadian JD Fortune, beat two other finalists to become the new lead singer with INXS after a worldwide search to replace the late Michael Hutchence. INXS held auditions in six continents as part of a reality TV series. | |||
15 years anniversary | ||||
20 Sep 2010 | Kenny McKinley, American football player (b. 1987) | |||
20 Sep 2010 | Leonard Skinner, American soldier and educator (b. 1933) |