395 Historic Events for September 20
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| 1863 |
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Battle of Shepardstown VA
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| 1863 |
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Civil War Battle of Chickamauga, near Chattanooga Tenn, ends
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| 1863 |
Death |
Jakob Grimm, writer, dies at 78
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| 1863 |
Death |
Benjamin Hardin Helm, US attorney/Confederate brig-general, dies at 33
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| 1865 |
Death |
William H Revere Jr, US Union brig-general, dies
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| 1865 |
Birth |
Lubor Niederle, Czech archaeologist/slavist
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| 1866 |
Birth |
Gustave Doret, composer
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| 1869 |
Birth |
Marcel Cachin, co-founder (French Communistic Party)
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| 1869 |
Birth |
George Robey, [George Edward Wade], comic
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| 1870 |
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Pope Pius IX surrenders to King Victor Emmanuel
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| 1870 |
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Italian army under Victor Emmanuel II seizes Rome from the French
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| 1870 |
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Mayor William Tweed accused of robbing NY treasury
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| 1872 |
Birth |
Maurice Gamelin, French generalissimo
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| 1873 |
Death |
Lulu Strauss und Torney, German poetess/writer, dies
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| 1873 |
Event |
Panic sweeps NY Stock Exchange (railroad bond default/bank failure) NY shut banks for 10 days due to a bank scandal
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| 1873 |
Birth |
Robert D Wrenn, tennis champ (US Open - 1893)
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| 1876 |
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Ottawa Football Club forms
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| 1877 |
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Chase National Bank opens in NYC (later merges into Chase Manhattan)
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| 1877 |
Birth |
Armand Louis Joseph Marsick, composer
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| 1878 |
Birth |
Upton Beall Sinclair, US writer (Jungle)
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| 1879 |
Birth |
Jacobo Conrad, [Coco Lepol/Elias Martinus], Cura‡aos composer
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| 1879 |
Birth |
Victor Seastrom, Silbodal Sweden, director (Wind, Under the Red Robe)
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| 1879 |
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US Grants come to SF for elaborate extended visit
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| 1880 |
Birth |
Ildebrando Pizzetti, composer
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| 1881 |
Event |
Chester A Arthur sworn in as 21st president
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