Born on September 20
September 20 birthdays & history
If you were born on September 20, you share a birthday with Sophia Loren, George R. R. Martin and Tarō Asō. September 20 babies are Virgo, with sapphire as their birthstone and the aster as their birth flower. September 20 is the 264th day of the year in leap years (263rd in other years).
Famous people born on September 20
- 1934Sophia Loren, Italian actress
- 1948George R. R. Martin, American novelist and short story writer
- 1940Tarō Asō, Japanese target shooter and politician, 92nd Prime Minister of Japan
- 1878Upton Sinclair, American novelist, critic, and essayist
- 1988Khabib Nurmagomedov, Russian mixed martial artist
- 1993Julian Draxler, German footballer
- 1971Henrik Larsson, Swedish footballer and manager
- 1842James Dewar, Scottish-English chemist and physicist
- 1975Juan Pablo Montoya, Colombian race car driver
- 1976Jon Bernthal, American actor
What happened on September 20
- 1848The American Association for the Advancement of Science is created.
- 1860The future King Edward VII of the United Kingdom begins the first visit to North America by a Prince of Wales.
- 1893Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.
- 1906The ocean liner RMS Mauretania, the largest and fastest ship in the world at the time, was launched in Tyneside, England.
- 1946Six days after a referendum, King Christian X of Denmark annuls the declaration of independence of the Faroe Islands.
- 1954The Moomin comics, created by Tove Jansson and Lars Jansson, is published internationally in the London newspaper The Evening News.
- 1962James Meredith, an African American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.
- 1967L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, announced the story of Xenu in a taped lecture sent to all Scientologists.
- 1967The Cunard Liner Queen Elizabeth 2 is launched in Clydebank, Scotland.
- 1977A series of celestial phenomena of disputed nature was observed in the western Soviet Union, Finland and Denmark.
- 1984The Cosby Show, which became one of three U.S. television shows to have the highest ratings five years in a row, premiered with its pilot episode.
- 1988British prime minister Margaret Thatcher gave a landmark speech at the Belfry of Bruges, Belgium, against federalism in the European Economic Community.
Also observed on September 20
- Constitution Day (Nepal)
- Independence Day of South Ossetia (not fully recognized)
- National Youth Day (Thailand)
- Oil Workers' Day (Azerbaijan)
- Universal Children's Day (Germany)
Questions, answered
What star sign is September 20?
People born on September 20 are Virgo. Their birthstone is sapphire and their birth flower is the aster.
Which famous people were born on September 20?
Sophia Loren (1934), George R. R. Martin (1948), Tarō Asō (1940), Upton Sinclair (1878), Khabib Nurmagomedov (1988), Julian Draxler (1993) were all born on September 20.
What happened on September 20 in history?
Among other things: in 1977, A series of celestial phenomena of disputed nature was observed in the western Soviet Union, Finland and Denmark; in 1984, The Cosby Show, which became one of three U.S. television shows to have the highest ratings five years in a row, premiered with its pilot episode; in 1988, British prime minister Margaret Thatcher gave a landmark speech at the Belfry of Bruges, Belgium, against federalism in the European Economic Community.
Can I get a newspaper front page from September 20?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any September 20 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “September 20”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.