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Today in History

  • 2011 The official US military policy of "don't ask, don't tell" ends

    The policy was instituted by the administration of Bill Clinton in 1994. Under the policy, openly ga

  • 2001 American President, George W. Bush Declares War on Terror

    The global military campaign against terrorism was first declared in the aftermath of the September

  • 1984 The Cosby Show Airs for the First Time

    The popular television sitcom followed the lives of a Brooklyn-based African-American family called

  • 1973 Billie Jean King Wins the Battle of the Sexes

    The mixed gender tennis match between top tennis player Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King was held in

  • 1904 Wilbur Wright Makes the First Circular Flight

    Wright, who with his brother Orville, is credited for inventing the first airplane, made a complete

Illustration of stork, signifying birth

Births On This Day,
September, 20

  • 1984 Brian Joubert

    French figure skater

  • 1975 Juan Pablo Montoya

    Colombian race car driver

  • 1948 George R. R. Martin

    American screenwriter, author

  • 1934 Sophia Loren

    Italian actress

  • 1899 Leo Strauss

    German/American philosopher

Illustration of tombstone, signifying death

Deaths On This Day,
September, 20

  • 2005 Simon Wiesenthal

    Austrian Holocaust survivor

  • 2004 Brian Clough

    English footballer, manager

  • 1973 Jim Croce

    American singer-songwriter

  • 1933 Annie Besant

    English activist, author

  • 1930 Gombojab Tsybikov

    Russian explorer