Birthdays
1842 - Sir James Dewar FRS FRSE, Scottish Chemist and Physicist. He is best known for his invention of the vacuum flask, which he used in conjunction with research into the liquefaction of gases. He also studied atomic and molecular spectroscopy, working in these fields for more than 25 years.
1934 - Sophia Loren, (born Sofia Villani Scicolone), Dame of the Grand Cross OMRI, Italian Film actress and singer. She is one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema at this time (2021). During the 1960s she starred in films as a sexually emancipated character and was one of the best known sex symbols. She was named by the American Film Institute as the 21st greatest female star of Classic Hollywood Cinema. Loren's performance as Cesira in the movie Two Women directed by Vittorio De Sica earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress, making her the first actor or actress to win an Oscar for a foreign-language performance. She holds the record for having earned seven David di Donatello Awards for Best Actress: Two Women; Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow; Marriage Italian Style, for which she was nominated for a second Oscar); Sunflower; The Voyage; A Special Day and The Life Ahead. She has won five special Golden Globes (including the Cecil B. DeMille Award), a BAFTA Award, a Laurel Award, a Grammy Award, the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival and the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1991, she received the Academy Honorary Award for lifetime achievements.
1956 - Gary Cole, American actor and voice actor. He began his professional acting career on stage at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company. On television, he has had starring roles in the TV series Midnight Caller, American Gothic, The West Wing, Crusade, The Good Wife, The Good Fight, Veep, Chicago Fire, and Mixed-ish. In film, he has appeared in The Brady Bunch Movie, One Hour Photo, Office Space, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. He is also known for voicing the title character on the Adult Swim series Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law and James Timothy Possible on Kim Possible.
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More birthdays and historical events, September 20 - On This Day
Historical Events
1327 - Edward II is murdered in Berkeley Castle, after attempts to starve and poison him fail. The final method involves a red-hot poker being inserted where it doesn't show.
1377 - Cardinal Robert of Geneva is elected Avignon Pope Clement VII.
1519 - Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer, sets sail. His ship, Victoria, returns to Spain, the first to sail around the world. He didn't complete his journey, dying in the Philippines due to a skirmish with the natives.
1854 - The Battle of Alma is fought, with British and French forces against the Russians. Often considered the first major battle of the Crimean War, the more famous Battle of Balaclava, with the Charge of the Light Brigade and the Thin Red Line, comes later.
1893 - Charles and Frank Duryea build the first gasoline-powered car in America and take it for a drive in Springfield, Massachusetts.
1946 - The first Cannes Film Festival is held. It was delayed for seven years due to World War II. It is considered the most prestigious film festival in the world.
1973 - Billie Jean King, one of the world's best women tennis players, beats former star Bobby Riggs in a "battle of the sexes" tennis match.
2000 - The Whitewater Scandal ends after a third investigation declares there is insufficient evidence to warrant charges against U.S. President Bill Clinton or his wife Hillary over allegedly improper dealings in real estate.
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