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Sophia Loren turns 92. Born Sofia Villani Scicolone in Rome on 20 September 1934, she grew up in Pozzuoli near Naples in the war years. Beauty contest...
On 20 September 1973, at the Houston Astrodome, Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs in three sets: 6–4, 6–3, 6–3. The match, sold as the Battle of the S...
On 20 September 1946 Cannes opened the first fully held edition of its international film festival. An edition had been prepared in 1939 as an alterna...
On 20 September 1870 artillery of the Kingdom of Italy opened a breach in the Aurelian Walls near Porta Pia. Bersaglieri and other units entered Rome....
On 20 September 1519 five ships left Sanlúcar de Barrameda for the Atlantic. The expedition had left Seville on 10 August and come down the Guadalquiv...
Sanaa McCoy Lathan was born in New York on 19 September 1971. On 19 September 2026 she turns 55. Her parents, producer Stan Lathan and actor Eleanor M...
Trisha Yearwood was born on 19 September 1964 in Monticello, Georgia. On 19 September 2026 she turns 62. Her voice marked country music from the early...
David McCallum was born in Glasgow on 19 September 1933, into a family of musicians. 19 September 2026 marks 93 years since his birth. The actor died...
Lesley Hornby was born on 19 September 1949 in north-west London. She became Twiggy, later Lesley Lawson. On 19 September 2026 she turns 77. The cropp...
Ellen Naomi Cohen was born on 19 September 1941 in Baltimore. She became Cass Elliot. 19 September 2026 marks 85 years since the birth of a voice that...
On 19 September 1783, in the forecourt of the Palace of Versailles, Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier sent aloft a hot-air balloon carryin...
Jimmy Fallon was born on 19 September 1974 in Brooklyn and grew up in Saugerties, New York. Impressions took him from comedy clubs into the Saturday N...
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