^B{^#!16!20 September^N! Feast day of Saints Fausta and Evilasius, St Candida of Carthage, St Vincent Madelgarius, and Saints Theodore, Philippa, and their Companions.
^B{451^B} The Romans defeated the Huns under Attila at Châlon-sur-Marne. ^B{1519^B} Ferdinand Magellan, with a fleet of five small ships, sailed from Seville on his expedition around the world. ^B{1854^B} The Russian army was defeated by the Allied armies at the Battle of Alma in the Crimean War; the first six Victoria Crosses to be awarded to the British Army were won at this battle. ^B{1928^B} The Fascist Party took over the supreme legislative body in Rome, replacing the Chamber of Deputies. ^B{1961^B} Argentinian Antonio Abertondo started the first successful non-stop swim across the Channel and back, completed in 43 hr 5 min. ^B{1966^B} The liner ^I{Queen Elizabeth II^I} (QE2) was launched at Clydebank, Scotland. ^B{1984^B} The US embassy in Beirut was attacked by a suicide bomber; explosives within a truck were set off, killing 40 people.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Alexander the Great, ^B{356 BC^B}; Henry Arthur Jones, British dramatist, ^B{1851^B}; Upton Sinclair, US novelist, ^B{1878^B}; Jelly Roll Morton, US pianist and composer, ^B{1885^B}; John Dankworth, English bandleader and jazzman, ^B{1927^B}; Sophia Loren, Italian film actress, ^B{1934^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Robert Emmet, Irish nationalist, executed, ^B{1803^B}; Jakob Karl Grimm, German philologist, ^B{1863^B}; Annie Besant, British socialist and feminist activist, ^B{1933^B}; Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer, ^B{1957^B}; George Seferis, Greek poet-diplomat, ^B{1971^B}.
