A bit of September 20th history…
451 - Roman General Flavius Aetius defeats Attila the Hun at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, halting Hun invasion of Roman Gaul
1519 - Start of Ferdinand Magellan’s successful circumnavigation of the globe - although Magellan himself died along the way (pictured)
1854 - Battle of the Alma: 1st major battle of the Crimean War; British and French alliance defeat the Russians
1973 - Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in Battle-of-Sexes tennis match
2011 - The US ends it’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the 1st time
2015 - Martin Shkreli, CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals confirms raising the price of toxoplasmosis drug Daraprim by 5,000% - to $750 per pill
2019 - Students from 185 countries stage the world’s largest-ever protest on climate change, culminating in Manhattan rally led by Greta Thunberg
A bit of September 20th history… 451 - Roman General Flavius...