It happened on a… September 20

2019

Students from 185 countries stage the world’s largest-ever protest on climate change culminating in Manhattan rally led by Greta Thunberg.

“New Girl”, starring Zooey Deschanel, debuts on Fox.

“The Cosby Show” premiered on NBC-TV, which aired for eight seasons until April 30, 1992.

The National Football League players begin a 57-day strike.

“Blizzard of Ozz”, the debut solo album by English rock musician Ozzy Osbourne, is released in the United Kingdom.

RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 is launched at John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland. It is operated by the Cunard Line.

The first Cannes Film Festival premiered. The original premier was delayed in 1939 due to World War II.

“Star Spangled Banner”, the national anthem of the United States, published as a song, lyrics by Francis Scott Key, tune by John Stafford Smith

Ferdinand Magellan sets sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda with about 270 men on his expedition to circumnavigate the globe.