Red Auerbach, American athlete, known for american basketball coach and executive, was born on 1917-09-20. Arnold Jacob "Red" Auerbach (September 20, 1917 – October 28, 2006) was an American professional basketball coach and executive. As head coach, he led the Boston Celtics to eight consecutive NBA championships between 1959 to 1966.
Red Auerbach is born
Red Auerbach, American athlete, known for american basketball coach and executive, was born on 1917-09-20.
Historical Significance
Red Auerbach is American basketball coach and executive.
Key People
Events Before
The first blood transfusion using stored and cooled blood is performed during World War I
The first blood transfusion using stored and cooled blood is performed during World War I
Rodman Wanamaker organises a lunch to discuss forming a golfers association (later the PGA) at the Taplow Club, Martiniq
Rodman Wanamaker organises a lunch to discuss forming a golfers association (later the PGA) at the Taplow Club, Martinique Hotel, New York City
Battle of Verdun begins with a German offensive, leads to an estimated 1 million casualties, and becomes the longest bat
Battle of Verdun begins with a German offensive, leads to an estimated 1 million casualties, and becomes the longest battle of the entire war (9 months)
British author of "The Lord of the Rings", J.R.R. Tolkien marries Edith Mary Bratt at St. Mary Immaculate Roman Catholic
British author of "The Lord of the Rings", J.R.R. Tolkien marries Edith Mary Bratt at St. Mary Immaculate Roman Catholic Church, Warwick
Actress Gloria Swanson (17) weds actor Wallace Beery (30)
Actress Gloria Swanson (17) weds actor Wallace Beery (30)
Events After
Last day of the Julian calendar in Finland; January 2 becomes January 14
The Julian calendar is a solar calendar of 365 days in every year with an additional leap day every fourth year (without exception).
Russian Bolshevik Party is renamed the All-Russian Communist Party
The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP), also known as the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party (RSDWP) or the Russian Social Democratic Party (RSDP), was a socialist political party…
Fearing foreign invasion, Vladimir Lenin shifts revolutionary Russia's capital from Petrograd (St. Petersburg) to Moscow
Fearing foreign invasion, Vladimir Lenin shifts revolutionary Russia's capital from Petrograd (St. Petersburg) to Moscow
American jazz musician Louis Armstrong (17) weds Daisy Parker (21); divorce in 1923
American jazz musician Louis Armstrong (17) weds Daisy Parker (21); divorce in 1923
German World War I fighter ace Baron Manfred von Richthofen aka "The Red Baron," is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur S
German World War I fighter ace Baron Manfred von Richthofen aka "The Red Baron," is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur Somme in France. Canadian pilot Arthur Roy Brown is credited with the kill.
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Hank Greenberg is born
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Belgian mining law introduces a 9.5-hour workday
Belgian mining law introduces a 9.5-hour workday
First running of San Francisco's famed "Bay to Breakers" footrace (7.63 miles/12.3 km); Robert Vlught wins in 44:10
First running of San Francisco's famed "Bay to Breakers" footrace (7.63 miles/12.3 km); Robert Vlught wins in 44:10
The US Post Office begins parcel post delivery
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- What happened on September 20, 1917?
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- Red Auerbach is American basketball coach and executive.
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