Historical Events for 20th September 2023

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1596 - Diego de Montemayor founded the city of Monterrey in New Spain.
1830 - 1st Negro Convention of Free Men agree to boycott slave-produced goods
1833 - Charles Darwin arrives in Buenos Aires after travelling through the Argentine interior with guachos
1877 - Chase National Bank opens in NYC (later merges into Chase Manhattan)
1913 - US Open Men's Golf, The Country Club: 20-year old amateur Francis Ouimet wins his only Open title in an 18-hole playoff, 5 strokes ahead of Britons Harry Vardon and Ted Ray
1917 - British assault on Polygon Forest, France
1964 - Günter Grass' play "Die Plebejern proben den Aufstand," premieres in Berlin
1977 - Russell Means addresses the UNHCR in Geneva: criticizes the United States, describing Native Americans as "people who live in the belly of the monster"
1985 - Curtis Strong is convicted for selling cocaine to pro baseball players
2000 - Patent on RSA cryptograph algorithm ends

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