Today in History
22 September
253 births · 103 deaths · 46 events recorded
Featured Birthday · Born 1957
Nick Cave
Australian musician (born 1957)
Notable Births
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Coco Yoshizawa
b. 2009
Japanese skateboarder
Jessie Murph
b. 2004
American singer (born 2004)
Stephen Crichton
b. 2000
Samoa international rugby league footballer
Seungmin
b. 2000
South Korean singer (born 2000)
Kim Yo-han
b. 1999
South Korean singer and actor (born 1999)
Kim You-jung
b. 1999
South Korean actress (born 1999)
Nayeon
b. 1995
South Korean singer (born 1995)
Nick Cave
b. 1957
Australian musician (born 1957)
Notable Deaths
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Fredric Jameson
d. 2024
American academic and literary critic (1934–2024)
Altemio Sanchez
d. 2023
Serial killer and rapist
Hilary Mantel
d. 2022
British writer (1952–2022)
Chas Hodges
d. 2018
English musician and singer (1943–2018)
Edna Molewa
d. 2018
South African politician (1957–2018)
Yogi Berra
d. 2015
American baseball player, manager, and coach (1925–2015)
Sahana Pradhan
d. 2014
Nepali politician
Erik van der Wurff
d. 2014
Dutch pianist, composer and arranger (1945–2014)
On This Day in History
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2024
Anura Kumara Dissanayake is elected as the 9th President Of Sri Lanka.
Anura Kumara Dissanayake
2013
At least 75 people are killed in a suicide bombing at a Christian church in Peshawar, Pakistan.
Peshawar church bombing
2006
Twenty-three people were killed in a maglev train collision in Lathen, Germany.
Maglev
1995
An E-3B AWACS crashes outside Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska after multiple bird strikes to two of the four engines soon after takeoff; all 24 on board are killed.
1995 Alaska Boeing E-3 Sentry accident
1995
The Nagerkovil school bombing is carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force in which at least 34 die, most of them ethnic Tamil schoolchildren.
Nagarkovil school bombing
1993
A barge strikes a railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama, causing the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak history. Forty-seven passengers are killed.
Big Bayou Canot rail accident
1993
A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi, Georgia.
1993 Sukhumi airliner attacks
1991
The Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public for the first time.
Dead Sea Scrolls