Today in History
20 September
237 births · 103 deaths · 51 events recorded
Featured Birthday · Born 1935
Jim Taylor (fullback)
American football player (1935–2018)
Notable Births
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Thomas Crooks
b. 2003
Attempted assassin of Donald Trump (2003–2024)
Trevon Diggs
b. 1998
American football player (born 1998)
Itamar Einhorn
b. 1997
Israeli cyclist (born 1997)
Laura Dekker
b. 1995
Dutch solo sailor
Sammi Hanratty
b. 1995
American actress (born 1995)
Rob Holding
b. 1995
English footballer (born 1995)
Jim Taylor (fullback)
b. 1935
American football player (1935–2018)
Emperor Takakura
b. 1161
Emperor of Japan from 1168 to 1180
Notable Deaths
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Matt Beard
d. 2025
English football manager (1978–2025)
Ibrahim Aqil
d. 2024
Lebanese Hezbollah commander (1962–2024)
Kathryn Crosby
d. 2024
American actress (1933–2024)
Daniel J. Evans
d. 2024
16th governor of Washington (1925–2024)
James B. Vaught
d. 2013
United States Army general
Fletcher Christian
d. 1793
English sailor (1764–1793)
Veit Stoss
d. 1533
German sculptor (1447–1533)
Ibn Taymiyya
d. 1328
Islamic scholar and jurist (1263–1328)
On This Day in History
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2019
Roughly four million people, mostly students, demonstrate across the world to address climate change. Sixteen-year-old Greta Thunberg from Sweden leads the demonstration in New York City.
September 2019 climate strikes
2018
At least 161 people die after a ferry capsizes close to the pier on Ukara Island in Lake Victoria, Tanzania.
Sinking of MV Nyerere
2017
Hurricane Maria makes landfall in Puerto Rico as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, resulting in 2,975 deaths, US$90 billion in damage, and a major humanitarian crisis.
Hurricane Maria
2011
The United States military ends its "don't ask, don't tell" policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time.
Don't ask, don't tell
2008
A dump truck full of explosives detonates in front of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing 54 people and injuring 266 others.
Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing
2007
Between 15,000 and 20,000 protesters march on Jena, Louisiana, United States, in support of six black youths who had been convicted of assaulting a white classmate.
Jena Six
2003
Civil unrest in the Maldives breaks out after a prisoner is killed by guards.
2003 Maldives civil unrest
2001
In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a "war on terror".
War on terror