20 September
Notable Births
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)
Kyle Anderson (basketball)
b. 1993
American-Chinese basketball player (born 1993)
Julian Draxler
b. 1993
German footballer (born 1993)
Michał Żyro
b. 1992
Polish footballer
Isaac Cofie
b. 1991
Ghanaian professional footballer
Ken Giles
b. 1990
American baseball player (born 1990)
Carlos Hyde
b. 1990
American football player (born 1990)
Donatas Motiejūnas
b. 1990
Lithuanian basketball player (born 1990)
Phillip Phillips
b. 1990
American singer
John Tavares
b. 1990
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1990)
Sergei Bobrovsky
b. 1988
Russian ice hockey player (born 1988)
Coby Fleener
b. 1988
American football player (born 1988)
Khabib Nurmagomedov
b. 1988
Russian mixed martial artist (born 1988)
Ayano Ōmoto
b. 1988
Member of the Japanese singing group Perfume
Ryan Simpkins (rugby league)
b. 1988
Australian rugby league footballer
Notable Deaths
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)
Sayuri (musician)
d. 2024
Japanese musician (1996–2024)
Eduardo Xol
d. 2024
American actor, singer and designer (1966–2024)
Maddy Cusack
d. 2023
English footballer (1995–2023)
Curtis Hanson
d. 2016
American filmmaker (1945–2016)
Peter Leo Gerety
d. 2016
Catholic archbishop
Jagmohan Dalmiya
d. 2015
Indian cricket administrator
Jack Larson
d. 2015
American actor and writer (1928–2015)
Anatoly Berezovoy
d. 2014
Soviet cosmonaut (1942–2014)
Polly Bergen
d. 2014
American actress and entrepreneur (1930–2014)
Takako Doi
d. 2014
Japanese politician (1928–2014)
George Sluizer
d. 2014
Dutch filmmaker
James B. Vaught
d. 2013
United States Army general
Gilles Verlant
d. 2013
Belgian journalist
Fortunato Baldelli
d. 2012
Italian prelate
Tereska Torrès
d. 2012
French writer
Oscar Handlin
d. 2011
American historian (1915–2011)
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
2000
The United Kingdom's MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building is attacked by individuals using a Russian-built RPG-22 anti-tank missile.
2000 MI6 attack
1990
South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia.
South Ossetia
1989
USAir Flight 5050 crashes into Bowery Bay during a rejected takeoff from LaGuardia Airport, killing two people.
USAir Flight 5050
1984
A suicide bomber in a car attacks the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing twenty-two people.
1984 US embassy bombing in Beirut
1982
NFL season: American football players in the National Football League begin a 57-day strike.
1982 NFL season
1979
A French-supported coup d'état in the Central African Empire overthrows Emperor Bokassa I.
Operation Caban
1977
Vietnam is admitted to the United Nations.
Vietnam
1973
Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes tennis match at the Houston Astrodome.
Battle of the Sexes (tennis)
1973
Singer Jim Croce, songwriter and musician Maury Muehleisen and four others die when their light aircraft crashes shortly after takeoff from Natchitoches Regional Airport in Louisiana.
Jim Croce
1971
Having weakened after making landfall in Nicaragua the previous day, Hurricane Irene regains enough strength to be renamed Hurricane Olivia, making it the first known hurricane to cross from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific.
Hurricane Irene–Olivia
1967
The Cunard Liner Queen Elizabeth 2 is launched in Clydebank, Scotland.
Queen Elizabeth 2
1965
Following the Battle of Burki, the Indian Army captures Dograi in during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
Battle of Burki