22 September
Notable Births
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)
Carlos Correa
b. 1994
Puerto Rican baseball player (born 1994)
Jinyoung (entertainer, born 1994)
b. 1994
South Korean singer and actor (born 1994)
Haason Reddick
b. 1994
American football player (born 1994)
Alexander Wennberg
b. 1994
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1994)
Philip Hindes
b. 1992
British cyclist
Kenny Bromwich
b. 1991
New Zealand & Maori international rugby league footballer
Denard Robinson
b. 1990
American football player (born 1990)
Hyoyeon
b. 1989
South Korean singer (born 1989)
Sabine Lisicki
b. 1989
German tennis player (born 1989)
Sana Saeed
b. 1988
Indian actress and model
Derick Brassard
b. 1987
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1987)
Stefan Denifl
b. 1987
Austrian racing cyclist
Tom Felton
b. 1987
English actor and musician (born 1987)
Notable Deaths
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)
Hans E. Wallman
d. 2014
Swedish entrepreneur, composer, director, author, producer and executive
Gary Brandner
d. 2013
American writer
Jane Connell
d. 2013
American actress and singer (1925–2013)
David H. Hubel
d. 2013
Canadian neurophysiologist (1926–2013)
Álvaro Mutis
d. 2013
Colombian poet, novelist and essayist
Hector Abhayavardhana
d. 2012
Sri Lankan Trotskyist theoretician (1919–2012)
Irving Adler
d. 2012
American political activist
Juan H. Cintrón García
d. 2012
Puerto Rican politician
Grigory Frid
d. 2012
Russian composer
Knut Steen
d. 2011
Norwegian sculptor (1924–2011)
Jackie Burroughs
d. 2010
Canadian actress (1939–2010)
Eddie Fisher
d. 2010
American singer and actor (1928–2010)
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
1981
During a military exercise, a Turkish Air Force Northrop F-5 crashes in Babaeski as a result of pilot error, killing one crew member and also 65 soldiers on the ground.
Military exercise
1980
Iraq invades Iran, sparking the nearly eight year Iran–Iraq War.
Iraqi invasion of Iran
1979
A bright flash, resembling the detonation of a nuclear weapon, is observed near the Prince Edward Islands. Its cause is never determined.
Vela incident
1976
Red Dye No. 4 is banned by the US Food and Drug Administration after it is discovered that it causes tumors in the bladders of dogs.
Scarlet GN
1975
Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is foiled by the Secret Service.
Sara Jane Moore
1966
Twenty-four people are killed when Ansett-ANA Flight 149 crashes in Winton, Queensland, Australia.
Ansett-ANA Flight 149
1965
The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 between India and Pakistan over Kashmir ends after the United Nations calls for a ceasefire.
India–Pakistan war of 1965
1960
The Sudanese Republic is renamed Mali after the withdrawal of Senegal from the Mali Federation.
Mali
1957
In Haiti, François Duvalier is elected president.
Haiti
1953
The Four Level Interchange, first stack interchange in the world opened in Los Angeles.
Four Level Interchange
1948
Gail Halvorsen officially starts parachuting candy to children as part of the Berlin Airlift.
Gail Halvorsen
1948
Israeli-Palestine conflict: The All-Palestine Government is established by the Arab League.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict