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September 20 Historical Events

The following events took place on September 20. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 49 events. Showing 31 - 49.

  • 1961
    Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
  • 1962
    James Meredith, an African American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.
  • 1967
    RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 is launched at John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland. It is operated by the Cunard Line.
  • 1970
    Syrian tanks roll into Jordan in response to continued fighting between Jordan and the fedayeen.
  • 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.
  • 1973
    Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes tennis match at the Houston Astrodome.
  • 1977
    The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is admitted to the United Nations.
  • 1979
    A coup d'état in the Central African Empire overthrows Emperor Bokasa I.
  • 1982
    The National Football League players begin a 57-day strike.
  • 1984
    A suicide bomber in a car attacks the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing twenty-two people.
  • 1985
    Capital gains tax is introduced in Australia, one of a number of tax reforms by the Hawke/Keating government.
  • 1990
    South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia.
  • 2000
    The United Kingdom’s MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building is attacked by individuals using a Russian-built RPG-22 anti-tank missile. The perpetrators remain unidentified.
  • 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”.
  • 2002
    The Kolka-Karmadon rock/ice slide.
  • 2003
    Maldives civil unrest: the death of prisoner Hassan Evan Naseem sparks a day of rioting in Malé.
  • 2007
    Between 15,000 and 20,000 protesters marched on Jena, Louisiana, in support of six black youths who had been convicted of assaulting a white classmate.
  • 2008
    A dump truck full of explosives detonates in front of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing 54 people and injuring 266 others.
  • 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.

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