A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on September 22 throughout history.
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The last eight people - Martha Corey, Margaret Scott, Mary Easty, Alice Parker, Ann Pudeator, Wilmott Redd, Samuel Wardwell, and Mary Parker - are hanged for allegedly practicing witchcraft as a result of the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts Bay Colony; 19 are hanged overall, with six other death
US President Abraham Lincoln issues the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, threatening to free all enslaved people in the rebel Southern states if those states fail to rejoin the Union by January 1, 1863 [1]
The India–Pakistan war of 1965, also known as the second India–Pakistan war, was an armed conflict between Pakistan and India that took place from August 1965 to September 1965. The conflict began...
The Shatt al-Arab is a river about 200 kilometres (120 mi) in length that is formed at the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in the town of al-Qurnah in the Basra Governorate of southern...
"Friends," a TV sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman and starring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer, premieres on NBC
Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, is the first of the four epic music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen (English: The Ring of the Nibelung).
Chicago grand jury convenes to investigate charges that eight White Sox players conspired to fix the 1919 World Series
Physicist Alessandro Volta (49) weds Teresa Peregrini
Future railroad magnate Mark Hopkins Jr. marries Mary Sherwood
American "Adventures of Superman" actor George Reeves (26) weds Ellanora Needles at the Church of Our Savior in San Gabriel, California; divorce in 1950
Actress Patsy Kensit (32) divorces Oasis singer Liam Gallagher (28) due to unreasonable behaviour after 3 years of marriage
Boniface II begins his reign as Catholic Pope on the death of Pope Felix IV
The Battle of Saule (Lithuanian: Saulės mūšis / Šiaulių mūšis; German: Schlacht von Schaulen; Latvian: Saules kauja) was fought on 22 September 1236, between the Livonian Brothers of the Sword and...
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located at the intersection of Central, Western, and Southern Europe.
Settled engagement of Karel of Luxembourg and Claudia the Beaujeu
Remaining crew of Spanish Narváez Expedition depart Florida in 5 crude boats destined for Texas, by sailing along the coast, a course disrupted by storms that carry them out to open Gulf of Mexico waters; boats land on barrier islands in early November [1]
Thomas Wolsey (March 1473 – 29 November 1530) was an English statesman and Catholic cardinal. When Henry VIII became King of England in 1509, Wolsey became the king's almoner.
Battle at Zutphen: Dutch army, assisted by the English, against the Spanish
All-female jury hears the case of Judith Catchpole, accused of killing her child, and acquits her in Patuxent County, Maryland
People of Rotterdam strike over the high cost of butter
French troops occupy Rio de Janeiro
Augustus III (German: August III.; Polish: August III Sas – "the Saxon"; Lithuanian: Augustas III; 17 October 1696 – 5 October 1763) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1733 until...
Pangeran Gusti installed as Sultan of Banten
Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States.
The First Partition of Poland took place in 1772 as the first of three partitions that eventually ended the existence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by 1795.
From 1732 to 1867, the Russian Empire laid claim to northern Pacific Coast territories in the Americas.
Losantville, Ohio (now Cincinnati) is founded by land speculators Mathias Denman and Colonel Robert Patterson, and surveyor John Filson; the first settlers arrive in December
US Congress passes act requiring the first Postmaster General to report to the President through the Secretary of the Treasury
The French Republican calendar (French: calendrier républicain français), also commonly called the French Revolutionary calendar (calendrier révolutionnaire français), was a calendar created and...
Des Moines is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is the county seat of Polk County with parts extending into Warren County.
Federal troops shoot and kill 12 Navajo men, women, and children and wound 40 more following a dispute over a friendly horse race during monthly "Ration Day" at Fort Fauntleroy in Bear Springs, Territory of New Mexico [1]
Battle of Fisher's Hill, Virginia: Confederate General Jubal Early retreats to Brown's Gap after an advance by the Union army under General Philip Sheridan
New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or The Big Easy among other nicknames) is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana.
Lord Randolph Churchill delivers a speech in Ulster opposing Home Rule, stating, "Ulster will fight and Ulster will be right"
Mount Olympus, at 7,980 feet (2,430 m), is the tallest and most prominent mountain in the Olympic Mountains of the U.S. state of Washington.
Race riot in Atlanta, Georgia, kills 10 Black and 2 white people
New Zealand domestic workers call for a 68-hour workweek; they are unsuccessful
The Ottoman Empire, historically also known as the Turkish Empire, controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th century to the early 20th century.
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a professional Canadian football team based in Regina, Saskatchewan.
Philadelphia second baseman Eddie Collins becomes the only player in MLB history to steal six bases in one game for a second time as the A's beat the St. Louis Browns 8-2
Southern Methodist University (SMU) is a private research university in University Park, Texas, United States, with a satellite campus in Taos County, New Mexico.
Steel strike begins in the US and continues for four months
US Congress passes the Cable Act, under which an American woman who marries an "alien" does not lose citizenship; neither does a woman marrying an American automatically become a citizen
New York left fielder Ben Paschal hits 2 inside-the-park home runs as the Yankees score an 11-6 home victory over Chicago White Sox
Belgian crown prince Leopold and Swedish Princess Astrid get engaged
A coalition government forms in New Zealand to combat the Depression; their lack of success leads to the election of the First Labour Government in 1935
Hungarian government of Gyula Károlyi falls
An explosion takes place at Gresford Colliery in Wales, leading to the deaths of 266 miners and rescuers
MLB Boston Braves lose their 110th game of the year en route to 115 losses
The Hobbit is a trilogy of fantasy adventure films directed by Peter Jackson. The films are subtitled An Unexpected Journey (2012), The Desolation of Smaug (2013), and The Battle of the Five Armies...
British signal officer Bill Hudson lands in Montenegro
British dwarf submarines attack German battleship Tirpitz
Boulogne reoccupied by the Allies
Canadian woman Evelyn Dick charged with butchering her husband in Hamilton, Ontario
Brooklyn Dodgers clinch NL pennant as Chicago defeats St. Louis Cardinals in the second game of a doubleheader
WFMY TV channel 2 in Greensboro-High Point, NC (CBS) begins broadcasting
Islamic uprising in Atjeh, Indonesia
Karl Benjamin Spooner (June 23, 1931 – April 10, 1984) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a left-handed pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Duke Snider's 39th and 40th home runs are the last hit at Ebbets Field
KTVK TV channel 3 in Phoenix, AZ (ABC) begins broadcasting
The 1959 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 59th season in the major leagues, and its 60th season overall.
Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is the eighth-largest country in Africa and the 23rd largest country in the world, with an area of over 1,240,192...
MLB Baltimore Orioles' Jim Gentile ties the record with 5 grand slams in a single season
Czechoslovakian premier Viliam Široký deposed by Josef Lenart
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is an American spy fiction television series produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television and first broadcast on NBC.
Phillies release pitcher Dallas Green, their future manager
The Music Scene is a television series aired by the ABC Television Network in its Fall 1969 lineup, featuring primarily rock and pop music. The 45-minute program aired Mondays at 7:30 pm.
Willie Howard Mays Jr. (May 6, 1931 – June 18, 2024), nicknamed "the Say Hey Kid", was an American professional baseball center fielder who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB).
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC OH-pek) is an organization enabling the co-operation of leading oil-producing and oil-dependent countries in order to collectively...
Alonza Benjamin Bumbry (né Bumbrey; born April 21, 1947) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder who played for the Baltimore Orioles and San Diego Padres from 1972 through 1985.
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
Rik Aalbert Blyleven is a Dutch-American former professional baseball pitcher and color commentator.
Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin returns home after Camp David summit
Israel is widely believed to possess nuclear weapons. Estimates of Israel's stockpile range from 90 to 400 warheads, and the country is believed to possess a nuclear triad of delivery options: by...
Duleep Mendis completes twin cricket centuries for Sri Lanka against India
Chinese Zhu Jianhua sets a high jump record at 7 feet 9 3/4 inches (2.38 m)
The 37th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on September 22, 1985. The ceremony was broadcast on ABC, from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California. The Cosby Show defeated two-time reigning...
Eddie Lee Whitson is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres...
35 countries sign disarmament accord in Stockholm
Fernando Valenzuela Anguamea, nicknamed "El Toro", was a Mexican professional baseball pitcher.
Boston Red Sox's Wade Boggs ties the AL record of 200 hits for five consecutive seasons
American swimmer Janet Evans sets a world record of 4:03.85 to win the 400 m freestyle gold medal at the Seoul Olympics, her third gold medal of the Games (400 m IM, 800 m)
American swimmer Matt Biondi wins the men's 100 m freestyle gold medal in an Olympic record time of 48.63 seconds at the Seoul Games, beating countryman Chris Jacobs and Stéphan Caron of France
IRA bomb kills 10 Royal Marines bandsmen in Kent
Andre Dawson steals his 300th base and is the only player other than Willie Mays to have 300 home runs, 300 steals, and 2,000 hits
ABN AMRO Bank N.V. is the third-largest Dutch bank, with headquarters in Amsterdam.
Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula records his 300th career NFL victory
Heavy storm in southern France kills 34
From 20 to 23 September 1993, during the Sukhumi massacre, separatists in Sukhumi, Abkhazia blocked Georgian troops' overland supply routes as part of the war in Abkhazia.
Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr., nicknamed "the Ryan Express", is an American former professional baseball pitcher and sports executive.
E-3B AWACS crashes outside Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, after multiple bird strikes to two of the four engines soon after takeoff; all 24 on board are killed
Marv Albert is an American former sportscaster. Honored for his work by the Basketball Hall of Fame, he was commonly referred to as "the voice of basketball".
SF Giants outfielder Barry Bonds is intentionally walked four times in a nine-inning game (MLB record) for the second time on 1 May 2004
On 22 September 2006, a Transrapid magnetic levitation (or "maglev") train collided with a maintenance vehicle near Lathen, Germany, killing 23 people and wounding 11.
Seven pedestrians are killed by a drunk driver who hits a bus stop at 200 km/h in Moscow
Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), unofficially known as Mangalyaan (Sanskrit: Maṅgala 'Mars', Yāna 'Craft, Vehicle'), is a space probe orbiting Mars since 24 September 2014.
Police officer Betty Shelby is charged with manslaughter for fatally shooting unarmed Black man Terence Crutcher in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Four gunmen open fire on Revolutionary Guard soldiers at a parade in Ahvaz, Iran, killing 25, including civilians
Laver Cup Men's Tennis, Geneva: Alexander Zverev defeats Milos Raonic 6-4, 3-6, 10-4 to secure Team Europe a dramatic 13-11 victory over Team World, Europe's third consecutive win
The CDC publishes official numbers of COVID-19 cases in the United States. The CDC estimates that, between February 2020 and September 2021, only 1 in 1.3 COVID-19 deaths were attributed to COVID-19.
WHO warns urgent action is needed on air pollution, which is on par with smoking and a poor diet, causing seven million premature deaths a year
Catholics at 45.7% outnumber Protestants at 43.48% in Northern Ireland for the first time according to the results of the 2021 census [1]
China sets a new world record for the most resistive magnet at 42.02 tesla at Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, creating a magnetic field more than 800,000 times stronger than Earth’s [1]
Airports in Copenhagen, Denmark and Oslo, Norway close temporarily due to suspicious drones being sighted near their airspace
Wilhelm Keitel, German field marshal, known for german field marshal, was born on 1882-09-22.
John Brennan is born
Paul Muni, American stage and film actor, known for american stage and film actor, was born on 1895-09-22.
Billie Piper, English actress and former singer, known for english actress and former singer, was born on 1983-09-22. Billie Paul Piper is an English actress and former singer.
Nick Cave, Australian musician, known for australian musician, was born on 1958-09-22. Nicholas Edward Cave is an Australian singer, musician and writer.
Andrea Bocelli, Italian musician, known for italian tenor, was born on 1959-09-22. Andrea Bocelli is an Italian tenor.
Charlotte Cooper is born
Tommy Lasorda, American athlete, known for american baseball player and manager, was born on 1927-09-22.
Ingemar Johansson, Swedish athlete, known for swedish boxer, was born on 1932-09-22.
Martin Crowe, New Zealand athlete, known for new zealand cricketer, was born on 1962-09-22.
Boniface II begins his reign as Catholic Pope on the death of Pope Felix IV
The Battle of Saule (Lithuanian: Saulės mūšis / Šiaulių mūšis; German: Schlacht von Schaulen; Latvian: Saules kauja) was fought on 22 September 1236, between the Livonian Brothers of the Sword and...
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located at the intersection of Central, Western, and Southern Europe.
Settled engagement of Karel of Luxembourg and Claudia the Beaujeu
Remaining crew of Spanish Narváez Expedition depart Florida in 5 crude boats destined for Texas, by sailing along the coast, a course disrupted by storms that carry them out to open Gulf of Mexico waters; boats land on barrier islands in early November [1]
Thomas Wolsey (March 1473 – 29 November 1530) was an English statesman and Catholic cardinal. When Henry VIII became King of England in 1509, Wolsey became the king's almoner.
Battle at Zutphen: Dutch army, assisted by the English, against the Spanish
All-female jury hears the case of Judith Catchpole, accused of killing her child, and acquits her in Patuxent County, Maryland
The last eight people - Martha Corey, Margaret Scott, Mary Easty, Alice Parker, Ann Pudeator, Wilmott Redd, Samuel Wardwell, and Mary Parker - are hanged for allegedly practicing witchcraft as a result of the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts Bay Colony; 19 are hanged overall, with six other death
People of Rotterdam strike over the high cost of butter
French troops occupy Rio de Janeiro
Augustus III (German: August III.; Polish: August III Sas – "the Saxon"; Lithuanian: Augustas III; 17 October 1696 – 5 October 1763) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1733 until...
Pangeran Gusti installed as Sultan of Banten
Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States.
The First Partition of Poland took place in 1772 as the first of three partitions that eventually ended the existence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by 1795.
From 1732 to 1867, the Russian Empire laid claim to northern Pacific Coast territories in the Americas.
Losantville, Ohio (now Cincinnati) is founded by land speculators Mathias Denman and Colonel Robert Patterson, and surveyor John Filson; the first settlers arrive in December
US Congress passes act requiring the first Postmaster General to report to the President through the Secretary of the Treasury
The French Republican calendar (French: calendrier républicain français), also commonly called the French Revolutionary calendar (calendrier révolutionnaire français), was a calendar created and...
Physicist Alessandro Volta (49) weds Teresa Peregrini
Des Moines is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is the county seat of Polk County with parts extending into Warren County.
Future railroad magnate Mark Hopkins Jr. marries Mary Sherwood
Federal troops shoot and kill 12 Navajo men, women, and children and wound 40 more following a dispute over a friendly horse race during monthly "Ration Day" at Fort Fauntleroy in Bear Springs, Territory of New Mexico [1]
US President Abraham Lincoln issues the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, threatening to free all enslaved people in the rebel Southern states if those states fail to rejoin the Union by January 1, 1863 [1]
Battle of Fisher's Hill, Virginia: Confederate General Jubal Early retreats to Brown's Gap after an advance by the Union army under General Philip Sheridan
New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or The Big Easy among other nicknames) is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana.
Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, is the first of the four epic music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen (English: The Ring of the Nibelung).
Charlotte Cooper is born
Wilhelm Keitel, German field marshal, known for german field marshal, was born on 1882-09-22.
Lord Randolph Churchill delivers a speech in Ulster opposing Home Rule, stating, "Ulster will fight and Ulster will be right"
Mount Olympus, at 7,980 feet (2,430 m), is the tallest and most prominent mountain in the Olympic Mountains of the U.S. state of Washington.
Paul Muni, American stage and film actor, known for american stage and film actor, was born on 1895-09-22.
Race riot in Atlanta, Georgia, kills 10 Black and 2 white people
New Zealand domestic workers call for a 68-hour workweek; they are unsuccessful
The Ottoman Empire, historically also known as the Turkish Empire, controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th century to the early 20th century.
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a professional Canadian football team based in Regina, Saskatchewan.
Philadelphia second baseman Eddie Collins becomes the only player in MLB history to steal six bases in one game for a second time as the A's beat the St. Louis Browns 8-2
Southern Methodist University (SMU) is a private research university in University Park, Texas, United States, with a satellite campus in Taos County, New Mexico.
Steel strike begins in the US and continues for four months
Chicago grand jury convenes to investigate charges that eight White Sox players conspired to fix the 1919 World Series
US Congress passes the Cable Act, under which an American woman who marries an "alien" does not lose citizenship; neither does a woman marrying an American automatically become a citizen
New York left fielder Ben Paschal hits 2 inside-the-park home runs as the Yankees score an 11-6 home victory over Chicago White Sox
Belgian crown prince Leopold and Swedish Princess Astrid get engaged
Tommy Lasorda, American athlete, known for american baseball player and manager, was born on 1927-09-22.
A coalition government forms in New Zealand to combat the Depression; their lack of success leads to the election of the First Labour Government in 1935
Hungarian government of Gyula Károlyi falls
Ingemar Johansson, Swedish athlete, known for swedish boxer, was born on 1932-09-22.
An explosion takes place at Gresford Colliery in Wales, leading to the deaths of 266 miners and rescuers
MLB Boston Braves lose their 110th game of the year en route to 115 losses
The Hobbit is a trilogy of fantasy adventure films directed by Peter Jackson. The films are subtitled An Unexpected Journey (2012), The Desolation of Smaug (2013), and The Battle of the Five Armies...
American "Adventures of Superman" actor George Reeves (26) weds Ellanora Needles at the Church of Our Savior in San Gabriel, California; divorce in 1950
British signal officer Bill Hudson lands in Montenegro
British dwarf submarines attack German battleship Tirpitz
Boulogne reoccupied by the Allies
Canadian woman Evelyn Dick charged with butchering her husband in Hamilton, Ontario
Brooklyn Dodgers clinch NL pennant as Chicago defeats St. Louis Cardinals in the second game of a doubleheader
WFMY TV channel 2 in Greensboro-High Point, NC (CBS) begins broadcasting
Islamic uprising in Atjeh, Indonesia
Karl Benjamin Spooner (June 23, 1931 – April 10, 1984) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a left-handed pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
John Brennan is born
Duke Snider's 39th and 40th home runs are the last hit at Ebbets Field
KTVK TV channel 3 in Phoenix, AZ (ABC) begins broadcasting
Nick Cave, Australian musician, known for australian musician, was born on 1958-09-22. Nicholas Edward Cave is an Australian singer, musician and writer.
The 1959 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 59th season in the major leagues, and its 60th season overall.
Andrea Bocelli, Italian musician, known for italian tenor, was born on 1959-09-22. Andrea Bocelli is an Italian tenor.
Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is the eighth-largest country in Africa and the 23rd largest country in the world, with an area of over 1,240,192...
MLB Baltimore Orioles' Jim Gentile ties the record with 5 grand slams in a single season
Martin Crowe, New Zealand athlete, known for new zealand cricketer, was born on 1962-09-22.
Czechoslovakian premier Viliam Široký deposed by Josef Lenart
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is an American spy fiction television series produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television and first broadcast on NBC.
The India–Pakistan war of 1965, also known as the second India–Pakistan war, was an armed conflict between Pakistan and India that took place from August 1965 to September 1965. The conflict began...
Phillies release pitcher Dallas Green, their future manager
The Music Scene is a television series aired by the ABC Television Network in its Fall 1969 lineup, featuring primarily rock and pop music. The 45-minute program aired Mondays at 7:30 pm.
Willie Howard Mays Jr. (May 6, 1931 – June 18, 2024), nicknamed "the Say Hey Kid", was an American professional baseball center fielder who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB).
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC OH-pek) is an organization enabling the co-operation of leading oil-producing and oil-dependent countries in order to collectively...
Alonza Benjamin Bumbry (né Bumbrey; born April 21, 1947) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder who played for the Baltimore Orioles and San Diego Padres from 1972 through 1985.
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
Rik Aalbert Blyleven is a Dutch-American former professional baseball pitcher and color commentator.
Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin returns home after Camp David summit
Israel is widely believed to possess nuclear weapons. Estimates of Israel's stockpile range from 90 to 400 warheads, and the country is believed to possess a nuclear triad of delivery options: by...
The Shatt al-Arab is a river about 200 kilometres (120 mi) in length that is formed at the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in the town of al-Qurnah in the Basra Governorate of southern...
Duleep Mendis completes twin cricket centuries for Sri Lanka against India
Chinese Zhu Jianhua sets a high jump record at 7 feet 9 3/4 inches (2.38 m)
Billie Piper, English actress and former singer, known for english actress and former singer, was born on 1983-09-22. Billie Paul Piper is an English actress and former singer.
The 37th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on September 22, 1985. The ceremony was broadcast on ABC, from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California. The Cosby Show defeated two-time reigning...
Eddie Lee Whitson is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres...
35 countries sign disarmament accord in Stockholm
Fernando Valenzuela Anguamea, nicknamed "El Toro", was a Mexican professional baseball pitcher.
Boston Red Sox's Wade Boggs ties the AL record of 200 hits for five consecutive seasons
American swimmer Janet Evans sets a world record of 4:03.85 to win the 400 m freestyle gold medal at the Seoul Olympics, her third gold medal of the Games (400 m IM, 800 m)
American swimmer Matt Biondi wins the men's 100 m freestyle gold medal in an Olympic record time of 48.63 seconds at the Seoul Games, beating countryman Chris Jacobs and Stéphan Caron of France
IRA bomb kills 10 Royal Marines bandsmen in Kent
Andre Dawson steals his 300th base and is the only player other than Willie Mays to have 300 home runs, 300 steals, and 2,000 hits
ABN AMRO Bank N.V. is the third-largest Dutch bank, with headquarters in Amsterdam.
Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula records his 300th career NFL victory
Heavy storm in southern France kills 34
From 20 to 23 September 1993, during the Sukhumi massacre, separatists in Sukhumi, Abkhazia blocked Georgian troops' overland supply routes as part of the war in Abkhazia.
Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr., nicknamed "the Ryan Express", is an American former professional baseball pitcher and sports executive.
"Friends," a TV sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman and starring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer, premieres on NBC
E-3B AWACS crashes outside Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, after multiple bird strikes to two of the four engines soon after takeoff; all 24 on board are killed
Marv Albert is an American former sportscaster. Honored for his work by the Basketball Hall of Fame, he was commonly referred to as "the voice of basketball".
Actress Patsy Kensit (32) divorces Oasis singer Liam Gallagher (28) due to unreasonable behaviour after 3 years of marriage
SF Giants outfielder Barry Bonds is intentionally walked four times in a nine-inning game (MLB record) for the second time on 1 May 2004
On 22 September 2006, a Transrapid magnetic levitation (or "maglev") train collided with a maintenance vehicle near Lathen, Germany, killing 23 people and wounding 11.
Seven pedestrians are killed by a drunk driver who hits a bus stop at 200 km/h in Moscow
Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), unofficially known as Mangalyaan (Sanskrit: Maṅgala 'Mars', Yāna 'Craft, Vehicle'), is a space probe orbiting Mars since 24 September 2014.
Police officer Betty Shelby is charged with manslaughter for fatally shooting unarmed Black man Terence Crutcher in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Four gunmen open fire on Revolutionary Guard soldiers at a parade in Ahvaz, Iran, killing 25, including civilians
Laver Cup Men's Tennis, Geneva: Alexander Zverev defeats Milos Raonic 6-4, 3-6, 10-4 to secure Team Europe a dramatic 13-11 victory over Team World, Europe's third consecutive win
The CDC publishes official numbers of COVID-19 cases in the United States. The CDC estimates that, between February 2020 and September 2021, only 1 in 1.3 COVID-19 deaths were attributed to COVID-19.
WHO warns urgent action is needed on air pollution, which is on par with smoking and a poor diet, causing seven million premature deaths a year
Catholics at 45.7% outnumber Protestants at 43.48% in Northern Ireland for the first time according to the results of the 2021 census [1]
China sets a new world record for the most resistive magnet at 42.02 tesla at Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, creating a magnetic field more than 800,000 times stronger than Earth’s [1]
Airports in Copenhagen, Denmark and Oslo, Norway close temporarily due to suspicious drones being sighted near their airspace