September 20
People born on this day are Virgo.
- 1984
A suicide bomber in a car attacks the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing twenty-two people.
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Aeroflot Flight 36075 is hijacked at Ufa International Airport.
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Margaret Thatcher delivers the Bruges speech, in which she articulates her opposition to further European integration.
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USAir Flight 5050 crashes into Bowery Bay during a rejected takeoff from LaGuardia Airport, killing two people.
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South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia.
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In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a "war on terror".
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Civil unrest in the Maldives breaks out after a prisoner is killed by guards.
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A dump truck full of explosives detonates in front of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing 54 people and injuring 266 others.
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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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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.
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At least 161 people die after a ferry capsizes close to the pier on Ukara Island in Lake Victoria, Tanzania.
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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.
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2003Thomas Matthew Crooks, American attempted assassin of Donald Trump (died 2024)
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1998Trevon Diggs, American football player
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1997Itamar Einhorn, Israeli Olympic cyclist
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1997Nathan Knight, American basketball player
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1995Laura Dekker, Dutch sailor
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1995Sammi Hanratty, American actress
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1995Rob Holding, English footballer
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1994Ryan Hartman, American ice hockey player
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1993Kyle Anderson, American-Chinese basketball player
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1993Julian Draxler, German footballer
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1992Michał Żyro, Polish footballer
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1991Isaac Cofie, Ghanaian footballer
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