September 20 in History
What happened on September 20 in history?
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on september 20 in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened on september 20 in history.
?>2011
US military ends its “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy and allows gay men and women to serve openly.
2008
A truck loaded with explosives detonates by Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing 45 and injuring 226.
2001
US Pres. George W. Bush, addressing a joint session of Congress, declares a “war on terror.”.
2000
British MI6 Secret intelligence Service building in London attacked by unidentified group using RPG-22 anti-tank missile.
1990
South Ossetia declares its independence from George in the former Soviet Union.
1985
Australia introduces a capital gains tax.
1984
Suicide car bomber attacks US embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 22.
1977
Socialist Republic of Vietnam admitted to the United Nations.
1973
In a pro tennis bout dubbed “The Battle of the Sexes,” Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs at the Houston Astrodome in Texas.
1971
Hurricane Irene becomes the first hurricane known to cross from the Atlantic to Pacific, where it is renamed Hurricane Olivia.
1952
Scientists confirm that DNA holds hereditary data.
1934
Bruno Hauptmann arrested for the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby.
1863
Union troops under George Thomas prevent the Union defeat at Chickamauga from becoming a rout, earning him the nickname “the Rock of Chickamauga.”
1853
The Allies defeat the Russians at the Battle of Alma on the Crimean Peninsula.
1850
The slave trade is abolished in the District of Columbia.
1830
The National Negro Convention convenes in Philadelphia with the purpose of abolishing slavery.
1806
Explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark pass the French village of La Charette, the first white settlement they have seen in more than two years.
1784
Packet and Daily, the first daily publication in America, appears on the streets.
1604
After a two-year siege, the Spanish retake Ostend, the Netherlands, from the Dutch.
1565
Pedro Menendez of Spain wipes out the French at Fort Caroline, in Florida.
1561
Queen Elizabeth of England signs a treaty at Hampton Court with French Huguenot leader Louis de Bourbon, the Prince of Conde. The English will occupy Le Havre in return for aiding Bourbon against the Catholics of France.
1519
Ferdinand Magellan embarks from Spain on a voyage to circumnavigate the world.
1378
The election of Robert of Geneva as anti-pope by discontented cardinals creates a great schism in the Catholic church.