Hisdates•ComPage 8: Historical Events In September - 20
Wednesday, 03 September 2025
1993 Leonard Parkin, British TV host (ITN), dies at 64 on this day in history. 
1994 On September - 20 jimmy Hamilton, saxophonist, dies at 77
1995 Monica Maurice, industrialist, dies at 87 on September - 20.
1996 Max Manus, resistance fighter, dies at 82 on this day in history.
1997 On September - 20 raiLink Southern Ontario takes over the operation of the former CN Hagersville subdivision between Nanticoke and Brantford including the Burford Spur. On December 15 the company took over the former CN Northern and Northwestern Spur.
1997 On September - 20 edmund Falkiner, jazz saxophinist/probation officer, dies at 59
1999 On September - 20 in Taiwan a 7.7 quake resulted in at least 2,297 people killed, 8,700 injured, 600,000 people left homeless and about 82,000 housing units damaged by the earthquake and larger aftershocks
2000 Terrorists launch a small missile at Britain's MI6 intelligence headquarters in London on this day in history.
2006 On September - 20 the CW Television Network (a merger of The WB and UPN) officially begins operations.
2007 On September - 20 opening of the 2007 Universal Forum of Cultures, in the city of Monterrey, Mexico.
2011 On this day in history the United States ends its "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time.
2012 On this day in history 50 people are killed and dozens injured after a gas station is bombed by the Syrian Army in Ain Issa
2013 On this day in history 46 soldiers are killed in army-base attacks in Shabwah Governorate, Yemen
2014 New Zealand's National Government wins a 3rd term in the elections despite allegations of corruption and revelations about state surveillance on September - 20.
2017 On September - 20 uS Federal Reserve says it will start to unwind its bond portfolio employed in wake of the financial crisis
2017 Hurricane Maria makes landfall on Puerto Rico as a category 4 hurricane, knocking out all power and killing 25 on September - 20.
2018 Woman shoots seven people, killing three and herself at a Rite Aid distribution center near Baltimore, Maryland on September - 20.
2018 EU leaders, including Donald Tusk and Emmanuel Macron, criticize Theresa May 's Brexit plan at a summit in Salzburg, Austria on this day in history.
2018 Overloaded ferry capsizes on Lake Victoria, Tanzania, killing at least 207, with one man surviving in air lock for two days on this day in history.
2018 On September - 20 the MV Nyerere capsizes on Lake Victoria, killing at least 228 passengers.
2019 On September - 20 an international strike and protest led by young people and adults is held three days before the latest UN Climate Summit, to demand action be taken to address the climate crisis. The event is one of the largest climate mobilizations in history.
2019 November 2 - The 2019 Rugby Union World Cup is held in Japan; the South Africa Springboks defeat the England national rugby union team 32–12 on September - 20.
2020 On this day in history buzzFeed News and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) release the FinCEN Files, a collection of 2,657 documents relating to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network describing over 200,000 suspicious transactions valued at over US$2 trillion that occurred from 1999 to 2017 across multiple global financial institutions.
2021 First edition of Mary Shelley 's 1818 novel "Frankenstein" sells for $1.17 million, setting new world record for a printed work by a woman [1] on this day in history.
2021 The 2021 Canadian federal election is held, with Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party retaining a minority government.[202] on this day in history.
2023 Archaeologists in Zambia find the world's oldest wooden structure, dating back 476,000 years, consisting of two interlocking wooden logs connected by a notch securing one perpendicular to the other on this day in history.
2024 On September - 20 israel assassinates Hezbollah leader Ibrahim Aqil and ten other senior leaders in Beirut following an intensification of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in the wake of the pager explosions that occurred earlier in the week.
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