Historical Events In September - 22
Thursday, 28 September 2023
1980 On September - 22 the war between Iran and Iraq begins
1980 USS Eisenhower and Midway continued contingency operations in the northern Arabian Sea as war erupted between Iraq and Iran on September - 22.
1983 On this day in history nASA launches Galaxy-B
1983 Zhu Jianhau (China) sets high jump record at 7'9 3/4" on September - 22.
1985 On this day in history michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes to become Heavyweight Boxing Champ
1985 Rock & country musicians participate in FarmAid in Champaign, Ill on September - 22.
1985 On September - 22 axel Springer, German newspaper magnate (Bild Zeitung), dies at 73
1987 Christopher Stryker, entertainer, dies at 27 on this day in history.
1988 On this day in history south Korean coaches attack the New Zealand referee after disputing his decision, the Olympic Korean boxer stages a 67 minute sit-in
1989 On this day in history after Hurricane Hugo, Sailors and Marines provide assistance to Charleston, SC, through 10 October.
1989 On September - 22 irving Berlin, composer (God Bless America), dies at 101
1990 On this day in history saudi Arabia expells many Jordanian & Yemeni envoys
1991 On this day in history calif University makes the Dead Sea Scrolls public
1991 Pandit Rambharos Gangaram Panday, Suriname religious leader, dies on this day in history.
1993 On September - 22 margaret MacDonald, maid to Queen Elizabeth, dies at 89
1994 On September - 22 forest Cowles Bud Forrest Sagendorf, cartoonist, dies at 79
1995 Albert Goodwin, historian, dies at 89 on this day in history.
1996 On September - 22 dorothy Lamour, actress (Road to Bali, Road to Rio), dies at 81
1997 On September - 22 bryan Woods, soldier/clerk, dies at 76
2006 On September - 22 a Transrapid Maglev train crashes into a maintenance vehicle on a test track in Germany, killing 23 and injuring 10; it is the first recorded fatal accident involving a Maglev.
2012 7 pedestrians are killed by a drunk driver who hit a bus stop at 200km an hour in Moscow on September - 22.
2013 On this day in history 78 people are killed in a church suicide bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan
2014 On this day in history nASA's MAVEN space probe successfully arrives in orbit over Mars
2017 US President Donald Trump withdraws invitation to the White House for NBA champions Golden State Warriors after Stephen Curry says he doesn't want to attend on September - 22.
2018 Singer Rihanna is appointed as an ambassador for Barbados on this day in history.
2018 On this day in history four gunmen open fire on Revolutionary Guard soldiers at a parade in Ahvaz, Iran, killing 25 including civilians
2018 On this day in history an attack at a military parade kills at least 29 people in Ahvaz, Iran.
2019 71st Emmy Awards: "Fleabag", " Game of Thrones ", "Chernobyl", Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Jharrel Jerome win on this day in history.
2019 On this day in history "Howdy, Modi!" US President Donald Trump holds a mass rally for Indian PM Narendra Modi in Houston, Texas
2019 Nearly three weeks after Hurricane Dorian makes landfall on The Bahamas, the official death toll stands at 52 and 1,300 are reported missing. Rescuers report the widespread stench of rotting bodies in the rubble on this day in history.
2020 On this day in history pM Boris Johnson announces that the UK has reached a 'perilous turning point' in the pandemic as he announces new restrictions
2020 President Xi Jinping of China pledges at the UN that the country will adopt stronger climate targets including becoming carbon neutral by 2060 on September - 22.