EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com 🐯
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
September 20
Sunday, September 20, 2026
Day 262 of 2026 | Week 38 | 97 days until Christmas 🎅
HISTORIC EVENTS
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.
At least 161 people die after a ferry capsizes close to the pier on Ukara Island in Lake Victoria, Tanzania.
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.
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.
A dump truck full of explosives detonates in front of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing 54 people and injuring 266 others.
Between 15,000 and 20,000 protesters march on Jena, Louisiana, United States, in support of six black youths who had been convicted of assaulting a white classmate.
Civil unrest in the Maldives breaks out after a prisoner is killed by guards.
In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a "war on terror".
The United Kingdom's MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building is attacked by individuals using a Russian-built RPG-22 anti-tank missile.
South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
Canadian actor (The Fabelmans
American NFL cornerback (Dallas Cowboys; 2x Pro Bowl
American actress known for "Yellowjackets"
English actor (Small Axe)
Australian snowboarder (World C'ship gold snowboard cross 2011
American drummer (Jonas Brothers)
American NFL guard (Green Bay Packers
Mexican boxer (WBO minimumweight title 2011-13; WBO interim junior flyweight title 2013-14)
American pop singer (Heart) and actress of Japanese and Korean heritage
German keyboard player
Spanish tennis player (French Open doubles 2016; Davis Cup 2008
Italian fashion model (Karl Lagerfeld
American football wide receiver (First-team All-Pro 2003; Pro Bowl 2002
Canadian-American Major League Baseball left fielder (Pittsburgh Pirates
Austrian-Italian singer and guitarist
🎯 yow.com Connection
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