EST. DECEMBER 1994 β’ 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com π―
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
September 22
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Day 264 of 2026 | Week 39 | 95 days until Christmas π
HISTORIC EVENTS
Anura Kumara Dissanayake is elected as the 9th President Of Sri Lanka.
At least 75 people are killed in a suicide bombing at a Christian church in Peshawar, Pakistan.
Twenty-three people were killed in a maglev train collision in Lathen, Germany.
An E-3B AWACS crashes outside Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska after multiple bird strikes to two of the four engines soon after takeoff; all 24 on board are killed.
The Nagerkovil school bombing is carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force in which at least 34 die, most of them ethnic Tamil schoolchildren.
A barge strikes a railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama, causing the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak history. Forty-seven passengers are killed.
A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi, Georgia.
The Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public for the first time.
During a military exercise, a Turkish Air Force Northrop F-5 crashes in Babaeski as a result of pilot error, killing one crew member and also 65 soldiers on the ground.
Iraq invades Iran, sparking the nearly eight year IranβIraq War.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
American comedian
American actress (Dynasty
(Joanie Loves Chachi
American actor (A Nightmare on Elm Street; Come Back to the Five and Dime
Senegalese hurdler (Olympic silver 1988)
American television commentator (Fox)
Italian cyclist (Giro d'Italia)
American rocker (Concrete Blonde)
American actress (Lucy Coe in "General Hospital")
American NHL forward (Olympic gold 1980
English bassist (Public Image Ltd.
American golfer (3 PGA Tour titles)
American Grammy Award-winning klezmer
American singer ("You Light Up My Life")
American rock
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