Iraq invades Iran, sparking the nearly eight year Iran–Iraq War. Date: September 22, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 22 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: September 22, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 22 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This…
The Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public for the first time. Date: September 22, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 22 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi, Georgia. Date: September 22, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 22 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This Day (Today)
A barge strikes a railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama, causing the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak history. Forty-seven passengers are killed. Date: September 22, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 22 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: September 22, 1995 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 22 📅 Events on this day in 1995 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: September 22, 1995 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 22 📅 Events on this day in 1995 📅 On This Day…
Twenty-three people were killed in a maglev train collision in Lathen, Germany. Date: September 22, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 22 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today)
At least 75 people are killed in a suicide bombing at a Christian church in Peshawar, Pakistan. Date: September 22, 2013 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 22 📅 Events on this day in 2013 📅 On This Day (Today)
Anura Kumara Dissanayake is elected as the 9th President Of Sri Lanka. Date: September 22, 2024 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 22 📅 Events on this day in 2024 📅 On This Day (Today)