Batticaloa massacre: Massacre of 184 Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan Army in Batticaloa District. Date: September 9, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 9 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today)
Tajikistan declares independence from the Soviet Union. Date: September 9, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 9 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
Israeli–Palestinian peace process: The Palestine Liberation Organization officially recognizes Israel as a legitimate state. Date: September 9, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 9 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This Day (Today)
Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-64. Date: September 9, 1994 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 9 📅 Events on this day in 1994 📅 On This Day (Today)
Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan by two al-Qaeda assassins who claimed to be Arab journalists wanting an interview. Date: September 9, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 9 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)
Space Shuttle Program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-115 to resume assembling the International Space Station. It is the first ISS assembly mission after the Columbia disaster back in 2003. Date: September 9, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 9 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On…
The Dubai Metro, the first urban train network in the Arabian Peninsula, is ceremonially inaugurated. Date: September 9, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 9 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)
A wave of attacks kills more than 100 people and injure 350 others across Iraq. Date: September 9, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 9 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Indian space agency puts into orbit its heaviest foreign satellite yet, in a streak of 21 consecutive successful PSLV launches. Date: September 9, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 9 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today)
The album Songs of Innocence by U2 is digitally released at no charge to all customers of the iTunes Music Store, appearing automatically in the "purchased" section of over 500 million users worldwide. Date: September 9, 2014 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 9 📅 Events on this day in 2014…