Summary of the Day ✨ 22 September (22/09)
Sri Lanka witnessed significant political change as Anura Kumara Dissanayake was elected as the 9th President while the country’s military conducted a controversial bombing of a Tamil school that killed at least 34 children. Tragedy struck globally with a suicide bombing at a Pakistani church claiming 75 lives, a maglev train collision in Germany killing 23 people, and a military aircraft crash in Alaska resulting in 24 fatalities.
Historical Events 📜
- 2024: Anura Kumara Dissanayake is elected as the 9th President Of Sri Lanka.
- 2013: At least 75 people are killed in a suicide bombing at a Christian church in Peshawar, Pakistan.
- 2006: Twenty-three people were killed in a maglev train collision in Lathen, Germany.
- 1995: 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.
- 1995: 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.
- 1993: A barge strikes a railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama, causing the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak history. Forty-seven passengers are killed.
- 1993: A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi, Georgia.
- 1991: The Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public for the first time.
- 1981: 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.
- 1980: Iraq invades Iran, sparking the nearly eight year Iran–Iraq War.
- 1979: A bright flash, resembling the detonation of a nuclear weapon, is observed near the Prince Edward Islands. Its cause is never determined.
- 1976: Red Dye No. 4 is banned by the US Food and Drug Administration after it is discovered that it causes tumors in the bladders of dogs.
- 1975: Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is foiled by the Secret Service.
- 1966: Twenty-four people are killed when Ansett-ANA Flight 149 crashes in Winton, Queensland, Australia.
- 1965: The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 between India and Pakistan over Kashmir ends after the United Nations calls for a ceasefire.
Famous Births 👶
- 2009: Coco Yoshizawa, Japanese skateboarder
- 2004: Jessie Murph, American singer and songwriter
- 2000: Louise Christie, British rhythm gymnast
- 2000: Stephen Crichton, Samoan rugby league footballer
- 2000: Seungmin, South Korean singer
- 1999: Kim Yo-han, South Korean singer and actor
- 1999: Kim You-jung, South Korean actress
- 1995: Nayeon, South Korean singer
- 1994: Carlos Correa, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
- 1994: Jinyoung, South Korean singer, actor, songwriter
- 1994: Haason Reddick, American football player
- 1994: Alexander Wennberg, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1992: Philip Hindes, English track cyclist
- 1991: Kenny Bromwich, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1990: Denard Robinson, American football player
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2024: Roy Clay, American computer scientist (born 1929)
- 2024: Fredric Jameson, American academic and literary critic (born 1934)
- 2023: Altemio Sanchez, Puerto Rican serial killer and rapist (born 1958)
- 2022: Hilary Mantel, British author (born 1952)
- 2022: Pal Singh Purewal, Punjabi engineer, author, scholar, and teacher (born 1931/1932)
- 2020: Neil Brannon, American politician (born 1940)
- 2018: Chas Hodges, English musician and singer (born 1943)
- 2018: Edna Molewa, South African politician (born 1957)
- 2016: Delphine Medjo, Cameroonian politician (born 1941)
- 2015: Yogi Berra, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1925)
- 2014: Fernando Cabrita, Portuguese footballer and manager (born 1923)
- 2014: Sahana Pradhan, Nepalese politician, Nepalese Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1927)
- 2014: Erik van der Wurff, Dutch pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1945)
- 2014: Hans E. Wallman, Swedish director, producer, and composer (born 1936)
- 2013: Gary Brandner, American author and screenwriter (born 1930)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- American Business Women’s Day (United States)
- Baltic Unity Day (Lithuania, Latvia)
- Christian feast days:
Candidus - Christian feast days:
Digna and Emerita - Christian feast days:
Emmeram of Regensburg - Christian feast days:
Felix and Constantia - Christian feast days:
Ignatius of Santhià (Lorenzo Maurizio Belvisotti) - Christian feast days:
Laud of Coutances - Christian feast days:
Maurice (Western Christianity) - Christian feast days:
Paul Chong Hasang (one of The Korean Martyrs) - Christian feast days:
Phocas (the Gardener, or of Sinope) - Christian feast days:
Phocas, Bishop of Sinope - Christian feast days:
Sadalberga - Christian feast days:
Saintin (Sanctinus) de Meaux - Christian feast days:
Septimius of Iesi (this date since 1623)