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On this day — September 22

A hand-curated thread of what happened on this date, across centuries.

2024

Politics

Anura Kumara Dissanayake is elected as the 9th President Of Sri Lanka.

2013

Politics

At least 75 people are killed in a suicide bombing at a Christian church in Peshawar

Pakistan.

2006

Milestone

Twenty-three people were killed in a maglev train collision in Lathen

Germany.

1995

Milestone

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

Milestone

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

Milestone

A barge strikes a railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama, causing the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak history

Forty-seven passengers are killed.

1993

Milestone

A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi

Georgia.

1991

Milestone

The Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public for the first time.

1981

Milestone

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

Politics

Iraq invades Iran

sparking the nearly eight year Iran–Iraq War.

1979

Politics

A bright flash, resembling the detonation of a nuclear weapon, is observed near the Prince Edward Islands

Its cause is never determined.

1976

Science

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

Politics

Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate U.S

President Gerald Ford, but is foiled by the Secret Service.

1966

Milestone

Twenty-four people are killed when Ansett-ANA Flight 149 crashes in Winton

Queensland, Australia.

1965

Politics

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

Twenty-three people were killed in a maglev train collision in Lathen

An E-3B AWACS crashes outside Elmendorf Air Force Base

The Nagerkovil school bombing is carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force in which at least 34 die

A barge strikes a railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama, causing the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak history

A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi

The Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public for the first time.

During a military exercise

Iraq invades Iran

A bright flash, resembling the detonation of a nuclear weapon, is observed near the Prince Edward Islands

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.

Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate U.S

Twenty-four people are killed when Ansett-ANA Flight 149 crashes in Winton

The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 between India and Pakistan over Kashmir ends after the United Nations calls for a ceasefire.