Events 201 - 219 of 219
- 2015 Singapore closes schools due to hazardous levels of air pollution from fires in Indonesia
- 2015 Caitlyn Jenner officially changes her name from Bruce and her gender to a woman
- 2016 World's largest radio telescope at 500m wide in Guizhou Province, China begins operating
- 2016 Tour Championship Men's Golf, East Lake GC: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland wins in a playoff with Kevin Chappell & Ryan Moore; biggest winner's prize in golf, US$10m
- 2017 First ever woman graduates from the US Marine Corps' Infantry Officer Course
- 2017 Uber's licence to operate is not renewed by Transport for London in the UK, citing problems with background checks
- 2017 Ex-New York congressman Anthony Weiner sentenced to 21 months in jail for sexting underage girl
Jalal Talabani
Gianni Versace
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2018 Comedian Bill Cosby sentenced to 3-10 years in jail for 2004 sexual assault, first celebrity to be jailed in the #MeToo era
Bill Cosby
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2018 US President Donald Trump criticizes Globalism and Iran speaking at the UN General Assembly
Donald Trump
- 2018 Instagram’s co-founders, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger resign from Instagram and parent company Facebook
- 2018 Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven loses a confidence vote after election results in a hung parliament
- 2019 Austraia's Capital Territory becomes the 1st state in Australia to legalize recreational marijuana
- 2019 Hazzaa AlMansoori becomes first Emirati in space and first Arab astronaut to travel to the International Space Station, travelling on Russian Soyuz-MS 15 spacecraft
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2019 Chinese President Xi Jinping opens Beijing's new Daxing International Airport designed by Zaha Hadid
Xi Jinping
- 2019 Bulgarian economist Kristalina Georgieva named as the new head of the IMF
- 2019 Oaxaca becomes the second Mexican state to decriminalize abortion, during the first 12 weeks
- 2019 Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige reported to have been asked to develop a Star Wars film by the Walt Disney Company
September in History
Airship Bomb Crew Meet their Match in Policeman
They dropped their bombs and planned to escape, but the German airship crew hadn’t reckoned on the tenacity of a lone British policeman on his bike.
September 24, 1916Turin Shroud: Holy Relic or Fake?
For 600 years controversy has raged over the Turin Shroud, said to be Christ’s burial cloth. But thousands gazed in awe when, on this day, it went on display.
September 25, 1933'I Have Heard The Voice of Adolf Hitler . . .'
Hitler's speech threatening Czechoslovakia was broadcast on this day. Among those listening to the ‘mad dog of Europe’ was a journalist in an American hotel.
September 26, 1938Fear as First Passenger Train Reaches 15mph
The steam engine Locomotion No. 1 took passengers for a ride on this day – the first in the world to do so and, for at least one person, at frightening speed.
September 27, 1825
