On today’s history corner, CEOAFRICA has been able to put together some exciting and captivating historic events, ranging from the arrival of Prophet Muhammad/Abu Bakr in Medina, the hunger strike embarked on by Mahatma Ghandi, the birth of Late Gen. Sanni Abacha, the arrest of Mujahid Asari-Dokubo to the manufacture of COVID-19 vaccine that is safe of children between the ages of 5 and 11.
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September 20, 368 |
Emperor Valentinianus visited Nijmegen. |
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September 20, 622 |
Islamic Prophet Muhammed/Abu Bakr arrived in Jathrib (Medina). |
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September 20, 1066 |
Battle of Fulford, Yorkshire: Harald III Hardrada of Norway defeated Northern Saxon Earls Edwin and Morcar. |
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September 20, 1187 |
Saladin began the Siege of Jerusalem. |
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September 20, 1596 |
Diego de Montemayor founded the city of Monterrey in New Spain. |
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September 20, 1620 |
Battle at Jassy: Turks beat king Sigismund III of Poland. |
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September 20, 1839 |
1st railroad in Netherland was opened (Amsterdam-Haarlem). |
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September 20, 1881 |
Chester A. Arthur was sworn in as 21st US president. |
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September 20, 1917 |
Paraguay became a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty. |
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September 20, 1920 |
Foundation of the Spanish Legion. |
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September 20, 1926 |
Bugs Moran attempted to assassinate Al Capone in a drive-by shooting but failed. |
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September 20, 1932 |
Mahatma Gandhi began a hunger strike against the way Hindu untouchables are treated. |
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September 20,1939 |
British navy captured German U-27 boat. |
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September 20, 1943 |
A former Head of State of Nigeria, Sani Abacha was born. |
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September 20, 1958 |
USSR performed nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR. |
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September 20, 1960 |
UN General Assembly admitted 13 African countries & Cyprus (96 nations). |
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September 20, 1967 |
The Midwest Invasion of 1967 ended. |
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September 20, 1967 |
Benin separated from Nigeria. |
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September 20, 1973 |
Willie Mays announced retirement at end of 1973 season. |
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September 20, 1984 |
23 people were killed as suicide car bomb attacked US Embassy annex in Beirut. |
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September 20, 1990 |
US performed nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. |
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September 20, 1995 |
Cincinnati Reds became 1st team to clinch NL Central. |
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September 20, 1998 |
Solheim Cup Women's Golf, Muirfield Village: US retained Cup; beat Europe 16-12 for third consecutive victory. |
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September 20, 2000 |
The British MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building was attacked by a Russian-built Mark 22 anti-tank missile. |
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September 20, 2003 |
Maldives civil unrest: the death of prisoner Hassan Evan Naseem sparked a day of rioting in Malé. |
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September 20, 2005 |
Federal Government arrested Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, the main militia leader in Port Harcourt, on charges of treason, and imprisoned him at the federal security services headquarters in Abuja. |
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September 20, 2011 |
The United States ended its "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time. |
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September 20, 2019 |
Batman Day - 80th anniversary of the first Batman comic |
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September 20, 2021 |
Pfizer announced they have developed a safe COVID-19 vaccine for 5-11 year olds with the dose 1/3 of the strength. |
