15 years since Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell ended in the US military
On 20 September 2011, at 12:01 a.m., the repeal of the American military policy “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” took effect. The repeal statute had been signe...
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49 years since Viet Nam and Djibouti joined the United Nations
On 20 September 1977, the UN General Assembly admitted Djibouti, then Viet Nam, as the 148th and 149th member states. Resolutions A/RES/32/1 and A/RES...
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New bluetongue cases confirmed on farms across the United Kingdom
The UK government’s official bluetongue situation page, after the 18 September 2026 update, records 1,456 confirmed cases of serotype 3 (BTV-3) or uns...
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59 years since the launch of Queen Elizabeth 2 at Clydebank
On 20 September 1967, at John Brown’s yard in Clydebank, Queen Elizabeth II launched the liner Cunard named Queen Elizabeth 2 — with an Arabic numeral...
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148 years since the birth of Upton Sinclair, author of The Jungle
Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. was born on 20 September 1878 in Baltimore. He wrote dozens of books — novels, investigations, plays — and ran for office in...
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172 years since the Battle of the Alma, the Crimean War’s first major land clash
On 20 September 1854, on the heights south of the River Alma, British, French and Ottoman armies drove back Russian forces commanded by Prince Alexand...
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Jon Bernthal turns 50: from theatre to The Walking Dead and The Punisher
Jon Bernthal turns 50. Born in Washington, D.C., on 20 September 1976, he also studied at the Moscow Art Theatre School. Back in the United States he...
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George R. R. Martin turns 78, author of the A Song of Ice and Fire universe
George R. R. Martin turns 78. Born in Bayonne, New Jersey, on 20 September 1948, he sold stories to neighbourhood children, studied journalism at Nort...
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Sophia Loren turns 92: a career connecting Italian cinema and Hollywood
Sophia Loren turns 92. Born Sofia Villani Scicolone in Rome on 20 September 1934, she grew up in Pozzuoli near Naples in the war years. Beauty contest...
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53 years since Billie Jean King won the Battle of the Sexes
On 20 September 1973, at the Houston Astrodome, Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs in three sets: 6–4, 6–3, 6–3. The match, sold as the Battle of the S...
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80 years since the first Cannes Film Festival opened
On 20 September 1946 Cannes opened the first fully held edition of its international film festival. An edition had been prepared in 1939 as an alterna...
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156 years since the breach of Porta Pia and the capture of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy
On 20 September 1870 artillery of the Kingdom of Italy opened a breach in the Aurelian Walls near Porta Pia. Bersaglieri and other units entered Rome....
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