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A European headquarters; not an Open Data Maturity ranking chart

European Union proposes an updated way to assess open-data maturity

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Technology

The European Data Portal published a methodological study on 18 September 2026 on the future of the Open Data...

On 20 September 1378, at Fondi, cardinals elected Robert of Geneva, challenging Urban VI and opening the schism between…

648 years since the election of Antipope Clement VII began the Western Schism

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History

On 20 September 1378, at Fondi, thirteen cardinals elected Robert of Geneva, who took the name Clement VII. Th...

Born on 20 September 1988 in Dagestan, Nurmagomedov left the UFC at 29–0, with official retirement confirmed in March 20…

Khabib Nurmagomedov, former UFC champion, turns 38

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Sport

Khabib Nurmagomedov was born on 20 September 1988 in Sildi, Dagestan. He fought in the UFC to a 29–0 record. H...

The European Commission building; not identifiable children

European Commission presents EU KIDS Act for a safer online environment for children

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Technology

The European Commission presented the EU KIDS Act proposal on 17 September 2026, describing it as a step towar...

Born on 20 September 1966 in the Azores, Bettencourt took Extreme up the charts with Pornograffitti and Billboard No.

Nuno Bettencourt, Extreme’s guitarist, turns 60

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Culture

Nuno Bettencourt was born on 20 September 1966 in Praia da Vitória, on Terceira in the Azores. The family move...

Europol headquarters in The Hague; not victims and not footage of a raid

Five members of a migrant-smuggling network sentenced in the United Kingdom

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Justice

Eurojust announced on 17 September 2026 that five people had been convicted in the United Kingdom after an inv...

At 12:01 a.m. on 20 September 2011 the 1993 policy’s repeal took effect.

15 years since Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell ended in the US military

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Defence & Security

On 20 September 2011, at 12:01 a.m., the repeal of the American military policy “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” took e...

On 20 September 1977 the General Assembly admitted Djibouti (A/RES/32/1) and Viet Nam (A/RES/32/2) as the 148th and 149t…

49 years since Viet Nam and Djibouti joined the United Nations

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International

On 20 September 1977, the UN General Assembly admitted Djibouti, then Viet Nam, as the 148th and 149th member...

A Texel sheep at a show; not a British outbreak farm and not diseased animals

New bluetongue cases confirmed on farms across the United Kingdom

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Agriculture

The UK government’s official bluetongue situation page, after the 18 September 2026 update, records 1,456 conf...

On 20 September 1967, at John Brown’s Clydebank yard, Cunard launched the liner named Queen Elizabeth 2, with an Arabic…

59 years since the launch of Queen Elizabeth 2 at Clydebank

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Transport

On 20 September 1967, at John Brown’s yard in Clydebank, Queen Elizabeth II launched the liner Cunard named Qu...

Born on 20 September 1878 in Baltimore, Sinclair wrote The Jungle (1906) and won the 1943 Pulitzer for Dragon's Teeth.

148 years since the birth of Upton Sinclair, author of The Jungle

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Culture

Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. was born on 20 September 1878 in Baltimore. He wrote dozens of books — novels, invest...

On 20 September 1854 British, French and Ottoman allies drove Russian forces from the Alma heights, before the siege of…

172 years since the Battle of the Alma, the Crimean War’s first major land clash

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History

On 20 September 1854, on the heights south of the River Alma, British, French and Ottoman armies drove back Ru...

The Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.; the city of his birth, not the actor

Jon Bernthal turns 50: from theatre to The Walking Dead and The Punisher

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Culture

Jon Bernthal turns 50. Born in Washington, D.C., on 20 September 1976, he also studied at the Moscow Art Theat...

George R. R. Martin, a public portrait; not a novel cover

George R. R. Martin turns 78, author of the A Song of Ice and Fire universe

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Culture

George R. R. Martin turns 78. Born in Bayonne, New Jersey, on 20 September 1948, he sold stories to neighbourh...

Sophia Loren in 1962; a period portrait, not a recent appearance

Sophia Loren turns 92: a career connecting Italian cinema and Hollywood

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Culture

Sophia Loren turns 92. Born Sofia Villani Scicolone in Rome on 20 September 1934, she grew up in Pozzuoli near...

Billie Jean King in 1973; a period portrait, not the full Astrodome match

53 years since Billie Jean King won the Battle of the Sexes

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Sport

On 20 September 1973, at the Houston Astrodome, Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs in three sets: 6–4, 6–3, 6–3...

A later Cannes Film Festival; not the 1946 hall

80 years since the first Cannes Film Festival opened

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Culture

On 20 September 1946 Cannes opened the first fully held edition of its international film festival. An edition...

Porta Pia, Rome; the gate today, not the 1870 bombardment

156 years since the breach of Porta Pia and the capture of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy

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History

On 20 September 1870 artillery of the Kingdom of Italy opened a breach in the Aurelian Walls near Porta Pia. B...

A replica of the nao Victoria; not the 1519 fleet

507 years since Magellan’s expedition left Sanlúcar, beginning the first voyage around the world

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History

On 20 September 1519 five ships left Sanlúcar de Barrameda for the Atlantic. The expedition had left Seville o...

Sanaa Lathan at Comic-Con; not a still from Love & Basketball

Sanaa Lathan turns 55: from Love & Basketball to Broadway

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Culture

Sanaa McCoy Lathan was born in New York on 19 September 1971. On 19 September 2026 she turns 55. Her parents,...

Trisha Yearwood at a USO concert, 2010; not the 1999 Opry induction

Trisha Yearwood turns 62: from a country number one to the Grand Ole Opry

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Culture

Trisha Yearwood was born on 19 September 1964 in Monticello, Georgia. On 19 September 2026 she turns 62. Her v...

David McCallum and Susan Oliver in a 1965 Man from U.N.C.L.E. still; not NCIS

93 years since the birth of David McCallum, of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and NCIS

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Culture

David McCallum was born in Glasgow on 19 September 1933, into a family of musicians. 19 September 2026 marks 9...

Twiggy with Ken Russell on the set of The Boy Friend; not a 1966 fashion editorial

Twiggy turns 77: from “The Face of 1966” to film and a damehood

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Lifestyle

Lesley Hornby was born on 19 September 1949 in north-west London. She became Twiggy, later Lesley Lawson. On 1...

The Mamas & the Papas on The Ed Sullivan Show, 1968; not a recent concert

85 years since the birth of Cass Elliot, a voice of the Mamas & the Papas

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Culture

Ellen Naomi Cohen was born on 19 September 1941 in Baltimore. She became Cass Elliot. 19 September 2026 marks...

Engraving of the Versailles demonstration, 19 September 1783; not a modern photograph

243 years since the Montgolfier brothers’ demonstration flight with a sheep, a duck and a rooster

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Transport

On 19 September 1783, in the forecourt of the Palace of Versailles, Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolf...

30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York; the NBC building, not the show’s studio floor

Jimmy Fallon turns 52: from Saturday Night Live to The Tonight Show

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Media & Entertainment

Jimmy Fallon was born on 19 September 1974 in Brooklyn and grew up in Saugerties, New York. Impressions took h...

A Yankees ballpark (possibly the old stadium); not the ninth inning of 19 September 2011

15 years since Mariano Rivera set the MLB record with his 602nd save

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Sport

On 19 September 2011, at Yankee Stadium, Mariano Rivera finished the ninth inning against the Minnesota Twins...

A Swissair DC-10; the same aircraft type, not UTA 772

37 years since the bombing of UTA Flight 772, commemorated in the Ténéré Desert

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Transport

On 19 September 1989 a UTA DC-10 bound for Paris broke up over the Ténéré Desert in Niger. The aircraft had le...

Joshua Tree National Park; the place of his death, not a Parsons concert

53 years since the death of Gram Parsons, an advocate of “Cosmic American Music”

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Culture

Gram Parsons died on 19 September 1973, aged 26, at Joshua Tree, California, from the toxic effects of drug us...

The Brian Epstein statue in Liverpool; not a Beatles stage photograph

92 years since the birth of Brian Epstein, the manager who helped drive the Beatles’ rise

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Culture

Brian Epstein was born in Liverpool on 19 September 1934 into a family of retailers. At the NEMS record shop,...

The menorah memorial at Babyn Yar; not images of the victims

85 years since the German occupation of Kyiv began during the Second World War

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History

On 19 September 1941 German troops entered Kiev, today Kyiv, after the encirclement of Soviet forces in the re...

Chickamauga battlefield, present-day monuments; not the 1863 fighting

163 years since the Battle of Chickamauga began, one of the American Civil War’s fiercest clashes

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History

On 19–20 September 1863, in the woods by Chickamauga Creek in north-western Georgia, the Army of the Cumberlan...

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