On This Day: 22 September

22 September in Indian history

• 1995The Nagerkovil school bombing is carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force in which at least 34 die, most of them ethnic Tamil schoolchildren.India
• 1979An American Vela satellite detected an unidentified flash of light near the Prince Edward Islands in the Indian Ocean, thought to be a nuclear weapons test.India
• 1965The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 between India and Pakistan over Kashmir ends after the United Nations calls for a ceasefire and after a last engagement near Dograi.India

22 September in world history

• 2024Anura Kumara Dissanayake is elected as the 9th President Of Sri Lanka.
• 2014The NASA spacecraft MAVEN entered into orbit around Mars to study the planet's atmosphere.
• 2013Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: All Saints Church in Peshawar, Pakistan, was attacked by two suicide bombers who killed 127 people.
• 1994The Nordhordland Bridge, crossing Salhusfjorden between Klauvaneset and Flatøy in Vestland, and Norway's second-longest bridge, officially opened.
• 1993A tugboat towing a barge collided with a rail bridge in Mobile, Alabama, U.S., deforming the tracks and causing the derailment of a passenger train eight minutes later, which killed 47 people and injured an additional 103.
• 1991The Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public for the first time.
• 1981During 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.
• 1966Twenty-four people are killed when Ansett-ANA Flight 149 crashes in Winton, Queensland, Australia.
• 1960The Sudanese Republic is renamed Mali after the withdrawal of Senegal from the Mali Federation.
• 1934One of Britain's worst mining accidents took place when an explosion at Gresford Colliery in Wales killed 266 men.
• 1914First World War: The German submarine U-9 sank three Royal Navy cruisers, resulting in approximately 1,450 deaths.
• 1891The first hydropower plant of Finland is commissioned along the Tammerkoski rapids in Tampere, Pirkanmaa.
• 1866The Battle of Curupayty is Paraguay's only significant victory in the Paraguayan War.
• 1726Bach led the first performance of his cantata Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich, BWV 17, in Leipzig.
• 1692Martha Corey, Mary Eastey, Alice Parker, Mary Parker, Ann Pudeator, Wilmot Redd, Margaret Scott, and Samuel Wardwell are hanged, the last of those to be executed in the Salem witch trials.

Born on 22 September

• 1988Sana Saeed, Indian actress and modelIndia
• 1942David Stern, American lawyer and businessman, 4th Commissioner of the NBA (died 2020)
• 1928Vitthalrao Gadgil, Indian politician (died 2001)India
• 1901Charles Brenton Huggins, Canadian-American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1997)
• 1887Bhaurao Patil, Indian educator and activist (died 1959)India
• 1791Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist (died 1867)

Died on 22 September

• 2013David H. Hubel, Canadian-American neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926)
• 1956Frederick Soddy, English chemist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1877)
• 1539Guru Nanak, Sikh religious leader, founded Sikhism (born 1469)India
• 1399Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician, Earl Marshal of The United Kingdom (born 1366)

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 22 September in history?

2024: Anura Kumara Dissanayake is elected as the 9th President Of Sri Lanka. 2014: The NASA spacecraft MAVEN entered into orbit around Mars to study the planet's atmosphere. 2013: Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: All Saints Church in Peshawar, Pakistan, was attacked by two suicide bombers who killed 127 people. 1995: 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.

What happened on 22 September in Indian history?

1995: 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. 1979: An American Vela satellite detected an unidentified flash of light near the Prince Edward Islands in the Indian Ocean, thought to be a nuclear weapons test. 1965: The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 between India and Pakistan over Kashmir ends after the United Nations calls for a ceasefire and after a last engagement near Dograi.

Which famous people were born on 22 September?

Sana Saeed, Indian actress and model (1988); David Stern, American lawyer and businessman, 4th Commissioner of the NBA (died 2020) (1942); Vitthalrao Gadgil, Indian politician (died 2001) (1928); Charles Brenton Huggins, Canadian-American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1997) (1901).

Which day is observed on 22 September?

American Business Women's Day (United States); Baltic Unity Day (Lithuania, Latvia); Earliest date for the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the vernal equinox in the Southern Hemisphere: Autumnal Equinox Day (J; Earliest date for the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the vernal equinox in the Southern Hemisphere: Mabon in the Northern H; Earliest date for the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the vernal equinox in the Southern Hemisphere: The first day of Miķeļi.