Historical Events in September, Month of September Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| September 27, 1590 | The death of Pope Urban VII, 13 days after being chosen as the Pope, ends the shortest papal reign in history. |
| September 13, 1988 | Hurricane Gilbert is the strongest recorded hurricane in the Western Hemisphere, later replaced by Hurricane Wilma in 2005 (based on barometric pressure). |
| September 30, 1975 | Malév Flight 240 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea while on approach to Beirut International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 60. |
| September 2, 1992 | The 7.7 Mw Nicaragua earthquake affected the west coast of Nicaragua. With a .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Ms–Mw disparity of half a unit, this tsunami earthquake triggered a tsunami that caused most of the damage and casualties, with at least 116 killed. Typical runup heights were 3–8 meters (9.8–26.2 ft). |
| September 3, 1875 | The first official game of polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers. |
| September 25, 1513 | Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reaches what would become known as the Pacific Ocean. |
| September 4, 1967 | Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins when U.S. Marines engage the North Vietnamese in battle in the Que Son Valley. |
| September 17, 1991 | The first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet. |
| September 4, 1282 | Peter III of Aragon becomes the King of Sicily. |
| September 21, 1934 | A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing more than 3,000 people. |
| September 28, 1912 | Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash. |
| September 2, 1958 | A USAF RC-130 is shot down by fighters over Armenia when it strays into Soviet airspace while conducting a sigint mission. All crew members are killed. |
| September 5, 1944 | Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg constitute Benelux. |
| September 12, 2011 | The National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City opens to the public. |
| September 19, 1863 | American Civil War: The first day of the Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, the bloodiest two-day battle of the conflict, and the only significant Confederate victory in the war's Western Theater. |
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