Shimla, Sept. 20 Keekli Bureau
2017
Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, causing more than $90 billion in damages and, according to government officials, nearly 3,000 deaths.
2011
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell—a U.S. military policy that theoretically lifted a ban on homosexuals in the armed forces, provided that individuals kept their sexuality private—officially ended.
1998
American professional baseball player Cal Ripken, Jr., ended his streak of 2,632 consecutive games played.
1973
In a much-publicized “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match, Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs.
1886
The South African city of Johannesburg was founded.
1854
British and French forces defeated the Russians at the Battle of the Alma, a victory that left the Russian naval base of Sevastopol vulnerable and endangered the entire Russian position in the Crimean War.
1792
The French Legislative Assembly was replaced by the National Convention, marking the formal beginning of the First Republic.
1761
The Portuguese Jesuit Gabriel Malagrida was burned to death for his involvement in the Conspiracy of the Távoras.
1519
Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan departed from Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain, on a quest to circumnavigate the globe; although he died during the voyage, the expedition achieved its goal.
