The Mozambican War of Independence against Portugal begins.
24 September 1911
His Majesty’s Airship No. 1, Britain’s first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.
23 September 1983
Gulf Air Flight 771 is destroyed by a bomb, killing all 117 people on board.
21 September 1972
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos begins authoritarian rule by declaring martial law.
20 September 2019
Roughly four million people, mostly students, demonstrate across the world to address climate change. Sixteen-year-old Greta Thunberg from Sweden leads the demonstration in New York…
19 September 2006
The Thai army stages a coup. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is decl
16 September 1955
A Soviet Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.