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	In the news Alberto Fujimori in 1991 At least 37 people are killed and more than 3,200 others injured after electronic devices used by Hezbollah members explode in Lebanon and Syria. Amid widespread protests, Mexico ratifies constitutional changes that will see the federal judiciary chosen by popular vote. Former president of Peru Alberto Fujimori (pictured) dies at the age of 86. Flooding following a dam collapse in Borno State, Nigeria, leaves at least 30 people dead. Ongoing: Israel–Hamas war timeline Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: Joe Schmidt Otis Davis Tito Jackson Fernando Puche Wolfgang Gerhardt Caterina Valente
Did you know... Patrick Hessian ... that Patrick J. Hessian (pictured), the 16th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army, earned the Soldier's Medal for disarming a suicidal soldier who was holding a live grenade with the pin pulled? ... that Rolling Stone listed Ácido Argentino as the most essential album of Argentine heavy metal? ... that people of the Zenú culture built canals in the La Mojana wetland area of Colombia long before Spanish arrival? ... that although Israel honored 27 ancient Masada skeletons with a state funeral in 1969, the story of "freedom fighters' patriotic last stand" is now known to be a myth? ... that Kaylee Bryson was the first female driver to advance to the A-Main feature race at the Chili Bowl Nationals? ... that the Villa of Augustus was found buried beneath another villa? ... that every summer, the Suiattle River dirties the Sauk with glacial debris? ... that architect Donald MacKay designed a fire station which later burnt down in the Great Seattle Fire? ... that according to legend, after one of the Earl de Grey's parrots was killed, the other never spoke again?	Selected Anniverseries September 20 Great Buddha of Kamakura 1498 – A tsunami caused by the Meiō earthquake washed away the building housing the statue of the Great Buddha (pictured) at Kōtoku-in in Kamakura, Japan; the statue has since stood in the open air. 1792 – The French Army achieved its first major victory of the War of the First Coalition at the Battle of Valmy. 1967 – L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, announced the story of Xenu in a taped lecture sent to all Scientologists. 1997 – Hurricane Erika, the strongest and longest-lasting hurricane of the 1997 Atlantic hurricane season, dissipated after causing flooding and power outages throughout Puerto Rico. Susanna Rubinstein (b. 1847) Edith Rogers (b. 1894) Davidson Nicol (d. 1994) Victor Henry Anderson (d. 2001) More anniversaries: September 19 September 20 September 21
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