Historical Events in September 2022
- Sep 1 China locks down the economically important city of Chengdu with 21 million people, after 700 COVID-19 cases discovered in last few days [1]
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Sep 1 TV Series "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" premieres on Amazon Prime Video
- Sep 1 US President Joe Biden warns of 'threats to democracy' from MAGA Republican extremism in prime-time address in front of Philadelphia’s Independence Hall [1]
- Sep 2 Attempted assassination of Argentina's vice-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner fails when the gun jams outside her home in Buenos Aires [1]
- Sep 2 Russian state-controlled energy firm Gazprom indefinitely suspends supplies of natural gas to Germany and Europe via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, amid accusations of weaponizing its energy supplies [1]
Sports History
Sep 3 23-time Grand Slam tennis champion Serena Williams plays her final match at the US Open, going down 7-5, 6-7, 6-1 to Ajla Tomljanovic of Australia in a third round match in New York
Sports History
Sep 3 Ai Mori wins gold in lead climbing at the IFSC World Cup in Koper, Slovenia
Music Concert
Sep 3 American band "Foo Fighters" and friends hold tribute concert for drummer Taylor Hawkins at Wembley Stadium, London, England; performers include: Stewart Copland; Rush; The Pretenders; Paul McCartney; and Queen
- Sep 4 Mass stabbing leaves 10 people dead and 19 injured with two suspects on the run in James Smith Cree Nation, in Canadian province of Saskatchewan [1]
- Sep 5 6.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Chinese city of Chengdu, while it was under lockdown, killing 65 people [1]
Music History
Sep 5 Ringo Starr resumes his All-Starr Band tour after two musicians recover from COVID
Event of Interest
Sep 5 UK's ruling Conservative party appoints Liz Truss as their next leader and Prime Minister, replacing scandal-ridden Boris Johnson [1]
- Sep 6 Fire in a karaoke bar near Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam kills at least 32 [1]
- Sep 7 Discovery of the earliest evidence of surgery from 31,000 year old skeleton with amputated lower leg in a cave in East Kalimantan, Borneo published in "Nature" [1]
- Sep 7 New British Prime Minister Liz Truss appoints her cabinet and for the first time in British politics none of the "great offices of state" are held by white men [1]
- Sep 8 Australian government passes its first climate change legislation in a decade, including cutting emissions by at least 43% by 2030 [1]
- Sep 8 Australian Stephanie Gilmore wins her eighth world surfing title at Lower Trestles, California - making her the most successful women's champion in history
- Sep 8 Europe had the warmest summer ever recorded, 0.4 warmer with August 0.8 warmer according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service [1]
Music History
Sep 8 FBI declassifies 270 pages of their surveillance files of American singer Aretha Franklin
- Sep 8 Ireland begins paying 2,000 artists a weekly wage of €325 in its Basic Income for the Arts scheme, to help the creative arts recover from the pandemic [1]
Event of Interest
Sep 8 Queen Elizabeth II dies at Balmoral Castle after ruling for 70 years, as the UK's longest-serving monarch. Her eldest son inherits the throne as King Charles III. [1]
- Sep 8 UK Prime Minister Liz Truss announces huge support scheme to cap price of energy bills at £2,500 costing up to £150bn amid cost of living crisis [1]
- Sep 10 Best film at 79th Venice international film festival awarded to Laura Poitras’ documentary about photographer Nan Goldin "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed" [1]
Event of Interest
Sep 10 U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres visits and calls for global support for flood-ravaged Pakistan where 33 million people are displaced and damage is estimated at $30 billion [1]
- Sep 10 US Open Women's Tennis: World #1 Iga Świątek of Poland wins her 3rd major title with a 6–2, 7–6 (7–5) victory over Tunisia's Ons Jabeur
- Sep 11 Ai Mori wins gold in lead climbing at the IFSC World Cup in Edinburgh, Scotland
- Sep 11 Swedish General Election narrowly won by right-wing coalition defeating sitting center-left government headed by Magdalena Andersson [1]
- Sep 11 Ukraine's military says it has retaken 3,000 sq km during a rapid counter-offensive in eastern Ukraine in the last few days [1]
Sep 11 US Open Men's Tennis: Spain's Carlos Alcaraz defeats Casper Ruud of Norway 6–4, 2–6, 7–6, 6–3 for his first major title
- Sep 12 74th Emmy Awards: "Succession" Best Drama, "Ted Lasso" Best Comedy, "The White Lotus" Best Limited Series [1]
- Sep 12 Lee Jung-jae, star of "Squid Game" is the first person from a foreign-language show to win an Emmy for best actor in a drama [1]
- Sep 12 Modern slavery (forced labor and forced marriages) has increased by 10 million to 50 million people in the last five years according to the UN's International Labour Organization [1]
- Sep 12 Outbreak of fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan kills about 100 soldiers [1]
- Sep 12 Queen Elizabeth II's coffin makes a ceremonial procession down the Royal Mile, Edinburgh, from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to St Giles' Cathedral where 20,000 people queue to pay their respects [1]
Event of Interest
Sep 14 Florida Governor Ron DeSantis send two planes of Venezuelan immigrants to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, as a political ploy [1]
Music History
Sep 14 Musician R. Kelly found convicted of further sex crimes in Chicago, including producing child sexual abuse imagery [1]
- Sep 14 Procession of Queen Elizabeth II's coffin from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster to lie in state, with queues of people paying their respects forming 2.4 miles (3.8km) [1]
European History
Sep 15 European parliament says Hungary can no longer be considered a full democracy, saying Viktor Orbán’s government has become a “hybrid regime of electoral autocracy” [1]
- Sep 15 Patagonia outdoor brand founder Yvon Chouinard, transfers ownership to a non-profit organization so future profits can fight climate change [1]
Federer Retires
Sep 15 Tennis great Roger Federer announces his retirement from professional tennis at 41 with 20 grand slam wins and 103 ATP titles [1]
- Sep 15 Ukrainian authorities reveal discovery of mass grave of 450 burials near Izyum, some showing evidence of torture, after the withdrawal of Russian forces [1]
- Sep 16 Singing drummer Ringo Starr releases his creatively titled third EP, "EP3"
Born Pink
Sep 16 South Korean girl group Blackpink release their second studio album "Born Pink" - 1st K-pop girl group to top the US Billboard chart
- Sep 17 Cheetahs re-introduced to India from Namibia, after being extinct 70 years ago, at Kuno National Park in Madya Pradesh state [1]
- Sep 17 Protests erupt in Iran and continue the next few days at the treatment of women, after the funeral of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year old who died in morality police custody [1]
- Sep 18 Hurricane Fiona makes landfall near Punta Tocon on Puerto Rico's southwest coast as a Category 1 storm with 85km winds causing catastrophic flooding [1]
- Sep 18 Magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes Taiwan’s southeastern coast, north of Taitung [1]
- Sep 18 Typhoon Nanmadol, one of the biggest to ever strike Japan, makes landfall on Kyushu island, with winds of 180 km/h (112mph), forcing four million people to evacuate [1]
Event of Interest
Sep 18 US President Joe Biden says “we still have a problem with Covid” and “We’re still doing a lot of work on it. But the pandemic is over.” in a CBS TV interview [1]
- Sep 19 Banks in Lebanon close for three days after a series of hold-ups by people trying to obtain their own money, frozen amid the country's economic crisis [1]
- Sep 19 British monarch Queen Elizabeth II interred at Windsor Castle after a state funeral at Westminster Abbey in London with an unprecedented 500 world leaders in attendance [1]
- Sep 19 Magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes western Mexico on exact anniversary of two previous temblors in 1985 and 2017, killing at least two people, [1]
- Sep 19 Nigerian authorities says over 300 people have died and 100,000 have been displaced by the worse floods in many years [1]
- Sep 19 Scientists discover site of the Amazon's tallest tree, an angelim vermelho at 88.5 meters (290 feet) tall and 9.9 meters (32 feet) wide, Iratapuru River Nature Reserve, northern Brazil, [1]
World Record
Sep 20 Kenyan runner Eliud Kipchoge breaks his own world record for the marathon in 2 hours 1 minute 9 seconds in Berlin (previous record 2:01:39) [1]
Event of Interest
Sep 21 New York Attorney General Letitia James files lawsuit against Donald Trump and three of his children, alleging widespread fraud through inflating his personal net worth by billions of dollars [1]
- Sep 21 Russian authorities claim 5,397 Russian soldiers have died fighting in Ukraine, Westerns sources put the figure at 25,000 to over 80,000 (NY Times) [1]
Event of Interest
Sep 21 Vladimir Putin announces partial mobilization of Russian population, drafting between 300,000 and 1.2m men to fight in Russia's invasion of Ukraine, prompting demonstrations around the country [1] [2]
- Sep 22 Catholics at 45.7% outnumber Protestants at 43.48% in Northern Ireland for the first time according to the result of the 2021 census [1]
- Sep 23 British PM Liz Truss and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng release "the mini-budget that broke Britain" containing largest tax cuts. Leads to an economic crisis and the downfall of both.
- Sep 23 Russia holds sham referendums in four partly occupied Ukrainian regions with some Ukrainian citizens voters forced to vote at gunpoint
Baseball Record
Sep 23 St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols hits 2 home runs with 5 RBI in 11-0 win over Dodgers in LA; becomes fourth player in MLB history to hit 700 career HRs
Sports History
Sep 23 Tennis great Roger Federer plays his final professional match during Laver Cup in London; teams with friend and rival Rafael Nadal but loses 6–4, 6–7 [9–11] to Americans Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe
- Sep 24 "Post-tropical storm" remnant of Hurricane Fiona makes landfall near Whitehead, Nova Scotia, with sustained wind speeds of 165 km/h (103 mph); the strongest low-pressure system in Canadian history affected the four provinces of Atlantic Canada, as well as Quebec, causing major flooding, and knocking out power to 80% of Nova Scotia and 95% of Prince Edward Island
- Sep 25 Cuba legalizes same-sex marriage as part of a new family code in a national referendum [1]
- Sep 25 Laver Cup Men's Tennis, London: Team World sweeps final day for 13-8 victory over Team Europe; tournament marks retirement of Roger Federer
- Sep 25 Presidents Cup Golf, Quail Hollow CC: United States win final day singles 6.5-5.5 for a convincing 17.5-12.5 win over the International Team; 9th straight American victory
- Sep 26 Gunman opens fire on a school in Izhevsk, Udmert Republic in central Russia, killing 17 people including 11 children and injuring 24
- Sep 26 NASA's DART mission successfully crashes into the Dimorphos asteroid in the first planetary defense test [1]
- Sep 26 Probable Russian sabotage on two Nord Stream pipelines, delivering Russian gas to Europe, after seismologists record explosions in Swedish and Danish waters where three leaks appear [1]
- Sep 27 American band "Foo Fighters" and friends hold tribute concert for drummer Taylor Hawkins at Kia Forum, Los Angeles, California; performers include: Joan Jett; Stewart Copland; Rush; Alanis Morissette; Def Leppard with Miley Cyrus; Wolfgang Van Halen; and Queen
Assassination
Sep 27 Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe receives a state funeral at Nippon Budokan Arena, Tokyo, after he was assassinated in July [1]
- Sep 27 Hurricane Ian crosses western Cuba as a category 3 storm, wrecking the country's national grid and leaving the country without power, with three people killed
- Sep 28 Bank of England forced to step in to calm markets after mini-budget with tax-cuts by Kwasi Kwarteng drives the pound to its lowest level against the US dollar (close to $1.03) [1]
- Sep 28 Hurricane Ian makes landfall as a high-end category 4 hurricane near Cayo Costa, Florida with winds at 150mph (National Hurricane Center), will go on to kill at least 148 people in FloridaS
Aaron Judge Ties HR Record
Sep 28 New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hits his 61st home run of the season, tying Roger Maris's AL record from 1961 in an 8-3 win over Blue Jays in Toronto
- Sep 30 Hurricane Ian makes another landfall, just south of Georgetown, South Carolina
- Sep 30 In defiance of international law Vladimir Putin announces Russia's illegal annexation of four Ukrainian provinces, Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia. Despite Russia occupying only part of each region. [1]
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