September 2019 climate strikes
Roughly four million people, mostly students, demonstrate across the world to address climate change. Sixteen-year-old Greta Thunberg from Sweden...
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Thomas Crooks
Thomas Matthew Crooks, American attempted assassin of Donald Trump (died 2024)
September 20 is celebrated as 'National Pepperoni Pizza Day' in the United States, honoring one of the most popular pizza toppings.
"Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can."
Danny Kaye
Sinking of MV Nyerere
At least 161 people die after a ferry capsizes close to the pier on Ukara Island in Lake Victoria, Tanzania.
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Danny Kaye
"Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can."
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Independence Day (South Ossetia)
Independence Day of South Ossetia (not fully recognized)
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September 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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September 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Theodore, Philippa and companions
Christian feast day:
Theodore, Philippa and companions
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Korean Martyrs
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Korean Martyrs, including Andrew Kim Taegon and Laurent-Marie-Joseph Imbert
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John Patteson (bishop)
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John Coleridge Patteson (commemoration, Anglicanism)
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Jean-Charles Cornay
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Jean-Charles Cornay (one of Vietnamese Martyrs)
