Right now is Saturday, Sept. 20, the 263rd day of 2025. There are 102 days left within the yr.
Right now in historical past:
On Sept. 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria, the strongest storm to hit Puerto Rico in additional than 80 years, struck the island, wiping out as a lot as 75 p.c of energy distribution traces and inflicting an island-wide blackout.
Additionally on this date:
In 1519, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his crew set out from Spain on 5 ships to discover a western passage to the Spice Islands. (Magellan was killed en route, however one among his ships accomplished the primary circumnavigation of the globe three years later.)
In 1946, the primary Cannes Movie Pageant, lasting 16 days, opened in France.
In 1962, James Meredith, a Black scholar, was blocked from enrolling on the College of Mississippi by Democratic Gov. Ross R. Barnett.
In 1964, The Beatles concluded their first full-fledged U.S. tour by performing in a charity live performance on the Paramount Theater in New York.
In 1967, the Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth 2 was christened by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II in Clydebank, Scotland.
In 1973, of their so-called “Battle of the Sexes,” tennis star Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in straight units, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, within the Houston Astrodome.
In 2011, the repeal of the U.S. army’s 18-year-old “don’t ask, don’t inform” compromise took impact, permitting homosexual and lesbian service members to serve overtly.
In 2019, Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania, the 1979 web site of the nation’s worst industrial nuclear energy accident, was shut down by its proprietor after producing electrical energy for 45 years.
Right now’s Birthdays:
- Actor Sophia Loren is 91.
- Writer George R. R. Martin is 77.
- Actor Gary Cole is 69.
- TV information correspondent Deborah Roberts is 65.
- Actor Maggie Cheung is 61.
- Actor Kristen Johnston is 58.
- Rock singers Gunnar and Matthew Nelson are 58.
- Race automobile driver Juan Pablo Montoya is 50.
- Actor Jon Bernthal is 49.
- Actor Aldis Hodge is 39.
- Combined martial artist Khabib Nurmagomedov is 37.
- Singer-songwriter Phillip Phillips is 35.
