September 22 Holidays

✡️ Religious Observances

• Islamic: Urs of Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilāni ق major

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 2013 — At least 75 people are killed in a suicide bombing at a Christian church in Peshawar, Pakistan. ↗
• 1995 — An E-3B AWACS crashes outside Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska after multiple bird strikes to two of the four engines soon after... ↗
• 1995 — Nagerkovil school bombing, is carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force in which at least 34 die, most of them ethnic Tamil schoolchildren. ↗
• 1993 — A barge strikes a railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama, causing the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak history. Forty-seven passengers are killed. ↗
• 1993 — A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi, Georgia. ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 1994 — Carlos Correa, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
• 1992 — Philip Hindes, English track cyclist
• 1991 — Kenny Bromwich, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1991 — Joe Wardle, English rugby league player
• 1990 — Denard Robinson, American football player

🏀 Sports on this Date

• WNBA: Atlanta Dream @ New York Liberty — 00:00 Final
• NHL: Colorado Avalanche @ Winnipeg Jets — 00:00 Final
• NHL: Minnesota Wild @ Chicago Blackhawks — 00:00 Final
• NHL: St. Louis Blues @ Dallas Stars — 00:00 Final
• NFL: New York Giants @ Los Angeles Rams — 00:15 Final
• MLB: Minnesota Twins @ San Francisco Giants — 01:45 Final