Today in History: September 20, hurricane plunges Puerto Rico into darkness
In contemporary times is Saturday Sept the rd day of There are days left in the year In the modern day in history On Sept Hurricane Maria the strongest storm to hit Puerto Rico in more than years struck the island wiping out as much as percent of power distribution lines and causing an island-wide blackout Also on this date In Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his crew set out from Spain on five ships to find a western passage to the Spice Islands Magellan was killed en road but one of his ships completed the first circumnavigation of the globe three years later Related Articles Trump says US has carried out another fatal strike targeting alleged drug-smuggling boat Trump s moves against the media mirror approaches by authoritarian leaders to silence dissent Kennedy s vaccine advisers change COVID shot guidance calling them an individual choice Late-night shows address Jimmy Kimmel suspension with humor and solidarity Currently in History September Greg Louganis hits head on diving board In the first Cannes Film Festival lasting days opened in France In James Meredith a Black attendee was blocked from enrolling at the University of Mississippi by Democratic Gov Ross R Barnett In The Beatles concluded their first full-fledged U S tour by performing in a charity concert at the Paramount Theater in New York In the Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth was christened by Britain s Queen Elizabeth II in Clydebank Scotland In in their so-called Battle of the Sexes tennis star Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in straight sets - - - in the Houston Astrodome In the repeal of the U S military s -year-old don t ask don t tell compromise took effect allowing gay and lesbian provision members to serve openly In Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania the site of the nation s worst commercial nuclear power accident was shut down by its owner after producing electricity for years Nowadays s Birthdays Actor Sophia Loren is Author George R R Martin is Actor Gary Cole is TV news correspondent Deborah Roberts is Actor Maggie Cheung is Actor Kristen Johnston is Rock singers Gunnar and Matthew Nelson are Race car driver Juan Pablo Montoya is Actor Jon Bernthal is Actor Aldis Hodge is Mixed martial artist Khabib Nurmagomedov is Singer-songwriter Phillip Phillips is
