Unix Timestamp: 969580800
Friday, September 22. 2000, 12:00:00 AM UTC

15 people, including 11 foreign nationals, are kidnapped near Aswan in southern Egypt. //news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7629171.stm (BBC News)

Mount St. Helens becomes active again.

Tropical Storm Ivan, having come around and reformed in the Gulf of Mexico, makes its final landfall near Cameron, Louisiana, to little effect. In total, the storm kills 92 people.

The TV series "Lost" airs its pilot.

The German federal election leaves Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, his Social Democrats and the Greens in power.

The Panhellenic Socialist Movement under the leadership of Costas Simitis succeeds in the 1996 Greek legislative election.

American millionaire Steve Forbes announces his candidacy for the 1996 Republican presidential nomination.

Big Bayou Canot train disaster: A bridge collapses as the "Sunset Limited" crosses it, killing 47.

The Huntington Library makes the Dead Sea Scrolls available to the public for the first time.

1989 Deal barracks bombing: An IRA bomb explodes at the Royal Marine School of Music in Deal, Kent, United Kingdom, leaving 11 dead and 22 injured.

The Ocean Odyssey drilling rig suffers a blowout and fire in the North Sea (see also July 6).

The Plaza Accord is signed by five nations.

The South Atlantic Flash is observed near Bouvet Island, thought to be a nuclear weapons test.

The Norwood Football Club beats the Glenelg Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Australian rules football Grand Final.

U.S. President Gerald Ford survives a second assassination attempt, this time by Sara Jane Moore in San Francisco.

Francoist Spain executes five ETA and FRAP members, the last executions in Spain to date.

Henry Kissinger, United States National Security Advisor, starts his term as United States Secretary of State.

September 25 ndash An Islamic conference in Rabat, Morocco, following the al-Aqsa Mosque fire (August 21), condemns the Israeli claim of ownership of Jerusalem.

Fighting resumes between Indian and Pakistani troops.

The British governor of Aden cancels the constitution and takes direct control of the protectorate, due to the bad security situation.

Radio Peking announces that Indian troops have dismantled their equipment on the Chinese side of the border.

Mali, the sole remaining member of the Mali Federation following the withdrawal of Senegal one month earlier, declares its full independence as the "Republic of Mali".

Independent Commercial Television (ITV) begins broadcasting in the United Kingdom.

World Dance Council inaugurated.

Information Bureau of the Communist and Workers' Parties (Communist Information Bureau) (Cominform) is founded.

he town of Reshetylivka in the Soviet Union is occupied by German forces.

WWII: Joint victory parade of Wehrmacht and Red Army in Brest-Litovsk at the end of the Invasion of Poland.

A gas explosion at Gresford Colliery in Wrexham, north-east Wales kills 266 miners and rescuers, one of Britain's worst coal mining disasters.

Afghanistan joins the League of Nations.

A trial for the custody of young Gloria Vanderbilt begins it lasts seven weeks and ends with a compromise.

United Kingdom abandons gold standard.

October ndash The Caltech Department of Physics Faculty and graduate students meet with Albert Einstein as a guest.

The Flying Squad is formed in the London Metropolitan Police.

The Steel strike of 1919 begins across the United States.

Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.

Paraguay successfully defends Curupaity against the Triple Alliance in the Paraguayan War, killing more than 5,000 with just about 50 casualties.

Joseph Smith, Jr. clamied in 1838 that on this day he had taken the Golden plates from the place where they were stored, and that he began writing down the Book of Mormon from them the following December.

Joseph Smith, Jr. clamied in 1838 that on this day he had first come to the place where the Golden plates were stored, having been directed there by God through an angel.

Portugal approves its first Constitution.

The Era of the historical French Republican Calendar begins.

Russo-Turkish War, 1787-1792 ndash Battle of Rymnik: Alexander Suvorov roundly defeats 100,000 Turks.

Russia establishes a colony at Kodiak, Alaska.

American Revolution: Nathan Hale executed in New York City for espionage.

George III of the United Kingdom and Queen Charlotte are crowned.

Tuscarora War: Tuscarora natives under the command of Chief Hancock raid settlements along the south bank of the Pamlico River within the Province of Carolina (present day North Carolina), killing around 130 people. This action begins the Tuscarora War.

Battle of Zutphen: Spanish troops defeat the Dutch rebels and their English allies.

September 26 ndash Siege of Odani in Japan: The Azai clan is eliminated by Oda Nobunaga.

Maximilian, son of the Emperor Ferdinand I, succeeds as King of Bohemia.

Captain Juan Bautista Pastene leads the first European expedition to the estuary of Valdivia, Chile and the Bay of Corral.

Battle of Obertyn: The Moldavians are defeated by Polish forces under Jan Amor Tarnowski, allowing the Poles to recapture Pokucie.

October ndash Cuitláhuac, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan, dies from smallpox. He is succeeded by his nephew Cuauhtémoc.

Suleiman I succeeds his father Selim I as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

A settled engagement is arranged between Karel of Luxembourg and Claudia the Beaujeu.

Treaty of Blois: Philip I of Castile, Maximilian I and Louis XII agree terms.

Pope Pius III (Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini) succeeds Alexander VI as the 215th pope, but dies on October 18.

Treaty of Basel: Maximilian is forced to grant the Swiss "de facto" independence.

A tournament at Tickhill in England turns into a battle between northerners and southerners, but peace is restored by the papal legate.David Hey, "Medieval South Yorkshire"

Battle of Saule: The Lithuanians and Semigallians beat the Livonian Brothers of the Sword.

Volga Bulgaria is conquered by Mongol khan Batu.

Pope Felix IV dies at Rome after a 4-year reign in which he has condemned semi-pelagianism. He is succeeded by Boniface II an archdeacon of German descent who becomes the 55th pope.

The First Epistle to Timothy is written (approximate date).

The Sicarii capture the fortress of Masada overlooking the Dead Sea.

Baekje invades Silla in the Korean peninsula, and captures Castle Ugok.

The Zealots lay siege on Jerusalem and annihilate the Roman garrison (a cohort of Legio III).

Suetonius Paullinus becomes a Roman Consul.

Dioscorides writes his "De Materia Medica", a treatise on the methodical treatment of disease by use of medicine.

Cestius Gallus, legate of Syria, marches into Judea and leads a Roman army of 28,000 soldiers to put down the Jewish rebellion. Among the units are Legio III Gallica, Legio XII Fulminata and Legio XXII Primigenia.

The Roman Legion II ''Augusta'' is stationed at Gloucester.

Gallus arrives in Caesarea, with six thousand men and numerous standards, including the eagle of Legio XII.

Halley's Comet is visible.

Emperor Nero creates the legionI "Italica".

November ndash Gallus succeeds in conquering Beit She\'arim the new city, but is unable to take the Temple in Jerusalem. He retreats to the coast, but is surrounded at Beth-Horon and nearly wiped out by the Zealots.

The Jewish Revolt (66–70 AD) commences against the Roman Empire.