📜 This Day in History
September 20
1066Harald III of Norway and his English ally Tostig Godwinson defeated the northern earls Edwin and Morcar at the Battle of Fulford near York.- 1697The first of a series of treaties comprising the Peace of Ryswick was signed between France and the Grand Alliance, ending the Nine Years' War.
- 1920Irish War of Independence: British auxiliary police officers known as Black and Tans went on a rampage in Balbriggan, burning more than fifty homes and businesses and killing two people.
- 1971Hurricane Irene moved into the Pacific Ocean from the Atlantic, making it the first actively tracked tropical cyclone to do so.
- 1988British prime minister Margaret Thatcher gave a landmark speech at the Belfry of Bruges, Belgium, against federalism in the European Economic Community.
- 2011The United States military ended its "don't ask, don't tell" policy, consequently allowing gay and lesbian people to serve openly.
