The Millennium Summit of the United Nations outlines the Millennium Development Goals. The conference took place during the 6-8 September 2000 in New York City. More
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What Happened in September?
The second Intifada, a period of intensified Israeli-Palestinian conflict, begins with the visit of Ariel Sharon to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, sparking protests and escalating violence in the region.
The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. take place. Resulting in the loss of nearly 3,000 people in those cataclysmic hours, and significant infrastructure damage. More about the attacks
The Beslan school Islamic terrorist attack begins in North Ossetia, Russia. A group of armed militants takes over resulting in a three days hostage crisis of more than 1,100 people and the tragic deaths of 334 of them including 186 children. as well as 31 of the attackers. It is considered the deadliest school shooting in history.
Israel officially withdraws from the Gaza Strip after 38 years of occupation as the last Israeli soldiers left Gaza on September 12, 2005. Roughly 9,000 Jewish residents were relocated, and settlements were demolished. While internal control was handed to the Palestinian Authority, Israel continued to control access to the Gaza Strip.
The principle of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) was unanimously adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at the 2005 World Summit.
This doctrine posits that states are responsible for protecting their populations from mass atrocity crimes like genocide and crimes against humanity, and that this responsibility shifts to the international community if a state is unwilling or unable to do so. More
The Irish Republican Army (IRA ) officially disarms, giving up its weapons to independent weapons inspectors, two months after announcing its intention to do so. The IRA was originally founded in 1919 to oppose British rule in Ireland. It had operated since the 1960s as the military arm of Sinn Fein. More
The United Nations adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; setting a global standard for the treatment of Indigenous Peoples. While the Declaration is not legally binding, it is a vital step in securing Indigenous rights worldwide. It has since been ratified by 143 countries. More
Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) experiences widespread protests led by Buddhist monks and activists, known as the Saffron Revolution, demanding democratic reforms and an end to military rule.
Lehman Brothers, one of the largest investment banks in the world, files for bankruptcy, marking the beginning of the global financial crisis that would have far-reaching effects on the global economy.
The stock market experiences a significant drop as the Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 777.68 points, the largest single-day point decline at that time, reflecting the deepening financial crisis and concerns over the global economy.
The Eurozone officially enters a recession, as confirmed by the European Union's statistical agency Eurostat, following the global financial crisis that began in 2008.
The 9/11 Memorial Museum opens to the public in New York City, commemorating the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and preserving the history and memory of the tragic event.
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) successfully impact the Moon's surface as part of a mission to search for water ice in the permanently shadowed regions of the lunar poles.
The Canterbury earthquake strikes the South Island of New Zealand with a magnitude of 7.1 Some damaging aftershocks followed, the strongest of which was a magnitude 6.3 shock known as the Christchurch earthquake that occurred nearly six months later on 22 February 2011 and was much more destructive due to its proximity to Christchurch, and resulted in the deaths of 185 people.
A massive gas line pipeline explosion occurs on September 9, 2010, in the Crestmoor residential neighborhood of San Bruno, California, quickly engulfing nearby houses. Eight people perished, 58 were reported injured and many homes were destroyed.
The utility giant PG&E was convicted of six felony charges connected to the 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion. PG&E's sentence included a $3 million fine, a five-year probation period, independent safety monitoring and 10,000 hours of community service. In addition PG&E was mandated to take out full-page ads in the San Francisco Chronicle and Wall Street Journal, in addition to 60-second television ads, detailing the nature of PG&E's offenses and the steps the company was taking to prevent future offenses and disasters.
The U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, is attacked.
The Occupy Wall Street movement begins in New York City. Inspired by the Arab Spring, the protest was initiated by the anti-consumerist magazine Adbusters and targeted economic inequality and corporate greed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. More
The "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy is officially repealed.
Widespread and violent protests erupt in Muslim-majority countries in response to the anti-Islamic video, Innocence of Muslims. The demonstrations were sparked by a crudely made 14-minute film produced in the United States and uploaded to YouTube that portrayed the Prophet Muhammad in a derogatory manner.
The protests led to more than 50 deaths and hundreds of injuries. The film was a trailer for a full-length movie produced by Mark Basseley Youssef, formerly known as Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, an Egyptian-American writer, producer, Coptic Christian living in California. He later served time in Jail on an related charges.