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On the 20th of september 1984 a suicide bomber attacked the United States embassy in the lebanese capital Beirut it killed at least 20 people.

In 1978 police launched a massive manhunt for the killers of a young papper boy. Carl Bridgewater, 13 was shot in the head from close range yesterday afternoon at a isolated farmhouse near Stourbridge in Staffordshire.

In 1999 the UN force arrives in East Timor to start peacekeeping force.

In 1970 Sovient probe collects a moon rock.

In 1967 the Queen has launched the new cunard cruise liner named after her the Queen Elizabeth 2.

In 2004 Tropical storm Jeanne kills more than 550 during flooding in Haiti.

In 1973 Billie Jean King defeats Bobby Riggs in three straight matches during a battle of the Sexes televised tennis event in houston.

In 2000 terrorists launch a small missile at britains M16 intelligence headquarters in london.

In 1973 singer/guitarist Jim croce dies in a plane crash in Natchitoches, LA