At A Glance

20 September 2014 at a glance

Day of the week
20 September 2014 was a Saturday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “All About That Bass” by Meghan Trainor.
Top Film of 2014
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2014 was Transformers: Age of Extinction.
Top-Rated TV Show
“Sunday Night Football” (NBC) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2014–15 season.
Star sign
The star sign for 20 September is Virgo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 20 September 2014 fell in the Year of the Horse.
Birthstone
The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 20 September 2014 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 20 September

  • 1988 Margaret Thatcher delivers the Bruges speech, in which she articulates her opposition to further European integration.
  • 1990 South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia.
  • 2000 The United Kingdom's MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building is attacked by individuals using a Russian-built RPG-22 anti-tank missile.
  • 2011 The United States military ends its "don't ask, don't tell" policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time.
  • 2019 Roughly four million people, mostly students, demonstrate across the world to address climate change. Sixteen-year-old Greta Thunberg from Sweden leads the demonstration in New York City.

Famous people born on September 20

  • Jon Bernthal, American actor (born 1976)
  • George R. R. Martin, American novelist and short story writer (born 1948)
  • Asia Argento, Italian actress (born 1975)
  • Khabib Nurmagomedov, Russian mixed martial artist (born 1988)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2014 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2014 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • February 7 – The Lego Movie is released in theaters.
  • July 26 – Henry Danger debuts on Nickelodeon.
  • August 1 – Guardians of the Galaxy, directed by James Gunn, is released by Marvel Studios as the tenth film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

Life in the US in 2014

President

Barack Obama

Gas (per gallon)

$3.37

Loaf of Bread

$1.98

Average House

$285,900

Weekly Wage

$796

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