September 20 in history: First Cannes Film Festival, Rome incorporated into Italy & more
| Updated: Sep 20, 2020, 07:41 AM IST
From end of "don't ask, don't tell" policy in US military to hurricane Maria, here's what happened on this day in the past
1850
Rome is incorporated into Italy
(Photograph:WION)
1946
First Cannes Film Festival opens
(Photograph:WION)
1990
East and West Germany ratify re-unification
(Photograph:WION)
2011
US military's policy of "don't ask, don't tell" ends officially
(Photograph:WION)
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2017
Hurricane Maria strikes Puerto Rico killing nearly 3,000