Births on September 22

Derick Brassard

Born on September 22, 1987

Derick Brassard, Canadian ice hockey player

Derick Brassard (born September 22, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Brassard has previously played in the NHL for the Columbus Blue Jackets, New York Rangers, Ottawa Senators, Pittsburgh Penguins, Florida Panthers, Colorado Avalanche, New York Islanders, Arizona Coyotes, and Philadelphia Flyers. He was selected in the first round, sixth overall, in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Blue Jackets.

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Events on 1987

27 Apr

Kurt Waldheim
The U.S. Department of Justice bars Austrian President Kurt Waldheim (and his wife, Elisabeth, who had also been a Nazi) from entering the USA, charging that he had aided in the deportations and executions of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II.
1 May

Auschwitz concentration camp
Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish-born Carmelite nun who was gassed in the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz.
5 Jul

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE uses suicide attacks on the Sri Lankan Army for the first time. The Black Tigers are born and, in the following years, will continue to kill with the tactic.
27 Jul

RMS Titanic
RMS Titanic Inc. begins the first expedited salvage of wreckage of the RMS Titanic.
7 Nov

Habib Bourguiba
In Tunisia, president Habib Bourguiba is overthrown and replaced by Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

Births on September 22

Derick Brassard

Born on September 22, 1987

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Events on 1987

Kurt Waldheim

Auschwitz concentration camp

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

RMS Titanic

Habib Bourguiba