is captured by rebel leader Prince Johnson and killed in a filmed execution. Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers massacre 184 civilians in Batticaloa. September 10 – The first Pizza Hut opens up in the Soviet Union. September 11 Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush delivers a nationally televised speech in which he threatens the use of force to remove Iraqi soldiers from Kuwait. First Pizza Hut opens in the People's Republic of China, nearly 3 years after the first KFC opened there in 1987. September 12 Cold War: The two German states and the Four Powers sign the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany in Moscow, paving the way for German reunification. A judge in Australia orders the arrest of media tycoon Christopher Skase, former owner of the Seven Network, after he fails to give evidence in a liquidator's examination of failed shipbuilding company Lloyds Ships Holdings, an associate of Skase's Qintex Australia Ltd. September 17 – In what is now regarded as a landmark event in regards to women in journalism, reporter Lisa Olson was sexually harassed by multiple New England Patriots players while trying to conduct a locker room interview. September 18 The International Olympic Committee awards the 1996 Summer Olympics to Atlanta. Provisional Irish Republican Army assassination attempt on the life of Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Terry at his home near Stafford, England. Hit by at least 9 bullets, the former Governor of Gibraltar survives, as does his wife, Lady Betty Terry, who is also shot (most likely by accident). September 24 – The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union grants Gorbachev special powers for 18 months to secure the Soviet Union's transition to a market economy. September 27 – David Souter is confirmed to serve on the Supreme Court, replacing retiring Justice William Brennan. September 29 Washington, D.C.'s National Cathedral is finished. The Tampere Hall, the largest concert and congress center in the Nordic countries, was inaugurated in Tampere, Finland. September 29–30 – The United Nations World Summit for Children draws more than 70 world leaders to United Nations Headquarters. October October – Tim Berners-Lee begins his work on the World Wide Web, 19 months after his seminal 1989 outline of what would become the Web concept. October 1 – The rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front invades Rwanda from Uganda, marking the start of the Rwandan Civil War.