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September 21st
1756 ~ Birthday of John MacAdam, road builder.
1780 ~ Benedict Arnold gave the British the plans to West Point. 1866 ~ Birthday of H. G. Wells, science fiction author. 1874 ~ Birthday of Gustav Holst, Composer. 1896 ~ British force under Horatio Kitchener took Dongola in the Sudan. 1906 ~ Birthday of Aristotle Onassis, shipping tycoon. 1937 ~ J. R. R. Tolkien published “The Hobbit”. 1947 ~ Birthday of Stephen King, Author. 1964 ~ Malta became independent from the United Kingdom. 2003 ~ Galileo mission was terminated by sending the probe into Jupiter's atmosphere. |
September 22nd
1784 ~ Russia established a colony at Kodiak, Alaska.
1791 ~ Birthday of Michael Faraday, Scientist. 1828 ~ Death of Shaka Zulu, Zulu leader. 1869 ~ Richard Wagner's opera “Das Rheingold” opened in Munich. 1949 ~ Soviet Union detonated its first nuclear weapon. 1960 ~ Mali gained independence from France. 1980 ~ Iraq invaded Iran. 1997 ~ Bentalha massacre in Algeria; over 200 villagers killed. 1999 ~ Death of George C. Scott, Actor. 2001 ~ Death of Isaac Stern, Violinist. |
September 23rd
63 B.C. ~ Birthday of Augustus Caesar, Roman Emperor.
1779 ~ USS Bonhomme Richard, commanded by John Paul Jones, won a battle against the British warships Serapis and Countess of Scarborough off the coast of England. 1806 ~ Discovery of Neptune by French astronomer Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier and British astronomer John Couch Adams; verified by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle. 1884 ~ Herman Hollerith patented his mechanical adding machine. 1916 ~ Birthday of Aldo Moro, Italian politician murdered by terrorists. 1920 ~ Birthday of Mickey Rooney, actor. 1930 ~ Birthday of Ray Charles, U.S. R&B and jazz musician, singer. 1932 ~ The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd renamed Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 1949 ~ Birthday of Bruce Springsteen, singer, songwriter. 1999 ~ NASA announced that it lost contact with the Mars Climate Orbiter. |
September 24th
622 ~ Muhammad completed his hegira from Mecca to Medina
1664 ~ Netherlands surrendered New Amsterdam to England. 1755 ~ Birthday of John Marshall, Chief Justice of the American Supreme Court. 1890 ~ As a pre-condition to Utah being admitted to the United States, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – the Mormons - officially renounced polygamy. 1896 ~ Birthday of F Scott Fitzgerald, Novelist. 1908 ~ The first Ford Model T built. 1936 ~ Birthday of Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets. 1957 ~ President Dwight Eisenhower sent National Guard troops to Little Rock, Arkansas to enforce desegregation. 1991 ~ Death of Dr. Seuss, Writer. 1993 ~ Broderbund released the computer game “Myst”. |
September 26th
1066 ~ Battle of Stamford Bridge, which marked the end of the Viking era.
1513 ~ Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reached the Pacific Ocean. 1683 ~ Birthday of Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer. 1890 ~ Yosemite National Park established in California. 1897 ~ Birthday of William Faulkner, Novelist. 1903 ~ Birthday of Mark Rothko, Painter. 1906 ~ Birthday of Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer. 1932 ~ Birthday of Glenn Gould, Pianist. 1981 ~ Sandra Day O'Connor was sworn in as the 102nd Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, the first woman to hold the office. 1996 ~ The last of the Magdalen Asylums was closed in Ireland. |
Today-2004
BIBI "finally" bought a new keyboard!!! |
September 26th
1687 ~ The Parthenon in Athens is partially destroyed after an explosion caused by the bombing from the Venetian forces besieging the Ottoman Turks.
1777 ~ British troops occupied Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the American Revolution. 1820 ~ Death of Daniel Boone, American icon. 1888 ~ Birthday of T. S. Eliot, Poet. 1898 ~ Birthday of George Gershwin, Composer. 1945 ~ Death of Béla Bartók, Composer. 1948 ~ Birthday of Olivia Newton-John, Singer. 1950 ~ United Nations troops recaptured Seoul from the North Koreans. 1957 ~ Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story opened on Broadway. 1983 ~ Australia II, first non-American winner, won the “Americas Cup”. |
September 27th
1389 ~ Birthday of Cosimo de Medici, Florentine ruler.
1540 ~ Jesuit Order received its charter from Pope Paul III. 1722 ~ Birthday of Samuel Adams, Patriot & Brewer. 1840 ~ Birthday of Thomas Nast, political cartoonist. 1917 ~ Death of Edgar Degas, Impressionist painter. 1921 ~ Death of Engelbert Humperdinck, Composer. 1940 ~ The Tripartite Pact signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy. 1986 ~ Cliff Burton, bassist for Metallica, died after being crushed by the band's tour bus during their European tour. 1996 ~ In Afghanistan, the Taliban captured the capital city Kabul. They then dragged former leader Mohammad Najibullah out of the U.N. compound and hanged him from a traffic light pole. 2002 ~ East Timor joins the United Nations. |
September 28th
1066 ~ William the Conqueror invaded England, landing at Pevensey, Sussex.
1781 ~ American forces backed by a French fleet began the siege of Yorktown Heights, Virginia during the American Revolutionary War. 1841 ~ Birthday of Georges Clemenceau, French politician. 1915 ~ Birthday of Ethel Rosenberg, Spy. 1925 ~ Birthday of Seymour Cray, Computer Scientist. 1939 ~ Germany and the Soviet Union agreed on a division of Poland after their invasion during World War II. 1953 ~ Death of Edwin Hubble, Astronomer. 1958 ~ France ratifies a new constitution; the Fifth Republic (and current) of France was formed. 1988 ~ Death of Charles Addams, Cartoonist, creator of “The Adams Family”. 2000 ~ Death of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, fifteenth Prime Minister of Canada |
September 29th
61 BC ~ Pompey the Great celebrated his third triumph, for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars.
1547 ~ Birthday of Miguel de Cervantes, Author. 1758 ~ Birthday of Horatio Nelson, British admiral. 1901 ~ Birthday of Enrico Fermi, Italian physicist. 1938 ~ Appeasement: Britain and France, Nazi Germany and Italy signed the Munich Agreement allowing Germany to occupy the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia. 1944 ~ Soviet forces invaded Yugoslavia. 1954 ~ CERN opened for business. 1960 ~ Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev disrupted a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. 1978 ~ Death of Pope John Paul, who reigned just 33 days. 2004 ~ The asteroid 4179 Toutatis is projected to pass within 4 lunar distances of Earth. |
September 30th
1882 ~ Birthday of Hans Geiger, German physicist.
1895 ~ Madagascar became a French protectorate. 1913 ~ Death of Rudolf Diesel, German inventor. 1924 ~ Birthday of Truman Capote, Author. 1947 ~ World Series, featuring New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, was televised for the first time. 1954 ~ The submarine USS Nautilus was commissioned as the first nuclear reactor powered vessel. 1960 ~ The last episode of "The Howdy Doody Show" aired. 1980 ~ Ethernet specifications published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation. 1982 ~ ”Cheers” premiered. 1991 ~ President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of Haiti was forced from office. |
October 1st
1800 ~ Spain cedes Louisiana to France via Treaty of San Ildefonso.
1865 ~ Birthday of Paul Dukas, Composer. 1881 ~ Birthday of William Boeing, Engineer. 1903 ~ Birthday of Vladimir Horowitz, Pianist. 1918 ~ Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence capture Damascus. 1924 ~ Birthday of Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States. 1949 ~ The People's Republic of China is declared by Mao Zedong. 1977 ~ Soccer star Pelé retired. 1985 ~ Death of E.B. White, Author. 1988 ~ Mikhail Gorbachev named head of the Supreme Soviet. |
October 2nd
1187 ~ Saladin captured Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule.
1800 ~ Birthday of Nat Turner, American leader of slave uprising. 1836 ~ Charles Darwin returned to England after a 5-year journey aboard the HMS Beagle collecting data he will later use to develop his theory of evolution. 1852 ~ Birthday of William Ramsay, Scottish chemist. 1869 ~ Birthday of Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Indian political leader. 1890 ~ Birthday of Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor. 1927 ~ Death of Svante Arrhenius, Swedish scientist. 1935 ~ Italy invades Abyssinia (Ethiopia). 1950 ~ The comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is first published in US newspapers. 1967 ~ Thurgood Marshall sworn in as the first African-American justice of United States Supreme Court. |
October 3rd
1283 ~ David ap Gruffydd, prince of Gwynedd in Wales, becomes the first man executed by drawing and quartering.
1712 ~ Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor. 1873 ~ Birthday of Emily Post, etiquette advisor. 1900 ~ Birthday of Thomas Wolfe, author. 1916 ~ Birthday of James Herriot, veterinarian, author. 1925 ~ Birthday of Gore Vidal, author. 1929 ~ The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Kingdom of Yugoslavia. 1967 ~ Death of Woody Guthrie, folk musician. 1990 ~ The re-unification of Germany. East Germany ceases to exist. 1995 ~ O. J. Simpson found not guilty of murder. |
October 4th
1830 ~ Creation of the state of Belgium after separation from The Netherlands.
1880 ~ Birthday of Damon Runyon, Writer. 1883 ~ First run of the Orient Express. 1903 ~ Birthday of John Vincent Atanasoff, one of the inventors of the digital electronic computer. 1924 ~ Birthday of Charlton Heston, Actor. 1941 ~ Birthday of Anne Rice, horror/fantasy writer. 1943 ~ Birthday of H. Rap Brown, civil rights activist. 1957 ~ Launch of Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth. 1991 ~ The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty was opened for signature. 1993 ~ At the climax of the Russian constitutional crisis, Russian President Boris Yeltsin ordered the army to begin storming the Russian parliament building. Holidays: Australian Labour Day |
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