On This Day In History
Did You Know?
1st aircraft to loop the loop – Adolphe Pégoud in France
Today in History in 1913
Would You Believe?
King Charles II of England spends a day hiding in an oak tree during his escape after losing the Battle of Worcester
Today in History in 1651
September 7th
70 Roman army under General Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem
1714 Treaty of Baden signed by the Holy Roman Empire and France, ending the War of the Spanish Succession; French retain Alsace and Landau, Austria gets east bank of Rhine
1812 Battle of Borodino: Napoleon Bonapartre wins a pyrrhic victory against Russian General Mikhail Kutuzov in the most ferocious battle of the Napoleonic era, 70,000 are killed
1822 Pedro I, son of King Joao VI declares Brazil’s independence from Portugal (National Day)
1888 Edith Eleanor McLean is 1st baby to be placed in an incubator at State Emigrant Hospital on Ward’s Island, New York
1909 Eugene Lefebvre becomes first pilot to die in an airplane craft, while test piloting new French-built Wright biplane at Juvisy
1940 Beginning of The Blitz as the German Luftwaffe bomb London for the 1st of 57 consecutive nights losing 41 bombers as the Nazis prepare to invade Britain
Did You Know?
“Uncle Sam” 1st used to refer to the US, by Troy Post of New York
Today in History in 1813
Would You Believe?
In Australia, the whole nation observes a ‘day of humiliation’ and prays for rain, as a terrible drought kills livestock and threatens crops; rain begins to appear on 10 September
Today in History in 1902