On This Day In History
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
This day 72 years ago – 7 September 1948 – Taoiseach John A. Costello announced, while on an official visit to Canada, that Ireland would be leaving the Commonwealth.
Costello is said to have done so because “…there seemed to me to be no proper appreciation of our status.” pic.twitter.com/6vWR62scxo
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) September 7, 2020
US architect Elizabeth Coit was born #OTD in 1892. In 1930 she opened her own office in NYC, designing houses for women and for businesses. Much of her professional life was devoted to the design of public, affordable housing for low-income households. https://t.co/mm3PGb0deV pic.twitter.com/ICdGbfVQzm
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) September 7, 2022
On this day in 1963, local merchants in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, began enforcing an ordinance that denied service to all members of the U.S. military, regardless of their race, to protest integration. https://t.co/fYnWA4B2kQ
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) September 7, 2022
27 September 1066. “William the Conqueror” and his army set sail from Normandy, en route to invade England. Modern historians have estimated the size of William’s forces numbered between 7,000 and 8,000. pic.twitter.com/3wbL2oJrwc
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) September 7, 2022
7 September 1812. Napoleon’s Great Army (Grande Armée), defeated the Russian Army of Tsar Alexander I, at the Battle of Borodino, near Moscow. The fighting involved 250,000 troops, with a death toll of 68,000, made it the deadliest day of the Napoleonic Wars. pic.twitter.com/vr7MWy0s0U
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) September 7, 2022
7 September 1888. Edith Eleanor McLean became the first baby to be placed in an incubator. It happened in a New York hospital, after she was born prematurely, weighing just 2 pounds and 7 ounces. Her parents were immigrants, from Scotland. pic.twitter.com/BeP81cMnml
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) September 7, 2022
7 September 1978. Bulgarian dissident, Georgi Markov (aged 49), was hit in the leg walking on Waterloo Bridge, London by a pellet containing the poison ricin. It was fired from an umbrella wielded by someone associated with the Bulgarian Secret Service. He died 4 days later. pic.twitter.com/gZRjdwQP7E
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) September 7, 2022
7 September 1986. Desmond Tutu became the first black person to lead the Anglican Diocese of Cape Town, South Africa, the most senior position in southern Africa’s Anglican hierarchy. In this position he oversaw the introduction of women priests. pic.twitter.com/LxUaBM8vHQ
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) September 7, 2022
7 September 1998. Families of 308 World War One soldiers, executed for cowardice or desertion, laid a wreath at Cenotaph in the first ceremony of its kind. pic.twitter.com/uxSFA6CwMM
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) September 7, 2022
September 8th
1380 Battle on Kulikovo: Moscow's great monarch Dimitri defeats the Mongols beginning the decline of the Tatars
1504 Michelangelo's Statue of David is unveiled in Florence
1522 Spanish navigator Juan de Elcano returns to Spain, completing 1st circumnavigation of the globe (expedition began under Ferdinand Magellan)
1565 1st permanent European settlement in the US founded at St. Augustine, Florida
1664 Dutch surrender colony of New Netherlands (including New York) to 300 English soldiers
1941 WWII: Siege of Leningrad by German, Finnish, and eventually Spanish troops begins; battle lasted over 28 months, as Russia repels the invasion; well over a million lives
1970 Black September hijackings begin, three airliners hijacked and blown up by Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
1986 "The Oprah Winfrey Show" is first broadcast nationally
Did You Know?
"Star Trek" premieres on NBC-TV starring William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy
Today in History in 1966
Would You Believe?
Giraffe DNA study published in "Current Biology" reveals there are 4 species not just 1, as previously assumed
Today in History in 2016
This day 223 years ago – 8 September 1798 – the Battle of Ballinamuck was fought.
This was the last battle involving a continental European army on Irish soil.
A Franco-Irish force, led by General Humbert, was defeated by British troops led by Lord Cornwallis and General Lake. pic.twitter.com/jDW9OKBDFw
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) September 8, 2021
16-year-old schoolgirl Lena Mukhina wrote a diary about the WW2 Siege of Leningrad which began #OTD in 1941. She documented her rage and concern, her cheerfulness despite everything, the horror of starvation. The diary runs until May 1942; in June she was evacuated from the city. pic.twitter.com/HaOzcJ8vpC
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) September 8, 2022
On this day in 2010, an Alabama prison prohibited an EJI client from receiving the book 'Slavery By Another Name' by @douglasblackmon, which documents the history of convict leasing. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/6Pf7I8Hu3L
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) September 8, 2022
8 September 1504. Michelangelo’s famous marble statue of the Biblical figure, David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence, was unveiled. It was created between 1501 and 1504. pic.twitter.com/BtT2XoXWJY
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) September 8, 2022
8 September 1727. A fire during a puppet show in a barn in Burwell, Cambridgeshire, killed 78 people (including 51 children). Astonishingly, the door of the barn had been nailed up after they had gone inside. pic.twitter.com/0SKPK7iwwl
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) September 8, 2022
8 September 1888. The body of Jack the Ripper’s second alleged victim, Annie Chapman (aged 48), was found in Whitechapel, London. She was buried on 14 September 1888 in a service paid for by her family, and laid to rest in a communal grave within Manor Park Cemetery, London. pic.twitter.com/o1R4yYY8NS
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) September 8, 2022
8 September 1960. Penguin Books was charged with “public obscenity” for publishing the novel, Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D. H. Lawrence. pic.twitter.com/e1mvQLsB7u
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) September 8, 2022