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
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“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
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
2022 Queen Elizabeth II dies at Balmoral Castle after ruling for 70 years, as the UK’s longest-serving monarch. Her eldest son inherits the throne as King Charles III. [1]
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“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