Events
of the day
506
β The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in
the Council of Agde.
1185 β Isaac II Angelus kills Stephanus
Hagiochristophorites and then appeals to
the people, resulting in the revolt that
deposes Andronicus I Comnenus and places
Isaac on the throne of the Byzantine Empire.
1226 β The Roman Catholic practice of public
adoration of the Blessed Sacrament outside
of Mass spreads from monasteries to parishes.
1297 β Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots
jointly-led by William Wallace and Andrew
Moray defeat the English.
1390 β Lithuanian Civil War (1389β1392):
the Teutonic Knights begin a five-week siege
of Vilnius.
1526 β The Ottoman army occupies Buda after
the crushing Hungarian defeat in the Battle
of MohΓ‘cs.
1541 β Santiago, Chile, is destroyed by
indigenous warriors, led by Michimalonko.
1565 β Ottoman forces retreat from Malta,
End of the Great Siege of Malta.
1609 β Expulsion order announced against
the Moriscos of Valencia; beginning of the
expulsion of all Spain's Moriscos.
1609 β Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan
Island and the indigenous people living
there.
1649 β Siege of Drogheda ends: Oliver Cromwell's
English Parliamentarian troops take the
town and execute its garrison.
1683 β Battle of Vienna.
1697 β Battle of Zenta.
1708 β Charles XII of Sweden stops his march
to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking
the turning point in the Great Northern
War. The army is defeated nine months later
in the Battle of Poltava, and the Swedish
empire ceases to be a major power.
1709 β Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain,
Netherlands and Austria fight against France.
1714 β Siege of Barcelona: Barcelona, capital
city of Catalonia, surrenders to Spanish
and French Bourbon armies in the War of
the Spanish Succession.
1758 β Battle of Saint Cast: France repels
British invasion during the Seven Years'
War.
1775 β Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec
leaves Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1776 β British-American peace conference
on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American
Revolutionary War.
1777 β American Revolution: Battle of Brandywine
β The British celebrate a major victory
in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
1786 β The Beginning of the Annapolis Convention.
1789 β Alexander Hamilton is appointed the
first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
1792 β The Hope Diamond is stolen along
with other French crown jewels when six
men break into the house used to store them.
1802 β France annexes the Kingdom of Piedmont.
1803 β Battle of Delhi, during the Second
Anglo-Maratha War, between British troops
under General Lake, and Marathas of Scindia's
army under General Louis Bourquin.
1813 β War of 1812: British troops arrive
in Mount Vernon and prepare to march to
and invade Washington D.C..
1814 β War of 1812: The climax of the Battle
of Plattsburgh, a major United States victory
in the war.
1829 β Surrender of the expedition led by
Isidro Barradas at Tampico, sent by the
Spanish crown in order to retake Mexico,
This was the final consummation of Mexican
independence.
1847 β Stephen Foster's well-known song,
Oh! Susanna, is first performed at a saloon
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1857 β The Mountain Meadows Massacre: Mormon
settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers
at Mountain Meadows, Utah.
1897 β After months of pursuit, generals
of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho,
the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end
to that ancient kingdom.
1903 β The first race at The Milwaukee Mile
in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is
the oldest major speedway in the world.
1914 β Australia invades New Britain, defeating
a German contingent at the Battle of Bita
Paka.
1916 β The Quebec Bridge's central span
collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge initially
collapsed in toto on August 29, 1907.
1919 β U.S. Marines invade Honduras.
1921 β Nahalal, the first moshav in Palestine,
is settled as part of a Zionist plan to
colonize Palestine and creating a Jewish
state, later to be Israel.
1922 β The British Mandate of Palestine
begins.
1922 β The Treaty of Kars is ratified in
Yerevan, Armenia.
1922 β One of the Herald Sun of Melbourne,
Australia's predecessor papers The Sun News-Pictorial
is founded.
1931 β Salvatore Maranzano is murdered by
Charles Luciano's hitmen.
1932 β Franciszek Ε»wirko and StanisΕaw Wigura,
Polish Challenge 1932 winners, are killed
when their RWD 6 airplane crashes during
a storm.
1939 β World War II: Canada declares war
on Germany, the country's first independent
declaration of war
1940 β George Stibitz performs the first
remote operation of a computer.
1941 β Ground is broken for the construction
of The Pentagon.
1941 β Charles Lindbergh's Des Moines Speech
accusing the British, Jews and the Roosevelt
administration of pressing for war with
Germany.
1943 β World War II: German troops occupy
Corsica and Kosovo-Metohija.
1943 β World War II: Start of the liquidation
of the Ghettos in Minsk and Lida by the
Nazis.
1944 β World War II: The first Allied troops
of the U.S. Army cross the western border
of Germany.
1944 β World War II: RAF bombing raid on
Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill
11,500.
1945 β World War II: Australian 9th Division
forces liberate the Japanese-run Batu Lintang
camp, a POW and civilian internment camp
on the island of Borneo.
1954 β Hurricane Edna hits New England as
a Category 3 hurricane, causing significant
damage and 29 deaths.
1961 β Foundation of the World Wildlife
Fund.
1961 β Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas
coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second
strongest storm ever to hit the state.
1965 β Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Army
captures the town of Burki, just southeast
of Lahore.
1968 β Air France Flight 1611 crashes off
Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and
6 crew.
1970 β The Dawson's Field hijackers release
88 of their hostages. The remaining hostages,
mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are held
until September 25.
1971 β The Egyptian Constitution becomes
official.
1972 β The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid
Transit system has its opening day of passenger
service.
1973 β A coup in Chile headed by General
Augusto Pinochet topples the democratically
elected president Salvador Allende. Pinochet
remains in power for almost 17 years.
1974 β Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes
in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69
passengers and two crew.
1976 β A group of Croatian nationalists
planted a bomb in a coin locker at Grand
Central Terminal. After stating political
demands, they revealed the location and
provided the instructions for disarming
the bomb. The disarming operation was not
executed properly killing one NYPD bomb
squad specialist.
1978 β U.S. President Jimmy Carter, President
Anwar Sadat of Egypt, and Prime Minister
Menachem Begin of Israel meet at Camp David
and agree on the Camp David Accords a framework
for peace between Israel and Egypt and a
comprehensive peace in the Middle East.
1980 β Voters approve the present Constitution
of Chile.
1982 β The international forces that were
guaranteeing the safety of Palestinian refugees
following Israel's 1982 Invasion of Lebanon
leave Beirut. Five days later, several thousand
refugees are massacred in the Sabra and
Shatila refugee camps.
1985 β Pete Rose breaks Ty Cobb's baseball
record for most career hits with his 4,192nd
hit
1988 β The St Jean Bosco massacre takes
place in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
1989 β Hungary announces that the East German
refugees who had been housed in temporary
camps, were free to leave for West Germany.
1992 β Hurricane Iniki, one of the most
damaging hurricanes in United States history,
devastates the Hawaiian islands of Kauai
and Oahu.
1997 β NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches
Mars.
1997 β After a nationwide referendum, Scotland
votes to establish a devolved parliament,
within the United Kingdom.
1997 β 14 Estonian soldiers die in the Kurkse
tragedy, drowning in the Baltic Sea
1998 β Opening ceremony for the 1998 Commonwealth
Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia
is the first Asian country to host the games.
2000 β Melbourne hosts World Economic Forum
where S11 protests also took place.
2001 β The September 11 attacks take place
in the United States. Airplane hijackings
result in the collapse of the World Trade
Center in New York City, damage to The Pentagon
in Arlington, Virginia, and the crashing
of a passenger airliner near Shanksville,
Pennsylvania.
2004 β All passengers are killed when a
helicopter crashes in the Aegean Sea. Passengers
include Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria
and 16 others (including journalists and
bishops of the Greek Orthodox Church of
Alexandria).
2007 β Russia tests the largest conventional
weapon ever, the Father of all bombs.
Holidays
and observances
Christian
Feast Days:
Deiniol
John Gabriel Perboyre
Our Lady of Coromoto
Paphnutius of Thebes (Roman Catholic Church)
Protus and Hyacinth
September 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Death Anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad
Ali Jinnah, a former holiday. (Pakistan)
Earliest date on which Enkutatash can fall,
while September 12 is the latest, celebrated
on the first day of MΓ€skΓ€rΓ€m. (Ethiopia)
Emergency Number Day, proclaimed by President
Reagan on August 26 in 1987. (United States
communities, particularly the local emergency
services)
National Day of Catalonia (Catalonia)
Nayrouz (Coptic Orthodox Church)
Patriot Day (United States)
Teacher's Day (Argentina)
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