Independence
day
North Macedonia
UN
Day
International
Literacy Day
Events
of the day
Andorra
Our Lady of Meritxell Day, patron saint
of Andorra
70
– Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem.
1264 – The Statute of Kalisz, guaranteeing
Jews safety and personal liberties and giving
battei din jurisdiction over Jewish matters,
is promulgated by Boleslaus the Pious, Duke
of Greater Poland.
1331 – Stephen Uroš IV Dušan declares himself
king of Serbia
1380 – Battle of Kulikovo – Russian forces
defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols,
stopping their advance.
1449 – Battle of Tumu Fortress – Mongolians
capture the Chinese emperor.
1504 – Michelangelo's David is unveiled
in Florence.
1514 – Battle of Orsha – in one of the biggest
battles of the century, Lithuanians and
Poles defeat the Russian army.
1551 – The foundation day in Vitória, Brazil
1565 – The Knights of Malta lift the Turkish
siege of Malta that began on May 18.
1727 – A barn fire during a puppet show
in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire,
England kills 78 people, many of whom are
children.
1755 – French and Indian War: Battle of
Lake George.
1756 – French and Indian War: Kittanning
Expedition.
1761 – Marriage of King George III of the
United Kingdom to Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
1793 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle
of Hondschoote.
1796 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle
of Bassano – French forces defeat Austrian
troops at Bassano del Grappa.
1810 – The Tonquin sets sail from New York
Harbor with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor's
newly created Pacific Fur Company on board.
After a six-month journey around the tip
of South America, the ship arrives at the
mouth of the Columbia River and Astor's
men establish the fur-trading town of Astoria,
Oregon.
1831 – William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
are crowned King and Queen of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1860 – The Steamship Lady Elgin sinks on
Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300
lives.
1863 – American Civil War: Second Battle
of Sabine Pass – on the Texas-Louisiana
border at the mouth of the Sabine River,
a small Confederate force thwarts a Union
invasion of Texas.
1888 – In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's
second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is
found.
1888 – In England the first six Football
League matches are played.
1892 – The Pledge of Allegiance is first
recited.
1900 – Galveston Hurricane of 1900: a powerful
hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing
about 8,000 people.
1914 – World War I: Private Thomas Highgate
becomes the first British soldier to be
executed for desertion during the war.
1921 – 16-year-old Margaret Gorman wins
the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid
trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her
the first Miss America.
1923 – Honda Point Disaster: nine US Navy
destroyers run aground off the California
coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three
sailors killed.
1926 – Germany is admitted to the League
of Nations.
1930 – 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent
tape.
1934 – Off the New Jersey coast, a fire
aboard the passenger liner SS Morro Castle
kills 135 people.
1935 – US Senator from Louisiana, Huey Long,
nicknamed "Kingfish", is fatally
shot in the Louisiana capitol building.
1941 – World War II: Siege of Leningrad
begins. German forces begin a siege against
the Soviet Union's second-largest city,
Leningrad.
1943 – World War II: The O.B.S. (German
General Headquarters for the Mediterranean
zone) in Frascati is bombed by USAAF.
1943 – World War II: United States General
Dwight D. Eisenhower publicly announces
the Allied armistice with Italy.
1944 – World War II: London is hit by a
V2 rocket for the first time.
1944 – World War II: Menton is liberated
from Germany.
1945 – Cold War: United States troops arrive
to partition the southern part of Korea
in response to Soviet troops occupying the
northern part of the peninsula a month earlier.
1951 – Treaty of San Francisco: In San Francisco,
California, 48 nations sign a peace treaty
with Japan in formal recognition of the
end of the Pacific War.
1952 – The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
makes its first televised broadcast on the
second escape of the Boyd Gang.
1954 – The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
(SEATO) is established.
1959 – The Asian Institute of Technology
(AIT) is established.
1960 – In Huntsville, Alabama, US President
Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates
the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA had
already activated the facility on July 1).
1962 – Newly independent Algeria, by referendum,
adopts a constitution.
1962 – Last run of the famous Pines Express
over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line
(UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive
built by British Railways, 9F locomotive
92220 Evening Star.
1965 – Pakistan Navy raids Indian coasts
without any resistance in Operation Dwarka,
Pakistan celebrates Victory Day annually.
1966 – The Severn Bridge is officially opened
by Queen Elizabeth II.
1966 – The first Star Trek series premieres
on NBC.
1967 – The formal end of steam traction
in the North East of England by British
Railways.
1971 – In Washington, D.C., the John F.
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is
inaugurated, with the opening feature being
the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass.
1974 – Watergate Scandal: US President Gerald
Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon
for any crimes Nixon may have committed
while in office.
1975 – Gays in the military: US Air Force
Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a decorated
veteran of the Vietnam War, appears in his
Air Force uniform on the cover of Time magazine
with the headline "I Am A Homosexual".
He is given a general discharge, which was
later upgraded to honorable.
1988 – Yellowstone National Park is closed
for the first time in U.S. history due to
ongoing fires.
1991 – The Republic of Macedonia becomes
independent.
1994 – USAir Flight 427, on approach to
Pittsburgh International Airport, suddenly
crashes in clear weather killing all 132
aboard; resulting in the most extensive
aviation investigation in world history
and altering manufacturing practices in
the industry.
2004 – NASA's unmanned spacecraft Genesis
crash-lands when its parachute fails to
open.
2005 – Two EMERCOM Il-76 aircraft land at
a disaster aid staging area at Little Rock
Air Force Base; the first time Russia has
flown such a mission to North America.
Holidays
and observances
Christian
Feast Day:
Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia (Roman Catholic
Church)
Nativity of Mary (Roman Catholic Church)
Our Lady of Charity
Pope Sergius I
September 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Earliest day on which Auditor's Day can
fall, while September 14 is the latest;
celebrated on the second Sunday in September.
(Church of Scientology)
Feast of 'Izzat (Might) – First day of the
tenth month of the Bahá'í calendar. (Bahá'í
Faith)
Independence day, celebrates the independence
of Macedonia from Yugoslavia in 1991.
International Literacy Day (International)
National day, also the feast of Our Lady
of Meritxell. (Andorra)
Navy Day (Pakistan)
The first day of Fiestas de Santa Fe, marked
by the burning of the Zozobra (New Mexico)
Victory Day, also the feast of Our Lady
of Victories or il-Vittorja (Malta)
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