Today in History

1620 - 149 Pilgrims, The Pilgrim Fathers, set sail from Plymouth in the Mayflower bound for America - the New World.

1866 Three British tea clippers reached London within 2 hours of each other after a 16,000 mile race from China as there were big bonuses for the first ships home with the new season's tea.

1944 World War II: The city of Ypres in Belgium was liberated by allied forces. As it was a difficult name to pronounce in English, British troops nicknamed the city 'Wipers'.

1997 The funeral service for Diana, Princess of Wales, was held in Westminster Abbey, London. An estimated 2.5 billion people worldwide watched the service on television.
 

Sept 7th
1888
Edith Eleanor McLean became the 1st U.S. baby to be put in a incubator at State Emigrant Hosptial on Ward's Island,NY At birth she weighed 2 pounds,7oz
1979
ESPN{Entertainment Sports Program Network} debuts
1986
Cleveland Browns become the 1st team in NFL history to have a play reviewed by instant replay
They lost the game to Chicago Bears 41-31
 
1907 The Lusitania set sail from Liverpool for New York on her maiden voyage. She set a record, crossing the Atlantic in five days at an average speed of 23 knots.

1978 While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov was assassinated by a Bulgarian secret police agent using a ricin pellet fired from a specially-designed umbrella.

2013 New Yorker Marin Alsop become the first woman to lead the Last Night of the Proms in its 118-year history.
 

Sept 8th
1504
Michelangelo's statue of David was unveiled in Florence
He stands 5 ft tall weighing 5 tons,was carved from a single block of marble other artists had rejected
1965
A small ad in NY's Daily Variety attracted 437 young men interested in forming the world's 1st manufactured 'boy band'. The producers picked Davy Jones,Mickey Dolenz,two unknown folk singers,Peter Tork,Mike Nesmith,they became 'The Monkees'
1971
JOhn F.Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts opened in Washington,DC
 
1664 The Dutch colony of New Amsterdam was surrendered to the British, who, in 1669, renamed it New York after the Duke of York.

1760 British troops under Jeffrey Amherst defeated the French in the Battle of Montreal. After the loss, the French surrendered their arms throughout Canada.

1888 Annie Chapman was found disembowelled in an East London street, the second victim of 'Jack the Ripper'.

1960 Publishers Penguin Books were charged with public obscenity for publishing D.H. Lawrence's controversial book - 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'.
 
Sept 9th
1776
Congress offically renames country United States of America from the United Colonies
1926
NBC{National Broadcasting Company} was created by Radio Corp of America
1942
The 1st bombing on U.S. soil during WWII happened on Mount Emily,Oregon by Japanese planes
2015
Apple debuts iPad Pro,iPhone 6S in San Francisco
 
Sept 10th
1953
Swanson began selling its 1st 'TV Dinner' which was turkey,cornbread dressing,frozen peas,sweet potatoes.
Each item was placed in its own compartment packaged in a tray
1955
CBS classic TV western,"Gunsmoke' debuts starring James Arness'Matt Dillion',Amanda Blake'Miss Kitty,Milburn Stone'Doc Adams'It ran for 20 yrs, was the longest running show on TV until Law&Order: SVU{Special Victims Unit} surpassed it this yr
1984
The 1st episode of daily syndication version of quiz show "Jeopardy' with Alex Trabeck as host debuts
 
10th September

1891 Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-E, the most popular song in Victorian England in the 1890s was written by former Canadian bandsman Henry J Sayers. Sayers later admitted to copying an Austrian song after hearing the tune being played in a brothel.

1897 George Smith, a London cab driver, became the first person to be convicted for drunken driving. He was fined £1.
 
Sept 11th
1883
James Cutler patents postal mail chute
1959
U.S. Congress passes a bill authorizing food stamps for poor Americans
1967
The Carol Burnett Show comedy/variety series debuts on CBS.'67-'79 The regular cast members besides Carol were:
Vikki Lawrence
Harvey Korman{left the show in '77}
Tim Conway
Lyle Waggoner{left the show in '74}
One of Carol's closest friends,Jim Nabors was her good luck charm.He always appeared on the 1st show in every season
Carol and Vikki are still with us
 
Sept 12th
1940
4 teenagers followed their dog down a hole near Lascaux,France.They discovered 17,000 yr old drawings known as the Lascaux Cave Paintings
1959
NBC's Western'Bonanza' debuts '59-'73,starring Lorne Greene'Ben Cartright' his 3 sons,Michael Landon'Little Joe',Dan Blocker'Hoss',Pernell Roberts'Adam'
1992
Mae Johnson becomes the 1st African American woman astronaut to go into space aboard Endeavor STS-47
 
12th September

1609 English explorer Henry Hudson sailed his ship 'Half Moon' into New York harbour and 150 miles further inland to Albany, along the waterway now called Hudson River.

1624 The first submarine is demonstrated in front of King James I on the River Thames. It consists of a steerable, pigskin-covered wooden frame propelled by oars and is capable of submerging to a depth of 12 to 15 feet.

1908 The marriage of Winston Churchill to Clementine Hozier.
 
Sept 13th
1948
Margaret Chase Smith{R,Maine} became the 1st woman to serve in both Congress&Senate
1955
Swiss inventor George de Mistral was granted a patent would become known as Velcro
1970
The 1st NYC Marathon took place,fireman Gary Muhrucke won
1974
NBC's detective drama'The Rockford Files' '74-'80 debuts starring James Garner as "Jim Rockford',Noah Berry,Jr played his dad'Rocky' The theme song written by Mike Post&Pete Carpenter would become a hit on Billboard Charts was #10 in '75
 
13th September

1902 The first conviction in Britain using finger-prints as evidence was in the case against Harry Jackson by the Metropolitan Police at the Old Bailey. He had left his thumbprint in wet paint on a window sill and was tracked down through it. He was sentenced to seven years.

1980 Hercules, the bear who went missing on Benbecula (in the Outer Hebrides) while being filmed for a Kleenex television commercial, was recaptured after 24 days 'on the run'.

1989 Britain's biggest ever banking computer error gave customers an extra £2 billion in a period of 30 minutes; 99.3 per cent of the money was reportedly returned.
 
Sept 14th
1901
Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in as 26th Pres after William McKinley died of his gunshot wounds in Buffalo,NY.He and 3 other Presidents Abraham Lincoln,George Washington,Thomas Jefferson are carved on Mount Rushmore
1985
NBC's classic sitcom'The Golden Girls' '85-'92 debuts starring Bea Arthur'Dorothy',Betty White'Rose',Rue McClanhan'Blanche' and Estelle Getty'Sophia'
Betty White is the only cast member still with us. She has said in interviews the reason why the show ended ,Bea Arthur wanted to do do other things
1987
Baltimore Oriole baseball player,Cal Ripken Jr's streak of 8,243 consecutive innings{908 games} ends
 
14th September

1752 The 3rd of September became the 14th as the Gregorian Calendar was introduced into Britain. Crowds of people rioted on the streets demanding, 'Give us back our 11 days.'

1759 The earliest dated board game in England was sold on this day by its inventor John Jeffreys, from his house in Chapel Street, Westminster. The game was called 'A Journey Through Europe', or 'The play of Geography'.

1981 A teenage boy who fired blank shots at the Queen in June 1980, pleaded guilty to a charge under the 1848 Treason Act.
 
Sept 15th
1928
Scottish bacteriologist,Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin while studying influenza
1949
ABC Western TV Show'The Lone Ranger' '49-'57 debuts starring Clayton Moore,Jay Silverheels as his trusted Indian aide'Tonto' who called him'kemo sabe' with catch phrase'Heigh-Ho Silver Away!
1982
The 1st issue of newspaper,'USA Today' was published by Gannet Co Inc,cost was .50 now $2
1997
Google.com is registered as a domain name
 
1830 George Stephenson's Manchester and Liverpool railway opened. During the ceremony, William Huskisson, MP, became the first person to be killed by a train when he crossed the track to shake hands with the Duke of Wellington.

1890 Agatha Christie, English detective novelist was born.

1916 Military tanks, designed by Ernest Swinton, were first used by the British Army, in the Somme offensive.

1966 HMS Resolution, Britain’s first nuclear submarine, was launched at Barrow.
 
16th September

1400 Owain Glyndŵr, Welsh ruler and the last native Welshman to hold the title Prince of Wales, instigated the Welsh Revolt against the rule of Henry IV of England.

1859 British explorer Dr. David Livingstone discovered Lake Nyasa - now Lake Malawi, in central Africa.

1915 The opening of Britain’s first Women’s Institute, (regularly referred to as simply the WI) at Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Anglesey, Wales.
 
1908
Carriage maker,William Durant founded General Motors in Flint Michigan
1968
Pres.Richard Nixon makes a guest appearance on NBC variety show'Rowan&Martin's Laughin' he said one of the famous gag lines' Sock It To Me'
1984
NBC's police drama'Miami Vice'84-'88 debuts starring Don Johnson as'Det 'Sonny Crockett',Phillip Michael Thomas as Det 'Ricardo Tubbs'
What made this show unique at the time was the use of rock music in the background/ music video effects like MTV
1997
Apple Computer Inc names co founder,Steve Jobs as interim CEO
 
moviequeen1 said:
Thanks Pecos, for your kind words.I started this thread in Feb'19 because I like history,wasn't sure if anybody else would like the thread.I'm happy others have posted here as well Sue aka Moviequeen
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Thank you for taking the time to do this..
 

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