Today in History

September 12th 1792 Court-martial begins for instigators of the mutiny on the Bounty on board HMS Duke in Portsmouth Harbour, presided over by Vice-Admiral Samuel Hood.


1906 The opening of the Newport Transporter Bridge in south east Wales. Only eight such bridges remain in use worldwide and this is the oldest and largest of the three historic transporter bridges which remain in Britain. Vehicles are tranported on the 'gondola' across the River Usk.
Currently being renovated.
I have been on it.






1975 Pink Floyd release the album Wish You Were Here.
 

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On This Day In History, August 14th

1993 – Oslo Accords are signed
Also known as the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements, the Accords helped create the Palestinian interim self-government or the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and called for the withdrawal of the Israeli Defence Forces from the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

1974 – French Ambassador is Kidnapped in The Hague
3 members of the Japanese Red Army (JRA), a communist militant group that was formed in Lebanon, stormed the French Embassy in the Hague and took 10 hostages, including the French Ambassador. The siege ended after the militants’ demands for the release of another JRA member, cash, and a plane were met.

1933 – A Woman is elected to New Zealand Parliament for the first time
Elizabeth McCombs won the by-elections for the parliamentary seat of Lyttelton, which was held by her husband before he died in August 1933. New Zealand extended suffrage to

women in 1893.
1899 – First Recorded Automobile Fatality in the US takes place
Henry H. Bliss was struck by a taxi cab while crossing the street in New York City. He died the next day due to his injuries.

1759 – The Battle of Quebec is fought between the British and the French
A key event in the Seven Years’ War that involved the great European powers at the time, the battle took place on the farm of Abraham Martin. Because of this, the battle is also often called the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. British troops under the command of General James Wolfe defeated the French in a very short, 15-minute-long battle and took over Quebec. The Battle resulted in the French giving up their control over areas in present-day Canada, and most of North America coming under the control of the British.
 
Births on September 13th 🎂

1989 – Thomas Müller
German footballer

1981 – Angelina Love
Canadian wrestler

1969 – Shane Warne
Australian cricketer

1916 – Roald Dahl
English pilot, author, screenwriter

1819 – Clara Schumann
German pianist, composer

Deaths on September 13th 🪦

1996 – Tupac Shakur
American rapper, producer, and actor

1977 – Leopold Stokowski
Polish/English conductor

1971 – Lin Biao
Chinese military officer, politician, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China

1806 – Charles James Fox
English politician

1598 – Philip II of Spain
King of Spain, Portugal, Naples, and Sicily
 

On This Day - 13th September


1759 British troops, under the command of General Wolfe, secured Canada for the British Empire after defeating the French at the Battle of Quebec. Wolfe and the French commander were killed during the battle.




1933 – A Woman is Elected to New Zealand Parliament for the first time
Elizabeth McCombs won the by-elections for the parliamentary seat of Lyttelton, which was held by her husband before he died in August 1933. New Zealand extended suffrage to women in 1893.
 
1925
Xavier University in New Orleans opens is 1st U.S. Univ for African-Americans
1955
Swiss inventor, George de Mestral receives patent for what would be known as 'Velcro'
1965
The Beatles win their 1st Grammy award as 'Best Group of 1964'
1977
General Motors introduces the 1st U.S. diesel car,Oldsmobile 88
1990
crime drama' Law&Order' created by TV producer, Dick Wolf debuts on NBC, ended its run in 2012
2018
Amazon streamed a Thursday Night NFL football game between Cincinatti Bengals& Baltimore Ravens. It featured the 1st all female broadcast team with Andrea Kramer& Hannah Storm calling the game. Bengals won 34-23
 
On This Day In History, September 14th

2000 – Microsoft Launches Windows ME
The Millennium Edition was the last of the operating systems of the Windows 9x series.

1985 – The Golden Girls Make Their Television Debut
The popular American sitcom about 4 single and older women living together in a Miami, Florida house ran for 6 seasons on NBC. The main characters in the show were played by Beatrice Arthur, Estelle Getty, Rue McClanahan, and Betty White, each of whom won Emmys for their acting in the show. The series also won 2 Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series and 3 Golden Globe Awards for Best Television Series.

1979 – The Afghan President is assassinated
Nur Muhammad Taraki had taken office less than a year ago when he was killed by gunfire at the behest of Hafizullah Amin. Amin took the seat of the president after the assassination and ruled for only 3 months before he was killed by the Soviets during Operation Storm-333.

1959 – First Man-Made Object Successfully Lands on the Moon
Soviet space probe Luna 2 was also the first man-made spacecraft to land on any celestial object. It was launched on September 12, 1959, and lost communications with Earth as it impacted the Moon’s surface east of Mare Serenitatis near the Aristides, Archimedes, and Autolycus craters.

1956 – IBM 305 RAMAC is Released
The 350 RAMAC was the first computer with a disk drive and was primarily targeted towards business that did real-time transactions. RAMAC stood for Random Access Method of Accounting and Control. The RAMAC 350, which was one of the last vacuum tube computers manufactured by IBM, was replaced by the IBM 1401 in the early 1960s.
 
Births on September 14th 🎂

1985 – Aya Ueto
Japanese actress, singer

1983 – Amy Winehouse
English singer-songwriter

1965 – Dmitry Medvedev
Russian politician, 3rd President of Russia

1879 – Margaret Sanger
American activist

1769 – Alexander von Humboldt
German geographer, explorer

Deaths on September 14th 🪦

1982 – Grace Kelly
American actress

1936 – Irving Thalberg
American screenwriter, producer

1901 – William McKinley
American politician, 25th President of the United States

1852 – Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Irish/English field marshal, politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

1836 – Aaron Burr
American politician, 3rd Vice President of the United States
 
In 1953 The British government announced a permanent nuclear test site in a remote area of South Australia within the Woomera Prohibited Area, known as Maralinga.
14th September 1957
The first test, Tadje, (of Operation Antler) was held on September 14, 1957, using the nuclear device dubbed Pixie. It was delivered by a tower. The smallest of all nuclear explosions at Maralinga, Tadje produced a yield of 91 tons TNT and a cloud rising to 9,500 feet
 
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14th September 1959
First Man-Made Object Successfully Lands on the Moon
Soviet space probe Luna 2 was also the first man-made spacecraft to land on any celestial object. It was launched on September 12, 1959, and lost communications with Earth as it impacted the Moon’s surface east of Mare Serenitatis near the Aristides, Archimedes, and Autolycus craters.
 
September 15th

Great Fire of Moscow 1812 Napoleon Bonaparte
and his French army reach the Kremlin in Moscow, where they watch the flames of the Great Fire of Moscow spread and grow.




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.
 
15th September

1950 The United Nations landed up to 50,000 troops behind enemy lines at Inchon, on the west coast of Korea.

1966 The launch at Barrow-in-Furness of HMS Resolution, the first of a class of four nuclear ballistic missile submarines (SSBN) built for the Royal Navy as part of the UK Polaris programme. Her long period of sea trials culminated in the test firing of a Polaris missile from the USAF Eastern Test Range off Cape Kennedy at 11:15 on 15th February 1968. The class was part of the 10th Submarine Squadron, all based at Faslane Naval Base in Scotland.

1978 German terror suspect arrested in UK. One of the most wanted members of the West German Baader-Meinhof gang, Astrid Proll, was detained in London.

1985 Tony Jacklin's team of golfers beat the United States in the Ryder Cup for the first time in 28 years.

2000 The fuel protests which had paralysed Britain for seven days, ended.
 
15th September 1964
At Cleveland's Public Auditorium, police inspector Carl Bear takes the microphone from John Lennon while he is still singing and The Beatles are asked to leave the stage for fifteen minutes so that the screaming crowd can calm down. :LOL:
 
15th August 1965
The Ford Motor Company becomes the first auto maker to offer an 8-track tape player as an option in their Mustang, Thunderbird and Lincoln models.
Tapes were initially only available at auto parts stores, as home 8-track equipment was still a year away.
 
1835
naturalist, Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches the Galapagos Island, stays there 5 weeks
1928
Scottish batcteriologist, Alexander Fleming discovers pencillin
1949
ABC TV western' The Lone Ranger' aka' John Reid'debut starring Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels as his trusted guide''Tonto' always called Reid' kemo sabe' Their horses were' Silver and Scout'. The show ended in 1957
1982
USA Today, newspaper published by Gannett Co Inc debuts cost was 25 cents, now its $3
1997
Google.com is registered as a domain name
2022
tennis great, Roger Federer announces his retirement age 41, he won 20 Grand Slam titles, 103 ATP titles
 
On This Day In History, September 14th

1982 – Members of a right-wing Lebanese militia massacre 1500-3000 people in two Beirut-area refugee camps
The killings took over three days in the Palestinian refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila and were led by the Lebanese Christian Phalangist militia.

1978 – An earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter Scale rocks the city of Tabas in Iran
More than 11,000 people were killed during the natural disaster.

1963 – Malaysia is created
The Federation of Malaya united with Sabah, Sarawak, and Singapore to create Malaysia. Singapore left the arrangement two years later.

1920 – A bomb explodes on Wall Street, New York, killing 38 people
The Wall Street Bombing, as the incident is known, was the deadliest such act on American soil to that date. It is still not known who was responsible for the bombing.

1908 – General Motors Corporation is founded in Flint, Michigan, by William C. Durant and Charles Stewart Mott
The company, also known as GM, was one of the world's largest manufacturers of cars and trucks. Most notably, the company manufactured Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Pontiac, and Hummer brand cars.
 

Births on September 16th 🎂

1963 – Richard Marx
American singer-songwriter, producer

1956 – David Copperfield
American magician

1952 – Mickey Rourke
American boxer, actor, screenwriter
1925 – B.B. King

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer

1858 – Bonar Law
Canadian/Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Deaths on September 16th 🪦

1980 – Jean Piaget
Swiss psychologist

1977 – Maria Callas
Greek soprano

1898 – Ramón Emeterio Betances
Puerto Rican doctor, politician

1824 – Louis XVIII of France
King of France

1701 – James II of England
King of England, Scotland, and Ireland
 
September 16th
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1400 Owain Glyndŵr was declared Prince of Wales by his followers.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿


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the last native Welshman to hold the title Prince of Wales, instigated the Welsh Revolt against the rule of Henry IV of England
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1915 The opening of Britain’s first Women’s Institute, (regularly referred to as simply the WI) at Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Anglesey, Wales
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1966 - ClassicBands.com

September 16
Member of Parliament Tom Drilberg asks Britain's House of Commons to officially "deplore" the action of a magistrate who'd earlier called The Rolling Stones complete morons... who wear filthy clothes."
 
On This Day In History, September 17th

1978 – Camp David Accords are signed
The Camp David Accords were signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. The accords were the precursor to the 1974 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty

1939 – A Man runs 10,000 meters in less than 30 minutes for the first time in recorded history
Finnish runner, Taisto Mäki, broke his previous record by running the distance in 29 minutes 52 seconds.

1894 – A day after Japan wins the Battle of Pyongyang it defeats China in the Battle of the Yalu River
Also known as the Battle of the Yellow Sea, the conflict was fought between Japan and China during the First Sino-Japanese War.

1862 – The Bloodiest Single Day of the American Civil War takes place
The Battle of Antietam was fought near the Antietam Creek in Sharpsburg, Maryland. Thought to be the deadliest single day of the American Civil War – at least 4000 soldiers on both sides died – the battle ended Confederate General Robert E. Lee incursion into the North. While there were no clear victors, many believed that the withdrawal of Confederate soldiers from the battlefield before the Union Army meant that the Union had won the battle.

1809 – Treaty of Fredrikshamn is signed between Sweden and Russia
Also known as the Treaty of Hamina, it concluded the Finnish War and ceded Swedish territories, which later formed Finland to Russia.
 
Births on September 17th 🎂

1985 – Tomáš Berdych
Czech tennis player

1975 – Jimmie Johnson
American race car driver

1923 – Hank Williams
American singer-songwriter, guitarist

1915 – M. F. Husain
Indian painter, director

1879 – Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
Indian businessman, politician, activist

Deaths on September 17th 🪦

1997 – Red Skelton
American actor, comedian

1996 – Spiro Agnew
American politician, 39th Vice President of the United States

1994 – Karl Popper
Austrian/English philosopher

1948 – Ruth Benedict
American anthropologist

1179 – Hildegard of Bingen
German saint, philosopher, composer
 
September 17th1745 Prince Charles Edward Stewart or 'Bonnie Prince Charlie' as he was better known, arrived in Edinburgh and declared his father to be the rightful King of Scotland. He could not capture Edinburgh Castle so he set up his Court in Holyrood Palace.


1827 'Wides' in cricket were first scored in the Sussex v Kent game at Brighton.



1956The BBC bans Bill Haley 's new single "Rockin' Through The Rye," based on the 17th-century Scottish tune "Comin' Through The Rye," to avoid offending its Scots listeners.










On September 17, 1972, the television series M*A*S*H made its debut on CBS, marking the start of one of the most beloved and critically acclaimed shows in television history.Based on


the 1970 film directed by Robert Altman, which itself was adapted from a 1968 novel, M*A*S*H combined comedy and drama in a unique way, setting its story during the Korean War. The show quickly stood out for its witty writing, memorable characters, and the way it tackled serious themes with both humor and heart.





2013 A wedding service at Holy Cross Church in Sherston, Wiltshire, was delayed for an hour when an owl that was bearing the wedding rings fell asleep in the church roof.
 
September 18th
1685 The Taunton Assize trials came in the aftermath of the Battle of Sedgemoor, which ended the Monmouth Rebellion in England. The trials were led by Lord Chief Justice George Jeffreys ). They took place in the Great Hall of Taunton Castle (now the home of the Museum of Somerset )
. Of more than 500 prisoners brought before the court, 144 were hanged and their remains displayed around the county.



1502 – Christopher Columbus Lands at Costa RicaOn September 18, 1502, during his fourth and final voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus landed on the coast of present-day Costa Rica. This expedition aimed to find a westward passage to Asia and establish Spanish colonies. Columbus and his crew explored the Central American coast, encountering indigenous peoples and noting the region’s rich natural resources. Although Columbus did not achieve his primary objective, his voyages opened the door for extensive European exploration and eventual colonization of the Americas, significantly impacting the course of world history.





1970 – Jimi Hendrix Found DeadThe 27-year-old guitarist died in London.
Cause: asphyxiation after an accidental overdose.
His music leaves a lasting legacy in rock history
 
1851
the 1st edition of New York Times was published costing 2 cents a copy. Today it costs $4 M-Sat, Sun $6
1927
Columbia Broadcasting System{CBS} was founded as a radio network, on July 1,1941 it expanded to TV
1947
U.S. Air Force is created as a separate military service with the passing of the National Security Act
1958
Bank of America mails out 60,000 Bank of America cards in Fresno, Calif. The 1st credit cards later renamed VISA
1971
inventor, Momofuku Ando markets the 1st Cup Of Noodles packaging them in a waterproof polystyrene container
2024
Tupperware Brands, maker of plastic kitchenware since 1948, files for bankruptcy in Florida
 
On This Day In History, September 19th

2010 – Oil rig Deepwater Horizon is declared sealed after a 5-month-long spill in the Gulf of Mexico
Thought to be one of the biggest accidents in the oil and gas industry, the Deepwater Horizon spill or the BP oil spill began on April 20, 2010, when an explosion destroyed the rig and killed 11 people.

2006 – A Military coup overthrows the elected government in Thailand
Forces loyal to General Sonthi Boonyaratglin overthrew the elected government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and dissolved the parliament and the constitution.

1983 – Saint Kitts and Nevis gained their Independence from the British Crown
The first Europeans set foot on the Island country in the West Indies in the late 15th century during an expedition led by Columbus. In 1713, control over the islands was passed from the French to the British.

1973 – Carl XVI Gustaf succeeds his grandfather, King Gustaf VI Adolf, as the King of Sweden
Sweden is a constitutional monarchy, where the monarch is the ceremonial head of state. In 1980, Swedish law was changed to allow the firstborn of a monarch to become the crown's heir apparent, irrespective of their gender.

1944 – The Moscow Armistice ends the Continuation War
The peace treaty was signed between the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and Finland. It put an end to the conflict between the USSR and Finland between 1941 and 1944.
 

Births on September 19th 🎂

1972 – Ashot Nadanian
Armenian chess player, coach

1964 – Trisha Yearwood
American singer-songwriter, actress

1934 – Brian Epstein
English talent manager

1911 – William Golding
English author, poet, playwright, and Nobel Prize laureate

1802 – Lajos Kossuth
Hungarian journalist, lawyer, politician

Deaths on September 19th 🪦

1995 – Orville Redenbacher
American farmer, businessman

1985 – Italo Calvino
Italian journalist, author

1968 – Chester Carlson
American physicist invented Xerography

1944 – Guy Gibson
English aviator, Victoria Cross recipient
 

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