Today in History

26th September 1887
Emile Berliner, a 36-year-old German immigrant living in Washington DC, applies for a patent on his invention, the gramophone.
The machine was the first to play flat discs as opposed to Thomas Edison's wax cylinder apparatus. The patent would be granted in November.
 

September 26th


1580 Sir Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth



1953 Sugar rationing in Britain came to an end.



1955 Frozen Birdseye fish fingers first went on sale in Britain.



1965 - Queen Elizabeth II bestowed honor upon The Beatles with the Order Of The British Empire.
 

On This Day In History, September 27th

1996 – Taliban take over Kabul
Following the takeover, the Islamic fundamentalist group established the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

1962 – Establishment of the Yemen Arab Republic
Gamal Abdel Nasser declared the establishment of the Yemen Arab Republic after staging a coup that deposed King Muhammad Al-Badr

1940 – Tripartite Pact is signed
It established the Axis powers during World War II and was signed by representatives of Germany, Italy and Imperial Japan.

1937 – The Bali Tiger Goes Extinct
Native to the Indonesian island of Bali, the Bali Tiger became extinct due to human activities and hunting. On this day, the last known adult Balinese tiger was shot dead.

1922 – Constantine I of Greece abdicates
Constantine I of Greece abdicated in favour of his son, George II, after a military revolt.
 
Births on 27th September 🎂

1984 – Avril Lavigne
Canadian singer-songwriter, actress, fashion designer

1982 – Lil Wayne
American rapper, actor

1972 – Gwyneth Paltrow
American actress, singer

1947 – Meat Loaf
American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

1722 – Samuel Adams
American politician, 4th Governor of Massachusetts

Deaths on 27th September 🪦

1965 – Clara Bow
American actress

1944 – Aimee Semple McPherson
Canadian/American evangelist, founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel

1917 – Edgar Degas
French painter

1876 – Braxton Bragg
American general

1833 – Ram Mohan Roy
Indian reformer
 
September 27th


1825 George Stephensons "Locomotion No. 1" becomes the first steam locomotive to carry passengers on a public rail line, the Stockton and Darlington Railway in England



1938 The 83,000 ton liner 'Queen Elizabeth' was launched at John Brown's Yard on Clydebank in Scotland by the Queen Mother. With her sister ship Queen Mary, she provided luxury liner service between Southampton and New York via Cherbourg in France.


27 Sep 1967
Working on new songs the Beatles recorded various parts for the new John Lennon song ‘I Am The Walrus’ and the new Paul Macartney song ‘Fool On The Hill.’ Lennon received a letter from a pupil at Quarry Bank High School, that mentioned an English teacher was making his class analyse Beatles' lyrics. Lennon, amused that a teacher was putting so much effort into understanding the Beatles' lyrics, decided to write in his next song the most confusing lyrics that he could.
 
SEPTEMBER 28, 1066
William the Conqueror and his fleet of around 600 ships landed at Pevensey, Sussex, beginning the Norman conquest of England.


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SEPTEMBER 28, 1928
Scottish biologist and pharmacologist Alexander Fleming (pictured) discovered penicillin when he noticed a bacteria-killing mould growing in his laboratory.
 
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SEPTEMBER 28, 1066
William the Conqueror and his fleet of around 600 ships landed at Pevensey, Sussex, beginning the Norman conquest of England.
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That's the sneaky Freench for you - while our boys were 'up North' in Yorkshire battling the twin armies of Orkney and Norweigan Vikings, the South West defences were unprotected. Makes one wonder if the Conquest and indeed history would be different had it been a straight Army v Army comflict.
 
On This Day In History, September 29th

1994 – Sinking of MS Estonia
MS Estonia, a passenger and car ferry, sank in the Baltic Sea killing more than 800 passengers. It is considered to be the worst maritime peacetime disaster of the 20th century.

1991 – Coup in Haiti
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was deposed in a military coup. Aristide had been elected in a national election held 8 months before the coup.

1962 – First Canadian Satellite
Canada launched its first-ever satellite, Alouette 1, on this day from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, United States. A joint venture between NASA and Defence Research and Development Canada, the satellite was sent to study the Earth's ionosphere.

1954 – CERN established
The European Organisation for Nuclear Research, popularly known as CERN, was established by 12 European governments.

1941 – Babi Yar massacre
About 33,000 Soviet Jews were killed at the Babi Yar ravine in Kiev by the Nazis in a two-day massacre that started on this day.
 
Births on 29th September 🎂

1961 – Julia Gillard
Australian politician, 27th Prime Minister of Australia

1951 – Michelle Bachelet
Chilean politician, 34th President of Chile

1936 – Silvio Berlusconi
Italian politician, 50th Prime Minister of Italy

1901 – Enrico Fermi
Italian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

1511 – Michael Servetus
Spanish theologian, physician, cartographer

Deaths on 29th September 🪦

2009 – Pavel Popovich
Soviet astronaut

1997 – Roy Lichtenstein
American painter, sculptor

1981 – Bill Shankly
Scottish footballer, manager

1973 – W. H. Auden
English/American poet

1902 – Émile Zola
French author, critic
 
Some entertainers who passed away on;
29th September
Tony Curtis, American actor with a career that spanned 6 decades died in 2010.
He was a heart throb of the 50s. He acted in over 100 films with some of the top rated being Winchester '73, 1950, The Defiant Ones, 1959, Sweet Smell of Success, 1959, Some Like it Hot, 1960.
Awarded a Life Time Achievement Award in 2005.

Helen Reddy, the Australian singer behind the feminist anthem "I Am Woman", died at the age of 78 in 2020
Helen had 15 Billboard Top 40 hits, she hosted a season of The Helen Reddy Show on NBC TV in 1973, she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1974

Mac Davis passed away following heart surgery aged 78 in 2020
Along with his own hit records, which included the chart topping "Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me" in 1972, Mac also wrote "In the Ghetto" and "A Little Less Conversation" for Elvis Presley.
He hosted his own NBC variety series in 1974, the same year the Academy of Country Music named him entertainer of the year.
 
September 29th

1399 The first English monarch to abdicate, Richard II, was replaced by Bolingbroke, who ascended the throne as Henry IV.

1829 First units of the London Metropolitan Police appear on the streets of the British capital, the city's first modern police force


In 1963, "The Rolling Stones" began their first British tour as part of a package with "The Everly Brothers," Bo Diddley and Little Richard.
 
On This Day In History, September 30th

2005 – Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten publishes controversial cartoon
The Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published a controversial cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad. The publication led to riots and protests in many parts of the world.

1966 – Botswana becomes independent
Botswana gained independence from the United Kingdom.

1960 – Premier of The Flintstones
The animated series The Flintstones premiered on TV. It was set in the Stone Age and it detailed the lives of the Flintstones and the Rubbles families. It ran for 6 years until April 1 1966.

1949 – Berlin airlift ends
After 15 months of airlifting supplies to Berlin, the Berlin airlift led by American forces came to an end. The Berlin Blockade was an international crisis where the Soviet Union blocked access of Western countries into Berlin.

1744 – Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo begins
The battle was fought during the War of the Austrian Succession and ended with the Spanish and French victory over the Kingdom of Sardinia.
 
Births on 30th September 🎂

1983 – Adam Jones
American football player

1928 – Elie Wiesel
Romanian/American author, Holocaust survivor, Nobel Prize laureate

1924 – Truman Capote
American author

1852 – Charles Villiers Stanford
Irish composer

1207 – Rumi
Persian mystic, poet

Deaths on 30th September 🪦

1987 – Alfred Bester
American author

1955 – James Dean
American actor

1942 – Hans-Joachim Marseille
German pilot

1941 – Alice de Janzé
American heiress

1897 – Thérèse of Lisieux
French nun
 
September 30th1846:=13px Ether =13px anesthesia is administered for the first time by Dr. William Morton during a surgical procedure at the Massachusetts General Hospital.



1951 Big crowds attended the final ceremonies which marked the official end of the Festival of Britain.

1967 The BBC Light Programme, Third Programme and Home Service were replaced with BBC Radio 2, 3 and 4 Respectively. BBC Radio 1 was also launched, with Tony Blackburn, a former Radio Caroline DJ, presenting the first show.
And Tony Blackburn is still going on Radio2
 
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On This Day In History, October 1st

1991 – Siege of Dubrovnik
The Siege of Dubrovnik began during the Croatian War of Independence. On this day, the Yugoslav People's Army started its offensive on Dubrovnik.

1961 – Formation of the Federal Republic of Cameroon
British Cameroon or Southern Cameroon joined the Republic of Cameroon to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.

1957 – Thalidomide launched
Thalidomide, an anti-nausea drug and sleep aid, was launched. For about five years, it was commonly prescribed to pregnant women as a drug to deal with morning sickness. It was finally withdrawn from the market after it was determined that it caused birth defects.

1949 – The People's Republic of China is established
Mao Zedong declared the establishment of the People's Republic of China.

1946 – Trial of the Major War Criminals ended
The Trial of the Major War Criminals, part of the Nuremberg trial, ended with sentences being passed against several key members of the Nazi party.
 
Births on October 1st 🎂

1935 – Julie Andrews
English actress, singer

1924 – Jimmy Carter
American politician, 39th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate

1924 – William Rehnquist
American lawyer, jurist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States

1910 – Bonnie Parker
American criminal

1896 – Liaquat Ali Khan
Indian/Pakistani lawyer, politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan

Deaths on October 1st 🪦

2013 – Tom Clancy
American author

2012 – Eric Hobsbawm
Egyptian/English historian, author

2004 – Richard Avedon
American photographer

1990 – Curtis LeMay
American general

1972 – Louis Leakey
Kenyan/English archaeologist
 
1888
National Geographic magazine is 1st published, cost was 50 cents
1928
Los Angeles International airport{LAX} opens in Westchester section of LA
1945
U.S. Office of Strategic Services {OSS} precursor to CIA disbands
1962
Johnny Carson debuts as the host of 'Tonight Show' on NBC his guests included ,Rudy Valee, Tony Bennett, Mel Brooks, actress Joan Crawford
1982
the world's 1st commercially , Compact Disc PLayer, Sony CDP-101 is released in Japan price 168,000 yen{ $730}
2018
U.S. ,Canada&Mexico agree on new trade deal to replace NAFTA
2024
Jimmy Carter celebrates his 100th birthday at his home in Plains Georgia, 1st former U.S President to reach this milestone He died on Dec 29th, 2024
 
On This Day - 1st October

959 Edgar the Peaceable became king of all England. 'The Peaceable', was not necessarily a comment on the deeds of his life, for he was a strong leader, shown by his seizure of the Northumbrian and Mercian kingdoms from his older brother. His reign though, was a remarkably peaceable one, thanks to draconian laws that involved having one's tongue ripped out, at best, for stealing an apple. Edgar died on 8th July 975 at Winchester in Hampshire.



1553 The Coronation of Queen Mary I. She was the only surviving child born of the ill-fated marriage of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon. As the fourth crowned monarch of the Tudor dynasty, Mary is remembered for her restoration of Roman Catholicism and she had over 280 religious dissenters burned at the stake in the Marian Persecutions.



1983 - ClassicBands.com

October 1
After having what she described at "seven flops in a row", Bonnie Tyler became the first female Welsh singer to top the Billboard Hot 100 when "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" rose to the top for the first of four weeks. The song would be nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 1984 ceremony, but lost to "Flashdance... What a Feeling" by Irene Cara.
 

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