9 The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends after four days with a Germanic alliance defeating Roman forces and putting an end to expansion of the empire east of the Rhine 813 Louis the Pious crowned co-Emperor with Charlemagne of the Carolingian Empire 910 Benedictine abbey of Cluny founded by William, Duke of Aquitaine, in Burgundy, France, one of the greatest monasteries of Western Europe 1185 Byzantine nobleman Isaac II Angelos kills courtier Stephanus Hagiochristophorites, triggering a revolt and the overthrow of Emperor Andronikos I Komnenos, placing Isaac on the throne 1213 Chinese general Chih-Chung assassinates Emperor Wei Shao Wang (former Prince of Wei) in Peking and proclaims himself Regent 1226 The Roman Catholic practice of public adoration of the Blessed Sacrament outside of Mass spreads from monasteries to parishes 1229 Ögedei, son of Genghis Khan , is elected the Mongolian Khan, succeeding Genghis after his father's death (or September 13) 1297 Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scottish rebel William Wallace defeats the English 1304 William the Good becomes Earl of Holland 1390 Lithuanian Civil War (1389-1392): the Teutonic Knights begin a five-week siege of Vilnius 1503 Michelangelo begins sculpting the 12 Apostles for the Cathedral of Florence, creating over-life-sized marble statues, of which only one, that of St. Matthew, is partly finished 1541 Santiago, Chile, is destroyed by indigenous warriors, lead by Michimalonko 1557 Catholic and Lutheran theology debated in Worms 1609 An expulsion order is issued against the Moriscos of Valencia, beginning the expulsion of all of Spain's Moriscos (former Muslims and their descendants) 1645 General Thomas Fairfax 's New Model Army occupies Bristol after the city surrenders 1649 Massacre of Drogheda, Ireland: Oliver Cromwell kills 3,000 Royalists 1655 Peter Stuyvesant recaptures Dutch Fort Casimir from the Swedes in Delaware 1697 Battle of Zenta: Holy League forces led by Prince Eugene of Savoy defeat an Ottoman army under Mustafa II near Zenta in the Kingdom of Hungary, ending Ottoman control over large parts of Central Europe 1708 Great Northern War: Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, the turning point in the war 1709 Battle at Malplaquet during War of the Spanish Succession: English, Austrian and Dutch Great Alliance defeat France 1714 French and Spanish troops under the Duke of Berwick occupy Barcelona 1741 Queen of Bohemia Maria Theresa addresses the Hungarian Parliament 1758 Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years' War 1777 Battle of Brandywine, Pennsylvania: Americans lose to the British, Polish soldier Casimir Pulaski saves the life of George Washington 1783 Benjamin Franklin writes "There never was a good war or bad peace" 1786 Annapolis Convention on interstate commerce opens to discuss reversing protectionist trade barriers between US states 1789 Alexander Hamilton is appointed as the first Secretary of the US Treasury 1792 The French Blue gem (later the Hope Diamond) is stolen along with other French crown jewels from the royal storehouse in Paris during the Reign of Terror 1802 France annexes the Kingdom of Piedmont 1814 Americans defeat the British at the Battle of Plattsburgh, which began on September 6, during the War of 1812 1814 Battle of Lake Champlain: The American Navy defeats the Royal Navy at Plattsburgh, New York, ending the British invasion of the northern states during the War of 1812 1839 First Canadian track and field meet held at Caer Howell Grounds 1847 First singing of Stephen Foster 's "Oh! Susanna" in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1850 Opera singer Jenny Lind, "The Swedish Nightingale," gives her first US concert at Castle Garden in New York City, promoted by P. T. Barnum [1] 1852 Olympia Columbian is the first newspaper published north of the Columbia River 1853 First electric telegraph used between Merchant's Exchange, San Francisco, and Point Lobos, California 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre: Mormons, disguised as Native Americans, murder 120 settlers in Utah 1877 Russo-Turkish War: The third Russian assault on Plevna, Ottoman Empire (now Pleven, Bulgaria), aided by Romanian forces, mostly fails, although the Romanians take Grivitsa; up to 20,000 Russian and 6,000 Turkish casualties 1881 Triple landslides bury Elm, Switzerland 1882 First international conference to promote anti-Semitism meets in Dresden, Germany (Congress for the Safeguarding of Non-Jewish Interests) 1883 American architect James Cutler patents the postal mail chute for the Elwood Building in Rochester, New York 1885 Ambrose Bierce finishes as editor of "The Wasp" magazine 1885 Moses Hopkins is named minister to Liberia 1886 6th America's Cup: Mayflower (NY Yacht Club) beats Galatea (Royal Northern & Clyde Yacht Club, Scotland) for a 2-0 series victory 1891 The Jewish Colonization Association is established by Baron Maurice de Hirsch 1893 "Svoboda," the oldest existing Ukrainian newspaper, is founded as a weekly publication by Father Hryhorii Hrushka in Jersey City, New Jersey, and expands to a daily in 1921 1893 Bronx Gas & Electric Company opens on Frisby and Tremont Ave 1893 First conference of the World Parliament of Religions is held in Chicago, Indian monk Swami Vivekananda gives influential speech 1893 Shaku Soen is the first Zen teacher to visit the West (Chicago) 1897 After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to the ancient kingdom 1900 President of Transvaal, Paul Kruger , crosses the border into Mozambique 1903 The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held, making it the oldest major speedway in the world 1906 Indian attorney M.K. Gandhi coins the term "Satyagraha" to characterize the non-violence movement in South Africa 1909 German astronomer Max Wolf rediscovers Halley's comet 1910 First commercially successful electric bus line opens in Los Angeles 1912 Philadelphia second baseman Eddie Collins steals an MLB record of 6 bases in the Athletics' 9-7 win over the Detroit Tigers at Navin Field 1914 Australia invades New Britain, defeating German colonial forces 1914 Father of the Blues, W. C. Handy , publishes "St. Louis Blues," his most famous composition 1916 First true self-service supermarket, Clarence Saunders' "Piggly Wiggly," opens in Memphis, Tennessee [1] 1916 German troops conquer Kavalla, Greece 1916 The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses during reconstruction, killing 11 men 1919 US Marines again send troops to Honduras 1921 Nahalal, the first moshav in Israel, is settled 1922 Australian newspaper The Sun News-Pictorial, the predecessor of the Herald Sun of Melbourne, is founded 1922 The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia 1923 Bernie Neis hits the 1,000th Dodger home run 1923 Boston Red Sox pitcher Howard Ehmke retires 27 New York Yankees 1923 ZR-1 (biggest active dirigible) flies over New York's tallest skyscraper, Woolworth Tower 1926 Aloha Tower is dedicated in Honolulu, Hawaii 1926 Spain leaves the League of Nations due to Germany joining 1926 Yankees' Bob Meusel ties the record with three sacrifice flies 1927 After losing 21 in a row to New York, the Browns win their last meeting 6-2 1927 Yankees slugger Babe Ruth hits his 50th home run during his MLB record 60 HR season in New York's 6-2 loss to the St. Louis Browns at Yankee Stadium 1928 First trans-Tasman crossing from Australia to New Zealand is piloted by Charles Kingsford-Smith and Charles Ulm, arriving in Christchurch after 14 hours and 25 minutes 1928 First TV drama WGY's "The Queen's Messenger," starring Izetta Jewell, broadcasts in the New York area 1928 Philadelphia Athletics' Ty Cobb pops out in his last MLB at-bat in a 5-3 loss to the Yankees in New York 1929 San Francisco Mayor Rolph inaugurates a new pedestrian traffic light system 1930 Stromboli volcano in Sicily ejects 2-ton basaltic rocks 2 miles, making it one of the most violent eruptions in recorded history 1932 Polish aviators Franciszek Żwirko (36) and Stanisław Wigura (31), international "Challenge 1932" winners, are killed when their RWD-6 plane crashes in a forest in Těrlicko, Czechoslovakia, during a storm en route to an air meet in Prague 1933 Antwerp's Sportpaleis in Belgium, the largest indoor arena in Europe, opens; renovated from 2010 to 2013 1936 A's pitcher Horace Lisenbee gives up 26 hits in a game 1939 Battle of Kutno Pocket: Germans advance to Warsaw 1939 British submarine Triton torpedoes British submarine Oxley 1939 Iraq and Saudi Arabia declare war on Nazi Germany 1940 Anton Mussert establishes the Dutch SS 1940 Buckingham Palace in London is damaged by German bombs 1940 Frank C. Walker of Pennsylvania takes office as the 54th US Postmaster General 1940 George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer 1940 Nazi Germany begins Operation Seelöwe (Sealion, the aborted invasion of England) 1941 Charles Lindbergh claims the "British, Jewish, and Roosevelt administration" are trying to get the US into World War II 1941 Construction of the Pentagon begins in Arlington County, Virginia (completed January 15, 1943). Designed by architect George Bergstrom and built by contractor John McShain, construction is overseen by Leslie Groves 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the US Navy that any Axis ship found in American waters be shot on sight 1942 Enid Blyton publishes "Five on a Treasure Island," the first of her "Famous Five" children's novels, starting one of the best-selling children's series ever with over 100 million copies sold 1942 Transport #31 departs with French Jews to Nazi Germany 1943 Jewish ghettos of Minsk and Lida, Belarus, are liquidated 1943 Last German Q-ship or "pirate ship" sinks near Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Chile 1943 US and Australian troops join in Salamaua, New Guinea 1943 WWII: Allied armed forces conquer Salerno, Italy 1944 A reconnaissance squadron of the US 5th Armored Division "Victory Division" is the first Allied force to enter Nazi Germany 1945 Hideki Tojo , Japanese Prime Minister during most of World War II, attempts suicide rather than face a war crimes tribunal but fails; he is later hanged 1945 Physician Willem J. Kolff performs the first successful kidney dialysis, using his artificial kidney machine in the Netherlands 1946 First mobile long-distance car-to-car telephone conversation 1950 A train crash in Coshocton, Ohio, kills 33 1950 An episode from the TV series "Dick Tracy" sparks an uproar over violent content 1950 First typesetting machine to dispense with metal type is exhibited 1951 Florence Chadwick becomes the first woman to swim the English Channel from England to France, taking 16 hours and 19 minutes 1951 Igor Stravinsky 's opera "The Rake's Progress," with libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, premieres at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Italy 1953 KSBW TV channel 8 in Salinas-Monterey, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 WEHT TV channel 25 in Evansville, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 20.4 cm of rainfall at Brunswick, Maine (state record) 1954 Hurricane Edna makes landfall in Massachusetts, resulting in the heaviest day of rainfall in New York City in 45 years, and causing $42.8 million in damages 1954 KXJB TV Channel 4 in Valley City (Fargo) (NBC) begins broadcasting 1955 Dedication of the first temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Europe, the Bern Switzerland Temple 1955 Juan Manuel Fangio in a Mercedes wins the season-ending Italian Grand Prix at Monza to take his third Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship by 17 points from Englishman Stirling Moss 1955 KTVT TV channel 11 in Fort Worth-Dallas, TX (IND) begins broadcasting 1956 Cincinnati Reds outfielder Frank Robinson ties rookie record with his 38th home run 1956 New York Yankees Yogi Berra ties career record for home runs by a catcher (236) 1956 Vladimir Kuts runs a world record 10,000 m in 28:42.8 1958 Great Britain performs an atmospheric nuclear test on Christmas Island 1959 Baltimore starter Jerry Walker pitches all 16 innings as the Orioles edge the Chicago White Sox 1-0 at Memorial Stadium 1959 Composer and jazz orchestra leader Duke Ellington wins NAACP's Spingarn Medal for his musical achievements 1959 Congress passes a bill authorizing food stamps for low-income Americans 1959 Pittsburgh pitcher Elroy Face's 22-game winning streak ends as Dodgers beat Pirates 5-4 at LA Memorial Coliseum 1960 The Young Americans for Freedom, meeting at the home of William F. Buckley Jr., promulgate the Sharon Statement 1960 XVII Summer Olympic Games close at Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy 1961 Founding of the World Wildlife Fund in Morges, Switzerland 1961 Hurricane Carla strikes near Port O'Connor, Texas, with winds of 175 mph

1962 KVCR TV channel 24 in San Bernardino, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 The Beatles record "Love Me Do," "PS I Love You," and a slow version of "Please, Please Me," with session player Andy White on drums; Ringo relegated to tambourine 1963 Typhoon Gloria strikes Taiwan, killing 330 people and causing $17.5 million in damage 1964 Beatles guitarist George Harrison forms Mornyork Ltd, a music publishing company now known as Harrisongs 1964 Gillette's 20-year contract with Madison Square Garden and ABC to televise fights for free ends as Dick Tiger defeats Don Fullmer at Cleveland Auditorium 1965 Beatles' "Help!" album goes to #1 and stays at #1 for 9 weeks 1965 Braves' second consecutive one-hitter against the Mets 1965 The 1st Cavalry Division of the United States Army arrives in Vietnam 1966 France performs nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll 1966 Johnny Miller becomes the first New York Yankee to hit a home run in his first MLB at-bat; his second home run comes in his final MLB at-bat in 1969 1966 Rolling Stones' fourth appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show"; they perform three songs, including "Paint It Black" 1967 "The Carol Burnett Show," starring Carol Burnett, premieres on CBS-TV in the US 1967 A's drop grievance filed with the National Labor Relations Board against C. Finley 1967 Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour begins with a bus driven somewhat aimlessly around Western England 1967 French President Charles de Gaulle visits Poland 1967 India/China border conflicts 1967 US Surveyor 5 makes the first chemical analysis of lunar material 1967 WSRE TV channel 23 in Pensacola, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 WUNE TV channel 17 in Linville, NC (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 WUNF TV channel 33 in Asheville, NC (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 WUNG TV channel 58 in Concord, NC (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and 6 crew 1969 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan 1970 American rock guitar legend Jimi Hendrix gives what becomes his final interview with NME's Keith Altham in England 1970 Ford Motor Company introduces its first North American subcompact model, the Pinto 1970 Members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine release the majority of 310 hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings near Zarqa, Jordan; 56 hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are held until September 25 1971 Egypt adopts its constitution 1972 BART begins service with a 26-mile (42-kilometer) line from Oakland to Fremont 1972 XX Summer Olympic Games close at the Olympiastadion in Munich, West Germany 1973 Chilean President Salvador Allende , the first elected Marxist president of a South American country, is deposed in a military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet 1974 Cardinals beat Mets 4-3 in 25 innings (7 hours 4 minutes), record 202 plate appearances, and Félix Millán and John Milner come to bat 12 times each 1976 Minnie Miñoso (52) bats for the Chicago White Sox 12 years after his retirement as a player; he goes hitless 1977 29th Emmy Awards: "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," Carroll O'Connor , and Bea Arthur win; "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" accumulates a then-record 29 awards over its seven-season run 1977 American crooner Bing Crosby and British singer David Bowie record duet "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" at ATV Elstree Studios near London for television special "Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas" 1977 The Atari 2600, originally known as the Atari Video Computer System (Atari VCS), is released in North America, revolutionizing the video game industry 1978 Medical photographer Janet Parker is the last known person to die of smallpox; she contracted the infection in a laboratory in Birmingham, England 1980 Chile adopts its constitution 1980 Ron LeFlore (91st) and Rodney Scott (58th) set a teammate steal record 1981 Second government of Dries van Agt forms in the Netherlands 1983 Pittsburgh running back Franco Harris runs for 118 yards in a Steelers 25-21 win at Green Bay to become only the third player in NFL history to rush for 11,000 yards 1983 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan 1985 International Cometary Explorer (ISEE 3) passes Giacobini-Zinner by 7,900 km 1985 Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds gets career hit 4,192 off Eric Show of the San Diego Padres, eclipsing Ty Cobb 's record 1985 Sri Lanka achieves its first Test cricket victory, defeating India by 149 runs 1986 Dow Jones Industrial Average suffers biggest one-day decline ever, plummeting 86.61 points to 1,792.89 as 237.57 million shares trade 1986 Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak receives Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres 1986 US performs a nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1988 Lost steamship "the Ship of Gold" SS Central America, sunk in 1857, is rediscovered in waters off North Carolina by a group led by Tommy Gregory Thompson using Bayesian search theory [1] 1988 One-third of the population argues for Estonian autonomy 1988 Sport Aid, a series of charity runs, is held to raise money for children suffering from hunger and famine 1988 St. Jean Bosco massacre: Rogue paramilitary group shoot congregants at Jean-Bertrand Aristide's Catholic church in Haiti, 13 die and 77 wounded 1989 Drexel formally pleads guilty to securities fraud 1989 KSO-AM in Des Moines, Iowa, changes its call letters to KGGO 1991 "La Toya: Growing Up in The Jackson Family" goes on sale 1991 14 die in a Continental Express commuter plane crash near Houston, Texas 1991 Atlanta Braves pitchers Kent Mercker, Mark Wohlers and Alejandro Pena pitch first combined no-hitter in the National League, beating the San Diego Padres 1-0 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium 1991 NY Yankees final game at Baltimore Orioles' Memorial Stadium 1992 Hurricane Iniki hits Kauai, Hawaii, killing 3 people and injuring 8,000 1993 Junxia Qu runs a 1500 m women's world record in 3:50.46 1994 46th Emmy Awards: Frasier, Picket Fences, and Kelsey Grammer win 1994 Jingyi Le swims a world record in the women's 50 m freestyle with a time of 24.51 seconds 1995 Eastern Tennessee begins using 423 as the new area code 1995 Ohio's Governor Voinovich proclaims "Cleveland Indians Day" 1995 Soyuz TM-22 lands 1996 Union Pacific Railroad purchases Southern Pacific Railroad 1997 After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom 1998 16th Commonwealth Games open in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, making it the first Asian country to host the games 1998 Independent counsel Ken Starr sends a report to the U.S. Congress accusing President Bill Clinton of 11 possible impeachable offenses 2000 Activists protest against the World Economic Forum meeting in Melbourne, Australia 2001 Jay-Z releases his album "Blueprint," featuring contributions by Eminem and Kanye West 2001 Passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93 attempt to retake control of their hijacked plane from terrorists, causing the plane to crash in a Pennsylvania field, killing all 44 people on board 2001 Terrorists hijack a passenger plane and crash it into the Pentagon, killing 125 people 2001 Two passenger planes hijacked by Al-Qaeda terrorists crash into New York's World Trade Center towers, causing the collapse of both and the deaths of 2,606 people 2002 Through extreme and coordinated effort, the Pentagon is rededicated after repairs are completed exactly one year after the attack on the building 2003 Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety enters into effect to protect biological diversity from the potential risks posed by genetically modified organisms 2003 Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh dies after being assaulted and fatally wounded on September 10 2004 A helicopter crashes in the Aegean Sea, killing all passengers, including Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria and 16 others, such as journalists and bishops of the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria 2007 Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, a thermobaric weapon nicknamed the "Father of All Bombs (FOAB)," with a blast yield of 44 tons of TNT 2008 Chris Sharma redpoints Jumbo Love at Clark Mountain, California, the world's first consensus 9b (5.15b) route 2009 Sweden emerges from the recession after witnessing GDP growth of 0.2% in the second quarter 2009 The Brazilian economy technically leaves recession when GDP grows 1.9% in the second quarter of 2009 after having fallen in the first quarter of 2009 and the last quarter of 2008 2012 50 Al-Shabaab fighters are killed in conflict with the Somali National Army 2012 A bus runs off a mountain highway in Nepal, killing 29 people and injuring 11 2012 Japan nationalizes three of the disputed Senkaku Islands 2012 Moody's warns the US that its AAA credit rating is at risk if lawmakers fail to produce a long-term debt reduction plan 2012 The US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, is stormed, looted, and burned down, killing five people, including the US ambassador 2013 Twelve Alawite sect members are killed by rebel fighters in central Syria 2014 South African athlete Oscar Pistorius is found not guilty of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp (and is later found guilty of culpable homicide) 2015 A large crane collapses in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, killing more than 100 people 2015 Former Governor of Texas, Rick Perry, becomes the first candidate to drop out of the race for the Republican nomination 2015 Sofía Vergara (Modern Family) and Kaley Cuoco -Sweeting (The Big Bang Theory) are named the highest-earning TV actresses by Forbes, each earning $28.5 million 2017 Hurricane Irma leaves 7 million U.S. homes without power in Florida and Georgia 2017 Norwegian Conservative Prime Minister Erna Solberg, heading a right-wing coalition, claims victory in Norway's general election 2017 One million march in Barcelona on the region's national day to support independence for Catalonia 2017 UN imposes new export sanctions on North Korea 2018 "Fear: Trump in the White House" by Bob Woodward is published by Simon and Schuster 2018 American-backed militia begins the final push to oust militants from Hajin, Syria, the last area under Islamic State control 2018 Bus crash in the southern Indian state of Telangana kills 53 people 2018 Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan lies in state in Accra, Ghana, ahead of a state funeral 2018 Imprisoned Brazilian Ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva abandons his presidential campaign 2018 James Anderson takes his 564th Test wicket to become the most prolific fast bowler in cricket history as England beats India by 118 runs in the 5th Test at The Oval for a 4-1 series victory in Alastair Cook's final Test 2018 Russia launches its largest military exercise since 1981, involving 300,000 personnel with Chinese troops participating 2018 Suicide bombing in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, kills 68 and injures 165 2019 Water is detected for the first time on a planet outside our solar system, on exoplanet K2-18b, 110 light-years away; findings are published in "Nature Astronomy" 2021 74th Cannes Film Festival: Audrey Diwan's "Happening" (L'Événement) wins the Palme d'Or 2021 Twentieth anniversary of 9/11 is observed by US President Joe Biden and former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton in New 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