Anniversaries

6th September 1939 (69 Years)

Arthur Rackham, the British book illustrator famous for Alice's Adventues in Wonderland, A Christmas Carol and many more, died.

6th September 1997 (11 Years)

Diana, Princess of Wales, is buried in Althorp, with the service observed by over a million lining the streets and 2.5 billion watching around the world on television.

7th September 1556 (452 Years)

Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman sultan, died.

7th September 1813 (195 Years)

United States was nicknamed "Uncle Sam". Samuel Wilson, a meat packer from NY stamped the barrels with "U.S." for United States, but soldiers began referring to the grub as "Uncle Sam's."

7th September 1866 (142 Years)

Tristan Bernard, French playwright, novelist, journalist and lawyer, is born.

7th September 1940 (68 Years)

World War II: The Blitz - Nazi Germany begins to rain bombs on London. This will be the first of 57 consecutive nights of bombing.

7th September 1968 (40 Years)

Lucio Fontana, Argentine born Italian Sculptor and Painter, died.

8th September 1888 (120 Years)

Annie Chapman's body, the 2nd canonical victim of Jack the Ripper, was found in Whitechapel.

8th September 1936 (72 Years)

Nuremberg "Rally of Honour" (Reichsparteitag der Ehre) celebrated the remilitarisation of the Rhineland in March 1936.

8th September 1966 (42 Years)

Star Trek started “to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.”

9th September 1513 (495 Years)

James IV, King of Scotland dies in battle.

9th September 1513 (495 Years)

Battle of Flodden Field during the War of the League of Cambrai in Northumberland, the English defeated the Scottish.

9th September 1543 (465 Years)

Mary Stuart, at nine months old, was crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling.

9th September 1976 (32 Years)

Mao Zedong, Chinese communist leader, dies.

11th September 1947 (61 Years)

Alice Keppel, British society hostess and mistress of Edward VII, died.

12th September 1764 (244 Years)

Jean-Philippe Rameau, the French composer and music theorist of the Baroque era, dies.

12th September 1913 (95 Years)

Jesse Owens, athlete, is born.

12th September 1938 (70 Years)

Prince Arthur of Connaught, grandson of Queen Victoria, dies.

13th September 1903 (105 Years)

Claudette Colbert, French-born American actress, and a leading lady for two decades, was born.

13th September 1916 (92 Years)

Roald Dahl, British novelist, short story writer, poet, fighter pilot, and screenwriter, is born.

13th September 1928 (80 Years)

Robert Indiana, American painter and sculptor, was born.

13th September 1940 (68 Years)

World War II: German bombs damage Buckingham Palace.

14th September 1867 (141 Years)

Das Kapital by Karl Marx, the foundational theoretical text in communist philosophy, economics and politics, was published.

14th September 1901 (107 Years)

William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States, died.

14th September 1927 (81 Years)

Angela Isadora Duncan, American dancer who performed throughout Europe, died.

14th September 1927 (81 Years)

Angela Isadora Duncan, American dancer who performed throughout Europe, died.

14th September 1939 (69 Years)

The VS-300, the world's first practical helicopter, takes flight at Stratford, Connecticut. Designed by Igor Sikorsky and built by the Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft Division of the United Aircraft Corporation.

15th September 1613 (395 Years)

Sir Thomas Overbury, English writer, dies.

15th September 1835 (173 Years)

HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin aboard, reaches the Galápagos Islands.

15th September 1864 (144 Years)

John Hanning Speke, the British Indian Army officer and explorer of Africa and the first European to reach Lake Victoria, dies.

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