September

Today in History for 30th September 2022: Historical Events 1846 – Anesthetic ether used for 1st time by American dentist Dr William Morton who extracts a tooth 1927 – Yankees slugger Babe Ruth smacks his MLB record 60th home run off Tom Zachary in 8th inning of New York’s 4-2 win over Washington Senators at …

Today in History for 29th September 2022: Historical Events 1567 – War of Religion breaks out in France – Huguenots try to kidnap King Charles IX 1650 – Henry Robinson opens 1st marriage bureau (England) 1793 – Tennis is 1st mentioned in an English sporting magazine 1962 – “Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show” debuts …

Today in History for 28th September 2022: Historical Events 1569 – Istanbul experiences its greatest fire of the century after a blaze that starts in a Jewish bakery goes on to destroy 36,000 buildings over eight days 1940 – Bud Brennan, a fan at Memorial Stadium, races out of stands and attempts to tackle Tom …

Today in History for 27th September 2022: Historical Events 1864 – Battle at Pilot Knob (Ft Davidson) American Civil War, Missouri: 1700 killed/injured 1879 – British Open Men’s Golf, St Andrews: Scotsman Jamie Anderson wins by 3 shots from countrymen Jamie Allen and Andrew Kirkaldy; 3rd consecutive title 1964 – Findings of the Warren Commission …

Today in History for 26th September 2022: Historical Events 1792 – Marc-David Lasource begins accusing Maximilien Robespierre of wanting a dictatorship for France 1890 – US stops minting $ 1 and $ 3 gold coin and 3 cent piece 1950 – Because of forest fire in Br Columbia, blue moon appears in England 1954 – …

Today in History for 25th September 2022: Historical Events 955 – Bishop Ratherius of Luik flees 1639 – Suzuki Shosan, Samurai monk of Zen Buddhism, found awakening 1861 – Secretary of US Navy authorizes enlistment of slaves 1979 – “Evita” opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 1568 performances 1980 – USSR performs nuclear test at …

Today in History for 24th September 2022: Historical Events 1951 – USSR performs nuclear test 1965 – Belgium Victor Leemans elected chairman of European Parliament 1971 – Eyskens-Cools disbands Belgium parliament 1974 – Al Kaline, Detroit Tiger, is 12th to get 3,000 hits 1990 – East Germany leaves Warsaw Pact 1990 – Supreme Soviet gives …

Today in History for 20th September 2022: Historical Events 1792 – French defeat Prussians at Valmy 1854 – Battle of the Alma: British, French and Ottoman alliance defeat the Russian Empire in the 1st major battle of the Crimean War 1873 – Panic sweeps NY Stock Exchange (railroad bond default/bank failure) NY shut banks for …