WillDekkard
09-26-2010, 05:09 AM
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This Date in History - September 26th
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* 46 BC Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to his mythical ancestor Venus Genetrix in accordance with a vow he made at the battle of Pharsalus.
* 715 Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiθgne.
* 1212 Golden Bull of Sicily is certified as an hereditary royal title in Bohemia for the Přemyslid dynasty.
* 1580 Sir Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth.
* 1687 The Parthenon in Athens is partially destroyed by an explosion caused by the bombing from Venetian forces led by Morosini who are besieging the Ottoman Turks stationed in Athens.
* 1687 The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution.
* 1777 British troops occupy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the American Revolution.
* 1783 The first battle of Shays' Rebellion begins.
* 1789 Thomas Jefferson is appointed the first United States Secretary of State, John Jay is appointed the first Chief Justice of the United States, Samuel Osgood is appointed the first United States Postmaster General, and Edmund Randolph is appointed the first United States Attorney General.
* 1792 Marc-David Lasource begins accusing Maximilien Robespierre of wanting a dictatorship for France.
* 1810 A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne.
* 1820 Colonel Robert Gibbon Johnson proved tomatoes weren't poisonous by eating several on the steps of the courthouse in Salem, New Jersey.
* 1872 The first Shriners Temple (called Mecca) is established in New York City.
* 1907 New Zealand and Newfoundland each become dominions within the British Empire.
* 1908 Ed Reulbach becomes the first and only pitcher to throw two shutouts in one day against the Brooklyn Dodgers.
* 1914 The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
* 1918 World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive, the bloodiest single battle in American history, begins.
* 1934 Steamship RMS Queen Mary is launched.
* 1944 World War II: Operation Market Garden fails.
* 1944 World War II: On the central front of the Gothic Line Brazilian troops control the Serchio valley region after ten days of fighting.
* 1950 United Nations troops recapture Seoul from the North Koreans.
* 1950 Indonesia is admitted to the United Nations.
* 1954 Japanese rail ferry Toya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan killing 1,172.
* 1960 In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
* 1960 Fidel Castro announces Cuba's support for the U.S.S.R.
* 1962 The Yemen Arab Republic is proclaimed.
* 1970 The Laguna Fire starts in San Diego County, California, burning 175,425 acres (710 km²).
* 1973 Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.
* 1981 Baseball: Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.
* 1983 Soviet military officer Stanislav Petrov averts a likely worldwide nuclear war by correctly identifying a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike.
* 1984 The United Kingdom agrees to the handover of Hong Kong
* 1997 A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A-300 crashes near Medan, Indonesia, airport, killing 234.
* 1997 An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.
* 2000 Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.
* 2000 The MS Express Samina sinks off Paros in the Agean sea killing 80 passengers.
* 2002 The overcrowded Senegalese ferry MV Joola capsizes off the coast of Gambia killing more than 1,000.
* 2008 Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel.
* 2009 Typhoon Ketsana (2009) hit the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities.
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This Date in History - September 26th
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* 46 BC Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to his mythical ancestor Venus Genetrix in accordance with a vow he made at the battle of Pharsalus.
* 715 Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiθgne.
* 1212 Golden Bull of Sicily is certified as an hereditary royal title in Bohemia for the Přemyslid dynasty.
* 1580 Sir Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth.
* 1687 The Parthenon in Athens is partially destroyed by an explosion caused by the bombing from Venetian forces led by Morosini who are besieging the Ottoman Turks stationed in Athens.
* 1687 The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution.
* 1777 British troops occupy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the American Revolution.
* 1783 The first battle of Shays' Rebellion begins.
* 1789 Thomas Jefferson is appointed the first United States Secretary of State, John Jay is appointed the first Chief Justice of the United States, Samuel Osgood is appointed the first United States Postmaster General, and Edmund Randolph is appointed the first United States Attorney General.
* 1792 Marc-David Lasource begins accusing Maximilien Robespierre of wanting a dictatorship for France.
* 1810 A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne.
* 1820 Colonel Robert Gibbon Johnson proved tomatoes weren't poisonous by eating several on the steps of the courthouse in Salem, New Jersey.
* 1872 The first Shriners Temple (called Mecca) is established in New York City.
* 1907 New Zealand and Newfoundland each become dominions within the British Empire.
* 1908 Ed Reulbach becomes the first and only pitcher to throw two shutouts in one day against the Brooklyn Dodgers.
* 1914 The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
* 1918 World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive, the bloodiest single battle in American history, begins.
* 1934 Steamship RMS Queen Mary is launched.
* 1944 World War II: Operation Market Garden fails.
* 1944 World War II: On the central front of the Gothic Line Brazilian troops control the Serchio valley region after ten days of fighting.
* 1950 United Nations troops recapture Seoul from the North Koreans.
* 1950 Indonesia is admitted to the United Nations.
* 1954 Japanese rail ferry Toya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan killing 1,172.
* 1960 In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
* 1960 Fidel Castro announces Cuba's support for the U.S.S.R.
* 1962 The Yemen Arab Republic is proclaimed.
* 1970 The Laguna Fire starts in San Diego County, California, burning 175,425 acres (710 km²).
* 1973 Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.
* 1981 Baseball: Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.
* 1983 Soviet military officer Stanislav Petrov averts a likely worldwide nuclear war by correctly identifying a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike.
* 1984 The United Kingdom agrees to the handover of Hong Kong
* 1997 A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A-300 crashes near Medan, Indonesia, airport, killing 234.
* 1997 An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.
* 2000 Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.
* 2000 The MS Express Samina sinks off Paros in the Agean sea killing 80 passengers.
* 2002 The overcrowded Senegalese ferry MV Joola capsizes off the coast of Gambia killing more than 1,000.
* 2008 Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel.
* 2009 Typhoon Ketsana (2009) hit the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities.
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