1830 – Provisional Government of Belgium declares independence and succession from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands
1901 – Charlie Barr skippered Columbia (US) beats Shamrock II (UK), 3-0 on New York City Harbour in 11th America’s Cup yachting challenge series
1922 – Protocol for the Reconstruction of Austria, between the government of Austria and the governments of Great Britain, France, Italy, and Czechoslovakia, for reconstructing the Austrian economy, signed in Geneva, Switzerland
1938 – Baseball World Series: NY Yankees win third straight championship; beat Chicago Cubs, 8-3 at Yankee Stadium for 4-0 sweep
1957 – Soviet Union launches Sputnik I, the first artificial Earth satellite, into an elliptical low Earth orbit
1985 – Free Software Foundation is founded in Massachusetts, USA
1992 – Solheim Cup Women’s Golf, Dalmahoy CC: Europe beats US, 11½-6½; Laura Davies of England wins all her 3 matches
2001 – Siberia Airlines Flight 1812: a Sibir Airlines Tupolev TU-154 crashes into the Black Sea after being struck by an errant Ukrainian S-200 missile, killing 78 people
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 3rd October 2026
1247 – William II of Holland elected Roman Catholic anti-king of Germany
1605 – Sangley Rebellion: Overseas Chinese, known as the Sangley, rise up against Spanish authorities in Manila, Philippines. Spanish, local Japanese, and indigenous Tagalog forces massacre an estimated 20,000 ethnic Chinese.
1922 – Governor of Georgia names Progressive writer Rebecca Felton (87) to fill an unexpired term in the US Senate; she becomes the first woman in Congress, the oldest person, and the shortest-termed, as she serves only 24 hours in November
1953 – NY Yankees legendary center fielder Mickey Mantle hits a grand slam off Russ Meyer; Bronx Bombers hold on to win 11-7 against Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5 of Baseball World Series; NY wins series, 4-2
1968 – US performs a nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
2008 – The $700 billion bailout bill for the US financial system is signed by President George W. Bush
2021 – Record rainfall in Europe as 36 inches (925 mm) of rain begin falling in the northern Italian town of Rossiglione
2024 – UK announces it is handing over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius
Historical Events for 2nd October 2026
1904 – White Sox left-hander Doc White’s streak of 45 consecutive MLB scoreless innings is snapped by the New York Highlanders in Chicago; White Sox win 7-1 at South Side Park III
1947 – Revised International Telecommunication Convention is adopted
1972 – Danish population votes for membership in the European Common Market
1972 – Montreal Expos pitcher Bill Stoneman no-hits the New York Mets 7-0 at Parc Jarry, the first MLB no-hitter ever pitched in Canada
1972 – Ron Johnson becomes the first New York Giant to score four touchdowns (against Philadelphia)
1983 – Carl Yastrzemski’s last at-bat
1992 – VP Itamar Franco becomes President of Brazil
2014 – A gunpowder plant explodes in Gorni Lom, Bulgaria, killing 15 people
Historical Events for 1st October 2026
1871 – General Dutch Werkliedenverbond (ANWV) forms in Utrecht
1890 – Germany’s anti-socialist laws lapse
1953 – Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine sets a World Series record with 14 strikeouts in a 3-2 Game 3 win against the New York Yankees at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn
1960 – Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom and becomes the 99th member of the United Nations
1979 – The US returns the Canal Zone (but not the canal) to Panama after 75 years
1979 – Shehu Shagari becomes the first and only President of Nigeria’s Second Republic
1989 – Thousands of East Germans flee to West Germany
2000 – NBA stars Ray Allen and Vince Carter each score 13 points as the US beats France 85-75 to win the men’s basketball gold medal at the Sydney Olympics
Historical Events for 30th September 2026
1857 – US occupies Sand, Baker, Howland, and Jarvis Islands, south of Hawaii
1862 – Minister-President of Prussia Otto von Bismarck delivers his famous “Blood and Iron” speech on the unification of German territories
1960 – On Howdy Doody’s last show, the traditionally silent clown, Clarabell the Clown, finally speaks his first and only words, whispering “Goodbye, kids”
1963 – 56th Postmaster General: John A. Gronouski of Wisconsin takes office
1969 – Atlanta’s 10th consecutive win clinches the NL West pennant
1989 – Toronto Blue Jays win AL East title
1997 – John Howard’s Australian government gun buyback scheme ends with more than 640,000 firearms compulsorily acquired, including many newly illegal semi-automatic rifles and shotguns
2023 – Bipartisan deal to avoid US government shutdown is signed just hours before the midnight deadline and provides funding for 45 days
Historical Events for 29th September 2026
235 – St. Pontianus ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1668 – English expedition to Hudson Bay led by Frenchman Médard Chouart Des Groseilliers arrives at the Nemiscau (Rupert) River aboard the Nonsuch, beginning of the Hudson’s Bay Company
1859 – Great auroral display in the US
1937 – Frans Slaats cycles a world hour record time (45,563 km)
1949 – “Front Page” debuts on CBS-TV
1962 – Algerian government of Ben Bella forms
2009 – An 8.0 magnitude earthquake near the Samoan Islands causes a tsunami
2019 – In the Austrian general election, the conservative People’s Party, led by Sebastian Kurz, is the leading party with 37.5% of the vote
Historical Events for 28th September 2026
1923 – New York Yankees overwhelm Boston Red Sox 24-4
1928 – US recognizes the Chinese nationalist government of Chiang Kai-shek
1961 – “Hazel” starring Shirley Booth debuts on NBC-TV
1963 – “Sally, Go ‘Round The Roses” by Jaynetts, a one-hit wonder from the Bronx, New York City, peaks at #2
1969 – SPD wins West German parliamentary elections
1975 – New York City Marathon: Tom Fleming claims men’s title in 2:19:27; Kim Merritt wins women’s event in 2:46:14
1980 – Jaromir Wagner is the first to fly across the Atlantic while standing on an airplane’s wing
1984 – Cleveland Indians, down 0-10 to Minnesota Twins, win 11-10
Historical Events for 27th September 2026
1717 – French founder of Detroit Antoine de Lamothe Cadillac is imprisoned in the Bastille for speaking “against the government of the state and the colonies ” (freed 1718)
1779 – John Adams is appointed to negotiate Revolutionary War peace terms with Great Britain
1916 – Emperor Lidj Jasu of Ethiopia flees a palace coup led by his aunt Zewditu
1953 – KOLO TV channel 8 in Reno, NV (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1970 – Ken Boswell sets second baseman record of 85 games without an error
1971 – USSR performs a nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1990 – US performs a nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
2025 – Suspicious drone activity is observed at Norway’s Ørland Main Air Station, the main base of Royal Norwegian Air Force
Historical Events for 26th September 2026
1371 – A small Ottoman force makes a devastating surprise night raid on the Serbian camp by the Maritsa River, killing thousands of drunken soldiers, including Serbian King Vukašin Mrnjavčević and his brother, Despot Jovan Uglješa
1824 – Kapiolani defies Pele, the Hawaiian volcano goddess, and lives
1901 – Boer General Botha fails to capture Fort Itala in Natal
1917 – British assault on Menin Street, France
1979 – 1984 Summer Los Angeles Olympic coverage is sold to ABC for $225 million
1993 – French Williams driver Alain Prost finishes second in the Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril to clinch his fourth F1 World Drivers’ Championship; after the race, Prost announces his retirement at the end of the season
1994 – Switzerland bans racist propaganda
2019 – Abortion is decriminalized in New South Wales, the last remaining Australian state to do so
Historical Events for 25th September 2026
1919 – US President Woodrow Wilson suffers a breakdown in Pueblo, Colorado; his health never recovers
1922 – Giants beat St. Louis to clinch John McGraw’s eighth pennant
1943 – Soviet troops liberate Smolensk
1955 – The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded
1961 – KTPS TV channel 62 in Tacoma, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1981 – Sandra Day O’Connor is sworn in as the first female US Supreme Court Justice
1997 – WNBA announces it will add Detroit and Washington, D.C. franchises
2024 – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau survives a no-confidence vote in Parliament aimed at bringing down his minority government