1908 – Robert B Rhoads becomes 1st Cleveland pitcher (Cleveland Naps) to toss a no-hit game, Cleveland 2, Boston 1
1940 – Luftwaffe bombs Spitfire factory in Southampton
1941 – Nine Allied governments pledge adherence to the common principles of policy set forth in the Atlantic Charter
1952 – Underwater volcano explodes under research vessel Kaiyo-maru-5
1960 – International Development Association (UN agency) comes into existence
1973 – Guinea-Bissau declares independence from Portugal
1980 – Iraqi troops cross Iran’s border, encircling Abadan
1988 – American heptathlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets new world record 7,291 points to win the gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; East Germans Sabine John and Anke Behmer take the minor medals
1992 – Scott Stevens is named 5th Captain in NJ Devils history
2013 – “The Goldbergs” by Adam F. Goldberg premieres in the US on ABC
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 23rd September 2020
1868 – Grito de Lares proclaims Puerto Rico’s independence (crushed by Spain)
1908 – University of Alberta opens
1922 – Gdynia Seaport Construction Act passed by the Polish parliament.
1923 – 80,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against Fleet law
1941 – German air raid on Soviet naval base at Kronstadt (battleship Marat sinks)
1942 – Soviet counter offensive at Stalingrad
1949 – US President Harry Truman announces evidence of USSR’s 1st nuclear device detonation
1961 – Ernie Banks ends 717 consecutive-games-played streak
1967 – Greek Colonels’ regime frees ex-Prime Minister Georgios Papandreou
1992 – 1st female to play in a NHL exhibition game (Manon Rheaume, goalie) for Tampa Bay Lightning – gives up 2 goals on 9 attempts in 1 period
Historical Events for 22nd September 2020
530 – Discorus begins his reign as Catholic anti-Pope
1692 – Last people hanged for witchcraft (8) in the US, 19 hanged overall, with six other deaths during Salem witch trials
1911 – Boston Rustlers’ future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Cy Young beats Pittsburgh Pirates, 1-0 at Forbes Field for his final career victory, number 511
1914 – 1 German submarine sinks 3 British ironclads, 1,459 die
1927 – “The long count” – in a famous boxing rematch, Gene Tunney beats Jack Dempsey by 10-round unanimous decision at Soldiers Field, Chicago to retain world heavyweight title; crowd 104,943; gate $2,858,660
1958 – KTVK TV channel 3 in Phoenix, AZ (ABC) begins broadcasting
1967 – Phillies release pitcher Dallas Green, their future manager
1983 – Everly Brothers reunite after 10 years (Royal Albert Hall, London))
1991 – Harry Gant wins NSACAR Goody’s 500
1993 – A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi, Georgia
Historical Events for 21st September 2020
1589 – Battle at Arques: French King Henry IV beats Catholic League
1883 – First direct US-Brazil telegraph connection
1903 – First cowboy film “Kit Carson” premieres in US
1944 – Operation Market Garden: Polish paratroopers land at Driel after a delay due to bad weather and a shortage of planes
1944 – Operation Market Garden: Last British paratroopers at Arnhem Bridge surrender after several days of fighting
1968 – Police drama “Adam-12” debuts on NBC in the US
1973 – NY Mets go into 1st place (at .500) after trailing 12½ games
1986 – 38th Emmy Awards: “The Golden Girls”, “Cagney and Lacey” and Michael J. Fox win
1994 – Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Ft Laud/Miami Fl (WBGG 105.9 FM)
2008 – Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel formally resigns from office, effective as soon as his successor Tzipi Livni has successfully assembled a new government.
Historical Events for 20th September 2020
622 – Islamic Prophet Muhammed/Abu Bakr arrives in Jathrib (Medina)
1602 – Spanish held city of Grave surrenders to Maurice of Orange during Eighty Years’ War
1911 – Yanks set team record 12 errors in a double header
1944 – Polish forces free Terneuzen Neth
1948 – Mexican Baseball league disbanded
1964 – Günter Grass’ play “Die Plebejern proben den Aufstand,” premieres in Berlin
1972 – The Social Democratic and Labour Party issues a document entitled “Towards a New Ireland”, proposing that the British and Irish governments should have joint sovereignty over Northern Ireland
2000 – The British MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building is attacked by a Russian-built Mark 22 anti-tank missile.
2005 – Model Kate Moss is dropped by clothing chain HandM after allegations of drug taking
2015 – Martin Shkreli, CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, confirms raising the price of toxoplasmosis drug Daraprim by 5,000%
Historical Events for 19th September 2020
1912 – Soccer team NAC (Noad Advendo Combination) forms in Breda
1923 – Ernst Tollers “Hinkemann,” premieres in Leipzig
1971 – 2nd NYC Marathon won by Norman Higgins in 2:22:54
1974 – The KGB begin a large-scale operation to discredit Russian novelist Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and cut his communications with Soviet dissidents
1982 – New Orleans Saints 1st road shutout victory beating Chicago Bears 10-0
1986 – Australian cricketer Dean Jones scores 210 v India at Madras
1994 – Swedish government of Bildt resigns
1995 – Andres Galarraga is 4th to hit 30 HRs for Rockies in 1995
1999 – Federation Cup Women’s Tennis, Stanford, California: Lindsay Davenport beats Elena Likhovtseva of Russia 6-4, 6-4 to give US an unassailable 3-0 lead (ends, 4-1) and their record extending 16th title
2012 – 9 people are killed and 20 wounded by a car bombing in Peshawar, Afghanistan
Historical Events for 18th September 2020
1437 – Peasant uprising in Transsylvania
1809 – Royal Opera House in London opens
1882 – Pacific Stock Exchange opens (as Local Security Board)
1929 – Pirates loss to Braves and clinch NL pennant for the Cubs
1959 – Vanguard 3 launched into Earth orbit
1961 – USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1965 – “I Dream of Jeannie”, starring Barbara Eden as a 2,000-year-old genie, and Larry Hagman as an astronaut who becomes her master, premieres on NBC
1965 – Mickey Mantle Day at Yankee Stadium: Mantle play his 2,000th game
1993 – Trailing 3-1 with 2 outs in 9th, time is called prior to Mike Stanley pop out, gets a 2nd chance, and Yanks rally to beat Boston 4-3
2012 – The Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools reach a deal that ends an 8-day strike.
Historical Events for 17th September 2020
1584 – Gent surrenders to Duke of Parma
1691 – Massachusetts Bay Colony granted new charter
1745 – Edinburgh occupied by Jacobites under Charles Edward Stuart (aka the Young Pretender or Bonny Prince Charlie)
1849 – Harriet Tubman 1st escapes slavery in Maryland with two of her brothers
1862 – Battle of Antietam [Battle of Sharpsburg], bloodiest day in the American Civil War: 22,000 dead, wounded or missing in first battle on Union soil
1928 – US National Championship Men’s Tennis: Frenchman Henri Cochet wins his only US title; beats American Frank Hunter 4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
1957 – Scott Crossfield takes X-15 up for 1st powered flight
1976 – NASA publicly unveils space shuttle Enterprise in Palmdale, California, named after Star Trek Enterprise with cast attending
2001 – Despite suffering from lung cancer and Parkinson’s disease, Jack Buck stirs emotions by reading a patriotic-themed poem during the pregame ceremonies on baseball’s first night back after the September 11th terrorist attacks
2019 – Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg tells US Congress “I know you are trying but just not hard enough. Sorry.”
Historical Events for 16th September 2020
1400 – Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers
1859 – Lake Nyasa, which forms Malawi’s boundary with Tanzania and Mozambique discovered by British explorer David Livingstone
1941 – German armoured troops surround Kiev, Ukraine
1955 – Yankee Mickey Mantle pulls a hamstring muscle running out a bunt
1990 – Pirate Radio NY International begins transmissions on WWCR
1990 – Iraq televises an 8 minute uncensored speech from George H. W. Bush
1999 – 1st ever season of “Big Brother” reality show begins on the Veronica channel in The Netherlands
2006 – 31st Toronto International Film Festival: “Bella” directed by Alejandro Gomez Monteverde wins the People’s Choice Award
2013 – 21 people are killed by Hurricane Ingrid in Mexico
2015 – Oil tanker explosion kills 170 in Maridi, South Sudan
Historical Events for 15th September 2020
1590 – Giambattista Catagna elected as Pope Urban VII
1913 – 1st US milch goat show held, Rochester, NY
1928 – Alfred “Tich” Freeman becomes the only bowler to take 300 wickets in an English cricket season.
1930 – 1st international bridge match is held in London. US team defeats England
1935 – Nuremberg Laws deprives German Jews of citizenship and makes swastika official symbol of Nazi Germany
1938 – John Cobb sets world auto speed record at 350.2 MPH (lasts 1 day)
1966 – Gemini XI (Conrad/Gordon) returns to Earth
1970 – Rotterdam dock strikes end
1978 – Muhammad Ali beats Leon Spinks in 15 rounds for heavyweight boxing title
1998 – With the landmark merger of WorldCom and MCI Communications completed the day prior, the new MCI WorldCom opens its doors for business.