1789 – US Federal Judiciary Act is passed and creates a six-person Supreme Court
1906 – Prince George of Greece, convinced that he can no longer serve the cause of Crete, resigns as High Commissioner
1940 – Jimmy Foxx hits his 500th career HR
1953 – Rocky Marciano TKOs Roland LaStarza in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1970 – Soviet space probe Luna 16 lands on earth after 1st unmanned round trip to moon
1973 – Guinea-Bissau declares independence from Portugal
1980 – Braves join every NL team with 1,000,000+ attendance for this season
1984 – Cubs clinch NL East title
1995 – TV adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice”, starring Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth debuts on BBC One
2007 – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gives a controversial speech on the campus of Columbia University.
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 23rd September 2018
1459 – Battle of Blore Heath in Staffordshire, 1st major battle of the English Wars of the Roses
1873 – Tom Allen beats Mike McCale for Heavyweight Boxing title
1913 – Women protests take place in the Free State, South Africa, led by Charlotte Maxeke, resisting government attempts to impose passes on women; passes are burnt in front of the municipal offices
1942 – Transport #36 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
1958 – Stravinsky’s “Thieni” premieres in Venice
1970 – Abdul Razak bin Hussain becomes premier of Malaysia
1970 – Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) Arthur Young announces his resignation
1973 – Largest known prime, 2 ^ 132,049-1, is discovered
1993 – “Les Miserables” opens at Playhouse, Edinburgh
1999 – NASA announces that it has lost contact with the Mars Climate Orbiter.
Historical Events for 22nd September 2018
1864 – Sheridan sets up camp in Harrisonburg, Virginia
1866 – Decisive battle of Curupaity in the War of the Triple Alliance.
1920 – Chicago grand jury convenes to investigate charges that 8 White Sox players conspired to fix the 1919 World Series
1932 – Hungarian government of Károlyi falls
1965 – India and Pakistan ceases-fire goes into effect, ending Indo-Pakistani War
1975 – World Football League folds
1985 – Rock and country musicians participate in FarmAid in Champaign, Illinois
1991 – Harry Gant wins NSACAR Goody’s 500
1993 – Ukrainian Prime Minister Leonid Kuchma resigns due to the “slow pace of reform”
2017 – US President Donald Trump withdraws invitation to the White House for NBA champions Golden State Warriors after Stephen Curry says he doesn’t want to attend
Historical Events for 21st September 2018
1192 – English King Richard I the Lion hearted, captured by Leopold V, Duke of Austria
1913 – 1st aerobatic maneuver, sustained inverted flight, performed in France
1942 – 116 hostages executed by Nazis in Paris
1953 – KRDO TV channel 13 in Colorado Spgs-Pueblo, CO (ABC) 1st broadcast
1979 – Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin publish influential paper (cited more than 4,000 times) “The Spandrels of San Marco and the panglossian paradigm”, introducing idea of “spandrels” into evolutionary biology
1980 – Kerry GAA beat Roscommon GAA in Croke Park during the All-Ireland Football Final by 1-9 to 1-6 thus winning the championship and a three-in-a-row.
1980 – Richard Todd of NY Jets completes 42 passes in a game (NFL record)
1991 – USA Basketball announces “Dream Team” for the 1992 Olympics
2004 – The Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) People’s War and the Maoist Communist Centre of India merge to form the Communist Party of India (Maoist).
2008 – The final home game is played at Yankee Stadium against the Baltimore Orioles.
Historical Events for 20th September 2018
1746 – Bonnie Prince Charlie flees to France from Scotland
1850 – Slave trade abolished in DC, but slavery allowed to continue
1926 – Bugs Moran attempts to assassinate Al Capone in a drive-by shooting but fails
1946 – Churchill argues for a ‘United States of Europe’
1948 – Mexican Baseball league disbanded
1948 – “Magdalena” opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 48 performances
1965 – WXXW (now WYCC) TV channel 20 in Chicago, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1972 – Police find cannabis growing on Paul and Linda McCartney’s farm
1979 – Jose E dod Santos becomes president of Angola
1990 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Historical Events for 19th September 2018
1580 – Treaty of Plessis-lez-Tours (Anjou/Dutch States-General)
1642 – Perpignan surrenders to French troops
1796 – George Washington’s farewell address as president
1838 – Ephraim Morris patents railroad brake
1911 – Red Tuesday; 20,000 protest for universal rights
1973 – Frank Robinson homers in record 32nd ML park (Arlington Tx)
1975 – “Fawlty Towers” starring John Cleese, Prunella Scales and Andrew Sachs premieres on BBC2 in the UK
1981 – 6th Toronto International Film Festival: “Chariots of Fire” directed by Hugh Hudson wins the People’s Choice Award
1987 – 12th Toronto International Film Festival: “The Princess Bride” directed by Rob Reiner wins the People’s Choice Award
1990 – “Goodfellas”, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Ray Liotta, is released
Historical Events for 18th September 2018
1922 – Hungary admitted to League of Nations
1922 – Browns George Sisler’s 41-game hit streak is stopped by NY’s Joe Bush
1942 – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation authorized for radio service
1954 – KTUL TV channel 8 in Tulsa, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting
1964 – “The Addams Family”, starring John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Ted Cassidy, and Jackie Coogan, premieres on ABC
1967 – Intrepid (US) beats Dame Pattie (Aust) in 21st America’s Cup
1983 – Lebanese and Syrian army battle
1988 – Burma suspends its constitution
1993 – LA Mighty Ducks play their 1st NHL pre-season game against Penguins
2014 – Scotland votes to stay a member of the United Kingdom in an independence referendum
Historical Events for 17th September 2018
1862 – Battle of Antietam [Battle of Sharpsburg], bloodiest day in the American Civil War 23,110 die in first battle on Union soil
1939 – 53rd U.S. Women’s National Championship: Alice Marble beats Helen Jacobs (6-0, 8-10, 6-4)
1961 – Minnesota Vikings’ 1st NFL game (beat Chicago Bears 37-13)
1965 – WPHL TV channel 17 in Philadelphia, PA (IND) begins broadcasting
1967 – Mount Washington cog railway train derails, kills 8 (NH)
1980 – Oak A’s Rick Langford is removed with 2 outs in 9th inning ending his consecutive complete-game streak at 22
1981 – Fernando Valenzuela sets NL rookie record with 8th shutout of season
1983 – Vanessa Williams (NY), 20, crowned 56th Miss America 1984, 1st black
1986 – US Senate confirms William Rehnquist as 16th chief justice
1997 – Dr Sam Sheppard’s body (Fugitive) is exhumed for DNA test
Historical Events for 16th September 2018
1575 – King Johan Casimir of Palts promises military aid to the Hugenots
1857 – Mexican constitution of force (fiercely attacked by Pope Pius IX)
1922 – US Men’s National Tennis Championship, Germantown Cricket Club, Philadelphia: Bill Tilden wins 3rd straight US title; beats Bill Johnston 4-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
1960 – Amos Alonzo Stagg retires as a football coach at 98
1962 – Brian Kilby wins marathon: (2:23:18.8)
1963 – Federation of Malaysia formed by Malaya, Singapore, British North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak
1992 – “Les Miserables” opens at Nuevo Apolo, Madrid
2000 – 25th Toronto International Film Festival: “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” directed by Ang Lee wins the People’s Choice Award
2012 – Mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, seeks a court order to resolve a week long teachers strike
2015 – Oil tanker explosion kills 170 in Maridi, South Sudan
Historical Events for 15th September 2018
1616 – First non-aristocratic, free public school in Europe is opened in Frascati, Italy
1894 – Japan defeats China in Battle of Ping Yang
1900 – A Boer delegation issues an appeal at the Hague, Netherlands, that the major powers intervene in the war in South Africa
1928 – Cards set NL record of 18 men left on base beating Phillies 8-6
1928 – Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin while studying influenza
1951 – “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” closes at Ziegfeld NYC after 740 performances
1964 – Final edition of socialist British newspaper “Daily Herald”
1968 – NY Zendo (Shoboji) was opened by S Nakagawa and D S Harada
1977 – Orioles forfeit to Blue Jays when mgr Earl Weaver pulls team off field in 5th citing hazardous condition (small tarpaulin on bullpen mound)
1977 – US President Jimmy Carter meets with 15 record company executives