Events of the day

 

Events of the day

September 8^th Tuesday

·         1536 Earl of Nassau disbands siege of Peron

·         1545 English Earl of Hertford leads retaliatory mission against Scotland

·         1553 City of Lichfield, England, founded

·         1563 Maximilian chosen king of Hungary

·         1565 1st permanent European settlement in the US founded at St. Augustine,       Florida

·         1565 Turkish siege of Malta broken by Maltese & Knights of St John

·         1628 Dutch privateer Piet Heyn captures Spanish silver fleet in the Bay of     Matanzas, Cuba

·         1664 Dutch surrender colony of New Netherlands (including New York) to 300   English soldiers

·         1689 China & Russia signs Treaty of Nertsjinsk (Nierchul)

·         1713 Pope Clemens XI publishes decree "Unigenitus" against Jansenism

·         1727 A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78 people, many of whom are children.

·         1755 Battle of Lake George in the Province of New York: British army beats French

·         1756 French and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition.

·         1760 French army surrenders Montreal to General Jeffrey Amherst

·         1771 Mission San Gabriel Archangel forms in California

·         1796 Battle of Bassano-French beat Austrians

·         1831 William IV is crowned King of Great Britain.

 

·         1847 US under Gen Scott defeat Mexicans at Battle of Molino del Rey

·         1855 French forces successfully assault the Malakoff Line during the Crimean War

·         1855 British and French troops capture Sevastopol from the Russians, effectively ending the Crimean War

·         1860 Excursion steamer "Lady Elgin" sinks after being rammed in a storm on Lake Michigan drowning about 300. Largest loss of life on the Great Lakes

 ·         1899 British government sends an additional 10,000 troops to Natal, South Africa

 ·         1900 6,000 killed when a hurricane & tidal wave strikes Galveston, Texas

 ·         1905 Pittsburgh Pirates strand NL record 18 men on base & lose to Reds 8-3

 ·         1920 US Air Mail service begins (NYC to San Francisco)

 ·         1926 League of Nations Assembly votex unanimously to admit Germany

 ·         1930 1st appearance of comic strip "Blondie"

 ·         1930 NYC public schools begin teaching Hebrew

 ·         1930 Richard Drew creates Scotch tape

 ·      1934 Luxury passenger ship Morro Castle bound for NJ catches fire, 133 die

 ·      1935 Willy de Supervise swims runs world record 200 m freestyle 

 ·      1937Yankees trailing 6-1 in 9th, score 8 to beat Boston 9-6

 ·       1941 Blockade of Leningrad (St Petersburg) by Germany begins

 ·     1954 Alan Freed leaves Cleveland to NYC for WINS radio

                                                                                           

                                                                                                  Courtesy: Google