Events786 -
Harun al-Rashid becomes the
Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother
al-Hadi.
1180 -
Battle of Ishibashiyama in Japan.
1607 -
Flight of the Earls from Lough Swilly, Donegal, Ireland.
1682 -
Bishop Gore School one of the oldest schools in Wales founded.
1752 - The
British Empire adopts the
Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was
September 2).
1812 -
French grenadiers enter
Moscow. The
Fire of Moscow (1812) begins as soon as Russian troops left the city.
1814 -
Francis Scott Key writes
The Star-Spangled Banner.
1829 -
Ottoman Empire signs the
Treaty of Adrianople with
Russia, thus ending the
Russo-Turkish War.
1847 -
Mexican-American War:
Winfield Scott captures
Mexico City.
1862 -
Civil War Maryland Campaign Battle of South Mountain is fought.
1886 -
Typewriter ribbon patented.
1901 -
President of the United States William McKinley dies after an
assassination attempt on
September 6, and is succeeded by
Theodore Roosevelt.
1917 -
Russia is officially proclaimed a
republic.
1923 -
Miguel Primo de Rivera becomes dictator of
Spain.
1944 -
United States Marines land on the island of
Peleliu.
1948 - Groundbreaking for the
United Nations headquarters in
New York City.
1958 - Two
rockets designed by the German engineer
Ernst Mohr, the first German post-war rockets, reach the upper atmosphere.
1959 - The Soviet probe
Luna 2 crashes onto the
Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
1960 - The
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
1964 - The opening of the third period of the
Second Vatican Council.
1965 - The opening of the fourth and final period of
Second Vatican Council.
1975 - The first
American saint,
Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by
Pope Paul VI.
1984 -
Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a
hot air balloon alone across the
Atlantic Ocean.
1987 - ITV Schools was broadcast on
Channel 4 for the very first time.1987 - The
Toronto Blue Jays set a
major league record for most
home runs in a single game - 10 - versus the
Baltimore Orioles at
Exhibition Stadium, and the teams combined to tie the record for most homers by two teams - 11. The game also marked the end of
Cal Ripken's streak of 8,243 consecutive innings played, which is believed to be the longest, although this is not a record officially kept by MLB.
1990 -
Ken Griffey and his son
Ken Jr. become the first father-son duo to hit back-to-back home runs.
1994 - The
Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a
strike.
1995 -
Body Worlds opens in
Tokyo,
Japan1998 - Telecommunications companies
MCI Communications and
WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form
MCI WorldCom.
1999 -
Kiribati,
Nauru and
Tonga join the
United Nations.
2000 -
Microsoft introduced the last update to the OS,
MS-DOS. (Version 8.0)2000 -
Windows Me is released.
2001 - Historic National Prayer Service held at
Washington National Cathedral for victims of the
September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on
Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital.
2003 - In a referendum
Sweden rejects adopting the
euro.2003 -
Estonia approves joining the
European Union in a referendum.
2007 - Restrictions on the traditional
Latin Mass are officially removed in the
Roman Catholic Church as Pope
Benedict XVI's
motu proprio Summorum Pontificum takes effect.
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