September
September
eptember 22, 1791 CE – English Scientist Michael Faraday is Born
*Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons One of the most prolific experimenters in history, a man who had little in the way of formal education, was born on September 22, 1791 in…
September 1, 1983 CE – Korean Air Flight 007 is Shot Down by a Soviet Fighter Jet
*Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons Late in the evening of September 1, 1983, a Korean Airlines 747 speed across the night sky bound for Seoul from New York City after a…
September 10, 1960 CE – Abebe Bikila Wins the Marathon at the Rome Summer Olympics
*Image Credit: Wikipedia As Olympic victories go, few can match the significance of Abebe Bikila’s triumph in the marathon at the Summer Games of 1960 in Rome. Bikila, having only…
September 11, 1697 CE – Habsburg Armies Inflict Heavy Losses on the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Zenta
*Image Credit: Wikipedia For well over a decade, the Ottoman kingdom and Habsburg dynasty had sent armies into the fields of central Europe. Having barely survived the Battle of Vienna,…
September 12, 1977 CE – Anti-Apartheid Activist Steve Biko is Killed in Prison
*Image Credit: Wikipedia Three weeks after being arrested for acts of terrorism against the apartheid government of South Africa, activist Steve Biko lay dead in a Pretoria prison, the victim…
September 13, 1956 CE – IBM Introduces the 305 RAMAC, a Computer with the First Disk Drive System
*Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons The early computer industry, built around room-sized machines filled with vacuum tubes, made a giant leap forward when IBM announced it would soon be manufacturing the…
September 14, 1846 CE – Jang Bahadur and His Soldiers Execute the Kot Massacre
*Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons During the mid-1840s, the Nepalese government had become a drama filled with twists and turns. In order to create a steadier operation from day to day…
September 15, 1789 CE – American Author James Fenimore Cooper is Born in New Jersey
*Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons Early in the 19th century, only one writer could be said to accurately describe the issues on the frontier of the young and growing United States…
September 16, 1810 CE – Father Miguel Hidalgo Launches the Mexican Revolution with the Grito de Dolores
*Image Credit: Wikipedia In the tiny town of Dolores, deep in the heart of Mexico, a Catholic priest triggered the fight for independence from Spain on September 16, 1810. Father…
September 17, 1916 CE – Manfred von Richthofen Downs His First Enemy Fighter and the Legend of the Red Baron is Born
*Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons World War I represented a monumental shift in the way opposing forces entered combat. Among the innovations in destruction employed in the conflict, tanks and poisonous…
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