September

*Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons There are dozens of empires which have shaped the world today, though only Rome could be said to have the greatest effect on Western traditions. Throughout…

*Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons In an era when sensationalism ruled the papers, the story of Charles Lindbergh, Jr. captured the imagination during the period between Great Wars. The 20-month-old boy,…

*Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons At a small bakery on Pudding Lane, one of the worst fires in human history broke out in London on September 2, 1666. More than 13,000…

*Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons Deep in southern Brazil, the city of Porto Alegre sits on the Atlantic Ocean. During the first few decades of the 19th century, it rapidly transformed…

*Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons The bitter feud over territory between the English and French that would become the Hundred Years’ War had only just escalated to violence on September 21,…

*Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons After first being sighted in the night sky by Galileo in 1612, it took well over two centuries for scientists to determine the bright object near…

*Image Credit: Wikipedia The Satsuma Domain, home to a number of influential figures in the Imperial Japanese government, became a central location in the fight to slow modernization in Japan…

*Image Credit: Wikipedia In the wake of the Brown v. Board of Education decision rendered by the Supreme Court in 1954, the United States had legally abolished the practice of…

After nearly four years of construction and numerous design changes, the RMS Queen Mary received its official christening from her namesake on September 26, 1934. Sliding into the River Clyde…

In the 75 years since the Ottomans captured Constantinople, the Turks engaged in a methodical advance westward into Europe. On September 27, 1529, that policy of encroachment came to its…