On this day

September 11th

1814 - USA: At the Battle of Lake Champlain a newly built US fleet under the command of Master-Commandant Thomas Macdonough annihilate a British squadron, forcing British General Sir George Prevost and his army to abandon their siege of the US fort at Plattsburgh and retreat to Canada on foot.

1841 - USA: President John Tyler's entire Cabinet resigns, with the exception of Secretary of State Daniel Webster, over the president's bank bill veto.

1908 - USA: Aviator Orville Wright establishes a new flight record staying aloft for 70 minutes.


1910 - Germany: The 12th Zionist congress raises 100,000 marks to establish a Jewish colony in Palestine.

1912 - UK: Clothing manufacturer Barbour is founded.

1921 - USA: The Ku Klux Klan take over Lanier University in Atlanta, Georgia, saying it will teach "Americanism."

1928 - UK: Professors at Glasgow University claim scientists will soon be able to produce cells artificially.

1931 - British Honduras: Over 700 deaths are reported after the colony is lashed by 100mph winds.

1942 - Stalingrad: The Germans drive a wedge through the Soviet positions, threatening the core of the city.

1944 - Germany: The US first army under General Omar Bradley leads the Allies onto German soil.

1949 - UK: The milk ration is cut from three to two and a half pints a week.

1950 - Scotland: 115 trapped miners are saved from a pit in Knochshinnoch in Ayrshire; 13 other miners remain missing.

1956 - Washington: President Eisenhower tells southern states to end segregation in schools.

1962 - London: Commonwealth leaders announce they are against Britain joining the EEC.

1965 - Paris: Charles De Gaulle announces that France will leave NATO in 1969.

1971- Moscow: Former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev dies in obscurity aged 77.

1974 - Mozambique: 100 people are feared dead after two days of disruptive violence.

1980 - Chile: A referendum finds 69.14% of voters in favour of an eight year extension in General Pinochet's term in power.

1983 - UK: The SPD conference votes against a merger with the Liberals for at least five years.

1985 - South Africa: The government announces it will restore citizenship to 15 million blacks living in "homelands."

1992 - Hawaii: Hurricane Iniki devastates the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Oahu.

1997 - Outer Space: NASA's Mars global surveyor reaches the red planet.

2006 - USA: US and New York leaders along with families and friends of those who died in the September 11 2001 attacks remember the 5th anniversary with speeches and moments of silence.

2009 - USA: The world's oldest person Gertrude Baines dies in Los Angeles aged 115.

2011 - USA: The National September 11 Memorial, located on the site of the former World Trade Center, opens in New York City.

September 12th

1938 - London: The BBC shows its if first film on television "Man of the Moment"

1959 - USSR: The rocket Lunik II is launched.

1970 - London: Concorde's first landing at Heathrow causes much complaint regarding noise levels.

1977 - South Africa: Black rights leader Steven Biko dies in detention.

1984 - London: The High Court grants an eviction order against the Greenham Common peace camp.

1996 - California: Actress Sondra Locke sues former companion Clint Eastwood for over $2 million, claiming that the star had sabotaged her career.

2005 - Hong Kong: Disneyland opens in Penny's Bay on Lantau Island.

2010 - Philippines: Airplane cleaners discover a new-born male baby which had been discarded in a toilet bin.


September 13th

1788 - USA: New York is declared the federal capital of the USA, and the seat of Congress.

1814 - USA: British troops make an unsuccessful attack on Baltimore.
During the battle the American Francis Scott Key composes the patriotic anthem "The Star Spangled Banner."

1902 - Germany: Nationalist group "The German Union of the Eastern Marches" meeting in Danzig, demand harsher measures to suppress Polish culture and language.

1918 - USA: 14 million men register for conscription.

1923 - Spain: The Army seize control of the country in a coup led by General Miguel Primo de Rivera, with the full approval of King Alphonso XIII.

1925 - Birmingham: General Motors drops its plans to purchase the Austin Motor Company.

1931 - UK: Aviator George Stainforth achieves a record 404 mph in a Supermarine equipped with a Rolls Royce "R" engine.

1932 - Paris: Paul Gorguloff the assassin of President Doumer is put to death by guillotine.

1937 - Geneva: China appeals for League of Nations aid against the Japanese.

1942 - Germany: The RAF carries out its 100th raid on Bremen.

1948 - London: The government announces a starting pay rise for student nurses from £145 to £200.

1955 - Moscow: The USSR establishes relations with West Germany.

1957 - London: Agatha Christie's "Mousetrap" becomes Britain's longest-running play as it has its 1,998th performance.

1962 - London: Civil servant William Vassall is charged under the Official Secrets Act for spying for the Soviet Union.

1966 - South Africa: Balthazar Johannes Vorster is sworn in as Prime Minister.

1968 - UK: The big banks announce they will close on Saturdays from July 1969, causing huge protest from shops and the police.

1973 - Syria: In the greatest air battle since the Six-Day War, Israel claim to have shot down 13 Syrian planes against the loss of just one of their fighters in dogfights above the border between the two countries.

1982 - Australia: Lindy and Michael Chamberlain, who claimed a dingo killed their baby, go on trial for murder.

1985 - Switzerland: The World Health Organization announce that AIDS has reached epidemic proportions.

1987 - UK: The Jockey Club approves Sunday racing.

1989 - South Africa: Cape Town sees the biggest anti-apartheid march for 30 years.

1990 - UK: An inquest jury announces that 35 passengers who died in the December 1988 Clapham train crash were unlawfully killed.

1992 - Italy: British F1 driver Nigel Mansell announces his retirement from F1 racing.

1995 - Southeast Asia: The Worldwide Fund for Nature announce that one tiger is killed every week across Southeast Asia, stating that the animal is on the verge of extinction.

(12-09-2013 08:30 )4evadionne Wrote:  September 13th

1814 - USA: British troops make an unsuccessful attack on Baltimore.
During the battle the American Francis Scott Key composes the patriotic anthem "The Star Spangled Banner."
{SNIP}

I never knew we were at war with the USA long after they won their independance in 1776/1783. I had to look it up.
This was part of a war which lasted 32 months
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812

2003: Johnny Cash dies
One of the great legends of country music, Johnny Cash, has died aged 71.
His manager, Lou Robin, said he was taken ill and rushed to hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, with respiratory failure, but doctors could not save him.

Mr Robin added, "I hope that friends and fans of Johnny will pray for the Cash family to find comfort during this very difficult time."

Cash, an icon of American country music since the 1950s, had been dogged by illness in recent years, and suffered from a nervous condition similar to Parkinson's disease.


He had such a wealth of experience in his voice, heaven and hell and no-one could touch him.

Nick Cave, Australian singer

Tributes have been pouring in from around the world.

Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger said, "His influence spread over many generations of different people.

"I loved him as singer and a writer."

Australian singer Nick Cave, who appeared on Cash's last studio album, American IV, said, "He had such a wealth of experience in his voice, heaven and hell and no-one could touch him."

In a career spanning six decades, Johnny Cash became famous for his image as an outlaw figure, as well as for hits such as I Walk The Line and Ring Of Fire.

Early on, he created the image which would eventually define him. At his debut in 1957 at Nashville's famous country music venue, the Grand Ole Opry, he wore nothing but black when everyone around him was in bright colours and rhinestones.

He eventually became known as "The Man in Black".

His career took off in the 1960s, with hits such as A Boy Named Sue. But a gruelling schedule led to amphetamine and alcohol abuse which cost him his first marriage and almost ruined his career.

Then in 1968 he met his second wife, June Carter Cash, from country music's famous Carter family. Cash credited her with pulling him back from addiction.

She died earlier this year, aged 73, following complications from heart surgery.

Renewed popularity

Cash finished touring in 1997, but continued recording albums.

Most recently, his series of American Recordings albums covering modern artists brought him popularity with a new generation of younger fans.

In 2003, the video for his cover of Hurt by hard rock band Nine Inch Nails received critical acclaim and several nominations, including video of the year, at the MTV Video Music Awards.



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Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash became famous for his sparse, uncompromising image



In Context
Johnny Cash was buried alongside June Carter Cash in the Hendersonville Memory Gardens hear his home in Tennessee.
More than 1000 people attended his funeral service.

The video for his cover of Hurt, by hard rock band Nine Inch Nails, won the award for best short form video at the 2004 Grammy Awards. June Carter Cash also won a posthumous award at the same ceremony.

A boxed set of his recordings, entitled Unearthed, was issued posthumously. It included four CDs of unreleased material.


Stories From 12 Sep
2001: US declares war on terror
1977: Steve Biko dies in custody
2005: England win the Ashes
1970: Hijacked jets destroyed by guerrillas
1959: Soviets launch rocket at the Moon
1997: Scots say 'Yes' to home rule
2003: Johnny Cash dies


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September 14th

1779 - USA: General John Sullivan and his force of 4,500 American soldiers continue their attack on suspected pro-British Indian villages in New York, striking Gathtsegwarohare on the Genesee River.

1812 - Russia: Having Forced the Russians to retreat after the battle of Borodino earlier in the month, Napoleon enters Moscow which has been set on fire by its fleeing inhabitants.

1901 - USA: President William McKinley dies in Buffalo New York of wounds inflicted by a polish anarchist Leon Czolgosz, on September 6th while he opening an exhibition,becoming the third president to be assassinated.

1907 - Berlin: Germany agrees with the Vatican that the state will control non-religious teaching in occupied Poland.

1912 - Birkenhead: The Super Dreadnought "HMS Audacious" is launched at Cammell Laird shipyard.

1927 - Japan: 3,000 people are reported killed after a tidal wave hits Kiu-Siu Island.

1937 - Washington: President Roosevelt admits that liberal Supreme Court nominee was once a Klansman.

1938 - Czechoslovakia: Martial law is extended in the Sudetenland to quell German agitation.

1946 - London: Downing Street announces a tightening of it's security after the theft of the Chancellor's cigarette case from No 11.

1950 - London: Admiral Guy Russell is appointed British commander-in-chief in the Far East.

1951 - UK: Clement Atlee opens Europe's largest oil refinery at Fawley, near Southampton.

1954 - London: Kidbrooke School LCC's first new comprehensive opens.

1961 - London: The first "Mothercare" shop opens in Kingston.

1963 - South Vietnam: The government begins arresting civilian leaders.

1964 - Saigon: A coup attempt by deposed General Lam Van Phat ends in failure.

1970 - Jordan: Palestinian guerrillas take control of Irbid, the second largest Jordanian city.

1971 - Leningrad: Duke Ellington gets a rapturous welcome for his first concert in the USSR.

1972 - Washington: The US halts a $3 million loan to Uganda after Idi Amin praises Hitler.

1974 - London: Giant pandas Chia-Chia and Ching-Ching arrive at London Zoo.

1979 - London: Plans are announced for the revitalisation of London's docklands.

1981 - London: 17-year old Marcus Sarjeant is jailed for five years for firing a gun containing blanks at the Queen.

1982 - Beirut: President-elect Bashir Gemayel is assassinated in a bomb blast.

1988 - Lesotho: The Pope's visit is marred by guerrillas hijacking a bus carrying 70 Roman Catholics.

1990 - UK: Inflation reaches 10.6% and is blamed by the government on rising oil prices in the Gulf crisis.

1992 - Pakistan: Three days of heavy rain claim the lives of 2,000 people.

1993 - Florida: Briton Gary Colley, touring Florida with his girlfriend, is killed by muggers. He becomes the ninth tourist to be murdered in the state in less than a year.

2004 - London: A Father for Justice protestor dressed as Batman breaches security at Buckingham Palace, scales a wall, and spends five hours on a balcony, before being arrested by police.

2007 - UK: A new case of foot and mouth disease is confirmed at a farm in Egham, Surry.

2009: Los Angeles: American actor Patrick Swayze dies aged 57 after suffering with pancreatic cancer for over a year.

2011 - USA: Archaeologist's claim to have discovered a fort in the Zekiah swamp in Charles County, Maryland, built to protect the friendly Piscataway Indians in 1680.

September 15th

1775 - USA: An early and unofficial American flag was raised over Fort Johnson on James Island in the harbour of Charleston South Carolina. Three companies led by Lt. Col. Isaac Motte took possession of the fort from the British and ran down the Union Jack. It was replaced by the Ensign designed by Col. William Moultrie: a dark blue background with a white crescent in the upper left corner and the word "Liberty" in white letters across the flag.

1862 - USA: The Union arsenal at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia is captured by General Stonewall Jackson. A tremendous amount of material is seized and 12,500 men are captured.

1906 - Durham: 25 miners are killed in a pit disaster.

1910 - South Africa: Boer nationalists win their first parliamentary elections taking 67 seats.

1916 - Italian Front: Italian forces begin a new major offensive at Trieste.

1918 - Washington: The US and UK governments reject an Austrian peace proposal.

1926 - Chicago: Jelly Roll Morton and his band the Red Hot Peppers hold their first recording session.

1928 - Caribbean: A hurricane sweeping through the West Indies kills a reported 300 people on the island of Guadeloupe.

1930 - Germany: Nazi leader Adolf Hitler is barred from taking his Reichstag seat for being an Austrian citizen.

1931 - UK: 12,000 Royal Navy sailors go on strike at Invergordon on the Cromarty Firth in protest over cuts in serviceman's pay.

1935 - USA: Millionaire aviator Howard Hughes reaches a record air speed of 347.5 mph.

1944 - Paris: The provisional government announces it will try Vichy war criminals.

1947 - London: The government begins spending Britain's gold reserves to pay for imported goods.

1952 - East Africa: Britain leaves the former Italian colony of Eritrea which becomes federated with Ethiopia.

1959 - Washington: Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev arrives in the US for a tour and talks.

1963 - Alabama: Four Negro girls are killed and 23 people are injured when a bomb explodes during a church service at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham.

1964 - UK: The Daily Herald newspaper ends its publication and is replaced by The Sun.

1966 - UK: The Queen Mother launches Britain's nuclear submarine HMS Resolution at Barrow.

1968 - UK: Hundreds of homes are evacuated as south-east England is hit by the worst floods since 1953.

1972 - USA: Two former White House aides, Howard Hunt and Gordon Liddy are among seven men indicted in Washington on charges of conspiring to break into Democratic headquarters in the Watergate building on June 17.

1975 - Port Moresby: Papua New Guinea becomes independent of Australia.

1977 - South Africa: 1,200 students are arrested when they gather to mourn black rights leader Steve Biko.

1982 - Tehran: Ex-foreign Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadegh is found guilty of plotting to overthrow the government.

1988 - Yugoslavia: Serbians demonstrate against Albanian persecution of Serbs in the province of Kosovo.

1992 - Strasbourg: The European Parliament celebrates its 40th anniversary.

2004 - London: A countryside alliance rally outside parliament buildings in opposition to a bill that would ban fox-hunting, descends into violence as police clash with protestors.

2007 - Arctic Ocean: Melting sea ice opens up the North West Passage between Europe, Asia and North America.

2010 - Spain: Pieces of an ancient necropolis pillaged from the Saqqara burial ground in Egypt are discovered in an antique shop in Barcelona.

15 September

1440 – French knight Gilles de Rais, one of the earliest known serial killers, was taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by the Bishop of Nantes.

1831 – The John Bull, the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world, ran for the first time in New Jersey on the Camden and Amboy Railroad.

1916 – Tanks, the "secret weapons" of the British Army during the First World War, were first used in combat at the Battle of the Somme in Somme, Picardy, France, leading to strategic Allied victory.

1940 - Battle of Britain day - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Britain_Day

1944 – American and Australian forces landed on the Japanese-occupied island of Morotai, starting the Battle of Morotai.

September 16th

1804 - France: The physicist Joseph Gay-Lussac sets an altitude record of 22.942 feet (7.016 metres) during an ascent in a balloon, with the aim of measuring the possible modifications of the composition of air.

1893 - USA: The Cherokee strip, between Kansas and Oklahoma was opened for land rush settlement. More than 100,000 people rushed into an area of 6,000,000 acres that had been purchased from the Cherokee Indians in 1891.

1908 - Detroit: William Crapo Durant merges his Buick and Oldsmobile firms into a new car company - General Motors.

1920 - Paris: French President Paul Deschanel resigns through ill health.

1927 - Berlin: President von Hindenburg denies German responsibility for the Great War.

1928 - Glasgow: The P & O liner "Viceroy of India" is launched. It is the first liner to have oil-fired electric turbines.

1934 - Munich: Lutherans march to anti-Nazi songs in a demonstration against Adolf Hitler.

1940 - USA: Registration for military service becomes obligatory for men aged 21 to 35.

1942 - Madagascar: The British present the island's pro-Vichy Governor-General with armistice terms.

1945 - London: A Victory Thanksgiving service is held in Westminster Abbey.

1947 - USA: Briton John Cobb sets a new land speed record of 394mph.

1950 - Korea: United Nations troops and tanks arrive on the shores of Inchon on the west coast of Korea, from an armada of 260 ships to begin the codenamed "Operation Chromite."

1953 - New York: Film Company 20th Century Fox demonstrates "Cinemascope" with the movie "The Robe."

1963 - Malaysia: The Federation of Malaysia is created; a mob of around 10,000 people burn down the British embassy in protest.

1968 - UK: Two-tier post comes into force, with a first-class letter costing 5d, and second-class 4d.

1970 - UK: George Gale is appointed editor of "The Spectator" in succession to Nigel Lawson.

1971 - Tokyo: Three people are killed as police clash with demonstrators trying to stop the building of Tokyo's second airport.

1974 - USA: President Gerald Ford pardons his predecessor Richard Nixon, with public opinion, feeling he has weakened his authority by granting the pardon.

1978 - UK: Police attribute two more murders to the "Yorkshire Ripper" bringing the number of victims to ten.

1986 - South Africa: 177 black miners die in a fire at the Kinross gold mine.

1987 - Montreal: More than 70 nations agree on measures to reduce the threat to the earth's ozone layer.

1991 - UK: The all-male Magic Circle lifts its ban on women members.

1993 - Pittsburgh: British girl Laura Davis aged 5 has seven major organs replaced in a 15 hour operation.

1994 - Alaska: A court orders Exxon to pay $5 billion to victims of the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

2005 - London: The Bi-centennial of the Battle of Trafalgar and the death of Admiral Lord Nelson is commemorated with a re-enactment of the 1806 state funeral procession on the River Thames.

2009 - UK: Newly discovered documents disclose that the novelist J.R.R. Tolkien trained as a spy for His Majesty's government in the run up to World War II.

2011 - USA: NASA scientists announce the Kepler missions discovery of a planet orbiting two suns. This is the first detection of a circumbinary planet, i.e a planet that orbits two stars instead of one.

September 17th

1862 - USA: At the Battle of Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg in western Maryland, General Lee's first invasion of the north is halted by Union troops under General McClellan. This was the bloodiest one-day battle of the Civil War. Each side lost over 2000 men and 9,000 were wounded.

1907 - France: Aviator Louis Bleriot flies 184 metres in his aeroplane "Libellue" before crash landing.

1912 - UK: 15 people are killed and 50 are injured when a train collides with a bridge in Lancashire.

1917 - Berlin: The government requests boys aged 15 to volunteer for the army.

1936 - Spain: General Franco's troops take Maqueda, between Toledo and Madrid.

1939 - Poland: Soviet troops invade the country.

1943 - Algiers: Charles De Gaulle sets up a Consultative Assembly as part of the French Committee of National Liberation.

1945 - Germany: The commandant of Belsen along with 44 Belsen and Auschwitz guards go on trial at Luneberg.

1948 - Jerusalem: UN mediator Count Folke Bernadotte dies in a gun attack by Jewish terrorists.

1949 - Toronto: 207 people are killed as fire sweeps the moored Liner "Noronic"

1954 - New York: World heavyweight boxing champion Rocky Marciano defeats Ezzard Charles, for his 47th consecutive victory.

1958 - Cuba: Fidel Castro launches an offensive against the Batista government.

1961 - Turkey: Ex-premier Adnam Menderes is hanged by Turkey's military rulers.

1963 - UK: The early warning missile system at Flyingdales becomes operational.

1973 - London: Measures to tackle discrimination against women - at work and in general - are unveiled by the government in a report called "Equal Opportunities for Men and Women."

1974 - UK: Nurses receive pay rises of up to 58%.

1976 - UK: The first women cadets are admitted to Dartmouth Naval College.

1980 - Seoul: Opposition leader Kim Dae Jung is sentenced to death by a military tribunal.

1989 - UK: A new newspaper the "Sunday Correspondant" makes it's debut.

1990 - Europe: Iraqi military attaches are expelled from member nations of the EC.

1991 - UK: The case of Judith Ward, convicted for a 1974 IRA coach bombing in which 11 people died, is sent to the Court of Appeal.

1994 - Arnhem: Thousands of Dutch people turn out to thank the "Red Devils" for their attempt to take "The Bridge Too Far" 50 years ago.

1997 - Oslo: A treaty banning landmines is agreed by 90 countries. The US however, refuses to sign.

2004 - Yemen: 80 people are killed in an air-raid on a camp for displaced people in northern Yemen.

2010 - USA: 2 married former nuclear contractors are charged by the US with trying to give away the country's nuclear secrets to Venezuela.

September 18th

1830 - USA: A celebrated race between horse and steam was won by the horse over the "Tom Thumb, the first locomotive built in America.
During the race the locomotive pulled 40 passengers over a nine-mile course from Riley's Tavern to Baltimore. Mechanical failure caused the engine to spring a leak in the boiler, making it unable to finish the course.

1850 - USA: The Fugitive Slave Bill was passed by congress. This legislation required return of escaped slaves to their owners.

1911 - Spain: Martial law is proclaimed as a general strike is declared in Valencia.

1915 - London: The government reveals that the war is costing £3.5million on a daily basis.

1919 - USA: Aviator Roland Rohlfs sets a new flight altitude record of 34,610 feet in his "Curtis Wasp."

1924 - India: Mahatma Gandhi goes on a 21 day fast over his despair at the recent riots between Moslems and Hindus, stating "Nothing I can say or write can bring the two communities together."

1928 - USA: Between 200 and 400 people are reported killed after a hurricane strikes Florida.

1933 - Berlin: A decree is issued stating all doctors must be Nazis.

1934 - Rome: Benito Mussolini declares that Italians aged 8 to 55 must have military training.

1935 - Philippines: US General Douglas MacArthur is appointed to organise the new Philippine army.

1939 - Atlantic: The Aircraft carrier "HMS Courageous" is sunk with the loss of 500 men.

1948 - Israel: 200 terrorist suspects are rounded up in the wake of UN mediator Count Folke Bernadotte's murder.

1950 - Vietnam: The Viet Minh occupy Dong Khe.

1955 - USSR: Vladimir Kuts sets a world record for the 5,000 metres of 14 minutes 46.8 seconds.

1959 - Scotland: 47 miners become trapped by fire at Aughengeich Colliery near Glasgow.

1962 - East Berlin: 29 refugees escape by tunnelling under the wall.

1963 - Malaysia: Martial law is declared after widespread riots occur.

1967 - UK: Yorkshire Cricket Club turn down an offer to tour Rhodesia.

1969 - Greece: Briton Lillian Board wins the 800m gold medal at the European Games in a record time of 2 minutes 1.4 seconds

1972 - Uganda: An invasion by exiles from Tanzania is repelled.

1981 - UK: David Steel tell the Liberal delegates at the Liberal Party conference to "go back to your constituencies and prepare for government."

1984 - Moscow: Ex-defector Oleg Bitov claims at a press conference he was kidnapped by British agents.

1994 - London: Actress Jean Simmons receives a BFI Fellowship in recognition of her distinguished career.

1996 - Nigeria: An estimated 10,000 Shia Muslims demonstrate against the arrest of their spiritual leader Ibrahim Yakub el-Zagzaki for "broadcasting material likely to incite a riot."

1997 - Wales: Wales votes for its own National Assembly by a majority of less than 7,000 votes, after a disappointing turnout.

2006 - Afghanistan: A suicide bomber kills four Canadians in an attack on a NATO patrol in Kandahar province.

2008 - Somalia: Pirates hijack a Greek bulk carrier carrying 25 crew members.

2009 - Brazil: The government announce a plan to ban sugarcane farming in the Amazon rainforest and other indigenous areas.