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#241 Posted : 08 September 2016 12:43:26

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5th Sep 1666

After two days the Fire of London is extinguished.

5th Sep 1664

Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam surrenders to the British who will rename it New York.

5th Sep 1905

The Russian-Japanese War ends, the Treaty of Portsmouth is signed.

5th Sep 1944

First V2 missile launched at Paris by Germany.

5th Sep 1977

Voyager 1 is launched.

5th Sep 1984

After its maiden voyage the Space Shuttle Discovery lands.

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#242 Posted : 08 September 2016 15:00:44

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6th Sep 1907

The Lusitainia leaves London on her maiden voyage bound for New York.

6th Sep 1918

German army begins a retreat across the Aisne, British troops are in pursuit.

6th Sep 1941

All Jews living in Germany are instructed to wear the Star of David

6th Sep 1997

The funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place.

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#243 Posted : 10 September 2016 22:50:52

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7th Sep 1701

An Alliance against France is formed by England, Austria and the Netherlands.

7th Sep 1812

Napoleon wins a costly victory over the Russians at Borodino.

7th Sep 1912

An altitude record of 13,200 feet is set by French aviator Roland Garros.

7th Sep 1940

The London Blitz begins during the Battle of Britain.

7th Sep 1942

The German line nortwest of Stalingrad in pushed back by the Red Army.

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#244 Posted : 12 September 2016 22:34:14

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8th Sep 1755

William Johnson leads British forces in defeating the French and the Indians at the Battle of Lake George.

8th Sep 1760

The city of Montreal is surrendered by the French to the British,

8th Sep 1915

A new offensive is begun by Germany in Argonne on the Western Front.

8th Sep 1942

The German V2 offensive against England starts.

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#245 Posted : 12 September 2016 22:48:40

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9th Sep 1087

William the Conqueror dies in Rouen in a war that started when the French king made fun of him for being fat.

9th Sep 1513

At Flodden, King James IV of Scotland is killed by the English.

9th Sep 1915

London is bombed for the first time by a German zeppelin.

9th Sep 1943

Strong resistance from German troops when Allied troops land at Solemo.

9th Sep 1948

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is established under a declaration by Kim Il-sung.

9th Sep 1976

Mao Tse-tung, the Chinese leader dies in Beijing at the age of 82.

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#246 Posted : 14 September 2016 10:46:52

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10th Sep 1547

English have a resounding victory over the Scots at Pinkie Cleugh.

10th Sep 1813

Nine ship American flotilla wrest naval supremacy from the British by capturing or destroying six English vessels on Lake Erie.

10th Sep 1855

Sevastopol capitulates to the Allies during the Crimean war.

10th Sep 1914

The Battle of Marne ends, halting the German advance into France.

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#247 Posted : 14 September 2016 11:02:34

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11th Sep 1297

William Wallace leads the Scots to victory over the English at Stirling Bridge.

11th Sep 1709


Duke of Marlborough wins the bloodiest battle of the 18th century against the French at Malplaquet.

11th Sep 1777

George Washington is defeated by the British at the Battle of Brandywine in Pennsylvania.

11th Sep 1904

A new era in naval construction is introduced with the launch of the battleship Connecticut in New York.

11th Sep 2001


The World Trade Centre towers and the Pentagon are hit by hijacked airliners killing thousands. A fourth hijacked airliner crashed in Pennsylvania killing all on board.

11th Sep 2007

A nano-bomb, the largest non-nuclear weapon developed to date is detonated by Russia.

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#248 Posted : 17 September 2016 10:32:39

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12th Sep 1683

The siege on Vienna, Austria is lifted by a combined Austrian and Polish army defeating the Turks at Kahlenberg.

12th Sep 1722

The Russo-Persian war comes to an end with the Treaty of Petersburg.

12th Sep 1918

Havincourt, Moeuvres and Trescault along the Western Front are retaken by British troops.

12th Sep 1939

The French army advances into Germany in response to the invasion of Poland.

12th Sep 1940

An offensive by Italian forces into Egypt from Libya begins.

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#249 Posted : 17 September 2016 10:47:34

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13th Sep 1759

On the plains of Abraham in Quebec British troops defeat the French.

13th Sep 1782

French and Spanish forces attack the British fortress at Gibraltar.

13th Sep 1918

US and French forces take St. Mihiel, France.

13th Sep 1945

The withdrawal of Allied forces is demanded by Iran.

13th Sep 1951


3700 casualties is the cost of the US Army conducting their assault on Heartbreak Ridge, Korea.

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#250 Posted : 19 September 2016 22:06:17

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14th Sep 1544

Henry VIII takes Boulogne in France.

14th Sep 1812


Napoleon Bonaparte enters Moscow with his army and find the city deserted and burning.

14th Sep 1943

The Salerno front in Italy is abandoned by German troops.

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#251 Posted : 19 September 2016 22:18:24

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15th Sep 1588

The British fleet destroy the Spanish Armada attempting to invade England.

15th Sep 1788

An alliance is ratified at the Hague between Britain, Prussia and the Netherlands.

15th Sep 1916

During the Battle of the Somme the British introduce armoured tanks.

15th Sep 1928

Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin.

15th Sep 1935

The Reich adopts the swastika as the national flag.

15th Sep 1937

Neville Chamberlain arrives in Germany to discuss the future of Czechoslovakia.

15th Sep 1990

4000 French troops are to be sent to join other nations in the Persian Gulf to protect Saudi Arabia and force Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait.

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#252 Posted : 19 September 2016 23:44:57

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16th Sep 1620

The Pilgrims sail from England on the Mayflower.

16th Sep 1942

American bombers raid the Japanese base at Kiska in the Aleutian Islands.

16th Sep 1945

Hong Kong is surrendered to Britain by Japan.

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#253 Posted : 20 September 2016 23:04:14

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17th Sep 1862

The bloodiest day in US history with the Battle of Antietam in Maryland, 29,293 casualties on both the Union and Confederate sides.

17th Sep 1903

The town of Kastoria in Bulgaria is destroyed by the Turks, killing 10,000 civilians.

17th Sep 1916

The Red Baron wins his first aerial combat.

17th Sep 1917

The Russian Port of Riga is recaptured by the German army.

17th Sep 1939

Soviet Union launches an invasion of eastern Poland.

17th Sep 1942

Winston Churchill meets with Josef Stalin in Moscow.

17th Sep 1944

As part of Operation Market Garden British airborne troops parachute into Holland to capture the Arnhem Bridge.

17th Sep 1959

The X15 rocket plane makes its first flight.

17th Sep 1976

Space Shuttle is unveiled.

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#254 Posted : 22 September 2016 22:27:39

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18th Sep 1929

Charles Lindbergh takes off on a 10,000 mile air tour of South America.

18th Sep 1939

500 people killed when the British aircraft carrier Courageous is sunk by a German U-Boat.

18th Sep 1977

The first photo of the Earth and the moon together is taken by Voyager I.

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#255 Posted : 22 September 2016 23:10:26

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19th Sep 1356

The English defeat the French at Poitiers, a landmark battle of the Hundred Years War.

19th Sep 1957

In Nevada, the first underground nuclear test takes place.

19th Sep 1544

France and Austria sign a peace treaty in Crespy, France, ending a 20 year war.

19th Sep 1985

Thousands are killed when an earthquake hit Mexico City.

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#256 Posted : 25 September 2016 00:16:49

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20th Sep 1565

At Fort Caroline, in Florida, Pedro Menendez of Spain wipes out the French.

20th Sep 1853

The Russians are defeated by the Allies at the Battle of Alma on the Crimean Peninsula.

20th Sep 2000

The MI6 building in London is attacked by and unidentified group using an RPG-2 anti-tank missile.

20th Sep 2001

President George Bush declares a war on terror.

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#257 Posted : 25 September 2016 00:32:19

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21st Sep 1929

Conflict breaks out along the Manchurian border between China and the Soviet Union.

21st Sep 1941


The Crimean Peninsula is cut off from the rest of the Soviet Union by the German army.

21st Sep 1942

The Japanese in Burma are attacked by British forces.

21st Sep 1944

The US 7th Army cross the Meuse River, Southern France.

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#258 Posted : 25 September 2016 10:37:22

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22nd Sep 1789

The Turkish army is driven from the Rymnik River by Russian forces.

22nd Sep 1914

346,000 gallons of fuel in Madras, India is destroyed by the German cruiser Emden.

22nd Sep 1918

Haifa and Nazereth, Palstine are taken from the Turks by British forces led by General Allenby.

22nd Sep 1929

In Berlin, Communist and Nazi factions clash.

22nd Sep 1947

The first automatic pilot flight over the Atlantic is made by a Douglas C-54 Skymaster.

22nd Sep 1980

Thin Iran-Iraq war begins with Iraq invading Iran, the longest conventional war of the 20th century.

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#259 Posted : 25 September 2016 12:01:55

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23rd Sep 1577

William of Orange enters Brussels, Belgium.

23rd Sep 1739

The Treaty of Belgrade is signed by the Austrians after losing the city to the Turks.

23rd Sep 1779

The American navy defeats and captures the British man-of-war Serapis.

23rd Sep 1992


The IRA detonates a 3,700lb bomb in Belfast destroying the Northern Ireland forensic laboratory.

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#260 Posted : 26 September 2016 22:40:21

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24th Sep 1914

The German army captures St. Mihiel in the Alsace-Lorraine area between France and Germany.

24th Sep 1915

Bulgaria mobilizes troops on the Serbian border.

24th Sep 1960

The first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, The Enterprise is launched.

24th Sep 1996

Nuclear Test Ban Treaty is signed by 71 nations.

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