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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.
Regards
Alan
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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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Alan
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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.
Regards
Alan
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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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Alan
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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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Alan
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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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Alan
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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.
Regards
Alan
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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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Alan
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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.
Regards
Alan
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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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Alan
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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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Alan
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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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Alan
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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.
Regards
Alan
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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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Alan
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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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Alan
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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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Alan
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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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Alan
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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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Alan
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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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Alan
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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.
Regards
Alan
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