27-09-2012, 13:30
1066 – William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the Somme River, beginning the Norman Conquest of England.
1540 – The Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) receives its charter from Pope Paul III.
1822 – Jean-François Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta stone.
1825 - The world's first public railway service began with the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
1937 – The Balinese Tiger declared extinct.
1940 – World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
1944 – The Kassel Mission results in the largest loss by a USAAF group on any mission in World War II.
1956 – USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first man to exceed Mach 3 while flying the Bell X-2. Shortly thereafter, the craft goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed.
1964 – The British TSR-2 aircraft XR219 makes its maiden flight from Boscombe Down in Wiltshire.
1996 – In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture the capital city Kabul after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah.
1998 – The Google internet search engine retrospectively claims this as its birthday.
2003 – Smart 1 satellite is launched.
2007 – NASA launches the Dawn probe.
2008 – CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk while flying on Shenzhou 7.
1540 – The Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) receives its charter from Pope Paul III.
1822 – Jean-François Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta stone.
1825 - The world's first public railway service began with the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
1937 – The Balinese Tiger declared extinct.
1940 – World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
1944 – The Kassel Mission results in the largest loss by a USAAF group on any mission in World War II.
1956 – USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first man to exceed Mach 3 while flying the Bell X-2. Shortly thereafter, the craft goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed.
1964 – The British TSR-2 aircraft XR219 makes its maiden flight from Boscombe Down in Wiltshire.
1996 – In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture the capital city Kabul after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah.
1998 – The Google internet search engine retrospectively claims this as its birthday.
2003 – Smart 1 satellite is launched.
2007 – NASA launches the Dawn probe.
2008 – CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk while flying on Shenzhou 7.