19-09-2013, 09:49
September 19th
1844 - USA: The Marquette Iron range in the upper Peninsula of Michigan, near Lake Superior was discovered accidentally by a group of government surveyors headed by William A. Burt. Burt observed that his compass was deviating 87 degrees from normal. On investigating the soil, he found evidence of large deposits of iron ore.
1905 - Europe: British and German armies hold simultaneous, but unrelated war manoeuvres.
1906 - UK: 12 passengers lose their lives when a London to Scotland express train derails.
1914 - South Africa: The South African army take Luderitzburg in the German occupied South-West.
1927 - Nicaragua: Rebel leader Augusto Sandino launches an attack on government troops at Las Flores.
1928 - New York: The "Vitaphone" talkie "The Singing Fool" starring Al Jolson opens across the city.
1935 - Germany: Jews become deprived of their German citizenship becoming merely "subjects" without rights.
1943 - Italy: Italian troops seize control of Sardinia.
1944 - Helsinki: Finland signs an armistice with the USSR.
1945 - USA: Actress Shirley Temple marries John Agar in Hollywood.
1952 - Washington: Charlie Chaplin is investigated as being a suspected "Subversive."
1954 - UK: The Federation of British Sun Clubs, a nudist organisation holds its first annual meeting.
1958 - UK: The RAF takes delivery of its first US-built Thor missiles.
1960 - London: 344 tickets are issued in central London on the first day of parking tickets and traffic wardens.
1965 - UK: A Gallup poll commissioned by ABC Television shows 94% of the English Population belong to a church.
1966 - USA: Folk singer Joan Baez leads a group of black children to an all-white school in Mississippi.
1972 - London: An Israeli diplomat is killed by a letter bomb from the "Black September" group; another four bombs are intercepted by the police.
1973 - Jordan: King Hussein declares an amnesty and releases Palestinian prisoners.
1977 - USA: Film director Roman Polanski is jailed for three months for having sex with a 13 year-old girl.
1980 - USA: One person is killed in a fuel explosion in an underground nuclear missile silo at Damascus, Arkansas.
1985 - Mexico City: Thousands are feared dead after a huge devastating earthquake hits, turning the baseball stadium into a giant morgue.
1990 - UK: IRA gunmen attack and badly injure Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Terry, a former governor of Gibraltar.
1995 - Washington: The House of Representatives speaker, Newt Gingrich, is investigated after his $4.5 million book advance from Rupert Murdoch.
1997 - London: A passenger train crashes into a freight train at Southall, West London, killing six people and injuring over 150.
2005 - Iraq: A US diplomat and three American security guards are killed following an insurgent suicide car bomb attack in Mosul.
2007 - UK: Jose Mourinho leaves Chelsea FC by mutual consent.
2011 - USA: Barack Obama outlines a plan to cut US deficit by $3 trillion over 10 years, with half of the reductions coming from tax increases.
1844 - USA: The Marquette Iron range in the upper Peninsula of Michigan, near Lake Superior was discovered accidentally by a group of government surveyors headed by William A. Burt. Burt observed that his compass was deviating 87 degrees from normal. On investigating the soil, he found evidence of large deposits of iron ore.
1905 - Europe: British and German armies hold simultaneous, but unrelated war manoeuvres.
1906 - UK: 12 passengers lose their lives when a London to Scotland express train derails.
1914 - South Africa: The South African army take Luderitzburg in the German occupied South-West.
1927 - Nicaragua: Rebel leader Augusto Sandino launches an attack on government troops at Las Flores.
1928 - New York: The "Vitaphone" talkie "The Singing Fool" starring Al Jolson opens across the city.
1935 - Germany: Jews become deprived of their German citizenship becoming merely "subjects" without rights.
1943 - Italy: Italian troops seize control of Sardinia.
1944 - Helsinki: Finland signs an armistice with the USSR.
1945 - USA: Actress Shirley Temple marries John Agar in Hollywood.
1952 - Washington: Charlie Chaplin is investigated as being a suspected "Subversive."
1954 - UK: The Federation of British Sun Clubs, a nudist organisation holds its first annual meeting.
1958 - UK: The RAF takes delivery of its first US-built Thor missiles.
1960 - London: 344 tickets are issued in central London on the first day of parking tickets and traffic wardens.
1965 - UK: A Gallup poll commissioned by ABC Television shows 94% of the English Population belong to a church.
1966 - USA: Folk singer Joan Baez leads a group of black children to an all-white school in Mississippi.
1972 - London: An Israeli diplomat is killed by a letter bomb from the "Black September" group; another four bombs are intercepted by the police.
1973 - Jordan: King Hussein declares an amnesty and releases Palestinian prisoners.
1977 - USA: Film director Roman Polanski is jailed for three months for having sex with a 13 year-old girl.
1980 - USA: One person is killed in a fuel explosion in an underground nuclear missile silo at Damascus, Arkansas.
1985 - Mexico City: Thousands are feared dead after a huge devastating earthquake hits, turning the baseball stadium into a giant morgue.
1990 - UK: IRA gunmen attack and badly injure Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Terry, a former governor of Gibraltar.
1995 - Washington: The House of Representatives speaker, Newt Gingrich, is investigated after his $4.5 million book advance from Rupert Murdoch.
1997 - London: A passenger train crashes into a freight train at Southall, West London, killing six people and injuring over 150.
2005 - Iraq: A US diplomat and three American security guards are killed following an insurgent suicide car bomb attack in Mosul.
2007 - UK: Jose Mourinho leaves Chelsea FC by mutual consent.
2011 - USA: Barack Obama outlines a plan to cut US deficit by $3 trillion over 10 years, with half of the reductions coming from tax increases.