The Siege of Yorktown was the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War in North America.
26th March 1830: The Book of Mormon first went on sale at E. B. Grandin’s book store
26th March 2020
On the 27th September 1908, the first Model T Ford automobile rolled out of the Piquette Avenue factory in Detroit.
‘The eventual development of this new force by other nations was to be expected. This probability has always been taken into account by us’.
Female tennis player Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs, a former World No. 1 men’s player, in the ‘Battle of the Sexes’.
The body of actress Peg Entwistle was found in a ravine below the Hollywoodland sign in Los Angeles.
On the 17th September 1978 the Camp David Accords, which led to the first ever peace treaty between Israel and an Arab state, were signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin.
Shortly after midnight in Moscow, the Soviets became the first to successfully send a human-made object to the Moon.
American rock band Nirvana released the critically acclaimed single “Smells Like Teen Spirit”.
On the 9th September 1947, the first computer ‘bug’ was found in the Harvard Mark II electromechanical computer.
Ishi, believed to be the last surviving member of the indigenous Yahi tribe, emerged from the wilderness in California.
27th September 1908: First Model T Ford produced in Detroit
27th September 2020
26th September 1960: Kennedy and Nixon take part in their first televised debate
26th September 2020
25th September 1513: European ‘discovery’ of the Pacific Ocean
25th September 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018