September 20
1519 - Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan departed from Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain, on a quest to circumnavigate the globe; although he died during the voyage, the expedition achieved its goal. 1870 - Italian troops occupied Rome, leading to the eventual incorporation of Rome into the Kingdom of Italy and ...
Sep 20, 2022
September 16th
1974 ... Thirty-two women, the first female cohort, join the ranks of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). Today, women make up around one fifth of the police officers in the RCMP. 1959 - The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City. 1620 ....
Sep 16, 2022
September 15th
1978 ... Muhammad Ali won the world heavyweight boxing championship for the third time with his victory over Leon Spinks. 1949 ... The Lone Ranger, originally a radio series, debuted on television, with Clayton Moore as the renegade lawman and Jay Silverheels as Tonto. 1916 ... Canadian troops capture the ruined villag...
Sep 15, 2022
September 14th
1994 ... Acting commissioner of baseball Bud Selig announced that the remainder of the 1994 major league baseball season, including the World Series, would be canceled. Players and owners had failed to reach a settlement of the players' strike begun in August. 1907 ... Jasper Forest Reserve, which covers 13,000 square ...
Sep 14, 2022
September 13
1848 - American railroad foreman Phineas Gage suffered a traumatic brain injury when an iron rod shot through his skull and obliterated the greater part of the left frontal lobe of his brain; he survived with apparently no lasting physical damage, though some claimed that his personality had changed. 1990 - The law-enf...
Sep 13, 2022
September 9th
2015 ... Elizabeth II became the longest-reigning monarch in British history, surpassing Victoria's record reign of 63 years and 216 days. 1984 ... Pope John Paul II visits Canada for the first time. From September 9 to 20, he is welcomed like a star by approximately 1.5 million Canadians. On September 11 in Montr&eacu...
Sep 09, 2022
September 8
1504 - Michelangelo's the David was unveiled in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence; considered a masterpiece, the sculpture is one of the defining works of the Renaissance. 1966 - The first episode of the sci-fi series Star Trek aired on American television. 1998 - Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals broke Roger...
Sep 08, 2022
September 7
1940 - The German Luftwaffe begins the Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive nights. 1979 - ESPN, a cable network dedicated to sports, debuted on American television. 1996 - American rapper and actor Tupac Shakur, one of the leading names in 1990s gangsta rap, was shot by an unknown ass...
Sep 07, 2022
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Sep 06, 2022
September 2nd
1976 ... The puck drops at the first Canada Cup international hockey tournament. Six countries send national teams. Canada will face off against Czechoslovakia, Finland, the Soviet Union, Sweden and the United States. In the final, Canada will win against Czechoslovakia. Notable players to lace up the skates for Canada...
Sep 02, 2022