Deaths On This Day, September 17 1997 Red Skelton American actor, comedian 1996 Spiro Agnew American politician, 39th Vice President of the United States 1994 Karl Popper Austrian/English philosopher 1948 Ruth Benedict American anthropologist 1179 Hildegard of Bingen German saint, philosopher, composerPr...
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History Short: The Most Watched TV Events in History! By Major DanSeptember 6, 2024 A Brief History On September 6, 1997, two to two and a half billion people worldwide were glued to their TV sets watching the funeral of Princess Diana, a similar number of TV viewers that watched the ...
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0455 On this day in history roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed emperor of the Western Roman Empire. 0711 On this day in history berbers under Tarik-ibn Ziyad occupies North Spain 1228 Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury on July - 09. 1357 Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor ...
0012 Caligula, [Gaius Caesar], 3rd Roman emperor (37-41 AD) on this day in history. 0161 On August - 31 lucius A A Coomodus, emperor of Rome (180-91) 0651 Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, Irish bishop and missionary on August - 31. 0683 On August - 31 pacal II ruler of the ...
Choose another dateCurrent one is: September 19. Enter a date in the format M/D (e.g., 1/1) 1957 Nevada is site of first‑ever underground nuclear explosion Read more Also on This Day in HistorySeptember | 19 Discover what happened on September 19 with HISTORY's summaries of major ...
#ThisDayinHistory[超话]# on September 19, 1893 New Zealand women's vote Following some 20 years of activism and a 32,000-signature petition, Governor Lord Glasgow gives Royal Assent to a bill grant...
It is held on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month. Chinese legends say that the moon is at its brightest and roundest on this day. Based on the Gregorian calendar, this year's August Moon Festival will be held on September 19. The August Moon Festival is often called the Women's ...
On this day in 1947, Kon-Tiki, a balsa wood raft captained by Norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl, completes a 4,300-mile, 101-day journey from Peru to Raroia in the Tuamotu Archipelago, near Tahiti. Heyerdahl wanted to prove his theory that prehistoric South Americans could have colonize...