15th September anniversaries


  • Birth
    • 1649
    • Great Britain
    • "Birth of Titus Oates, a Protestant priest who invented a Catholic plot to assasinate Charles II." more
    • 1789
    • United States
    • "Birth of James Fenimore Cooper, novelist whose masterpiece was The Last of the Mohicans" more
    • 1857
    • "Birth of William Howard Taft, 27th American President"
    • 1858
    • "Birth of Jenö Hubay, Hungarian violinist, composer and teacher ."
    • 1890
    • Great Britain
    • "Birth of Agatha Christie, crime writer whose fictional characters Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot have become world famous"
    • 1894
    • France
    • "Birth of Jean Renoir, film director whose film La Règle du Jeu is considered one of the masterpieces of 20th century cinema." more
  • event
    • 1440
    • France
    • "Arrest of Gilles de Rais, serial killer." more
    • 1928
    • Great Britain
    • "Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin had an antibiotic effect, one of the great medical advances of the 20th century."
    • 1940
    • Battle of Britain ends
    • 1959
    • Nikita Khrushchev became the first Soviet leader to visit the USA more
    • 1964
    • "The Sun newspaper founded in Britain, replacing the Daily Herald"
    • 1983
    • "Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin formally resigned, having announced his intention to step down on 28th August."
    • 1998
    • The google.com domain registered
  • Death
    • 1613
    • Great Britain
    • "Death of Sir Thomas Overbury, poet who was poisoned in the Tower of London by agents of Lady Essex. She was pardoned but 4 of her agents were hanged."
    • 1859
    • "Death of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British civil and mechanical engineer who designed many notable and innovative bridges, railways and ships"
    • 1885
    • Morocco
    • "Death of Jumbo, the large African elephant whose name evolved to mean extra big in size." more
    • 1978
    • Germany
    • "Death of Willy Messerschmidt, aircraft designer"
    • 1989
    • "Death of Robert Penn Warren, American novelist and poet, Americas first poet laureate, won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel All the Kings Men"

No comments:

Post a Comment