September in History

Historical Events on September

1972 In Reykjavík, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky to become the world chess champion.

44 BC Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion.

1946 The Interim Government of India is formed, headed by Jawaharlal Nehru as Vice President with the powers of a Prime Minister.

1996 War on Drugs: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) attack a military base in Guaviare, starting three weeks of guerrilla warfare in which at least 130 Colombians are killed.

1861 American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, giving the Union control of the Tennessee River's mouth.

1609 Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan Island and the indigenous people living there.

1950 Korean War: President Harry S. Truman approved military operations north of the 38th parallel.

2001 Two hijacked aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, while a third smashes into The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and a fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, in a series of coordinated suicide attacks by 19 members of al-Qaeda. A total of 2,996 people are killed.

2012 The U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya is attacked, resulting in four deaths.

1923 Southern Rhodesia, today called Zimbabwe, is annexed by the United Kingdom.

2001 Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital.

2014 The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant launches its Kobani offensive against Syrian-Kurdish forces.

2001 The New York Stock Exchange reopens for trading after the September 11 attacks, the longest closure since the Great Depression.

1962 Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda and Trinidad and Tobago are admitted to the United Nations.

2014 Scotland votes against independence from the United Kingdom.

1942 World War II: Swiss Police instruction dictates that "Under current practice ... refugees on the grounds of race alone are not political refugees", effectively denying entry to Jews trying to flee occupied Europe during the Holocaust.

1791 Jews in France are granted French citizenship.

1947 The World Series, featuring the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, is televised for the first time.

Famous Birthdays on September

1981 Beyoncé

1971 Dolores O'Riordan

1941 Bernie Sanders

1917 Ferdinand Marcos

1950 Narendra Modi

1975 Jimmie Johnson

1981 Serena Williams

1936 Silvio Berlusconi

Famous Deaths on September

1976 Mao Zedong

1952 Alfrēds Riekstiņš

1992 Anthony Perkins

1328 Ibn Taymiyyah

1939 Sigmund Freud

1980 Lewis Milestone

1328 Ibn Taymiya

1989 Ferdinand Marcos

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