Today in History

September, 2014

  • 18 September

    Sept. 18, Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler passes away

    1906- Strong typhoon in Hong Kong kills at least 10,000 people. 1931- Japan occupies the Chinese province of Manchuria. 1961- United Nations Secretary -General Dag Hammarskjöld  killed in a plane …

  • 17 September

    Sept. 17, Church of Holy Sepulcher initiated in Jerusalem

      335 – Church of Holy Sepulcher initiated in Jerusalem. 1908 – American Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge becomes first person to die in a powered airplane crash. 1948 – Jewish Lehi …

  • 16 September

    Sept. 16, Italian forces hang Libyan struggler Omar al-Mukhtar

      1810- Mexico gains independence from Spain. 1931- Italian forces hang the Libyan struggler Omar al-Mukhtar. 1959- French President Charles de Gaulle grants Algerians the right to determine their future. …

  • 15 September

    Sept. 15, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel-Nasser born

    1922- Declaration of establishing Ireland Republic. 1944- Earthquake measured 8.4 on the Richter scale strikes Nepal killing 10,700 people. 1944- 7.8- magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale rocks Argentina, killing …

  • 14 September

    July 14, Establishment of OPEC

    1901- Theodore Roosevelt assumes the presidency of the USA, succeeding President William McKinley, who died of his wounds after being subjected to an assassination attempt in September 6th,. 1917- Declaration …

  • 13 September

    Sept. 13, Battles erupted in Jerusalem  after the British forces control of al-Burak police station in the city

    1936 – Battles erupted in Jerusalem  after the British forces control of al-Burak police station in the city. 1940 – The Italian troops invades Egypt during World War II. 1955 …

  • 12 September

    September 12,  first Concord plane arrives in Heathrow Airport

    1944- London Protocol signed. The Protocol divides Berlin into 4 zones. 1970- First Concord plane arrives in Heathrow Airport coming from Toulouse city in France. 1959- United States launches its …

  • 11 September

    September 11, two planes hit World Trade Center twin towers

    Damascus, SANA- 1830- Establishment of Ecuador state. 1930- Stromboli volcano erupts in the Italian island of Sicily. 1926- Unsuccessful assassination attempt of Benito Mussolini. 1950- American Florence May Chadwick was …

  • 10 September

    Sept. 10, Syrian athlete Ghada Shou’a winner of gold medal in Atlanta Olympic Games born

      1919- The Treaty of St. Germain between Allies and Austria on minorities signed. 1982- First operation for launching European Ariane rocket succeeds. 1994- General Assembly of the United Nations …

  • 9 September

    Sept. 9, Russian writer Leo Tolstoy born

    1881 – Orabi Revolution, led by Ahmad Orabi, starts in Egypt. 1933 – Beersheba Battle between British Mandate forces and Arab freedom fighters in Palestine in which the latter seized …

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