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On Sept 2:
1666 - The Great Fire of London began when King Charles II's baker, Thomas Farrinor, forgot to turn off the oven in his home on Pudding Lane near London Bridge. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London |
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On Sept 3:
1935 - New land speed record was set by Britain's Malcolm Campbell in the Bluebird at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. The car averaged 301 mph. |
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1939: Britain and France declare war on Germany
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Setember 4 1886:
Apache chief Geronimo surrenders to U.S. government troops. For 30 years, the mighty Native American warrior had battled to protect his tribe's homeland; however, by 1886 the Apaches were exhausted and hopelessly outnumbered. General Nelson Miles accepted Geronimo's surrender, making him the last Indian warrior to formally give in to U.S. forces and signaling the end of the Indian Wars in the Southwest. |
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1985: Titanic wreck captured on film
The first pictures of the wreck of the Titanic have been released 73 years after the liner sank with the loss of 1,500 lives. |
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1952: Dozens die in air show tragedy
At least 27 people were killed and 63 injured after a jet fighter disintegrated and fell into the crowd at the Farnborough Air Show in Hampshire. |
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September 6 1915:
A prototype tank nicknamed Little Willie rolls off the assembly line in England. Little Willie was far from an overnight success. It weighed 14 tons, got stuck in trenches and crawled over rough terrain at only two miles per hour. However, improvements were made to the original prototype and tanks eventually transformed military battlefields. |
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1940: London blitzed by German bombers
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September 7 1813:
The United States gets its nickname, Uncle Sam. The name is linked to Samuel Wilson, a meat packer from Troy, New York, who supplied barrels of beef to the United States Army during the War of 1812. Wilson (1766-1854) stamped the barrels with "U.S." for United States, but soldiers began referring to the grub as "Uncle Sam's." The local newspaper picked up on the story and Uncle Sam eventually gained widespread acceptance as the nickname for the U.S. federal government. |
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On Sept 8:
1900 - Galveston Hurricane of 1900: a powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galveston_Hurricane_of_1900 |
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