THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
SEPTEMBER
01/09/1939 German troops invade Poland, starting
WWII in Europe.
01/09/1941 Graeme Langlands. One of Rugby
League’s immortals is born.
01/09/1981 Albert Speer. Nazi Minister for
Armaments & War production dies.
02/09/1666 Great Fire of London broke out &
destroyed 10,000 buildings including St
Paul’s Cathedral.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
SEPTEMBER
02/09/1945 W.W.2 was officially over as Japan
signed the terms of surrender aboard
the battleship U.S.S Missouri in Tokyo
Bay.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
SEPTEMBER
03/09/1783. The American revolution ends when the
U.S.A & Great Britain sign the Treaty of
Paris.
03/09
Australian Flag Day
03/09/1685 Oliver Cromwell. Lord Protector of
England dies.
03/09/1875 Ferdinand Porsche. Austrian
Automotive Engineer is born.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
SEPTEMBER
03/09/1899 Sir Macfarlane Burnet. Australian
Biologist & winner of the Nobel Prize for
Medicine in 1960 is born.
03/09/1935 Sir Malcolm Campbell became the 1st
person ever to drive an automobile at
over 300 miles per hour.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
SEPTEMBER
03/09/1939 France, the UK, New Zealand & Australia
formed the Allies and declared War on
Germany following the invasion of
Poland.
03/09/1950 Nino Farina became the first ever
Formula One World Motor Racing
Champion.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
SEPTEMBER
04/09/1937 Dawn Fraser. Champion Australian
swimmer & only person ever to win the
Gold medal for the same event (100m
freestyle) at 3 consecutive Olympics.
1956, 1960 & 1964 is born.
04/09/1951 Transcontinental television service
began with a telecast of the Japanese
conference.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
SEPTEMBER
04/09/1972 American swimmer Mark Spitz became
the 1st person to win 7 Gold medals & set
7 World Records at the 1972 Olympics.
04/09/2006. Steve Irwin. Australian Wildlife expert & TV
personality is killed by a Stingray.
05/09/1997. Mother Teresa dies.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
SEPTEMBER
06/09/1968 Swaziland gains independence.
06/09/1972 9 Israeli Athletics were murdered at the
Munich Olympic Games.
06/09/1997 Princess Diana Spencer was buried.
06/09/2007 Luciano Pavarotti. Famous Italian Tenor,
dies.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
SEPTEMBER
07/09/1533 Queen Elizabeth I of England is born.
07/09/1815 John McDouall Stuart, Australian
explorer is born.
07/09/1822 Brazil gains independence.
07/09/1895 1st ever Rugby League game was played
in England.
07/09/1940 Blitz of London in WWII began.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
SEPTEMBER
Nikita Khrushchev elected as the 1st
Secretary of the Communist Party of
Russia.
07/091986 Archbishop Desmond Tutu became the
1st Black man to lead the Anglican
Church in South Africa.
07/09/2013. Tony Abbott is elected as the 28th.
Prime Minister of Australia.
07/09/1953
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
SEPTEMBER
08/09/1504 Michelangelo’s Statue of David was
unveiled in Florence, Italy.
08/09/1943 Italy surrenders in W.W.II.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
SEPTEMBER
08/09/1968 The Beatles performed their last ‘live’ TV
performance.
08/09/1974 US President Gerald Ford pardons
former President Richard Nixon for any
crimes that he committed during the
Watergate Scandal.
09/09/1543 Mary Stuart was crowned Mary Queen
of Scots.
09/09/1754 William Bligh, British sea captain of the
‘Bounty’ is born.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
SEPTEMBER
09/09/1882 Leo Tolstoy. Russian author is born.
09/09/1884 Bert Oldfield. Famous Australian
Wicketkeeper is born.
09/09/1911 John Gorton, Australian Prime Minister
from 1968-71 is born.
09/09/1976 Mao Zedong. Chinese Communist Party
Leader dies.
09/09/2004 The Australian Embassy in Jakarta,
Indonesia was bombed killing 10 people.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
SEPTEMBER
09/09/2015. Queen Elizabeth 2nd. Becomes the longest
serving Monarch of the United Kingdom.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
SEPTEMBER
Ferdinand Marcos. 10th President of the
Philippines is born.
11/09/1961 The World Wildlife Fund was founded.
11/09/2001 Terrorists crashed jetliners into the
World Trade Centre in New York City and
into the Pentagon Building near
Washington.
12/09/1913 Jesse Owens. Famous American athlete
who won 4 Gold medals at the Berlin
Olympics in 1936 is born.
11/09/1917
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SEPTEMBER
12/09/1913 Jesse Owens. Famous American athlete
who won 4 Gold medals at the Berlin
Olympics in 1936 is born.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
SEPTEMBER
12/09/1919 Adolf Hitler joined the German Workers
Party.
12/09/1959 Russia launched the first rocket to the
moon.
12/09/1979 An earthquake hits Indonesia measuring
8.1 on the Richter scale.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
SEPTEMBER
12/09/2014. Oscar Pistorius is found guilty of the
homocide of his girlfriend
Reeva Steenkamp
12/09/2014 Ian Paisley. Former Irish Politican and
Religious leader dies.
13/09/1503 Michelangelo began his work on the
Statue of David.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
SEPTEMBER
13/09/1916 Roald Dahl, famous British writer best
known as an author of children’s books,
is born.
13/09/1922 The hottest day in world history was
recorded in Libya at 57.8 degrees
Celsius.
13/09/1943 Chaing Kai-Shek was elected President
of the Republic of China.
14/09/1752 United Kingdom and its colonies
adopted the Gregorian Calendar.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
SEPTEMBER
14/09/1916 Tanks were used for the 1st time at the
Battle of the Somme.
15/09/1879 Joseph Lyons, Prime Minister of
Australia between 1932 and 1939 is born.
15/09/1916 British Army became the first to use
military tanks.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
SEPTEMBER
15/09/1930 The city of Boston, Massachusetts was
founded.
15/09 1940 The Battle of Britain ends in WWII.
15/09/2008 Lehman Brothers files for bankruptcy.
The largest bankruptcy in US history.
16/09/1930 The city of Boston, Massachusetts was
founded.
16/09/1956 Television was broadcasted for the 1st
time in Australia.
16/09/1963 Malaysia gains its Independence.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
SEPTEMBER
16/09/1983 Vanessa Williams became the first Black
Miss America.
17/09/1929 Sir Stirling Moss. Famous British Motor
Racing Champion is born.
18/09/1709 Samuel Johnson, English author and
dictionary maker is born.
18/09/1876 James Scullin, Prime Minister of
Australia between 1929 and 1932 is born.
18/09/1931 Japanese Forces invade Manchuria.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
SEPTEMBER
18/09/1948 The Australian Cricket Team led by Sir
Donald Bradman concludes its tour of
England undefeated.
18/09/1976 The Funeral of Mao Zedong takes place
in Beijing.
18/09/2014 Scotland votes against Independence
from the U.K.
19/09/1356 Edward, the ‘Black Prince’ of England,
won the Battle of Poitiers in the
Hundred Years’ War.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
SEPTEMBER
20/09/1519 Ferdinand Magellan set out on his
journey to become the 1st person to
circumnavigate the world.
20/09/1633 Galileo was tried for heresy for teaching
that the earth orbits the sun.
21/09/1957 Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia
2007 – 2010 and 2013 is born.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
SEPTEMBER
22/09/1761 George III is crowned the King of
England.
22/09/1791 Michael Faraday. English scientist is
born.
22/09/2007 Marcel Marceau, French artist dies.
23/09/63 B.C. Augustus, first Roman Emperor is
born.
23/09/1846 Johann Gottfried Galle discovered the
planet Neptune.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
SEPTEMBER
24/09/1896 F Scott Fitzgerald. American novelist,
dies.
24/09/1898 Howard Florey, Australian scientist and
discoverer of penicillin is born.
24/09/1899 Sir William Dobell, Australian painter is
born.
24/09/1914 Sir John Kerr, 18th Governor General of
Australia is born.
24/09/1948 Honda Motor Company was founded.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
SEPTEMBER
24/09/1957 Camp Nou, the largest football stadium
in Europe is opened in Barcelona.
25/09/1862 Billy Hughes. 7th Prime Minister of
Australia is born.
25/09/2005 Don Adams. Agent 86 in the TV Series
“Get Smart” dies.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
SEPTEMBER
26/09/1580 Sir Francis Drake, English sea captain,
returns home after circumnavigating
the world.
26/09/1793 William Hobson, 1st Governor of New
Zealand is born in Ireland.
26/09/1983. Australia 2 wins the America’s Cup.
28/09/1066 William the Conqueror landed in
England.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
SEPTEMBER
29/09 106 B.C. Pompey, Roman General is born.
29/09/1758
Horatio Nelson. British naval hero is
born.
29/09/1961
Julia Gillard, the former Prime
Minister of Australia is born.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
SEPTEMBER
“I believe it is peace in our time.”
The British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, upon
returning from Berlin after negotiations with Adolf Hitler of
Nazi Germany. September 30th, 1938.
A year later WWII began 01/09/1939