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1. 12th September 490 BCE: Battle of Marathon is fought during the Greco-Persian Wars (accepted date)

   Gepubliceerd: 12-9-2024
2. 11th September 1789: Alexander Hamilton appointed US Secretary of the Treasury

   Gepubliceerd: 11-9-2024
3. 10th September 1989: Hungary allows East Germans to cross the border into Austria

   Gepubliceerd: 10-9-2024
4. 9th September 1956: Elvis Presley makes his first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show

   Gepubliceerd: 9-9-2024
5. 8th September 1888: Peral, the first successful electric-powered submarine, launched by the Spanish navy

   Gepubliceerd: 8-9-2024
6. 7th September 1695: English pirate Henry Every captures the Grand Mughal Fleet in one of the most lucrative pirate raids of all time

   Gepubliceerd: 7-9-2024
7. 6th September 1651: Charles II of England hides in an oak tree to escape capture by Parliamentary forces following the Battle of Worcester

   Gepubliceerd: 6-9-2024
8. 5th September 1793: The Reign of Terror begins in France during the Revolution

   Gepubliceerd: 5-9-2024
9. 4th September 1957: Nine Black students denied entry to Little Rock High School in Arkansas

   Gepubliceerd: 4-9-2024
10. 3rd September 1783: Treaty of Paris ends the American Revolutionary War

    Gepubliceerd: 3-9-2024
11. 2nd September 1792: September Massacres begin during the French Revolution, resulting thousands of deaths

    Gepubliceerd: 2-9-2024
12. 1st September 1969: Libyan Revolution brings Muammar Gaddafi to power following the overthrow of King Idris I

    Gepubliceerd: 1-9-2024
13. 31st August 1888: Discovery of the first victim of Jack the Ripper in London

    Gepubliceerd: 31-8-2024
14. 30th August 1967: Thurgood Marshall confirmed as the first African American Justice of the US Supreme Court

    Gepubliceerd: 30-8-2024
15. 29th August 1911: Ishi, the last surviving member of the Yahi tribe, emerged from the wilderness in California

    Gepubliceerd: 29-8-2024
16. 28th August 1973: Norrmalmstorg robbery in Stockholm ends, prompting the term ‘Stockholm Syndrome’

    Gepubliceerd: 28-8-2024
17. 27th August 1896: Shortest recorded war in history fought between Britain and the Sultanate of Zanzibar

    Gepubliceerd: 27-8-2024
18. 26th August 1895: The world’s first major AC power plant began producing electricity at Niagara Falls

    Gepubliceerd: 26-8-2024
19. 25th August 1916: The U.S. National Park Service signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson

    Gepubliceerd: 25-8-2024
20. 24th August 1938: The Kweilin incident sees the first ever civilian aircraft to be shot down when Japanese fighters attack

    Gepubliceerd: 24-8-2024