Today in history

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9 th September 2015 ( sometime around 5.30 P.M )

Long live the Queen :
Elizabeth 11 became the longest
reigning monarch of the United Kingdom .

https://archbishopcranmer.com/elizabeth-ii-becomes-our-longest-reigning-monarch-god-save-the-queen/

10 th September 1967
Giiralter , Britain or bust :
The people of Gibralter
vote to remain a British dependency , rather than becoming part of Spain




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Gibraltar_sovereignty_referendum

11 th Seprember 2008

        Channel tunnel fire:
                                    A major fire breaks out on a Paris bound
freight train in the channel tunnel , resulting in the closure of part
of the tunnel for six months


   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Channel_Tunnel_fire

11 September 2001
11 September attacks :
In the U.S a series of four co - ordinated attacks
including the hi - jacking of four airliners , by the Islamic terrorist group
Al - Qaeda 2996 people are killed , and well over 6,000 people are injured



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks

Reyt early start tomorrow so heres tomorrows ,



12 September 1865


California pit Aspull , Mining disaster :
The pit belonged to Kirkless Hall
coal and iron company , that owned several pits , coke works , and iron works .
Near the leeds - Liverpool canal in Aspull , at the end of the shift , 277 men
and boys , working in the Arley mine , at 315 yards below the surface , began
ascending the shaft . The two decker cage raised the workers in groups of 8 .
After many colliers had been raised , and the cage once again rose in the shaft
the steel winding rope slipped off the drum , causing it to snap and plunged the
cage down the shaft . Workers waiting at the pit bottom , had just enough time
to rush back before the cage plunged into the sump , followed by the steel rods
that guided the cage in the shaft . 8 bodies were recovered but the reason for the
3 3/4 inch rope snapping was never determined


https://www.wikiwand.com/en/List_of_mining_disasters_in_Lancashire



With many thanks to Lolly:D

13 th September 1899

Mind that taxi Henry ! :
Henry Bliss is knocked down by an
electric powered taxi cab and becomes the first person in the United
States to be killed in an automobile accident .



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Henry_H._Bliss

14 th September 1959


Luna 2 :
The Soviet spacecraft Luna 2 , crashes onto the moon
becoming the first spacecraft to reach it , and also the first human
made object to make contact with another celestial body


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_2

15 th September 1830

            The first train on platform 2 :
                                                      The Liverpool to Manchester railway line opens,
British M.P Wiliam Huskisson becomes the first widely reported railway passenger fatality
when he is struck and killed by by the locomotive , the Rocket


        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opening_of_the_Liverpool_and_Manchester_Railway

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Huskisson

16 th September1620


The Pilgrim Fathers :
the Pilgrim fathers , the first English
settlers of the Plymouth colony in Massachusetts U . S A
set sail from England , aboard the Mayflower


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrims_(Plymouth_Colony)

17 September 1908

The first airplane fatality :
The Wright flyer , flown by Orville Wright , with
Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger , crashes , killing Selfridge , Who
becomes the first person to be killed in an airplane crash



https://www.thoughtco.com/the-first-fatal-airplane-crash-1779178

18 th September 1879

The " leets :
The Blackpool illumunations , an annual lights festival , also
known as the lights or 'thiluminations are switched on for the first time . The
first celebrity switch on ceremony was held in 1934 when Lord Derby flicked
the switch



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool_Illuminations

19 th September 1991

Otzi the iceman :
Otzi the iceman , the oldest natural
mummy of a copper age European man is discovered in
the Otztal Alps near Hauslabjoch , on the border between
Austria and Italy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96tzi

20 th September 1973
The battle of the sexes :
Following a victory over a female tennis
player , Bobby Riggs taunts all female tennis players and Billie Jean King
accepts a lucrative offer to play Riggs. King defeats and humiliates Riggs
in three sets at the Houston astrodome



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Sexes_(tennis)

21 st September 2001

Ross Parker :
With racial tensions running high ten days
after the September 11 th attacks Ross Parker is murdered
by a gang of ten, British , Pakistani youths , in Peterborough
England


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Ross_Parker

22 nd September 1910

At the flicks :
The Duke of York's picture house
opens in Brighton , it is now the oldest , continually
operating cinema in Britain



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_York%27s_Picture_House,_Brighton

23 rd September 1459

The wars of the roses :
The battle of Blore Heath , the first
major battle of the English wars of the roses , takes place


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blore_Heath

24 th September 1929

Flying blind :
Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without
a window , proving that full instrument flying is possible , from
take off to landing , his plane had a hood tightly sealing the cockpit
windows so he was flying blind , using instrument navigation only .
Later all pilots had some time allocated into their training to learn
flying with instruments only hence the phrase " hood time "




https://ethw.org/Milestones:First_Blind_Takeoff,_Flight_and_Landing,_1929

25 th September 1983

The Maze prison escape :
Thirty eight I R A prisoners , armed with six handguns ,
hi - jack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out of the Maze prison in County
Antrim , Northern Ireland


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maze_Prison_escape

26 th September 1904


    Last steam train to Wigan :
                                          Wigan became a tramway owner around June 1892 ( the
precise date has not been recorded ) when it took over the lines of the former Wigan
Tramway Company , wich it leased to the latters successor , the Wigan and district
Tramways Company ; the lines were narrow gauge ( 3ft 6 ins ) and steam operated .
although new lines were subsequently built and leased to the company , the Corporation
always intended to build a municipally owned electric system , operating the trams itself .
The first new electric service ran on the 25 th January 1901 ( also narrow gauge ) . The
Corporation bought out the Company on the 30 th September 1902 , gradually building
new lines and converting existing steam lines to electric traction . The last steam service
ran on the 26 th September 1904


     http://www.tramwaybadgesandbuttons.com/page148/page152/page229/page229.html





   With many thanks to lolly

27 th September 1066

1066 , and all that :
William the conquerer , and his army
sets sail from the mouth of the Somme river , beginning , the
Norman conquest of England

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_conquest_of_England

28 th September 1928

Penicillin :
Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria
killing mould growing in his laboratory , after investigating
the phenomenon he went on to discover what later became
known as the anti - biotic penicillin


https://worldhistoryproject.org/1928/9/28/alexander-fleming-discovers-penicillin

29 th September 1885

Tram to Fleetwood :
The first practical , public , electric
tramway is opened in Blackpool , Lancashire


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool_Tramway

30 th September 1888

Jack the ripper :
In the early hours of Sunday morning , Jack
the ripper kills his third and fourth victims , Elizabeth Stride and
Catherine Eddowes


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_the_Ripper

1 st October 1969

Concorde :
The Anglo / French supersonic airliner
Concorde , breaks the sound barrier for the first time


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concorde

2 nd October 1925

Turn on the telly:
John Logie Baird performs the
first test of a working television system


https://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/edn-moments/4397584/1st-test-of-a-working-television--October-2--1925