TODAY’S HISTORY LESSON – SEPT 23
1553 The Sadians defeat the last of their enemies and establish themselves as rulers of Morocco.
1561 Philip II of Spain gives orders to halt colonizing efforts in Florida.
1667 Slaves in Virginia are banned from obtaining their freedom by converting to Christianity.
1779 The American navy under John Paul Jones, commanding from Bonhomme Richard, defeats and captures the British man-of-war Serapis.
1806 The Lewis and Clark Expedition arrives back in St. Louis just over three years after its departure.
1821 Fall of Tripolitsa, Greek forces massacre 30,000 Turks during Greek War of Independence
1846 German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle discovered the planet Neptune.
1889 Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda
1909 Phantom of the Opera makes its Literary Debut
1912 Mack Sennett’s first “Keystone Cop” film debuts, Cohen Collects a Debt.
1932 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is Founded
1952 Richard Nixon responds to charges of a secret slush fund during his ‘Checkers Speech.’
1962 ABC’s 1st color TV series-The Jetsons
1973 Juan Peron is re-elected president of Argentina after being overthrown in 1955.
1983 Gulf Air Flight 771 from Karachi, Pakistan, to Abu Dhabi, UAE, bombed; all 117 aboard die.
1986 Japanese newspapers quoted Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone as saying that minorities lowered the “intelligence level” of America.
1992 Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonates 3,700-lb. bomb in Belfast, completely destroying the Northern Ireland forensic laboratory, injuring 20 people and damaging 700 houses.
2018 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches “Modicare”, free heathcare for 500 million, world’s biggest healthcare program
** history.net, onthisday.com, infoplease.com, timeanddate.com, thepeoplehistory.com, on-this-day.com **
