1978 – Georgi Markov is murdered, The Bulgarian writer and dissenter had left Bulgaria in 1969 and was working at BBC in London during the time of his murder. His murder, which is popularly known as the Umbrella Murder took place while he was crossing the Waterloo Bridge in London. The assassin, nicknamed Piccadilly, used a modified umbrella to shot a pellet full of ricin in Markov’s leg. Markov died 4 days later, on September 11 of ricin poisoning.
0070 – Roman army under General Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem
1191 – Third Crusade: Richard I of England defeats Saladin in the Battle of Arsuf
1525 – Trial against “heretic” John Pistorius ends in the Hague
1714 – Treaty of Baden signed by the Holy Roman Empire and France, ending the War of the Spanish Succession; French retain Alsace and Landau, Austria gets east bank of Rhine
1812 – Napoleon defeated the Russian army of Alexander I at the battle of Borodino.
1813 – The nickname “Uncle Sam” was first used as a symbolic reference to the United States. The reference appeared in an editorial in the New York’s Troy Post.
1822 – Brazil declared its independence from Portugal.
1876 – Frank James and his gang are involved in a disastrous raid in Northfield, Minnesota, results in the death or capture of multiple gang members (Cole/Bob/Jim Younger arrested)
1888 – Edith Eleanor McLean became the first baby to be placed in an incubator.
1901 – China and the Eight-Nation Alliance signed the Boxer Protocol ending the Boxer Rebellion (Boxer Uprising, Yihequan Movement).
1902 – In Australia, the whole nation observes a ‘day of humiliation’ and prays for rain, as a terrible drought kills livestock and threatens crops; rain begins to appear on 10 September
1904 – British forces in Tibet force the 13th Dalai Lama to sign a treaty granting Britain trading posts in Tibet and a guarantee that Tibet will not concede territory to foreign powers
1915 – Johnny Gruelle received a patent for his Raggedy Ann doll. (U.S. Patent D47789)
1916 – Workmen’s Compensation Act passed by US Congress
1927 – Philo T. Farnsworth succeeded in transmitting an image through purely electronic means by using an image dissector.
1936 – Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam), on the Colorado River, between Nevada and Arizona. begins operation
1940 – Beginning of the Blitz as the German Luftwaffe bomb London for the 1st of 57 consecutive nights losing 41 bombers as the Nazis prepare to invade Britain
1942 – During World War II, the Russian army counter attacked the German troops outside the city of Stalingrad.
1943 – 987 Dutch Jewish transported to Auschwitz Concentration Camp
1948 – 1st use of synthetic rubber in asphaltic concrete, Akron Oh
1954 – Integration begins in Washington, D.C. & Baltimore, Maryland public schools
1970 – Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijacks 4 planes and forces them to land at Dawson’s Field, Jordan
1976 – US courts find George Harrison guilty of ‘subconsciously’ plagiarizing “He’s So Fine” for his song “My Sweet Lord”
1977 – The Panama Canal treaties were signed by U.S. President Carter and General Omar Torrijos Herrera. The treaties called for the U.S. to turn over control of the canal’s waterway to Panama in the year 2000.
1978 – Georgi Markov is murdered, The Bulgarian writer and dissenter had left Bulgaria in 1969 and was working at BBC in London during the time of his murder. His murder, which is popularly known as the Umbrella Murder took place while he was crossing the Waterloo Bridge in London. The assassin, nicknamed Piccadilly, used a modified umbrella to shot a pellet full of ricin in Markov’s leg. Markov died 4 days later, on September 11 of ricin poisoning.
1979 – ESPN, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, made its debut on cable TV.
1983 – In Ireland, voters approved a constitutional amendment that banned abortion.
1986 – President Augusto Pinochet survived an assassination attempt made by guerrillas.
1986 – Desmond Tutu was the first black to be installed to lead the Anglican Church in southern Africa.
1989 – Legislation was approved by the U.S. Senate that prohibited discrimination against the handicapped in employment, public accommodations, transportation and communications.
1993 – Brazil votes over importing monarchy
1995 – Sen Bob Packwoord (R-Ore) resigns rather than face expulsion
1999 – Viacom Inc. announced that it had plans to buy CBS Corp.
2011 – Plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team
2013 – 14 Syrian rebels and 2 civilians are killed by heavy government shelling of Damascus
2013 – 15 people are killed by a restaurant car bombing by Al-Shabaab in Mogadishu, Somalia
2017 – Consumer credit reporting agency Equifax reports earlier cyberattack could affects 143 million Americans
2019 – US President Donald Trump says he has cancelled a secret meeting with the Taliban for peace talks at Camp David
2021 – Taliban announce their interim government in Afghanistan with Mullah Muhammad Hassan Akhund in the most senior role
2021 – Mexican Supreme Court rules making abortion a crime is unconstitutional, setting an important precedent
REFERENCE: history.net, onthisday.com, thepeopleshistory.com, timeanddate.com, scopesys.com, on-this-day.com
