Jeremy Thorpe (1929–2014) was a British politician who served as Member of Parliament for North Devon from 1959 to 1979, and as leader of the Liberal Party between 1967 and 1976. After graduating from Oxford University, he became one of the Liberals' brightest stars in the 1950s. Thorpe capitalised on the growing unpopularity of the Conservative and Labour parties to lead the Liberals through a period of electoral success. This culminated in the general election of February 1974, when the party won 6 million votes. In May 1979 he was tried at the Old Bailey on charges of conspiracy and incitement to murder, arising from an earlier relationship with Norman Scott, a former model. Thorpe was acquitted on all charges, but the case, and the scandal, ended his political career. By the time of his death he was honoured for his record as an internationalist, a supporter of human rights, and an opponent of apartheid and all forms of racism. (Full article...)

• ... that the British National Hospital Service Reserve (poster pictured) trained volunteers to carry out first aid in the aftermath of a nuclear or chemical attack?
• ... that a 1917 agreement between France and Russia was rendered void within days because of the February Revolution?
• ... that Goethe used his unrequited love to Maximiliane Brentano as inspiration for his novel The Sorrows of Young Werther?
• ... that the cupola of Homer House is part of a 19th-century cooling system?
• ... that Grant Nel, at the age of nine, switched from gymnastics to diving after breaking both of his hands?
• ... that the New York City Police Department shut down highway and bridge traffic for the funeral of the owner of Neary's, an Irish pub?
• ... that a drone attack by the Houthi military hit a target in Tel Aviv, but no sirens were activated?
• ... that the general manager of a California TV station canceled the interview show he hosted because of its lack of quality?
• ... that the regent of the Mongol Empire between 1248 and 1251 was named "We Were Searching for a Boy"?

• Former president of Peru Alberto Fujimori (pictured) dies at the age of 86.
• Flooding following a dam collapse in Borno State, Nigeria, leaves at least 30 people dead.
• Typhoon Yagi leaves more than 840 people dead across six Asian countries.
• Abdelmadjid Tebboune is declared the winner of the Algerian presidential election amid a dispute over the election's turnout.
• Michel Barnier is appointed prime minister of France by President Emmanuel Macron, leading to nationwide anti-government protests.

September 16

• 681 – At the Third Council of Constantinople, Pope Honorius I was posthumously excommunicated, with his support for monothelitism deemed to be heretical.
• 1844 – Felix Mendelssohn completed the score of his Violin Concerto, his final concerto.
• 1963 – Malaysia was formed as an independent nation from the Federation of Malaya, the Colony of Singapore, the Crown Colony of North Borneo, and the Crown Colony of Sarawak.
• 1979 – Eight people escaped from East Germany to West Germany in a home-made hot air balloon.
• 1990 – Construction of the Northern Xinjiang railway (terminus pictured) was completed between Ürümqi South and Alashankou, linking the railway lines of China and Kazakhstan and adding a sizeable portion to the Eurasian Land Bridge.

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Al-Mustaʿlī biʾllāh (15/16 September 1074 – 1101) was the ninth Fatimid caliph and the nineteenth imam of Musta'li Ismailism. He became caliph through the machinations of his brother-in-law al-Afdal Shahanshah. In response, his oldest brother, Nizar, revolted in Alexandria; his defeat and execution split the Isma'ili movement. Al-Musta'li remained subordinate to al-Afdal, who was the de facto ruler of the Fatimid Caliphate. The Caliphate's territory in Egypt experienced good government and prosperity, but the Fatimids suffered setbacks in Syria, where they faced the advance of the Seljuk Turks. Al-Afdal recovered the port city of Tyre and recaptured Jerusalem in the turmoil caused by the arrival of the First Crusade. Despite Fatimid attempts to make common cause with the Crusaders, the Seljuks advanced south and captured Jerusalem in July 1099 and defeated the Fatimid army at the Battle of Ascalon. Al-Musta'li died in 1101 and was succeeded by his son al-Amir. (Full article...)

• ... that during the Panic of 1907, the presidents of New York City's banks and trust companies were locked in the Pierpont Morgan Library (pictured)?
• ... that Olympic taekwondo practitioner Yahya Al-Ghotany picked up the sport "by chance" at a refugee camp?
• ... that the opera Christopher Columbus was written by its Jewish composer while fleeing persecution from Nazi Germany by sailing across the Atlantic?
• ... that The Invincible Dragon was filmed at the Macau police headquarters without permission, leading to the detention of the director and the lead actor?
• ... that David Gillespie became the chief surveyor of the United States boundary commission after the first surveyor was considered to be "insufferably arrogant"?
• ... that the creator of Ani ni Aisaresugite Komattemasu ensured a happy ending by not making the main characters blood relatives?
• ... that painter Mark Robert Harrison's brother died in a fire that broke out at one of Harrison's own exhibitions in 1846?
• ... that €40,000 of equipment and cash was stolen during the filming of the music video for "Cry Baby"?
• ... that to avoid COVID-19 rule breaches, officials had to discourage people from posting a leopard seal's location online?

• Former dictator and President of Peru Alberto Fujimori (pictured) dies at the age of 86.
• Typhoon Yagi leaves more than 790 people dead across seven Asian countries.
• Abdelmadjid Tebboune is declared the winner of the 2024 Algerian presidential election amid a dispute over the election's turnout.
• Michel Barnier is appointed prime minister of France by President Emmanuel Macron, leading to nationwide anti-government protests.

September 15: Battle of Britain Day in the United Kingdom (1940)

• 1462 – The Ottoman conquest of Lesbos ended upon the surrender of commander Niccolò Gattilusio; the conquering Mehmed II executed 300 Italian soldiers by chopping them in half, claiming he was fulfilling a promise to "spare their heads".
• 1830 – The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&M), the first locomotive-hauled railway to connect two major cities, opened with the Duke of Wellington in attendance.
• 1954 – The scene in The Seven Year Itch of Marilyn Monroe standing in a white dress over a subway grate (pictured) was filmed by Billy Wilder.
• 2013 – The Belarusian serial killer Ivan Kulesh murdered two saleswomen in Lida.

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Sir Charles William Fremantle (1834–1914) was a British official who served for 26 years as deputy master of the Royal Mint, and for most of that time as its executive head. Educated at Eton College, he served as private secretary to several officials, latterly Benjamin Disraeli, including while Disraeli was prime minister in 1868. Disraeli appointed him as deputy to Thomas Graham, the master of the Mint. Graham died in September 1869, and the Treasury decided the mastership should go to the chancellor of the exchequer of the day, with the deputy master the head of the Royal Mint. Fremantle began work to modernise the antiquated Royal Mint. Fremantle sought to beautify the coinage and, believing the Mint's engraver, Leonard Charles Wyon, not up to the task, sought to do so by resurrecting classic coin designs, like Benedetto Pistrucci's depiction of Saint George and the Dragon for the sovereign. In 1894, at the age of sixty, Fremantle retired from the Royal Mint. (Full article...)

• ... that the runway show for the Alexander McQueen collection Voss included dresses made from razor clams (pictured), microscope slides, and an antique Japanese folding screen?
• ... that Zhong Jingwen was known as the "father of Chinese folklore studies"?
• ... that Galena Schoolhouse in South Dakota was once leased to a historical society for $1 annually?
• ... that the British Army's Submarine Mining Service defended ports and harbours with naval mines and torpedoes?
• ... that the inaugural Canadian Premier League match led to the suspension of both team captains?
• ... that Tilman Michael, who is set to be the Metropolitan Opera's chorus master from the 2024/25 season, helped the Oper Frankfurt win multiple awards for operatic choir of the year?
• ... that "50 YouTubers Fight for $1,000,000" gained more than 70 million views in 24 hours?
• ... that Thomas Broun has been blamed for inflating the number of beetle species in New Zealand?
• ... that a school was once evacuated after the water gun of a student playing senior assassin was mistaken for a firearm?

• Typhoon Yagi leaves more than 760 people dead across six Asian countries.
• Michel Barnier (pictured) is appointed prime minister of France by President Emmanuel Macron, leading to nationwide anti-government protests.
• An attempted jailbreak at Makala Central Prison in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, leaves 129 people dead.
• A Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashes in Kamchatka, Russia, killing all 22 people on board.

September 14

• AD 81 – Domitian, the last Flavian emperor of Rome, was confirmed by the Senate to succeed his brother Titus.
• 919 – Viking activity in the British Isles: A coalition of native Irish, led by Niall Glúndub, failed in their attempt to drive the Vikings of the Uí Ímair from Ireland.
• 1863 – American Civil War: The Little Rock campaign ended with the Union Army capturing Little Rock, Arkansas.
• 1914 – HMAS AE1 (pictured), the Royal Australian Navy's first submarine, was lost at sea; its wreck was not found until 2017.
• 1989 – Typhoon Sarah dissipated after causing extensive damage along an erratic path across the Western Pacific, killing 71 in Taiwan, the Philippines, and the Gotō Islands.

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An attempted coup took place on September 13, 1964, in South Vietnam against the ruling military junta, led by Nguyễn Khánh (pictured). In the preceding month, Khánh had tried to improve his leadership by declaring a state of emergency, provoking protests and riots. He made concessions to the protesters and removed military officials linked to former President Ngo Dinh Diem, including Lâm Văn Phát and Dương Văn Đức. They responded with a coup, broadcasting their promise to revive Diem's policies. Khánh evaded capture and rallied allies while the U.S. continued their support for his rule. Khánh forced Phát and Đức to capitulate the next morning and various coup leaders appeared at a media conference where they denied that a coup had taken place. To maintain power, Khánh tried to court support from Buddhist activists, who supported negotiations to end the Vietnam War. As the Americans were strongly opposed to such policies, relations with Khánh became strained. (Full article...)

• ... that operatic tenor Walter Kirchhoff (pictured) was also an officer in the cavalry division of the Imperial German Army?
• ... that the Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the United Nations is housed in a former public bath?
• ... that rugby sevens player Malacchi Esdale said that the conditioning he went through to play in the Olympics was "borderline crazy"?
• ... that Fantasy, performed at the Luxor Las Vegas hotel, is the longest-duration topless production in Las Vegas at a single venue?
• ... that two kidnapped activists were released after claiming at a press conference that they were abducted by government forces?
• ... that Mary Jane Patterson, whose mother was an African-American slave, gained a BA degree in 1862 having taken a "gentleman's course"?
• ... that the angel's wings in the live-action television-drama adaptation of One Room Angel took about a month to construct?
• ... that Dorothy Stanley was once said to be one of the last speakers of the Miwok languages?
• ... that some fan wikis document fan fiction?

• Typhoon Yagi leaves more than 200 people dead across six Asian countries.
• Michel Barnier (pictured) is appointed prime minister of France by President Emmanuel Macron, leading to nationwide anti-government protests.
• An attempted jailbreak at Makala Central Prison in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, leaves 129 people dead.
• A Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashes in Kamchatka, Russia, killing all 22 people on board.

September 13

• 509 BC – According to Roman tradition, the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus (depicted), the most important temple in ancient Rome, was dedicated.
• 1567 – The siege of Inabayama Castle, the final battle in Oda Nobunaga's campaign to conquer Mino Province, began; it culminated in a decisive victory for Nobunaga.
• 1848 – An explosion drove an iron rod through the head of railroad foreman Phineas Gage; his survival and recovery influenced 19th-century discussion of psychology and neuroscience.
• 1919 – The Boston police strike ended after four days of rule by the state militia, the deaths of nine people, and accusations that striking officers were "agents of Lenin".
• 2005 – A software bug caused a simulated pandemic in the online video game World of Warcraft, serving as a model for epidemiologists to understand how human interaction influences disease outbreaks.

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Tropical Storm Hanna was the ninth tropical cyclone and eighth named storm of the 2002 Atlantic hurricane season. Hanna formed through the complex interaction of a surface trough, a tropical wave, and an upper-level low pressure system. Initially designated a tropical depression, it attained tropical storm status and a peak intensity of 1,001 mbar (29.6 inHg), with winds of 60 miles per hour (100 km/h). Hanna crossed southeastern Louisiana, and made a second landfall along the Alabama–Mississippi border. On Dauphin Island, Alabama, the storm caused coastal flooding which closed roads and forced the evacuation of residents. Florida received high wind gusts, heavy rainfall, and strong surf that resulted in the deaths of three swimmers. 20,000 homes in the state lost electricity. In Georgia, significant flooding occurred. Crop damage was extensive, and about 335 structures were damaged by the flooding. The storm caused a total of about $20 million USD in damage. (Full article...)

• ... that the nightclub Café Adria survived a hit by a Karl-Gerät siege mortar (pictured)?
• ... that a contemporary adaptation of "The Snow Queen" contains feminist elements and, according to one scholar, violates gender expectations?
• ... that Badger is the first commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces?
• ... that the borders of the Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve were drawn to minimize impact on the Shengli Oil Field?
• ... that as a child, future Olympian Kevin Mejía sold spinning tops?
• ... that Chris Cox, the founder of Bikers for Trump, estimated that 70 percent of its members are former military personnel?
• ... that Feastogether launched a restaurant that was Taiwan's highest-priced buffet when it opened in 2023?
• ... that while recruiting for the Blair Colony, Betty Blair reportedly convinced potential settlers that there were no flies in South Dakota?
• ... that the DJ Sammy Virji went viral on TikTok after cueing in a track with a rubber fish?

• Typhoon Yagi (satellite image shown) leaves more than 200 people dead across six Asian countries.
• Michel Barnier is appointed prime minister of France by President Emmanuel Macron, leading to nationwide anti-government protests.
• An attempted jailbreak at Makala Central Prison in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, leaves 129 people dead.
• A Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashes in Kamchatka, Russia, killing all 22 people on board.

September 12

• 379 – Yax Nuun Ahiin I took the throne as the ruler (ajaw) of the Mayan city of Tikal.
• 1846 – The English poets Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning (both pictured) married in secret to avoid their disapproving families before moving to Italy.
• 1933 – Hungarian-American physicist Leo Szilard conceived of the idea of the nuclear chain reaction while waiting for a traffic light in Bloomsbury, London.
• 1948 – The People's Liberation Army launched the Liaoshen campaign, the first of the three major military campaigns during the late stage of the Chinese Civil War.
• 1995 – Hurricane Ismael formed off the southwest coast of Mexico; it went on to kill over a hundred people in the country.

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John Rolph (1793–1870) was a physician, lawyer, and political figure. He immigrated to Upper Canada in 1813 and practised law and medicine concurrently. In 1824, Rolph was elected to the Parliament of Upper Canada. He was elected as an alderman to Toronto's first city council but resigned after his council colleagues did not select him as the city's mayor. When the Upper Canada Rebellion began in 1837, Rolph did not join the rebels even though he agreed to support them. Instead, the Lieutenant Governor appointed him as his emissary to deliver the government's truce offer. After the rebellion, Rolph fled to the US and focused on his medical career. The Canadian government granted him amnesty and he returned to Canada in 1843, later creating a new medical institution in Toronto called the Rolph School. In 1851 he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, but resigned three years later. He retired in 1870 and died later that year. (Full article...)

• ... that the Austin J. Tobin Plaza (pictured) was destroyed in the September 11 attacks, but one of the sculptures on it survived?
• ... that in 1884 Motibai Kapadia's father allowed her to study alongside men in India?
• ... that in the late 1940s the steam tug Brent removed war-related debris, including naval mines, from the River Thames?
• ... that Lorena Peril, who once cleaned toilets at a nursing home, beat out over 3,000 people to sing the national anthem for the San Francisco 49ers?
• ... that Mohammad Bhar, a Palestinian man with Down syndrome and autism, died following a dog attack in the Gaza Strip during the Israel–Hamas war?
• ... that Héctor Germán Oesterheld repurposed his initial plans for a sequel of the comic The Eternaut as a novel?
• ... that Helen Hornbeck Tanner was part of a major case supporting the Ojibwe before the Supreme Court of the United States while in her 80s?
• ... that the title of the documentary Wolfman's Got Nards is derived from a memorable line in the 1987 film The Monster Squad?
• ... that USA Boxing's head coach said that Olympian Jajaira Gonzalez's return to boxing was "like Lazarus coming back from the dead"?

• Typhoon Yagi (satellite image shown) leaves more than 150 people dead in China, Vietnam, and the Philippines.
• Michel Barnier is appointed prime minister of France by President Emmanuel Macron, leading to nationwide anti-government protests.
• An attempted jailbreak at Makala Central Prison in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, leaves 129 people dead.
• A Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashes in Kamchatka, Russia, killing all 22 people on board.

September 11: National Day of Catalonia

• 1297 – First War of Scottish Independence: Scottish forces under Andrew Moray and William Wallace defeated English troops at the Battle of Stirling Bridge on the River Forth.
• 1945 – The Japanese-run camp at Batu Lintang in Borneo was liberated by the Australian 9th Division, averting the planned massacre of its 2,000-plus Allied POWs and civilian internees by four days.
• 1978 – British medical photographer Janet Parker became the last recorded person to die from smallpox, leading to a debate on whether the virus should be preserved.
• 1995 – Mir EO-19, the first expedition to the Russian space station Mir launched on an American Space Shuttle, returned to Earth after approximately 75 days in space.
• 2001 – al-Qaeda hijacked four passenger airliners to carry out a series of terrorist attacks (one pictured) against targets in New York City and the area of Washington, D.C., killing 2,977 people.

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Ken "Snakehips" Johnson (10 September 1914 – 8 March 1941) was a swing band leader and leading figure in black British music of the 1930s and 1940s. Born in British Guiana, he was educated in Britain and travelled to New York to immerse himself in the Harlem jazz scene. He returned to Britain and established the Aristocrats (or Emperors) of Jazz, a mainly black swing band, with Leslie Thompson. In 1937 Johnson took control of the band through a legal loophole, causing the departure of Thompson and several musicians. Johnson filled the vacancies with Caribbean musicians, the band's popularity grew, and it changed its name to the West Indian Dance Orchestra. In 1938 the band broadcast on BBC Radio, recorded their first discs and appeared in an early television broadcast. Johnson was considered a pioneer for black musical leaders in the UK. Employed as the house band at the Café de Paris, a German bombing raid in 1941 hit the nightclub, killing Johnson. (Full article...)

• ... that the Electriquette (example pictured) was an electric wicker vehicle that could be rented at the 1915 Panama–California Exposition?
• ... that shortly after it was completed, the Tokamak de Fontenay-aux-Roses burned a hole through itself in the first example of a "disruption"?
• ... that 19th-century Polish writer Józef Ignacy Kraszewski authored hundreds of works, including more than 200 novels, making him one of the most prolific writers in the world?
• ... that the legalization of abortion in Benin was supported by two members of the cabinet who had both worked as gynecologists?
• ... that in December 2023, former Major League Soccer referee Alex Chilowicz began officiating in the English Football League after relocating to England?
• ... that many producers of Marmelada de Santa Luzia, a variety of quince cheese, are descendants of quilombolas?
• ... that Nathaniel Coe declined nomination to the United States Senate, instead choosing to serve as an inspector for the United States Postal Service?
• ... that Sachi Narashima came up with the idea for the manga Cosmetic Playlover after her friend, who worked as a beauty consultant, mentioned that there were male beauty consultants?
• ... that Mary Jo West compared working in network TV news to learning that Santa Claus is just an ordinary man?

• Typhoon Yagi (satellite image shown) leaves at least 90 people dead in China, Vietnam, and the Philippines.
• An attempted jailbreak at Makala Central Prison in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, leaves 129 people dead.
• A Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashes in Kamchatka, Russia, killing all 22 people on board.
• The Summer Paralympics close in Paris, France.

September 10

• 1724 – Johann Sebastian Bach led the first performance of Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78, a chorale cantata based on a passion hymn by Johann Rist.
• 1779 – American Revolutionary War: Captain William Pickles of the Continental Navy boarded and captured the British sloop HMS West Florida at the Battle of Lake Pontchartrain.
• 1845 – John Doubleday completed a "masterly" restoration of the Portland Vase (pictured), which had been smashed into hundreds of pieces seven months prior.
• 1974 – After centuries of Portuguese rule, the country of Guinea-Bissau was formally recognized as independent.
• 2000 – British forces freed soldiers and civilians who had been held captive by the militant group the West Side Boys, contributing to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.

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KNXV-TV (channel 15) is a television station affiliated with the ABC network in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, and owned by the E. W. Scripps Company. The station launched on September 9, 1979, as an independent station with evening pay subscription television service from ON TV. It was acquired by Scripps in 1985 and served as Phoenix's first affiliate of the then-new Fox network in 1986, becoming one of its strongest affiliates nationally. A multi-market affiliation realignment caused the station to switch from Fox to ABC between 1994 and 1995, in spite of the latter network's reluctance, as part of a deal between ABC and Scripps. During this time, KNXV-TV launched local newscasts, which met with early success before a downturn in the late 1990s and early 2000s; the news department has since recovered, winning a total of three George Foster Peabody Awards. In 2019, Scripps acquired a second Phoenix station, KASW. (Full article...)

• ... that Kim Jong Il had Italian chefs flown into Pyongyang to introduce pizza to North Korea (example pictured)?
• ... that the Church of St John of the Collachium was said to contain the hand of John the Baptist, a bowl used by Jesus, and a piece of the True Cross?
• ... that LA LOM named many of their songs after various locations in Los Angeles?
• ... that the Nuwhaha people, despite sometimes being erroneously known as the "Upper Samish", do not speak the Samish language?
• ... that Betty Hanley, originally a Michigander, was appointed lampshade designer to the British royal family?
• ... that the spin-off episode of the live-action adaptation of Motokare Retry was written to portray "conversations between men" and "male friendship"?
• ... that during the 1964 New York World's Fair, police officers used computers at the United States Pavilion to help arrest people?
• ... that Greenlandic content creator Qupanuk Olsen petitioned the Inatsisartut to move Greenland's time zone to UTC−03:00?
• ... that many an Xplorer has traversed the rails in Canberra?

• Typhoon Yagi leaves at least forty people dead in China, Vietnam, and the Philippines.
• A Mil Mi-8 helicopter (pictured) crashes in Kamchatka, Russia, leaving twenty-two people dead.
• The Summer Paralympics open in Paris, France.
• More than four hundred people are killed in an Islamist militant attack in Barsalogho Department, Burkina Faso.

September 9

• AD 9 – Germanic Wars: An alliance of Germanic tribes led by Arminius engaged Roman forces at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, defeating three legions within a few days.
• 1141 – Yelü Dashi, the Liao general who founded the Qara Khitai, defeated Seljuq and Kara-Khanid forces at the Battle of Qatwan, near Samarkand in present-day Uzbekistan.
• 1796 – French Revolutionary Wars: A naval engagement between French and British fleets off the coast of Sumatra ended inconclusively.
• 1954 – A magnitude-6.7 earthquake struck near Chlef, killing over 1,200 people and forcing the Algerian government to implement comprehensive reforms in building codes.
• 1971 – Imagine, the second solo album by John Lennon (pictured), was released.

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The Jersey Act was a 1913 regulation by the British Jockey Club and the owners of the General Stud Book that prevented most American-bred Thoroughbred horses from registering with them. It was intended to halt the increasing importation of racehorses of possibly impure bloodlines from America. The loss of breeding records during the American Civil War and the late beginning of the registration of American Thoroughbreds led many in the British racing establishment to doubt that American-bred horses were purebred. The Act prohibited the registration of horses unless all of their Thoroughbred ancestors had been registered. Despite protests from American breeders the regulation was in force until 1949. By then, ineligible horses were increasingly successful in races in Europe, British and Irish breeders had lost access to French Thoroughbreds during and after the Second World War, and any impure ancestors of the American bloodlines had receded far back in most horses' ancestry. (Full article...)

• ... that despite suffering burns to 80 percent of his body, Israel Del Toro (pictured) became the first member of the U.S. Air Force to re-enlist after being deemed 100-percent disabled?
• ... that Cyclone Freddy was the longest-lasting tropical cyclone recorded?
• ... that Daiki Kobayashi was already known for his androgynous voice when he was cast as a cross-dressing idol in The Idolmaster SideM?
• ... that an office building on New York City's Times Square was almost entirely vacant upon its completion?
• ... that although sport shooter Ban Hyo-jin attended Olympic trials just to gain some competition experience, she qualified for the Olympics and went on to win a gold medal?
• ... that while performing "Love Is Embarrassing", Olivia Rodrigo suffered an "embarrassing" wardrobe malfunction?
• ... that architect Ivan Palmaw designed houses in Shanghai and Seattle after fleeing the Russian Revolution?
• ... that a researcher called the community on the short-lived collaborative writing website One Million Monkeys Typing "astonishingly harmonious"?
• ... that an icon of Jesus was removed from a Catholic church for allegedly being pagan imagery?

• A Mil Mi-8 helicopter (pictured) crashes in Kamchatka, Russia, leaving twenty-two people dead.
• The Summer Paralympics open in Paris, France.
• More than four hundred people are killed in an Islamist militant attack in Barsalogho Department, Burkina Faso.
• The Islamic State claims responsibility for a mass stabbing that killed three people at a festival in Solingen, Germany.

September 8: Victory Day in Malta

• 617 – Li Yuan defeated a Sui army at the Battle of Huoyi, opening the path to his capture of the Chinese imperial capital Chang'an and the eventual establishment of the Tang dynasty.
• 1565 – St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest continuously occupied settlement of European origin in the contiguous United States, was founded by Spanish admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés.
• 1831 – William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen were crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
• 1966 – The science fiction show Star Trek made its American premiere with "The Man Trap", launching a media franchise that has since created a cult phenomenon and has influenced the design of many current technologies.
• 2022 – Queen Elizabeth II (pictured) died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland; her eldest son Charles III acceded to the throne as King of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms.

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Wolverton Viaduct is a railway bridge carrying the West Coast Main Line over the River Great Ouse to the north of Wolverton, part of Milton Keynes, in south-eastern England. Built in 1838 for the London and Birmingham Railway (L&BR) to the design of Robert Stephenson, it was the largest viaduct on the L&BR's route. It is in the centre of Wolverton Embankment, itself the largest on the line. It has six brick arches and covers a distance of 660 feet (200 metres), reaching a maximum height of 57 feet (17 metres) above the river, and terminating in substantial abutments which contain decorative arches. Several contemporary commentators likened Stephenson's bridges to Roman aqueducts. The viaduct was widened to take four tracks in the 1880s with a blue-brick extension, in contrast to the red-brick original. Masts for overhead electrification were added in the 1950s but otherwise the bridge is little changed since it was built and it is now a Grade II listed building. (Full article...)

• ... that despite suffering burns to 80 percent of his body, Israel Del Toro (pictured) became the first member of the U.S. Air Force to re-enlist after being deemed 100-percent disabled?
• ... that Cyclone Freddy was the longest-lasting tropical cyclone recorded?
• ... that Daiki Kobayashi was already known for his androgynous voice when he was cast as a cross-dressing idol in The Idolmaster SideM?
• ... that an office building on New York City's Times Square was almost entirely vacant upon its completion?
• ... that although sport shooter Ban Hyo-jin attended Olympic trials just to gain some competition experience, she qualified for the Olympics and went on to win a gold medal?
• ... that while performing "Love Is Embarrassing", Olivia Rodrigo suffered an "embarassing" wardrobe malfunction?
• ... that architect Ivan Palmaw designed houses in Shanghai and Seattle after fleeing the Russian Revolution?
• ... that a researcher called the community on the short-lived collaborative writing website One Million Monkeys Typing "astonishingly harmonious"?
• ... that an icon of Jesus was removed from a Catholic church for allegedly being pagan imagery?

• A Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashes in Kamchatka, Russia, leaving 22 people dead.
• The Summer Paralympics open (ceremony pictured) in Paris, France.
• More than four hundred people are killed in an Islamist militant attack in Barsalogho Department, Burkina Faso.
• The Islamic State claims responsibility for a mass stabbing that killed three people at a festival in Solingen, Germany.

September 7

• 1652 – Chinese peasants on Formosa (now Taiwan) began a rebellion against Dutch rule which was suppressed four days later.
• 1778 – Anglo-French War: Having established an alliance with the United States, France invaded the Caribbean island of Dominica and captured its British fort.
• 1936 – The last thylacine (pictured) died in captivity in Hobart Zoo, Australia.
• 1940 – Second World War: The Luftwaffe changed their strategy in the Battle of Britain and began bombing London and other cities and towns.
• 2010 – A Chinese fishing trawler operating in disputed waters collided with Japan Coast Guard patrol boats near the Senkaku Islands, sparking a major diplomatic dispute between the two countries.

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The Frye Fire was a wildfire that burned 48,443 acres (19,604 ha) in Graham County, Arizona, United States, from June 7 to September 1, 2017. The fire was ignited by a lightning strike on Mount Graham, within the Coronado National Forest, and spread rapidly until it was mostly contained on July 12. The fire destroyed three buildings and briefly threatened the Mount Graham International Observatory. It cost $26 million (equivalent to $32 million in 2023) to contain and suppress, and involved more than 800 firefighters. There were no fatalities, but 63 firefighters were quarantined with strep throat. During seasonal rains beginning in July, ash and debris from the Frye Fire's burn scar washed off the mountain slopes, then clogged creeks and damaged infrastructure within Graham County. The fire particularly impacted the endangered Mount Graham red squirrel, whose remaining habitat on Mount Graham was devastated. (Full article...)

• ... that Sergei Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible (scene pictured) has been named as both one of the worst films and one of the greatest films of all time?
• ... that Olympian Sydney Francisco was named after the city where her mother competed at the Olympics?
• ... that the December 2010 Christchurch earthquake caused Boxing Day sales events six weeks later?
• ... that a judge compared the bankruptcy fraud of an Ohio TV station to a 1601 English court case?
• ... that the surviving copies of the Kitab-ı Bahriye contain a total of more than 5,700 maps?
• ... that the 1920 foxtrot song "I'll See You in C-U-B-A" was an example of Cuba being perceived as "America's playground"?
• ... that 30 royal portraits of Korean kings were completely destroyed in a 1954 fire in Busan, South Korea?
• ... that Babydog is "a fixture in West Virginia politics"?

• The Summer Paralympics open (ceremony pictured) in Paris, France.
• More than four hundred people are killed in an Islamist militant attack in Barsalogho Department, Burkina Faso.
• The Islamic State claims responsibility for a mass stabbing that killed three people at a festival in Solingen, Germany.
• In cycling, Katarzyna Niewiadoma wins the Tour de France Femmes.
• Doctors strike and protests occur across India after the rape and murder of a female physician in Kolkata.

September 6: Defence Day in Pakistan (1965)

• 1492 – Christopher Columbus set sail from San Sebastián de La Gomera in the Canary Islands on his first voyage across the Atlantic to the Americas.
• 1566 – Suleiman the Magnificent, the longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire, died at the age of 71.
• 1970 – Black September: The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijacked four airliners, landing two at Dawson's Field in Jordan and one in Cairo, while the last hijacking attempt was foiled near London.
• 2017 – Hurricane Irma (pictured) reached peak intensity near the Caribbean islands of Barbuda, Saint Martin, and Virgin Gorda.
• 2022 – Liz Truss succeeded Boris Johnson as prime minister following the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis.

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Titanis is a genus of Phorusrhacidae, or "terror birds". The extinct family of large, predatory birds originated in South America and inhabited parts of the present-day United States during the Pliocene. Like all phorusrhacids, Titanis had elongated hind limbs, a thin pelvis, proportionally small wings, and a large skull with a hooked beak. Estimates placed Titanis at 1.4 to 2 meters (4.6 to 6.6 ft) in height and over 300 kilograms (660 lb) in body mass. Phorusrhacids are thought to have been ground predators or scavengers, apex predators that dominated Cenozoic South America. They may have swallowed small prey whole or targeted larger prey with repeated strikes of the beak. Titanis likely preyed on mammals such as the extinct armadillo relatives Holmesina and Glyptotherium, equids, tapirs, capybaras, and other Pliocene herbivores. Titanis is unique among phorusrhacids in that it is the only one known from North America, crossing over from South America during the Great American Interchange. (Full article...)

• ... that upon independence from Portugal, the flags of São Tomé and Príncipe (pictured), Cape Verde, and Guinea-Bissau all featured the colours green, yellow and red, as well as black stars?
• ... that cinematographer Alfredo Gandolfi also had a career as a singer that included more than 300 performances at the Metropolitan Opera?
• ... that the demolition of the Iloilo Central Market was criticized as being unlawful?
• ... that Swedish naval officer Henrik Johan Nauckhoff fought against the British in the American Revolutionary War?
• ... that nine-year-old children were sometimes employed to help teach younger children in infant schools in the 1840s?
• ... that the Zbrojovka Z 4 was the first Czechoslovak mass-produced car with front-wheel drive?
• ... that "Ka Esi Le Onye Isi Oche", a 1983 song by Mike Ejeagha, went viral in 2024?
• ... that despite being an independent candidate, Leanne Mohamad came within 528 votes of defeating shadow health secretary Wes Streeting in the 2024 UK general election?
• ... that German officials exiled the Samoan king from his own kingdom in 1887?

• The Summer Paralympics open (ceremony pictured) in Paris, France.
• More than four hundred people are killed in an Islamist militant attack in Barsalogho Department, Burkina Faso.
• The Islamic State claims responsibility for a mass stabbing that killed three people at a festival in Solingen, Germany.
• In cycling, Katarzyna Niewiadoma wins the Tour de France Femmes.

September 5

• 1367 – Swa Saw Ke was crowned the ruler of the Kingdom of Ava in Upper Myanmar.
• 1816 – Facing rising discontent in France, Louis XVIII was forced to dissolve the Chambre introuvable, the legislature dominated by Ultra-royalists.
• 1887 – A fire that killed 186 people broke out at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, England.
• 1964 – Hurricane Cleo dissipated after causing 156 deaths, mainly in Haiti, and causing roughly US$187 million in damages across the Caribbean and southeastern United States.
• 1975 – Squeaky Fromme (pictured), a devotee of Charles Manson, attempted to assassinate U.S. president Gerald Ford in Sacramento, California.

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Battle Birds was an American air-war pulp magazine, published by Popular Publications. It was launched at the end of 1932, but did not sell well, and in 1934 the publisher turned it into an air-war hero pulp titled Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds. Robert Sidney Bowen, an established pulp writer, provided the lead novel each month, and also wrote the short stories that filled out the issue. Bowen's stories were set in the future, with the United States menaced by an Asian empire called the Black Invaders. The change was not successful enough to be extended beyond the initial plan of a year, and Bowen wrote a novel in which, unusually for pulp fiction, Dusty Ayres finally defeated the invaders, to end the series. The magazine ceased publication with the July/August 1935 issue. It restarted in 1940 under the original title, Battle Birds, and lasted for another four years. All the cover art was painted by Frederick Blakeslee. (Full article...)

• ... that the Kitāb al-ṭabīẖ, a medieval Andalusian cookbook, contains an early version of Jewish challah bread (pictured), which traveled with Jews expelled from Spain and likely influenced Ashkenazi cuisine?
• ... that at the 2024 Olympics, unranked North Korean table tennis pair Ri Jong-sik and Kim Kum-yong defeated the defending champions and went on to win the silver medal?
• ... that rivers form up to 23% of international borders?
• ... that after composer Maxim Berezovsky's death, Catherine the Great secretly ordered that the papers in his rooms be burned?
• ... that a Los Angeles summer camp teaches children how to become YouTubers by making toy unboxing videos?
• ... that brothers Mike McCartney and Paul McCartney, and sisters Dakota Fanning and Elle Fanning, use their middle names as their first names?
• ... that Abdul Ali Deobandi stipulated that women were prohibited from learning to read and write, even at home?
• ... that actress Lisa Coleman attended artist Euan Uglow's studio one to three times a week from 1993 to 1996 to model for Articulation?
• ... that in the Gambia, there is a belief that people can summon evil spirits to cause abortions?

• The Summer Paralympics open (ceremony pictured) in Paris, France.
• More than four hundred people are killed in an Islamist militant attack in Barsalogho Department, Burkina Faso.
• The Islamic State claims responsibility for a mass stabbing that killed three people at a festival in Solingen, Germany.
• In cycling, Katarzyna Niewiadoma wins the Tour de France Femmes.

September 4

• 476 – Germanic leader Odoacer captured Ravenna and deposed Emperor Romulus Augustus, marking the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
• 1800 – French Revolutionary Wars: Facing starvation and a death rate of 100 soldiers per day, the French garrison in Malta surrendered to British forces, ending a two-year siege.
• 1843 – The state wedding of Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies and Emperor Pedro II of Brazil took place at the Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro.
• 1977 – The Golden Dragon massacre occurred in Chinatown, San Francisco, leaving five dead and spurring police to end Chinese gang violence in the city.
• 2010 – A magnitude-7.1 earthquake (damage pictured) struck the Canterbury Region of New Zealand, causing two deaths and up to NZ$40 billion in damages.

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The Laysan honeycreeper (Himatione fraithii) is an extinct species of finch, first recorded in 1828, that was endemic to Laysan in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Its length was 13–15 cm (5–6 in) with a 64–69 mm long (2.5–2.7 in) wing. It was bright scarlet vermilion with a faint tint of golden orange on the head, breast and upper abdomen; the rest of its upper parts were orange scarlet. The lower abdomen was dusky gray fading into brownish white. The wings, tail, bill, and legs were dark brown. The bill was slender and downturned. It was nectarivorous and insectivorous, gathering nectar and insects from flowers. The breeding season was probably between January and June, and the clutch size was four or five eggs. In 1903, domestic rabbits were introduced to the island and destroyed its vegetation. In April 1923, only three Laysan honeycreepers were found, one of which was filmed. On April 23, a sandstorm hit the island, and the last birds perished due to lack of cover. (Full article...)

• ... that The Hooded Man (pictured) is an iconic photograph of the Iraq War, known as a symbol of torture at Abu Ghraib prison?
• ... that Asiatyrannus is thought to have grown to less than half the size of other tyrannosaurs?
• ... that the colours of the flag of Madagascar originally had no meaning?
• ... that Indian film editor A. Sreekar Prasad holds a record for editing films in 17 different languages?
• ... that Alfred Biliotti excavated the first known examples of Mycenaean painted pottery in 1868?
• ... that the Dublin Castle scandal in 1884 led to the resignations, loss of positions, and criminal convictions of a number of British administrators in Dublin, and celebrations amongst Irish nationalists?
• ... that in Mannion v. Coors Brewing Co., Judge Lewis A. Kaplan cited Thomas Mangelsen's Catch of the Day as a photograph so original in its timing that it could be copyrightable for that alone?
• ... that the rulers of the Yuan dynasty styled themselves as both Mongol khans and Chinese emperors?
• ... that Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza is based on Egyptian Ratscrew?

• The Summer Paralympics open (ceremony pictured) in Paris, France.
• More than four hundred people are killed in an Islamist militant attack in Barsalogho Department, Burkina Faso.
• The Islamic State claims responsibility for a mass stabbing that killed three people at a festival in Solingen, Germany.
• In cycling, Katarzyna Niewiadoma wins the Tour de France Femmes.

September 3

• 36 BC – The Sicilian revolt against the Second Triumvirate of the Roman Republic ended when the fleet of Sextus Pompey, the rebel leader, was defeated at the Battle of Naulochus.
• 1411 – The Treaty of Selymbria was concluded between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman prince Musa Çelebi.
• 1901 – At the Royal Exhibition Building (pictured) in Melbourne, the flag of Australia flew for the first time.
• 1987 – While he was abroad, Burundian president Jean-Baptiste Bagaza was deposed in a military coup d'état by Pierre Buyoya.
• 2017 – North Korea conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test at Punggye-ri, causing a magnitude-6.3 earthquake.

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Falcon's Fury is a freestanding Sky Jump drop tower attraction at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, an amusement park in Tampa, Florida. Manufactured by Intaride, a subsidiary of Intamin, the ride is one of North America's tallest freestanding drop towers, with a height of 335 feet (102 m). It was also the first drop tower to use 90-degree tilting seats, facing riders straight down through five seconds of free fall. They reach a speed of 60 miles per hour (100 km/h) before rotating back into a vertical position and decelerating at about 3.5 g. The ride's name is meant to suggest a falcon's ability to dive steeply at high speed to capture prey. Due to the height of the attraction, approval from the Federal Aviation Administration was required. Construction was delayed until 2013, and the opening date was also delayed by mechanical and technical issues. Falcon's Fury opened to park employees in August before a soft opening on August 16, 2014, and an official opening on September 2, 2014. (Full article...)

• ... that Tropical Storm Chris (pictured) in July 2024 overflowed bodies of water in Ciudad Madero, Mexico, resulting in a crocodile sighting at a beach?
• ... that when New York City's Metropolitan Club was established, there was another Metropolitan Club two city blocks away?
• ... that William Pope, an Anglican deacon, was a follower of John Henry Newman and like him became a Roman Catholic priest?
• ... that a bootleg album of Jai Paul's unreleased music was named as one of the best of 2013 by several music publications?
• ... that a historian lamented the lack of English-language translations for the work of Aracy Amaral despite it being "a vital reference for the study of art history in Brazil"?
• ... that the Auckland meteorite crashed through the roof of a house in New Zealand?
• ... that Rachel Scott reported live during the January 6 United States Capitol attack in her first week as ABC News' White House correspondent?
• ... that the Nan Oo Pagoda is classified as a double encased stupa as it envelops a smaller stupa?
• ... that the creators of Poetry for Neanderthals faced difficulties during its release because they needed a way to manufacture inflatable clubs?

• The Summer Paralympics open (cauldron lighting pictured) in Paris, France.
• More than two hundred people are killed in an Islamist militant attack in Barsalogho Department, Burkina Faso.
• The Islamic State claims responsibility for a mass stabbing that killed three people at a festival in Solingen, Germany.
• In cycling, Katarzyna Niewiadoma wins the Tour de France Femmes.

September 2: National Day in Vietnam (1945)

• 1789 – The United States Department of the Treasury was founded following financial concerns in the new nation.
• 1792 – French Revolution: Due to an overwhelming fear that foreign armies would attack Paris and prisoners would revolt, revolutionaries began the summary execution of more than a thousand prisoners.
• 1946 – The interim government of India, headed by Jawaharlal Nehru, was formed to assist the transition of India from British rule to independence.
• 1957 – South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm began an official visit to Australia, the first by a foreign incumbent head of state to the country.
• 1967 – Paddy Roy Bates proclaimed HM Fort Roughs, a former World War II Maunsell Sea Fort in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, England, as an independent sovereign state: the Principality of Sealand (pictured).

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Gothic boxwood miniatures are very small Christian-themed wood sculptures produced during the 15th and 16th centuries in the Low Countries, at the end of the Gothic period and during the emerging Northern Renaissance. They consist of highly intricate layers of reliefs made from fine-grained boxwood, often rendered to a nearly microscopic level. Of the approximately 150 surviving examples, the majority are statuettes, skulls, coffins, or spherical beads known as prayer nuts; some 20 are in the form of polyptychs, including triptych and diptych altarpieces, tabernacles, and monstrances. They typically contain imagery from the life of Mary, the crucifixion of Jesus, or vistas of Heaven and Hell. Each miniature required exceptional craftsmanship and may have taken decades to complete. Important collections are in the Art Gallery of Ontario, the British Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. (Full article...)

• ... that under the premiership of Josef Hoop (pictured), the Progressive Citizens' Party was the first party to hold an absolute majority in the Landtag of Liechtenstein?
• ... that the S1/S2 rolling stock of the Amsterdam Metro was also a tram?
• ... that when refugee Iman Mahdavi boarded a plane in Turkey, he did not know its destination?
• ... that an AI-generated cover of Shaan and Kailash Kher's "Chand Sifarish" received nearly five million views on Instagram in two days?
• ... that Keke Palmer did an impression of "We did it, Joe!" onstage with Kamala Harris?
• ... that Nam Su-hyeon, Jeon Hun-young, and Lim Si-hyeon's gold medal in the women's team archery event at the 2024 Olympics marked South Korea's tenth victory in a row?
• ... that a warrant was issued to pay a force to relieve the siege of Perth in October 1339, after the garrison had already surrendered?
• ... that Robert Aiello's first novel was published after literary agents turned it down roughly 60 times?
• ... that a clip of a soft pretzel being cut perfectly in half made the short-lived German game show Schlag den Henssler briefly popular to an international audience?

• The Summer Paralympics open (ceremony pictured) in Paris, France.
• More than two hundred people are killed in an Islamist militant attack in Barsalogho Department, Burkina Faso.
• The Islamic State claims responsibility for a mass stabbing that killed three people at a festival in Solingen, Germany.
• In cycling, Katarzyna Niewiadoma wins the Tour de France Femmes.

September 1

• 1145 – The main altar of Lund Cathedral, then the Catholic cathedral of all the Nordic countries, was dedicated to Saint Lawrence and the Virgin Mary.
• 1604 – The Guru Granth Sahib (folio depicted), the religious text of Sikhism, was installed in the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
• 1859 – A powerful solar flare caused a coronal mass ejection that struck Earth a few hours later, generating the most intense geomagnetic storm ever recorded and causing bright aurorae visible in the middle latitudes.
• 1911 – Construction began on the Saline Valley salt tram, which during its operation was the steepest tram in the United States.
• 1972 – In a match widely publicized as a Cold War confrontation, American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer became the 11th World Chess Champion with his victory over Soviet Boris Spassky.

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Rachelle Ann Go (born August 31, 1986) is a Filipino singer and actress. Known primarily for her work in theater, she has starred in musicals on Broadway and in the West End. She began her career as a pop artist in her native country, winning the television talent show Search for a Star in 2003. She has since released six albums. Go started her theater career in the Philippines, playing the lead roles of Ariel in The Little Mermaid (2011) and Jane Porter in Tarzan (2013). Her international breakthrough came when she was cast as Gigi Van Tranh in the West End revival of Miss Saigon in 2014. She gained further recognition for her portrayal of Eliza Schuyler in the original 2017 West End production of Hamilton. Go has also played Fantine in various stagings and tours of Les Misérables. Outside of music, she has had roles in the television series Diva (2010), Nita Negrita (2011), Biritera (2012), and Indio (2013). (This article is part of a featured topic: Overview of Rachelle Ann Go.)

• ... that Australian military chaplain Andrew Gillison (pictured) took up arms to snipe at Turkish soldiers in Gallipoli?
• ... that even though abortion is legal in Zambia, most are performed unsafely?
• ... that Olympic rugby sevens player Joseva Talacolo only started playing the sport as a way to support his family?
• ... that the 1853 Valley Falls train collision led to the creation of a time zone?
• ... that Gabriel Navarrete tried to prevent the Battle of Rapido River, which led to 2,128 American casualties during World War II?
• ... that a casino, a bar, and formerly a restaurant occupy what was once one of Brighton's most important cinemas?
• ... that Belgian hardcore DJ Liza 'N' Eliaz was named a "spiritual leader" in France's free party movement?
• ... that a knife attack in Suzhou, China, led to the deletion of hundreds of ultranationalist posts from social media platforms?
• ... that soprano Grace Panvini stood 4 ft 11.75 in (151.8 cm) tall – a height described by one reviewer as an asset for appearing youthful on stage?

• The Summer Paralympics open (ceremony pictured) in Paris, France.
• More than two hundred people are killed in an Islamic militant attack in Barsalogho Department, Burkina Faso.
• The Islamic State claims responsibility for a mass stabbing that killed three people at a festival in Solingen, Germany.
• In cycling, Katarzyna Niewiadoma wins the Tour de France Femmes.

August 31: Independence Day in Malaysia (1957); Romanian Language Day in Moldova and Romania

• 1218 – Al-Kamil became the fourth sultan of the Ayyubid dynasty of Egypt.
• 1888 – The body of Mary Ann Nichols, the alleged first victim of an unidentified serial killer known as Jack the Ripper (pictured), was found in Buck's Row, London.
• 1942 – The Matagorda hurricane, the most intense and costliest tropical cyclone of the 1942 Atlantic hurricane season, dissipated after causing $26.5 million in damages and eight deaths.
• 1969 – On the final day of the Isle of Wight Festival 1969, attended by approximately 150,000 people over three days, Bob Dylan appeared in his first gig in three years.
• 2019 – A sightseeing helicopter crashed in the mountains of Skoddevarre in Alta, Norway, killing all six people on board.

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Segundo Romance (Second Romance) is the tenth studio album by Mexican singer Luis Miguel (pictured), released on 30 August 1994 through WEA Latina. Like Miguel's 1991 album Romance, Segundo Romance comprises cover versions of boleros (Latin ballads). It was produced by Miguel with Juan Carlos Calderón, Kiko Cibrian and Armando Manzanero, and recorded in early 1994 at the Record Plant in Los Angeles. Miguel promoted the album with tours in the United States and Latin America from August to December 1994. Four singles were released: "El Día Que Me Quieras", "La Media Vuelta", "Todo y Nada", and "Delirio". The former two reached the top of the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart in the United States. Segundo Romance received positive reviews from music critics and it won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Performance. By 1995, Segundo Romance had sold more than 4.5 million copies, achieved multi-platinum status in many Latin American countries and Spain, and was certified platinum in the United States. (Full article...)

• ... that dominant males of Perugia's limia (species pictured) may be so preoccupied with fighting each other that the females end up mating with the subordinate males?
• ... that Sophie Kropotkin and her husband returned to France despite the risk of being arrested, as they thought that detention in a French prison would be preferable to living in England?
• ... that following the filming of the music video for "Guess", Charli XCX and Billie Eilish donated 10,000 pairs of underwear to charity?
• ... that Winzar Kakiouea was the sole athlete from his nation at the 2024 Olympics?
• ... that resources to fight the 1988 White Mountain Fire were slow to arrive because of fires at Yellowstone?
• ... that journalist Jules Loh reported that Malcolm X told him that "his own people would kill him" before his assassination?
• ... that Bangué, the smallest island of the Bazaruto Archipelago, was formed by ocean waves shaped by the surrounding archipelago?
• ... that The Game led to a boom in all-channel TV sales so viewers could see the game on Ohio State University's TV station?
• ... that Aphex Twin never intended to release Drukqs and only did so because he accidentally left an MP3 player on a plane?

• The Summer Paralympics open in Paris, France.
• Dozens of people are killed in an Islamic militant attack in Barsalogho Department, Burkina Faso.
• In cycling, Katarzyna Niewiadoma (pictured) wins the Tour de France Femmes.
• Doctors strike and protests occur across India after the rape and murder of a female physician in Kolkata.

August 30: Victory Day in Turkey (1922)

• AD 70 – First Jewish–Roman War: Roman forces led by Titus set fire to the Second Temple during the siege of Jerusalem.
• 1574 – Guru Ram Das (pictured) became the fourth of the Sikh gurus, the spiritual masters of Sikhism.
• 1594 – King James VI of Scotland held a masque at the baptism of Prince Henry, his first child.
• 1959 – South Vietnamese opposition figure Phan Quang Đán was elected to the National Assembly, despite soldiers being bussed in to vote multiple times for President Ngô Đình Diệm's candidate.
• 2007 – A heavy bomber that had been unintentionally loaded with nuclear missiles flew them from North Dakota to Louisiana before they were recognized.

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The Cross Temple is a former place of worship in Fangshan, Beijing. Built as a Buddhist temple, it may have seen Christian use during the Tang dynasty (618–907). The temple was used by Buddhists during the Liao dynasty (916–1125) and by Christians during the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), returned to Buddhist use during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), and was sold in 1911. Its first modern mention was in 1919. The Cross Temple was damaged during the Cultural Revolution but recognised as a national-level protected site in 2006. Some scholars consider it to be the only place of worship of the Church of the East (also known as Nestorian Christianity) discovered in China. In the early 20th century, two stone blocks carved with crosses were discovered, one of which had an inscription in Syriac; they are presently on display at Nanjing Museum. Today, the site features two ancient steles (one pictured) dating to the Liao and Yuan dynasties, some groundwork and the bases of several pillars. (Full article...)

• ... that Samuel Johnson did not want to be depicted as "Blinking Sam" (pictured)?
• ... that Olympic breakdancer Sun Chen is nicknamed "Quake" as he was born on the day of a deadly earthquake?
• ... that The Eternaut 1969 is a reboot of the original comic, with an anti-imperialist tone?
• ... that storm chaser Reed Timmer feared thunder and lightning at a young age?
• ... that the Durrës Expedition in 1376 saw Louis of Évreux successfully recapture Durrës from Karl Thopia, only for Thopia to reclaim the city in 1383?
• ... that Robert Turner remained in post for around 30 years after being described as "the oldest soldier in the Royal Artillery"?
• ... that you can search Wikipedia or a database of more than 37 billion compounds by substructure?
• ... that Luxembourgian myrmecologist Robert Stumper also played as a goalkeeper for his nation's football team?
• ... that mamas sang on "Mama"?

• In cycling, Katarzyna Niewiadoma (pictured) wins the Tour de France Femmes.
• Doctors strike and protests occur across India after the rape and murder of a female physician in Kolkata.
• Paetongtarn Shinawatra becomes Prime Minister of Thailand after Srettha Thavisin is dismissed by the Constitutional Court.
• The World Health Organization declares the mpox epidemic to be a global health emergency.

August 29: Feast of the Beheading of John the Baptist (Catholicism, Anglicanism)

• 1350 – Hundred Years' War: Led by King Edward III, a fleet of 50 English ships captured at least 14 Castilian vessels and sank several more at the Battle of Winchelsea.
• 1786 – Angered by high tax burdens and disfranchisement, farmers in western Massachusetts led by Daniel Shays began an armed uprising against the U.S. federal government.
• 1831 – Michael Faraday (pictured) first experimentally demonstrated electromagnetic induction, leading to the formulation of the law of induction named after him.
• 1960 – Air France Flight 343 crashed while attempting to land at Yoff Airport, Dakar, killing all 63 occupants.
• 2016 – Chen Quanguo became the Chinese Communist Party secretary of Xinjiang, and in that role later oversaw the creation of the Xinjiang internment camps.

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Bäckadräkten is Sweden's first unisex folk costume, designed in 2022 by musician Fredy Clue (pictured) and textile designer Ida Björs. Their mission was to encourage wider participation in folk traditions by providing an outfit that is not restricted to any gender or geographic region. The design merges elements traditionally considered either male or female and borrows heavily from older folk costumes. The release generated international press attention and discussions on social media, much of the latter about the relationship between folk arts and gender. Many welcomed the design, saying it provides an opportunity for non-binary Swedes to be more involved in folk culture. Others reacted negatively, resisting the social change they see as associated with it. Clue released a sewing pattern in 2023 and started taking custom orders by 2024, encouraging users to modify as they see fit, saying: "The real work continues with us learning to listen to oneself and others." (Full article...)

• ... that Liebfrauenkirche (pictured), a Catholic church in Zurich, was designed with Italian influences to distinguish it from churches of other denominations?
• ... that a Stegosaurus fossil sold for $44.6 million?
• ... that according to Charles Melville, poet Hatefi implied that Timur was another Alexander the Great by making Timur the subject of the fourth poem of a quintet?
• ... that photographs of Donald Trump taken during the failed attempt to assassinate him have been acclaimed as "immediately legendary"?
• ... that Jerzy Artysz was given a gala concert on his 70th birthday by the Chopin University of Music?
• ... that Ernest Hemingway broke a cane over John O'Hara's head in Costello's, an Irish bar in New York City?
• ... that after her 2019 death in rural China, Huang Wenxiu was elevated into a national model by the Chinese Communist Party?
• ... that traditional folk dances are an essential part of Pontic Greek culture?
• ... that police were called several times in 2014 about a fictitious post on r/nosleep?

• In cycling, Katarzyna Niewiadoma (pictured) wins the Tour de France Femmes.
• Doctors strike and protests occur across India after the rape and murder of a female physician in Kolkata.
• Paetongtarn Shinawatra becomes Prime Minister of Thailand after Srettha Thavisin is dismissed by the Constitutional Court.
• The World Health Organization declares the mpox epidemic to be a global health emergency.

August 28

• 1169 – Black African troops of the Fatimid army stationed in Cairo, along with other Fatimid troops and ordinary Cairenes, attacked Saladin's palace, starting the Battle of the Blacks.
• 1833 – The Slavery Abolition Act 1833, officially abolishing slavery in most of the British Empire, received royal assent.
• 1914 – In the first naval battle of the First World War, British ships ambushed a German naval patrol in the Heligoland Bight (pictured).
• 1993 – The first direct Presidential election in Singapore was held.
• 2003 – A pizza delivery man in Erie, Pennsylvania, was killed during a complex bank robbery when a bomb that was locked around his neck exploded.

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Nadezhda Stasova (1822–1895) was an educator and one of the earliest leaders of the Russian women's movement. She was born into a noble and wealthy family; Tsar Alexander I of Russia was her godfather, and she received extensive private tutoring as a child. In adulthood, she dedicated herself to women's empowerment. Along with Anna Filosofova and Maria Trubnikova, she founded and led several organizations designed to promote women's cultural and economic independence, including a publishing cooperative. In a decades-long effort, they successfully pushed government officials to allow higher education for women, although continual opposition sometimes limited or even reversed their successes. Stasova eventually became the lead organizer of the Bestuzhev Courses for women in 1878, but a decade later was forced to resign under political pressure. She continued her work on women's issues right up until her death in 1895, mentoring and inspiring younger feminists. (Full article...)

• ... that Titiou Lecoq (pictured) only realized that "women did not rule the universe" after she left home?
• ... that Brandiose's design work for the Rocket City Trash Pandas helped the team sell $4 million in merchandise before it played its first game?
• ... that Tupou VI was crowned by D'Arcy Wood, an Australian, in order to respect the tradition of native Tongans not touching the king's head?
• ... that Aleister Crowley's 1941 manifesto controversially asserts a human right to commit tyrannicide?
• ... that Begüm Pusat, a 15-year-old Turkish wheelchair basketballer, was one of the youngest players at the 2019 Women's U25 World Championship?
• ... that by losing her constituency of South West Norfolk in 2024, Liz Truss became the first former UK prime minister since 1935 to lose their seat?
• ... that Carey Wright implemented literacy reforms that led to the "Mississippi Miracle"?
• ... that Upper Ivory Coast was created from the former French Upper Volta to facilitate the provision of forced plantation labour?
• ... that Quintus Quincy Quigley preferred Angles to a ring?

• In cycling, Katarzyna Niewiadoma (pictured) wins the Tour de France Femmes.
• Doctors strike and protests occur across India after the rape and murder of a female physician in Kolkata.
• Paetongtarn Shinawatra becomes Prime Minister of Thailand after Srettha Thavisin is dismissed by the Constitutional Court.
• The World Health Organization declares the mpox epidemic to be a global health emergency.

August 27: Independence Day in Moldova (1991)

• 410 – The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ended after three days.
• 1896 – In the shortest recorded war in history (pictured), the Sultanate of Zanzibar surrendered to the United Kingdom after less than an hour of conflict.
• 1955 – The first edition of the Guinness Book of Records was published.
• 1964 – South Vietnamese junta leader Nguyễn Khánh entered into a triumvirate power-sharing arrangement with rival generals Trần Thiện Khiêm and Dương Văn Minh, both of whom had been involved in plots to unseat Khánh.
• 2003 – The planet Mars made its closest approach to Earth in almost 60,000 years.

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The black-throated loon (Gavia arctica) is a migratory aquatic bird that primarily breeds in freshwater lakes in northern Europe and Asia. It winters along sheltered, ice-free coasts of the northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans. First described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, it is about 70 centimetres (28 in) long and can weigh from 1.3 to 3.4 kilograms (2.9 to 7.5 lb). In breeding plumage, it has mostly black upperparts, a grey head and hindneck, white and black sides, mostly white underparts and flanks, and a mostly black throat. The loon builds an oval-shaped nest about 23 centimetres (9.1 in) across, in vegetation on or near the breeding lake. It usually lays two eggs, brown-green with dark splotches. Chicks are fed a diet of small fish and invertebrates, contrasting with the mostly fish diet of the adult. Overall, the population of this loon is declining, but the species is not threatened. It is protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 and the African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement. (Full article...)

• ... that entomologist Charles De Geer made all the illustrations for his eight-volume work himself (example pictured)?
• ... that the anniversary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's 1974 speech at the United Nations has been observed as Bangladeshi Immigration Day in New York since 2019?
• ... that thousands of crocodiles were once farmed on Bazaruto Island?
• ... that the flag of North Korea has been mistakenly used by international organisations to represent South Korea?
• ... that Marie Breen retired from the Australian Senate to care for her husband, who had been badly injured in a car accident?
• ... that Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez were picked for the 2024 MLS All-Star Game but unable to play?
• ... that Spanish bishop Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat is expected to be a future head of state of Andorra?
• ... that after becoming a religious leader of the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, Slaybebtikud united the tribes and established himself as their sole leader?
• ... that Wolfgang Rihm said of the music of his 1987 opera Oedipus: "Sound is a weapon here – or a scalpel"?

• In cycling, Katarzyna Niewiadoma (pictured) wins the Tour de France Femmes.
• Doctors strike and protests occur across India after the rape and murder of a female physician in Kolkata.
• Paetongtarn Shinawatra becomes Prime Minister of Thailand after Srettha Thavisin is dismissed by the Constitutional Court.
• The World Health Organization declares the mpox epidemic to be a global health emergency.

August 26: Heroes' Day in Namibia; Women's Equality Day in the United States

• 683 – Second Fitna: The Battle of al-Harra was fought between Umayyad forces and the rebel defenders of Medina at a lava field northeast of the city.
• 1748 – The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, was founded in Philadelphia.
• 1914 – First World War: The German colony of Togoland surrendered to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign.
• 1959 – The Coatzacoalcos earthquake struck near the Mexican state of Veracruz, killing 25 people.
• 1968 – The U.S. Democratic Party's National Convention opened in Chicago, sparking four days of clashes(pictured) between anti-Vietnam War protesters and police.

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The 24th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Karstjäger was a German mountain infantry division of the Waffen-SS, the armed wing of the Nazi Party that served alongside, but was never formally part of, the German armed forces during World War II. Formed on 18 July 1944 from a battalion, it was understrength and was soon reduced to a brigade. Its main task was fighting partisans on the rugged frontiers of Yugoslavia, Italy, and Austria, and it consisted mainly of ethnic Germans from Yugoslavia and Italy. It also disarmed Italian troops and protected ethnic German communities in Italy in the wake of the Italian surrender. Members of the division were implicated in the 25 August 1944 murder of 33 people in the village of Torlano near Nimis in Italy, and 22 other major crimes. At the post-war Nuremberg trials, the Waffen-SS was declared to be a criminal organisation due to its major involvement in war crimes and crimes against humanity. (Full article...)

• ... that Doc Edgerton created a stroboscope that he used to take high-speed photographs of bullets being shot, insects flying, and drops of liquid (pictured)?
• ... that Michael Jerrell was the only player from the NCAA Division II level to be selected in the 2024 NFL draft?
• ... that Crystal Castles canceled their studio recording plans for "Not in Love" because they became attached to Robert Smith's demo vocals?
• ... that architect John Henry Hirst designed at least nine Grade II listed buildings, including Cambridge Crescent, Harrogate, which hosts the newsroom of the Stray Ferret?
• ... that Nosy Komba is a destination for both ecotourism and logging?
• ... that Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founder and first president of Bangladesh, experienced his birthday in jail eight times?
• ... that Hadriana in All My Dreams, published in 1988, was the first novel by a Haitian author to win a major French literary award?
• ... that Hendrik Wortman oversaw the early development of the Zuiderzee Works, which dammed off the Zuiderzee to create arable land in the Netherlands?
• ... that though Donatello was a Bardi, he was not a Bardi?

• In cycling, Katarzyna Niewiadoma (pictured) wins the Tour de France Femmes.
• Doctors strike and protests occur across India after the rape and murder of a female physician in Kolkata.
• Paetongtarn Shinawatra becomes Prime Minister of Thailand after Srettha Thavisin is dismissed by the Constitutional Court.
• The World Health Organization declares the mpox epidemic to be a global health emergency.