History of All Kinds

[migalyto]

Sept 3, 1976


Viking 2's Mars landing


After a nearly yearlong journey, NASAs robotic spacecraft Viking2 landed on Mars this day in 1976 and began relaying information about the planet's atmosphere and soil as well as color photographs of the rocky surface.

 

[bnsf971]

 

[NorthBrit]

4th September
Los Angeles founded
On this day in 1781, Spanish settlers laid claim to what became Los Angeles,

 

[migalyto]

Sept 4, 1882

Edison Lights Up Wall Street

In its first large-scale test, Thomas Edison's light bulb is used to light New York's Pearl Street Station

 

[NorthBrit]

5th SEPTEMBER
1942 American sailor Charles J. French (22) swims for over six hours in waters near Guadalcanal while towing a life raft with fifteen survivors from his US Navy ship, which is sunk by Japanese gunfire

 

[migalyto]

Sept 5, 1781

Battle That Gave Birth To The USA​

A French fleet of 24 ships under Comte de Grasse defeats British forces under Admiral Thomas Graves and Samuel Hood at the Battle of the Chesapeake (Battle of the Virginia Capes) and traps General Lord Charles Cornwallis during the American Revolutionary War

 

[Kusojiji]

Hooyah!

 

[migalyto]

Sept 8, 1916

First true supermarket, "Piggly Wiggly," is established by Clarence Saunders in Memphis, Tennessee;

 

[NorthBrit]

6th SEPTEMBER
1866
Three British tea clippers reached London within 2 hours of each other after a 16,000 mile race from China as there were big bonuses for the first ships home with the new season's tea.

 

[AuburnCentral]

Here are shots of when the army was on Governors Island just below the tip of Manhattan

 

[RhB Michael]

Sept 8, 1916

First true supermarket, "Piggly Wiggly," is established by Clarence Saunders in Memphis, Tennessee;


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We had a Piggly Wiggly in town for decades. My mom would shop there occasionally.

 

[NorthBrit]

7th SEPTEMBER
1888 Edith Eleanor McLean is the first baby placed in an incubator at State Emigrant Hospital on Ward's Island, New York

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1940 Beginning of the Blitz as the German Luftwaffe bombs London for the first of 57 consecutive nights,

 

[migalyto]

Sept 7, 1936

Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) on the Colorado River between Nevada and Arizona begins operation

 

[NorthBrit]

8th SEPTEMBER

1664 Dutch surrender colony of New Netherland, including New York, to 300 English soldiers
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1941 Siege of Leningrad by German, Finnish, and eventually Spanish troops begins during World War II; battle lasts over 28 months as Soviets repel the invasion; well over a million lives are lost

 

[migalyto]

Sept 8, 1966

The first episode of the sci-fi series Star trek aired on American television.

 

[NorthBrit]

Sept 8, 1966

The first episode of the sci-fi series Star trek aired on American television.

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Never seen one episode.

 

[Kusojiji]

All I can say is Yeoman Rand...

 

[NorthBrit]

8th September
1760
British troops under Jeffrey Amherst defeated the French in the Battle of Montreal. After the loss, the French surrendered their arms throughout Canada.

 

[truckdad]

Sept 8 1923

Honda Point disaster - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[truckdad]

Never seen one episode.

Me neither.