Today in History
Significant Events
- 1180 Manuel I Komnenos, last Emperor of the Komnenian restoration dies. The Byzantine Empire slips into terminal decline.
- 1789 US Federal Judiciary Act is passed & creates a six-person Supreme Court
- 1869 Black Friday; Wall St panic after Gould & Fisk attempt to corner gold
- 1877 Battle of Shiroyama, decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion
- 1950 "Operation Magic Carpet" sees all Jews from Yemen move to Israel
- 1957 President Eisenhower orders US troops to desegregate Little Rock schools
Today in Film & TV
- 1954 Tonight Show premieres on NBC (Johnny takes over 8 years later)
Today in Music
- 1957 "Jailhouse Rock" single released by Elvis Presley (Billboard Song of the Year 1957)
Today in Sport
Did You Know?
The President of the Mormon Church Wilford Woodruff issues a manifesto advising members that the teaching and practice of polygamy should be abandoned
On this day in 1890
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ayatollah Khomeini
Phil Hartman
Ethel Rosenberg
Christopher Reeve
Will SmithWould You Believe?
First autopsy & coroner's jury verdict is recorded in Maryland
On this day in 1657
Famous Weddings
- 1487 Founder of Sikhism Guru Nanak marries Mata Sulakkhani in Batala
- 1948 American Major League Baseball outfielder Ty Cobb (61) weds Frances Cass (40)
- 1953 Singer Dick Haymes (35) weds Hollywood actress Rita Hayworth (34) at The Sands hotel-casino in Las Vegas
- 1964 Actress Jayne Mansfield (31) weds film producer and director Matt Cimber in Mulege, Baja California Sur, Mexico
- 1993 Beverly Hills 90210 star Shannen Doherty (Brenda) weds Ashley Hamilton
Paracelsus
Dr. Seuss
Coco the Clown
Mary Astor
Arnold PalmerThis Month in History
A Sheep's Coat at Sunrise, A Man's Coat at Sunset
Is it possible to produce a wearable man’s coat from wool shorn from a sheep the same day? They did it in 1811 and again – in record time – 180 years later.
September 21, 1991
Airship Bomb Crew Meet their Match in Policeman
They dropped their bombs and planned to escape, but the German airship crew hadn’t reckoned on the tenacity of a lone British policeman on his bike.
September 24, 1916
'I Have Heard The Voice of Adolf Hitler . . .'
Hitler's speech threatening Czechoslovakia was broadcast on this day. Among those listening to the ‘mad dog of Europe’ was a journalist in an American hotel.
September 26, 1938
Fear as First Passenger Train Reaches 15mph
The steam engine Locomotion No. 1 took passengers for a ride on this day – the first in the world to do so and, for at least one person, at frightening speed.
September 27, 1825
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