Episodios

  • 17th September 1908: Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge of the U.S. Army becomes the first person to die in an airplane crash

    17th September 1908: Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge of the U.S. Army becomes the first person to die in an airplane crash
    Sep 17 2025
    Whilst circling the parade ground of Fort Myer, a propeller blade split and broke apart. This struck one of the wires that controlled the rudder, pitching the aircraft forward sharply after which it crashed nose-first into the ...
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  • 16th September 1955: Uprising that topples Juan Perón from power in Argentina begins

    16th September 1955: Uprising that topples Juan Perón from power in Argentina begins
    Sep 16 2025
    The Revolución Libertadora began in Argentina, resulting in the end of Juan Perón’s second term as ...
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  • 15th September 1935: Nazi Germany introduces the discriminatory ‘Nuremberg Laws’

    15th September 1935: Nazi Germany introduces the discriminatory ‘Nuremberg Laws’
    Sep 15 2025
    The Nuremberg Laws enshrined anti-semitic discrimination in the legal framework of the country through two pieces of ...
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  • 14th September 1741: George Frideric Handel, a German-born composer who had settled in London, completed his oratorio Messiah

    14th September 1741: George Frideric Handel, a German-born composer who had settled in London, completed his oratorio Messiah
    Sep 14 2025
    Messiah has since become one of the most frequently performed choral works in Western music with the “Hallelujah” chorus becoming a central piece in the choral ...
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  • 13th September 1985: Super Mario Bros. video game first released in Japan

    13th September 1985: Super Mario Bros. video game first released in Japan
    Sep 13 2025
    Originally only available for the Japanese Family Computer, it took nearly another two years for the game to be available ...
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  • 12th September 1977: Steve Biko dies of injuries sustained in police custody

    12th September 1977: Steve Biko dies of injuries sustained in police custody
    Sep 12 2025
    South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko died in Pretoria prison from injuries inflicted while in police ...
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  • 11th September 1792: Theft of the French Blue diamond, later known as the Hope Diamond, during the French Revolution

    11th September 1792: Theft of the French Blue diamond, later known as the Hope Diamond, during the French Revolution
    Sep 11 2025
    The French Blue diamond had been part of the royal collection since the seventeenth century, and was stolen by a group of thieves after King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette were imprisoned in the ...
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  • 8th September 1878: “The Great Herding” of sheep to Santa Cruz departs Fortín Conesa on the southern frontier of Argentina

    8th September 1878: “The Great Herding” of sheep to Santa Cruz departs Fortín Conesa on the southern frontier of Argentina
    Sep 8 2025
    Contemporary accounts suggest that over 20,000 sheep were gathered near Fortín Conesa in northern Patagonia, from where they undertook a gruelling journey to the abundant grazing land of Santa Cruz ...
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