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Chicago, one of the aircraft to make the first aerial circumnavigation
Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| Yom Kippur (Judaism, 2020) | refimprove (I think we've got till 2039 to rescue) |
| Flag Day in Thailand | refimprove |
| Teachers' Day in Taiwan | refimprove |
| Statehood Day in the Czech Republic | unreferenced |
| 48 BC – Pompey the Great was assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt following a decisive defeat by Julius Caesar at the Battle of Pharsalus. | refimprove section |
| 995 – The Slavník dynasty, the main rival of the Přemyslids for rule over Bohemia, came to an end when Boleslaus II and his confederates massacred most of its family members. | unreferenced section |
| 1891 – Railway workers in Montevideo founded the Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club, later renamed Peñarol, one of Uruguay's most successful football clubs. | Referencing issues |
| 1912 – Over 470,000 people from Ulster, Ireland, signed the Ulster Covenant in protest against the Third Home Rule Bill. | number in blurb not referenced, wording of blurb inaccurate, text for the covenant and declaration not sourced, and an unreferenced section |
| 1941 – The short-lived Drama uprising against the Bulgarian occupation in northern Greece began. | multiple issues |
| 1962 – A fire destroyed the Paddington tram depot and 65 trams in Brisbane, Australia. | needs more footnotes |
| 1994 – The ferry MS Estonia sank while commuting between Tallinn, Estonia, and Stockholm, Sweden, claiming 852 lives in one of the worst maritime accidents in the Baltic Sea. | unreferenced section |
| 1995 – Over 30 mercenaries led by Bob Denard landed on the Comoros in an attempted coup, his fourth one on the African island nation since 1975. | refimprove section |
| 2008 – SpaceX's Falcon 1 rocket achieved orbit on its fourth attempt to become the first successful liquid-propelled orbital launch vehicle developed with private funding. | missing information |
| Sheikh Hasina |b|1947 | lots of cn |
Eligible
- 235 – Pope Pontian resigned after being exiled to Sardinia, becoming the first pope to relinquish the position; he was reportedly beaten to death with sticks weeks later.
- 351 – The Eastern Roman armies under Constantius II defeated those of the usurper Magnentius at the Battle of Mursa Major.
- 1106 – In the Battle of Tinchebray in Normandy, the invading King Henry I of England captured his brother Robert Curthose.
- 1542 – Explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (pictured), the first European to travel along the coast of California, landed at what is now the city of San Diego.
- 1821 – The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire from Spain was drafted in the National Palace in Mexico City.
- 1924 – A team of U.S. Army Air Service aviators landed in Seattle, Washington, to complete the first aerial circumnavigation of the world.
- 1972 – Against the backdrop of the Cold War, the Canadian ice hockey team defeated the Soviet team in the Summit Series.
- 1963 – Whaam!, now considered one of Roy Lichtenstein's most important works, debuted at an exhibition held at the Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City.
- 1978 – Pope John Paul I died only 33 days after his papal election due to an apparent myocardial infarction, resulting in the first year of three popes since 1605.
- 2006 – Typhoon Xangsane passed Manila on its way to causing more than 300 deaths, mostly in the Phillippines and Vietnam.
- 2009 – A protest held by 50,000 people in Conakry, Guinea, was forcefully disrupted by the military junta, resulting in at least 157 deaths and over 1,200 injuries.
- 2012 – War in Somalia: Somali National Army forces and their AMISOM and Raskamboni allies launched an offensive against Al-Shabaab in the latter's last major stronghold of Kismayo.
- Born/died: | Francis Turretin |d|1687| Prosper Mérimée |b|1803| Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs |b|1821| Isis Pogson |b|1852| Avery Brundage |b|1887| Louis Pasteur |d|1895| Frank S. Scott |d|1912| Jules Sedney |b|1922| Charles Duryea |d|1938| Patsy Mink |d|2002| George Odlum |d|2003|
Notes
- Cry of Dolores appears on September 16, so Mexican independence should not appear in the same year
- Battle of Stamford Bridge appears on September 25 so Norman conquest should not appear in the same year
September 28: Meskel in Ethiopia and Eritrea (2024)
Alexander Fleming
- 48 BC – Pompey was killed by Lucius Septimius at Pelusium in Egypt.
- 1066 – William the Conqueror and his fleet of around 600 ships landed at Pevensey, Sussex, beginning the Norman conquest of England.
- 1901 – Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas killed more than forty American soldiers in a surprise attack on the town of Balangiga on the island of Samar.
- 1928 – Scottish biologist and pharmacologist Alexander Fleming (pictured) discovered penicillin when he noticed a bacteria-killing mould growing in his laboratory.
- 1975 – An attempted robbery of Spaghetti House, a restaurant in Knightsbridge, London, turned into a six-day hostage situation.
- Rabbi Akiva (d. 135)
- Elizabeth Maitland, Duchess of Lauderdale (b. 1626)
- Florence Violet McKenzie (b. 1890)
- Guillermo Endara (d. 2009)
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