1533 - Spanish Conquistadores subdue the Inca's.
1842 - The Treaty of Nanking ends the 1st Opium War, and cedes Hong Kong to GB.
1885 - Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's 1st m/cycle.
1930 - The last 36 inhabitants leave the island of St Kilda.
another good website to do with on this day from the BBC have a look it good and easy to use and quick to find out what happened on the day your were born or any other day that may intrest you
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/
ROFLMHO on page 10 it states that on the 25th Aug Ivan the Terrible was born. So was my son, tho he took his bloomin' time about it (20 hours in labour and 6 days over his due date).
I don't think my lad would have appreciated being called Ivan, not a bad middle and last name tho eh Shadz?
(He's at sea he won't see this...for ages, then I'm in bother )
30BC
The last pharoah of Eygpt, the fabulous Cleopatra,the original femme fatale, lover of Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony, died after clasping an asp to her bosom.
1422 - Henry VI becomes King of England, aged 9 months.
1888 - Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols is first victim of Jack the Ripper.
1908 - Aged 60, W G Grace retires from 1st class cricket, after scoring 55,000 runs.
1997 - Diana, Princess of Wales, died in Paris car crash.
2005 - A stampede by religious fanatics on a bridge in Baghdad kills 1,200. Allah has spoken.
Born today
AD 12 - history's prototype monster of despotic cruelty - Gaius Caesar Germanicus - aka Caligula.
1281 - The Kublai Khan's invasion fleet of Japan is destroyed by a typhoon, known as the Divine Wind, or Kamikaze.
1339 - Start of the Hundred Year's War between England and France. (isn't it still going on?).
1873 - Cetshwayo becomes King of the Zulus.
1875 - The "Molly Maguires" disband.
1914 - Martha, the last passenger pigeon, dies.
1923 - An earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama; 10,000 killed.
1939 - Germany invades Poland, beginning WWII.
1972 - Bobby Fischer beats Boris Spassky to become world chess champion.
1666 - The Great Fire of London burns for 4 days - yet only 6 peeps die.
1752 - UK adopts Gregorian Calender, and loses 3rd-13th Sept.
1898 - Brits/Egyptians defeat Sudanese at Battle of Omdurman.
1945 - Japan officially surrenders, thus ending WWII.
1996 - Frank Bruno becomes WBC world heavyweight champion.
301 - San Marino is founded by Saint Marinus.
1189 - Richard the Lionheart is crowned at Westminster Abbey.
1651 - Oliver Cromwell defeats Charles II at Worcester, ending the English Civil War.
1783 - Britain signs the Treaty of Paris, recognizing the US, and ends the American War of Independence.
1886 - Geronimo and 35 Apaches surrender to 5000 US troops.
1939 - Britain declares war on Germany.
1966 - John Ridgeway & Chay Blyth become 1st Britons to row the Atlantic.
2004 - The Baslan school massacre - 344 teachers & children die.
on this day 3 September
1943: Allied troops invade mainland Italy
British troops have landed on the Italian mainland four years to the day after war was declared on Germany.
Their arrival in the "toe" of Italy follows two days of heavy bombardment by warships and Flying Fortresses of railways and communication lines.
After crossing the Straits of Messina from Sicily to mainland Italy, British and Canadian troops of the 8th Army met little resistance at the port of Reggio di Calabria.
Amphibian craft known as "ducks" streamed across the narrow straits to the mainland, full of troops still basking in the glory of victory over the Germans in Sicily.
We landed on the beaches in the early morning of the 9th Sept. Heavy shelling was going over from both sides.
People's War memories »
General Sir Bernard Montgomery commanding the British and Commonwealth 8th Army has said the aim is to take over the whole country and eliminate Italy from the war.
Speaking on the BBC he said: "We have a good plan and air support on a greater scale than we have ever had before.
"There can only be one end to this next battle, and that is another success. Forward to victory! Let us knock Italy out of the war."
The Times special correspondent reporting from north of Reggio said the port had been captured without a shot being fired and was virtually deserted.
He said the large number of Italian soldiers taken prisoner were "rejoicing and exuberantly trying to fraternise with their captors".
Local people said the Germans had left three days ago and Italian troops put up little if any resistance.
There were very few mines or any barbed wire on the beaches.
The British have consolidated the bridgehead by taking the high ground near the coast to have a clear view of the beaches and coastal plains as ever more guns and anti-tank guns are being unloaded to support the advance and protect against counter-attacks.
1781 - LA founded - El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula (the city of our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of the Little Portion).
1815 - Sir Humprey Davy invents the miner's safety lamp.
1884 - Britain stops sending convicts to New South Wales - pity.
1893 - Beatrix Potter introduces Peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin, Flopsy, Mopsy & Cottontail. (esp. for skiddle)
1964 - HM QEII opens the Forth Road Bridge - and they're still painting it!
1970 - Salaheddin Ali Nader Shah Angha receives the Robe of Faghr, and becomes the 42nd Master of the Oveyssi-Shahmaghsoudi Sufi. (no, I don't have a fekkin clue either)
1972 - Mark Spitz wins 7 olympic gold medals for swimming, setting world records in each event.
1972 - XKLYBR wins gold star in synchronised paddling at school gala.
1981 - Start of the Greenham Common peace protest.
2000 - End of the Greenham Common peace protest.
1174 - Canterbury cathedral burns down.
1698 - Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards.
1800 - France surrenders Malta to GB
1877 - Sioux chief Crazy Horse killed during guardhouse scuffle.
1914 - 1st Battle of the Marne - 1/2m killed over 6 days.
1946 - Freddie Mercury born.
1972 - Black September terrorists attack Israeli athletes at Munich olympics.
Sept 6th - cos I was @ RC's
1522 - The "Victoria" is 1st ship to circumnavigate the world.
1533 - Elizabeth I born - daughter of Henty VIII and Anne Boleyn.
1620 - The Plymouth Pilgrims sat sail to North America, on board the "Mayflower".
1838 - Grace Darling & pa rescue crew of the "Forfarshire".
1940 - Start of The Blitz - London bombed every night til Nov 2nd.
1943 - WWII - Italy surrenders.
1973 - Jackie Stewart became world champion racing driver for 3rd consecutive year.
1978 - Keith Moon, drummer with "The Who", dies of a drugs overdose.
1191 - 3rd Crusade - Richard the Lionheart defeats Saladin at the Battle of Arsuf.
1812 - Napoleon defeats the Russians at Borodino (see War & Peace by Tolstoy), but it is the beginning of the end for "La Grande Armee".
1876 - The Northfield Raid - Jesse James & the Youngers cockup a bank heist.
1901 - End of the Boxer Rebellion in China.
1999 - A 5.9 magnitude earthquake rocks Athens, killing 143.
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