Monday, September 14, 2026
This Day In History
September 15, 1914
In the wake of the Battle of the Marne—during which Allied troops halted the steady German push through Belgium and France that had proceeded over the first month of World War I—a conflict both sides had expected to be short and decisive turns longer and bloodier, as Allied and German forces begin digging the first trenches on the Western Front on September 15, 1914.
Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/september-15/first-trenches-are-dug-on-the-western-front
Friday, September 11, 2026
This Day In History
September 14, 1901
U.S. President William McKinley dies on September 14, 1901, eight days after being shot by a deranged anarchist during the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/september-14/mckinley-dies-of-infection-from-gunshot-wounds
This Day In History
September 13, 2004
On September 13, 2004, TV talk-show host Oprah Winfrey gives a brand-new Pontiac G-6 sedan, worth $28,500, to everyone in her studio audience: a total of 276 cars in all.) Oprah had told her producers to fill the crowd with people who “desperately needed” the cars, and when she announced the prize (by jumping up and down, waving a giant keyring and yelling “Everybody gets a car! Everybody gets a car!”), mayhem–crying, screaming, delirium, fainting–broke out all around her. It was, as one media expert told a reporter, “one of the great promotional stunts in the history of television.”
Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/september-13/oprah-gives-away-nearly-300-new-cars
This Day In History
September 12, 1940
Near Montignac, France, four teenagers discover a collection of prehistoric cave paintings when they stumble upon the ancient artwork after following their dog down a narrow entrance into a cavern. The 15,000- to 17,000-year-old paintings, consisting mostly of animal representations, are among the finest examples of art from the Upper Paleolithic period.
Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/september-12/lascaux-cave-paintings-discovered
This Day In History
At approximately 8:46 a.m. on a clear Tuesday morning, an American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767 carrying about 10,000 gallons of jet fuel, crashes into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. The impact tears a gaping hole across floors 93 through 99 of the 110-story skyscraper, killing hundreds of people and trapping hundreds more on the floors above.
Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/september-11/attack-on-america
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
