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October 5, 2011

On October 5, 2011, Steve Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple Inc., which revolutionized the computer, music and mobile communications industries with such devices as the Macintosh, iPod, iPhone and iPad, dies at age 56 of complications from pancreatic cancer.

Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/october-5/apple-founder-steve-jobs-dies

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October 4, 1957

The Soviet Union inaugurates the “Space Age” with its launch of , the world’s first artificial satellite, on October 4, 1957. The spacecraft, named Sputnik after the Russian word for “fellow traveler,” was launched at 10:29 p.m. Moscow time from the Tyuratam launch base in the Kazakh Republic.

Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/october-4/sputnik-launched

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October 3, 1995

At the end of a sensational trial, former football star O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the brutal 1994 double murder of his estranged wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. In the epic 252-day trial, Simpson’s “dream team” of lawyers employed creative and controversial methods to convince jurors that Simpson’s guilt had not been proved “beyond a reasonable doubt,” thus surmounting what the prosecution called a “mountain of evidence” implicating him as the murderer.

Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/october-3/o-j-simpson-acquitted

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October 2, 1944

The Warsaw Uprising ends on October 2, 1944, with the surrender of the surviving Polish rebels to German forces.

Two months earlier, the approach of the Red Army to Warsaw prompted Polish resistance forces to launch a rebellion against the Nazi occupation. The rebels, who supported the democratic Polish government-in-exile in London, hoped to gain control of the city before the Soviets “liberated” it. The Poles feared that if they failed to take the city the Soviet conquerors would forcibly set up a pro-Soviet communist regime in Poland.

Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/october-2/warsaw-uprising-ends

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October 1, 1946

 On October 1, 1946, 12 high-ranking Nazis are sentenced to death by the International War Crimes Tribunal in Nuremberg. Among those condemned to death by hanging were Joachim von Ribbentrop, Nazi minister of foreign affairs; Hermann Goering, founder of the Gestapo and chief of the German air force; and Wilhelm Frick, minister of the interior. Seven others, including Rudolf Hess, Adolf Hitler’s former deputy, were given prison sentences ranging from 10 years to life. Three others were acquitted.

Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/october-1/nazi-war-criminals-sentenced-at-nuremberg

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September 30, 1868

The first volume of Louisa May Alcott’s book Little Women is published on September 30, 1868. The novel will become Alcott’s first bestseller and a beloved children’s classic.

Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/september-30/first-volume-of-little-women-is-published

My favorite movie version:

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On September 29, 1780

British spy John André is court-martialed, found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging on September 29, 1780. André, an accomplice of Benedict Arnold, had been captured by Patriots John Paulding, David Williams and Isaac Van Wart six days earlier on September 23, after they found incriminating papers stashed in his boot.

Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/september-29/british-spy-sentenced-to-death

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September 28, 1781

On September 28, 1781, General George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, begins the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and a contingent of 9,000 British troops at Yorktown, Virginia, in the most important battle of the Revolutionary War.

Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/september-28/battle-of-yorktown-begins

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September 27, 1939

On September 27, 1939, 140,000 Polish troops are taken prisoner by the German invaders as Warsaw surrenders to Hitler’s army. The Poles fought bravely, but were able to hold on for only 26 days.

Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/september-27/poland-surrenders

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September 26, 1960

On September 26, 1960, for the first time in U.S. history, a debate between major party presidential candidates is broadcast on live television. The presidential hopefuls, John F. Kennedy, a Democratic senator of Massachusetts, and Richard M. Nixon, the vice president of the United States, met in a Chicago studio to discuss U.S. domestic matters.

Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/september-26/first-kennedy-nixon-debate

No Posts September 21 - 25th

 This last week was crazy so I am going to skip the week of September 21st - September 25th.

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September 20, 1946

The first annual Cannes Film Festival opens at the resort city of Cannes on the French Riviera. The festival had intended to make its debut in September 1939, but the outbreak of World War II forced the cancellation of the inaugural Cannes.

Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/september-20/first-cannes-film-festival

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September 19, 1957

On September 19, 1957, the United States detonates a 1.7-kiloton nuclear weapon in an underground tunnel at the Nevada Test Site (NTS), a 1,375-square-mile research center located 65 miles north of Las Vegas. The test, known as Rainier, was the first fully contained underground detonation and produced no radioactive fallout. A modified W-25 warhead weighing 218 pounds and measuring 25.7 inches in diameter and 17.4 inches in length was used for the test. Rainier was part of a series of 29 nuclear weapons and nuclear weapons safety tests known as Operation Plumbbob that were conducted at the NTS between May 28, 1957, and October 7, 1957.

Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/september-19/nevada-is-site-of-first-ever-underground-nuclear-explosion

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September 18, 1793

On September 18, 1793, George Washington lays the cornerstone to the United States Capitol building, the home of the legislative branch of American government. The building would take nearly a century to complete, as architects came and went, the British set fire to it, and it was called into use during the Civil War. Today, the Capitol building, with its famous cast-iron dome and important collection of American art, is part of the Capitol Complex, which includes five Congressional office buildings and three Library of Congress buildings, all developed in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/september-18/capitol-cornerstone-is-laid

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September 17, 1787

The Constitution of the United States of America is signed by 39 delegates present at the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Supporters of the document waged a hard-won battle to win ratification by the necessary nine out of 13 U.S. states.

Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/september-17/u-s-constitution-signed

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September 16, 1620

On September 16, 1620, the Mayflower sails from Plymouth, England, bound for the Americas with 102 passengers. The ship heads for Virginia, where the colonists—half religious dissenters and half entrepreneurs—are authorized to settle by the British crown. However, stormy weather and navigational errors eventually force the Mayflower off course. Before the end of the year, the “Pilgrims” will have founded the first permanent European settlement in New England.

Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/september-16/mayflower-departs-england

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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

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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

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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

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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