14th September 1741: George Frideric Handel, a German-born composer who had settled in London, completed his oratorio Messiah
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 ...
14 Sep 0s
13th September 1985: Super Mario Bros. video game first released in Japan
Originally only available for the Japanese Family Computer, it took nearly another two years for the game to be available ...
13 Sep 0s
12th September 1977: Steve Biko dies of injuries sustained in police custody
South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko died in Pretoria prison from injuries inflicted while in police ...
12 Sep 0s
11th September 1792: Theft of the French Blue diamond, later known as the Hope Diamond, during the French Revolution
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 ...
11 Sep 0s
10th September 1991: Nirvana release ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’
American rock band Nirvana released the critically acclaimed single “Smells Like Teen ...
10 Sep 0s
9th September 1947: First literal computer ‘bug’ found in the Harvard Mark II electromechanical computer
The bug in the Harvard Mark II was very literal since it was a moth trapped between the points inside an electromagnetic ...
9 Sep 0s
8th September 1878: “The Great Herding” of sheep to Santa Cruz departs Fortín Conesa on the southern frontier of Argentina
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 ...
8 Sep 0s
7th September 1497: Perkin Warbeck claims he is English King Richard IV during the Second Cornish Uprising
Warbeck had convinced his followers that he was Richard, Duke of York, the younger of the two ‘Princes in the ...
7 Sep 0s
