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
6th September 1522: Victoria becomes the first ship to circumnavigate the world
The ship Victoria returned to Spain as the only survivor of Ferdinand Magellan’s fleet that circumnavigated the ...
6 Sep 0s
5th September 1945: Defection of Igor Gouzenko to Canada exposes a Soviet espionage network in the West
Gouzenko’s defection had far-reaching effects. In Canada, several people were arrested and convicted of espionage while other Western governments were alerted to the extent of Soviet intelligence ...
5 Sep 0s
4th September 1882: Thomas Edison opens the world’s first power plant on Pearl Street in New York
Thomas Edison began operating the first permanent commercial electrical power plant in New ...
4 Sep 0s
