12th June 1942: Anne Frank receives her famous diary as a thirteenth birthday present from her father
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12th June 1942: Anne Frank receives her famous diary as a thirteenth birthday present from her father

Over three volumes Anne Frank recorded the relationships between the Frank family, the Van Pels family, and her father’s friend Fritz Pfeffer with whom they shared a confined hiding place in the 'Secret Annexe' above her father's warehouse ...

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15th September 1935: Nazi Germany introduces the discriminatory ‘Nuremberg Laws’

15th September 1935: Nazi Germany introduces the discriminatory ‘Nuremberg Laws’

The Nuremberg Laws enshrined anti-semitic discrimination in the legal framework of the country through two pieces of ...

15 Sep 0s

14th September 1741: George Frideric Handel, a German-born composer who had settled in London, completed his oratorio Messiah

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

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

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

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’

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

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

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

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