Historical Events in September, Month of September Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| September 21, 1999 | The Chi-Chi earthquake occurs in central Taiwan, leaving about 2,400 people dead. |
| September 28, 1986 | The Democratic Progressive Party becomes the first opposition party in Taiwan. |
| September 11, 1775 | Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec leaves Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
| September 20, 1941 | The Holocaust in Lithuania: Lithuanian Nazis and local police begin a mass execution of 403 Jews in Nemenčinė. |
| September 13, 2001 | Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the United States after the September 11 attacks. |
| September 19, 1970 | Kostas Georgakis, a Greek student of geology, sets himself ablaze in Matteotti Square in Genoa, Italy, as a protest against the dictatorial regime of Georgios Papadopoulos. |
| September 24, 1946 | The top-secret Clifford-Elsey Report on the Soviet Union is delivered to President Truman. |
| September 12, 1953 | U.S. Senator and future President John Fitzgerald Kennedy marries Jacqueline Lee Bouvier at St. Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island. |
| September 11, 1982 | The international forces that were guaranteeing the safety of Palestinian refugees following Israel's 1982 Invasion of Lebanon leave Beirut. Five days later, several thousand refugees are massacred in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps by Phalange forces. |
| September 14, 1782 | American Revolutionary War: Review of the French troops under General Rochambeau by General George Washington at Verplanck's Point, New York. |
| September 15, 1968 | The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere. |
| September 8, 1810 | The Tonquin sets sail from New York Harbor with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor's newly created Pacific Fur Company on board. After a six-month journey around the tip of South America, the ship arrives at the mouth of the Columbia River and Astor's men establish the fur-trading town of Astoria, Oregon. |
| September 12, 2003 | Typhoon Maemi, the strongest recorded typhoon to strike South Korea, made landfall near Busan. |
| September 16, 1963 | Malaysia is formed from the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak. However, Singapore is soon expelled from this new country. |
| September 24, 1745 | Jacobite rising of 1745: Bonnie Prince Charles defeats a British government army in the Battle of Prestonpans. |
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