Historical Events in September, Month of September Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| September 12, 1992 | Abimael Guzmán, leader of the Shining Path, is captured by Peruvian special forces; shortly thereafter the rest of Shining Path's leadership fell as well. |
| September 21, 1942 | The Boeing B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight. |
| September 30, 1966 | Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana. |
| September 11, 1881 | In the Swiss state of Glarus, a rockslide buries parts of the village of Elm, destroying 83 buildings and killing 115 people. |
| September 2, 1998 | Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia; all 229 people onboard are killed. |
| September 12, 1969 | Philippine Airlines Flight 158 crashes in Antipolo, near Manila International Airport in the Philippines, killing 45 people. |
| September 8, 1253 | Pope Innocent IV canonises Stanislaus of Szczepanów, killed by King Bolesław II. |
| September 5, 1836 | Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas. |
| September 1, 1974 | The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of one hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour (2,310.353 km/h). |
| September 8, 1888 | The Great Herding (Spanish: El Gran Arreo) begins with thousands of sheep being herded from the Argentine outpost of Fortín Conesa to Santa Cruz near the Strait of Magellan. |
| September 8, 1888 | Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested. |
| September 17, 1862 | American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war. |
| September 9, 1947 | First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University. |
| September 2, 1970 | NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 (the designation is re-used by a later mission), and Apollo 19. |
| September 1, 1645 | English Civil War. Scottish Covenanter forces abandon their month-long Siege of Hereford, a Cavalier stronghold, on news of Royalist victories in Scotland. |
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