Tuesday, September 17, 2019

On This Day in History

September 17, 2019

Historical Events

642  Arab forces under Amr ibn al-'As conquer Alexandria
1683  Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek is the first to report the existence of bacteria
1862  Battle of Antietam [Battle of Sharpsburg], bloodiest day in the American Civil War: 22,000 dead, wounded or missing in first battle on Union soil
1900  Commonwealth of Australia proclaimed
1916  The Red Baron [Manfred von Richthofen], WWI flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France
1978  Anwar SadatMenachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Camp David Accords, frameworks for peace in the Middle East and between Egypt and Israel
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