Sunday, September 22, 2019

On This Day in History

Historical Events

1621 King James I of England gives Sir William Alexander a royal charter for colonisation of Nova Scotia

1792 French Revolution: The National Convention passes a proclamation announcing the formal abolition of the French monarchy

1898 Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China, imprisoning the Guangxu Emperor

1915 Cecil Chubb buys English prehistoric monument Stonehenge for £6,600

1922 US President Warren G. Harding signs a joint resolution of approval to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine

1936 Spanish fascist junta names Francisco Franco to Generalissimo and Supreme Commander

1949 Chinese Communist leaders proclaim the People's Republic of China

Bill Murray
69th Birthday

Faith Hill
52nd Birthday