On This Day in History September 26, 2023

Historical Events 1580  Francis Drake completes circumnavigation of the world, sailing into Plymouth aboard the 'Golden Hind' 1687  Acropolis in Athens attacked by Venetian army trying to eject Turks, damaging the Parthenon 1688  City council of Amsterdam votes to support Prince William of Orange's invasion of England, which became known as 'The Glorious Revolution' in the Netherlands 1815  Russia, Prussia and Austria sign the Holy Alliance 1901  Great Britain annexes the Ashanti Kingdom and places it under the governor of the Gold Coast (Ghana) 1918  Beginning of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, more than 1 million American soldiers in the largest and most costly offensive of WWI More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Carlene Carter 68th Birthday George Gershwin 1898 - 1937 Olivia Newton-John 1948 - 2022 T. S. Eliot 1888 - 1965 More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Béla Bartok 1881 - 1945 Paul Newman 1925 - 2008 More Famous Deaths September 26: 'I Have Heard The Voice of Adolf Hitler . . .' Hitler's speech threatening Czechoslovakia was broadcast on this day. Among those listening to the ‘mad dog of Europe’ was a journalist in an American hotel. Read the Article