On This Day in History |
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509 BC Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on Rome's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the Ides of September |
1501 Michelangelo begins work on his Statue of David, a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture |
 | View of the north part of Gibraltar, with the attack by land and sea showing one ship exploding |
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1782 The Grand Assault on Gibraltar by the allied French and Spanish fleets, including ten floating batteries and land forces, is heavily defeated by the British garrison, with all floating batteries destroyed and allied casualties of 1,473 compared to only 83 for the British |
1845 English chemist Michael Faraday discovers the "Faraday effect," the influence of a magnetic field on polarized light |
1847 Battle of Chapultepec: American forces capture Chapultepec Castle during the Mexican–American War, allowing US General Winfield Scott to take Mexico City |
1993 Public unveiling of the Oslo Accords, an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement initiated by Norway, signed by Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Shimon Peres and PLO official Mahmoud Abbas |
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Also Roald Dahl and Thomas Müller (35). |
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Also Ambrose Burnside and Amon Göth. |
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The national anthem of the United States, the Star Spangled Banner, is set to music written by a British composer and was originally an old drinking song. |
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