On this day in history.

[Richard Brown]

Sir David Frost died today. He was 74.

- That was the Life that was -

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[leelai]

Sir David Frost died today. He was 74.

- That was the Life that was -

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Oh no! He was an amazing presenter.....I loved watching his programmes!

RIP.

 

[J. A.]

September 2, 1666: The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings including St Paul's Cathedral.





Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London

 

[J. A.]

September 3, 1944: diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from the Westerbork transit camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp, arriving three days later.




Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Frank

 

[The OB]

September 3, 1944: diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from the Westerbork transit camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp, arriving three days later.


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Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Frank

Comment:
From where on October 30, 1944 both Ann and her sister Margot were transported to the Bergen-Belsen camp where they both died of typhus only a few weeks before the camp was liberated by British troops on April 15, 1945.
Andrew

 

[J. A.]

September 4, 1998: Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University.









Wikipedia

 

[Vilhelm]

September 4 - 1987 - West German pilot Mathias Rust was convicted by a Soviet court and sentenced to four years in a labor camp. The charges were concerning his daring flight into Moscow's Red Square. He was released after one year.

 

[rjkgr]

on this date in history the Japanese surrender on Wake Island, 1945

 

[J. A.]

September 5, 1980: The St. Gotthard Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles (16.224 km) stretching from Göschenen to Airolo.





Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthard_Road_Tunnel

 

[rjkgr]

this day in history Gerald Ford survives first assassination attempt,

 

[J. A.]

September 6, 1522: The Victoria, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition, returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the world.




Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_(ship)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellan

 

[J. A.]

September 7, 1914: James Van Allen, American scientist, is born.





Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Van_Allen

 

[J. A.]

September 8, 1966: The first Star Trek series premieres on NBC.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek

 

[ljmart]

Memorial WTC 9-11-2001

 

[J. A.]

September 12, 490 BC: Battle of Marathon: The conventionally accepted date for the Battle of Marathon. The Athenians and their Plataean allies, defeat the first Persian invasion force of Greece.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Marathon

And

2003: Johnny Cash, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor dies.




Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Cash