Henry IV is proclaimed king of England. Henry was the eldest surviving son of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, by his first wife, Blanche….

Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire. On this day in 1911, Italy declared war on the Ottoman Empire. That was the beginning of the…

Race riots start in Omaha, Nebraska. Race riots rocked Omaha, Neb., on Sept. 28–29, 1919. The result of the riots was the lynching of Will…

Typhoon Vera kills almost 5000 people in Japan. Typhoon Vera, also known as the Isewan Typhoon, was an exceptionally intense tropical cyclone that struck Japan…

Sir Francis Drake complete his circumnavigation of the Earth. English seaman Francis Drake returns to Plymouth, England, in the Golden Hind, becoming the first British…

The Mozambican War of Independence against Portugal begins. The Mozambican War of Independence was an armed conflict between the guerrilla forces of the Mozambique Liberation…

The Honda Motor Company is founded. Soichiro Honda established Honda Motor Co., Ltd., on September 24, 1948, in Itaya-cho, Hamamatsu, with capital of 1 million…

The unification of Saudi Arabia is completed. The history of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia begins properly on September 23, 1932, when by royal decree…

The Tuscarora War begins in present-day North Carolina. In 1710, a group of Germans and Swiss established a settlement on the Neuse River in an…

JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit is published. On Sept. 21, 1937, Tolkien’s novel first hit booksellers’ shelves, eventually becoming one of the most popular literary works…