Black Friday, a massacre by soldiers against protesters in Tehran, results in 700–3000 deaths, it marks the beginning of the end of the monarchy in…
7 September 1159
Pope Alexander III is chosen. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Alexander_III’]
6 September 1970
Two passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by Palestinian terrorist members of the PFLP and taken to Dawson’s Field, Jordan….
5 September 1915
The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimmerwald_Conference’]
4 September 1971
Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Airlines_Flight_1866′]
3 September 2004
Beslan school siege results in over 330 fatalities, including 186 children. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beslan_school_siege’]
2 September 1970
NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 (the designation is re-used by a later mission), and Apollo 19. [rdp-wiki-embed…
1 September 1985
A joint American–French expedition locates the wreckage of the RMS Titanic. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Titanic’]
31 August 1939
Nazi Germany mounts a false flag attack on the Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day, thus starting World War…
30 August 1942
World War II: The Battle of Alam el Halfa begins. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Alam_el_Halfa’]