A fire breaks out at the Gulf Hotel in Houston, killing 55 people. The Gulf Hotel fire claimed 55 lives on September 7, 1943 in…
4 September 1972
Mark Spitz becomes the first athlete to win seven medals at the one Olympic Games.
3 September 1812
Twenty four settlers are killed during the Pigeon Roost Massacre in Indiana. On September 3, 1812, a war party of Native Americans made a surprise…
1 September 1905
Alberta and Saskatchewan became part of Canada. The two provinces; Alberta and Saskatchewan were originally part of Rupert’s land. On September 1st, 1905, the Saskatchewan…
30 August 1967
Thurgood Marshall become the first African American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
29 August 1930
The remaining 36 inhabitants of the isolated archipelago, St Kilda, are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland. On 29 August 1930, a ship called…