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A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on September 17th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On September 17, 1683, Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek presented a paper to the Royal Society (The President, Council and Fellows of the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge) containing a description of the first scientific recognition of microbes/protozoa, a living thing he referred to as “animalcules” (single celled organisms). On September 17, 1862, the same day that the bloodiest…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on September 16th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On September 16, 1920, years before the great stock market crashes of 1929 and 2008, some unknown, disaffected malcontents showed the fat cats of Wall Street some serious financial terrorism of their own by setting off a bomb in a horse-drawn wagon in front of J.P. Morgan Bank in New York’s financial district. On September 16, 1961, Hurricane Esther became the target of the United States National…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on September 15th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On September 15, 1440, Gilles de Rais, a knight, baron, and lord of France that had been a military leader for the French during the Hundred Years’ War that had fought alongside French saint, Joan of Arc, was arrested by Catholic Church authorities for the suspected crime of being a serial killer of children. On September 15, 1948, a North American F-86 Sabre flew…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on September 14th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On September 14, 326 A.D., Helena of Constantinople made one of the greatest discoveries in Christian history when she found the Holy Sepulchre (the crypt where Jesus was entombed) and the True Cross in Jerusalem. On September 14, 326 A.D., Helena of Constantinople made one of the greatest discoveries in Christian history when she found the Holy Sepulchre (the crypt where Jesus was…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on September 13th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On September 13, 1848, a Vermont railroad worker suffered a bizarre injury when a 3-foot metal rod went right through his head and proceeded to land 80 feet away. On September 13, 1848, a railroad worker was skewered with an iron rod over an inch in diameter. On September 13, 1862, the Army of Northern Virginia and their commander, Robert E. Lee,…