Think he was referring to September the 11th, apparently this happened:

In America, Kenneth Starr - the Independent Counsel appointed to report on the behaviour of US President Bill Clinton - publishes his report - listing 11potential impeachable offences.

In a national referendum on devolution, the people of Scotland vote 'Yes' to creating their own Parliament for the first time in more than 300 years.

In Britain, 'Coronation Street' actress Pat Phoenix marries long-term friend Tony Booth in hospital.

39 sky-divers are killed in a helicopter crash in West Germany.

Bulgarian defector Georgi Markov is stabbed with a poisoned umbrella by an unknown secret agent in London. The poison brings on a coma and Markov dies four days later.

A military junta, backed by the United States of America, overthrows the elected Government in Chile.

The first transmission in Britain of the BBC TV quiz programme, 'Mastermind'.

British group 'The Beatles' record their first single 'Love Me Do' at the Abbey Road Studios in north London.

First performance of Stravinsky's 'The Rake's Progress' in Venice.

In America, W.C Handy publishes his 'St Louis Blues' which has since been recorded more than100 times.

In England, the prestigious FA Cup trophy is stolen from football outfitters William Shillock of Birmingham. 68 years later an 83 year old man confesses he'd melted it down to make counterfeit halfcrown coins.
1879
260 miners die in an explosion at the Prince of Wales Colliery, at Abercare, Wales.

The city of Sebastopol, the main naval base for the Russian fleet on the Black Sea, is taken by by British and French troops during the Crimean War.

The start of the commuter age in southeast England when the London to Brighton express train begins a regular service - taking 105 minutes.

Ecuador becomes a Republic within the Confederation of Colombia.

American troops led by George Washington, are defeated by the British at the Battle of Brandywine Creek during the American War of Independence.

The Battle of Malplaquet. An Anglo-Dutch-Austrian force, commanded by the Duke of Marlborough, defeats the French in the last major land battle of the War of Spanish Succession (1701-1714).

English troops, commanded by Oliver Cromwell, besiege Drogheda in Ireland. When the town is finally captured, most of the inhabitants are massacred.

Scottish hero William Wallace defeats the English at Stirling Bridge.

English motorcycle champion Barry Sheene is born in London.

Roger Uttley - becomes captain of the England rugby union team in the 1980s.

West German international footballer Franz Beckenbauer born in Munich, nicknamed 'The Kaiser' for his authorative and masterful style.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos. Is forced to flee the country following a popular uprising in 1986. Dies in exile, in Hawaii, in 1989.

English novelist and poet D.H Lawrence born at Eastwood in Nottinghamshire - the son of a coal-miner. In 1912 David Herbert Lawrence elopes with a married woman, Frieda Weekley - a cousin of the German World War I pilot Baron Manfred von Richthofen - and marries her in 1914. Lawrence makes his reputation as a writer with the semi-autobiographical novel ' Sons and Lovers' (1913). Later works include 'Women In Love' (1921). He is prosecuted for obsenity when 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' is published in Italy in 1928 (the book isn't published in its' original form in Britain until 1961). Lawrence dies in 1930 aged 45.

Bulgarian defector Georgi Markov is stabbed with a poisoned umbrella by an unknown secret agent in London. The poison brings on a coma and Markov dies four days later on September 15, 1978.

Former Russian leader Nikita Khruschev aged 77.

South African statesman Jan Christian Smuts dies aged 80.

Indian Muslim politician Muhammad Ali Jinnah dies aged 71.

Posted By: Tomblander on October 16th 2006 at 12:35:00

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