On September 4, 1951, American television ceased to be a regional novelty and became a truly national medium. That day, viewers from coast to coast watched the same event at the same time: the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference in San Francisco, carried live across…
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On September 4, 476 AD, a defining moment in history marked the end of the Western Roman Empire—a political entity that had dominated the Mediterranean world for centuries. This date saw the deposition of Romulus Augustulus, the last Roman emperor of the West, by…
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On September 3, 1777, during the American Revolutionary War, a seemingly minor skirmish took place near Newark, Delaware, known as the Battle of Cooch’s Bridge. Although small in scale, this engagement carries significant historical weight as it is widely recognized as the first time…
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September 3, 1939, the world drew battle lines, and World War II officially began following England and France’s declaration of war against the Nazis following Hitler’s invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939. The invasion was a brazen act of aggression, violating international norms…
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The Battle of Actium, fought on September 2, 31 BC, was a decisive naval confrontation that marked the culmination of the power struggle between Octavian (later Augustus, the first Roman Emperor) and the combined forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII of Egypt. This…
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On September 2, 1901 one of the most famous foreign policy sayings in American history came out of the mouth of one of the nation’s legendary leaders. Just two weeks before ascending to the presidency, Roosevelt outlined a distinctive foreign policy approach that would…
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In the late summer of 1939, as Europe convulsed into war, two American physicists quietly published a paper that reshaped our understanding of the cosmos. On September 1—the very day German forces stormed into Poland—J. Robert Oppenheimer and his graduate student Hartland Snyder unveiled…
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On September 1, 1715, the sun set on the longest-reigning monarch in history. “The story of Louis XIV’s death is worthy of a Shakespearean tragedy,” writes the Palace of Versailles. His health started to decline on August 10 1715 upon his return from a hunting trip…
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On the evening of August 31, 1939, as summer drew to a close in Europe, a strange broadcast crackled over the airwaves of a small German radio station near the Polish border. The message, supposedly issued by Polish saboteurs, declared that the station had…
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On August 31, 1538, Pope Paul III issued the papal bull Eius qui immobilis, formally excommunicating King Henry VIII of England. This act marked a critical juncture in the escalating conflict between the English monarchy and the Roman Catholic Church, signifying the profound and…
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