So...that's it...we're officially in Autumn and Summer has hung up its hat for another year! Although the nights will gradually be getting darker, it gives us lots more long evenings to batten down the hatches and research our family tree!
As today is the 1st of September, I thought I'd take a look at what happened on this day in history, perhaps your ancestor was there, witnessed the event first hand, or read about it in the newspapers of the time.
1532 - Lady Anne Boleyn was made Marquess of Pembroke by her fiancé, King Henry VIII. Less than 4 years later Henry had her investigated for high treason. She was found guilty of adultery and incest and was executed on 19th May 1536.
1661 - 1st Yacht race, England's King Charles vs his brother James
1752 - Liberty Bell arrives in Philadelphia
1763 - Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow
1831 - Charles Darwin travels aboard HMS Beagle
1865 Joseph Lister performed the first antiseptic surgery.
1870 - Napoleon III captured at Sedan
1905 - Alberta & Saskatchewan become 8th & 9th Canadian provinces
1913 - George Bernard Shaws "Androcles & the Lion," premieres in London
1914 - St Petersburg, Russia changes name to Petrograd
1914 - Lord Kitchener arrives in Paris
1939 - WW II starts, Germany invades Poland, takes Danzig
1951 - The Premier supermarket opened in Earl’s Court, London; the first supermarket in Britain.
1962 - UN announces Earth population has hit 3 billion
1971 - The British penny and the threepenny piece coins ceased to be legal tender as decimalization continued.
1979 - Pioneer 11 makes 1st fly-by of Saturn, discovers new moon, rings
1981 - Garages in Britain began selling petrol in litres.
1985 - After 73 years the wreck of the liner 'Titanic' was found, by Dr. Robert Ballard.
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