Unbelievable events on September 23 throughout history

In this video, we'll explore some unbelievable events that have happened on September 23 throughout history... this date in history has seen it all!Show more

September 23 is a date that is filled with history, and this video is a great way to learn about some of the most memorable and shocking events that have taken place on this date. September 23 is a date that is sure to leave a lasting impression on you!

1779 John Paul Jones aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard defeats the British frigate HMS Serepis and becomes the United States first well-known naval hero (“I have not yet begun to fight”)

1780 British Major John Andre reveals Benedict Arnold's plot to betray West Point

1806 Lewis and Clark return to St Louis from Pacific Northwest

1845 1st baseball team, NY Knickerbockers organize, adopt rule code

1862 US President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation is published in northern newspapers

1879 Richard Rhodes invented a hearing aid called the Audiophone

1884 American Herman Hollerith patents his mechanical tabulating machine, the beginning of data processing

1938 British premier Neville Chamberlain flies to Munich

1949 US President Harry Truman announces evidence of USSR's 1st nuclear device detonation

1950 Nobel peace prize awarded to Ralph Bunche for mediation in Israel - 1st African American winner

1952 1st closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event

1952 US vice-presidential candidate Richard Nixon makes his "Checker's" speech, defending the gift of a cocker spaniel to his daughters

1955 All male, all white jury finds Roy Brant and John William Milam not guilty of the brutal murder of black teenager Emmett Till in Sumner, Mississippi, in landmark case that would help inspire civil rights movement in the US; the two later sell an interview admitting to the murder

1957 President Dwight D. Eisenhower orders US troops to support integration of nine black students at Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas

1962 ABC's 1st color TV series "The Jetsons" premieres, created by Hanna-Barbera and Joseph Barbera

1976 US televised presidential debate between Republican incumbent Gerald Ford and Democratic challenger Jimmy Carter

2002 The first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox ("Phoenix 0.1") is released

2018 Japan's space agency is the first to place two robotic explorers on an asteroid - Ryugu, from its Hayabusa-2 spacecraft

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