TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY IS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY:

1565 - A Spanish expedition established the first permanent European settlement in North America at present-day St. Augustine, FL.

1664 - The Dutch surrendered New Amsterdam to the British, who then renamed it New York.

1792 - In Australia The first convict is believed to have been buried in the Old Sydney Burial Ground. 1854 - The handle of the public water pump in Broad St, London is removed in an attempt to end the deadly cholera epidemic.

1893 - In New Zealand, the Electoral Act 1893 was passed by the Legislative Council. It was consented by the governor on September 19 giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.

1943 - Italy’s surrender to the Allies in the Second World War is announced. 1951 - A peace treaty with Japan was signed by 48 other nations in San Francisco, CA.

1966 - Science fiction series Star Trek airs for the first time.

1974 - US President Ford granted an unconditional pardon to former US President Nixon.

1999 - Russia’s Mission Control switched off the Mir space station’s central computer and other systems to save energy during a planned six months of unmanned flights.

2015 - British researchers announced that evidence of a larger version of Stonehenge had been located about two miles from the Stonehenge location. There were 90 buried stones that had been found by ground penetrating radar.