TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY IS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

On this day in history:

1394 – In France, Charles VI published an ordinance that expelled all Jews from France.

1853 – Australia’s first paddle-steamer, the Lady Augusta, reaches Swan Hill on its maiden voyage from Goolwa.

1892 – The Coolgardie, WA, gold rush begins.

1939 – The Soviet Union invaded Poland.

Germany had invaded Poland on September 1.

1944 – Operation “Market Garden” was launched by Allied paratroopers during World War II. The landing point was behind German lines in the Netherlands.

1988 – Lt. Gen. Prosper Avril declared himself president of Haiti after President Henri Hamphy was ousted.

1991 – The United Nations General Assembly opened its 46th session. The new members were Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, North and South Korea, Micronesia and the Marshall Islands.

1995 – Hong Kong held its last legislative election before being taken over by China in 1997.

1997 – Northern Ireland’s main Protestant party joined in peace talks. It was the first time that all of the major players had come together.

2001 – The first Australian Citizenship Day was held to reflect on what it means to be an Australian citizen.

2013 – Italian cruise ship, the Costa Concordia, is set upright in the largest salvage operation of its kind to date. Birthdays

Ben Turpin 1874

Hank Williams, Sr. (Hiram King “Hank” Williams) 1923 – Country music performer

Bill Black 1926 Brother Jack McDuff 1926 George Blanda 1927 Roddy McDowall 1928

Sil Austin 1929

Paul Benedict 1938 LaMonte McLemore (The Fifth Dimension) 1939 David Williams 1946

Lol Creme 1947

Jeff MacNelly 1947

John Ritter 1948

Fee Waybill (Tubes) 1950 Cassandra “Elvira” Peterson 1951

Rita Rudner 1956

Kyle Chandler 1965 Doug E. Fresh 1966