TODAY in HISTORY
Today is Tuesday, September 25, the 268nd day of 2018. There are 97 days left in the year.
275 In Rome ( after the assassination of Aurelian), the Senate proclaims Marcus Claudius Tacitus emperor.
762 Led by Muhammad alNafs al- Zakiyya, the Hasanid branch of the Alids begins the Alid Revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate. 1066 The Battle of Stamford Bridge sees the defeat of Harald Hardrada by King Harold II of England. 1237 England and Scotland sign the Treaty of York, establishing the location of their common border. 1396 Ottoman Emperor Bayezid I defeats a Christian army at the Battle of Nicopolis. 1513 Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reaches what would become known as the Pacific Ocean. 1555 The Peace of Augsburg is signed by Emperor Charles V and the princes of the Schmalkaldic League. 1790 Four Great Anhui Troupes introduce Anhui opera to Beijing in honor of the Qianlong Emperor’s eightieth birthday.
1868 The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia.
1890 The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park. 1906 Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control. 1912 Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City. 1926 The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed. 1937 Second Sino- Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale- boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan. 1944 World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem.
1955 The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded. 1956 TAT- 1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated. 1957 Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops. 1959 Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day. 1963 Lord Denning releases the UK government’s official report on the Profumo Affair. 1977 About 4,200 people take part in the first running of the Chicago Marathon. 2003 The 8.3 Mw Hokkaido earthquake strikes just offshore Hokkaido, Japan.