TODAY in HISTORY

Today is Monday, September 24, the 267th day of 2018. There are 98 days left in the year.

787 Second Council of Nicaea: The council assembles at the church of Hagia Sophia.

1180 Manuel I Komnenos, the last Emperor of the Komnenian restoration, dies.

1645 The Battle of Rowton Heath is a Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army commanded in person by King Charles.

1674 Second Tantrik Coronation of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

1830 A revolutionary committee of notables forms the Provisional Government of Belgium.

1841 The Sultanate of Brunei cedes Sarawak to the United Kingdom.

1846 Mexican– American War: General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey.

1852 The first airship powered by ( a steam) engine, created by Henri Giffard, travels 17 miles ( 27 km) from Paris to Trappes.

1853 Admiral Despointes formally takes possession of New Caledonia in the name of France.

1869 Gold prices plummet after President Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.

1877 The Battle of Shiroyama is a decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion.

1906 U. S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation’s first National Monument.

1911 His Majesty’s Airship No. 1, Britain’s first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow- in- Furness.

1929 Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.

1932 Gandhi and Dr. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the “Depressed Classes” ( Untouchables).

1935 Earl and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights.

1946 The top- secret Clifford- Elsey Report on the Soviet Union is delivered to President Truman.

1950 The Chinchaga fire in western Canada becomes the largest recorded fire in North American history, sending smoke all the way to Europe.

1973 Japan Airlines Flight 472 lands at Juhu Aerodrome instead of Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India.

2007 Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in anti- government protests in Yangon, Burma, the largest in 20 years.

2009 The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders.