1666 Great Fire of London ends, leaving 13,200 houses destroyed and 8 dead
1774 Twelve of the thirteen American colonies adopt a trade embargo against Great Britain at the first Continental Congress at Carpenters’ Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1839 The First Opium War begins in China
2017 Hurricane Irma becomes the most powerful hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin region with winds of 185mph (280km/h)
HISTORICAL EVENTS TODAY
TODAY IN FILM & TV
1958 1st color video recording on magnetic tape presented, Charlotte, North Carolina
TODAY IN MUSIC
1993 Musical “Will Rogers Follies” closes at Palace Theater NYC after 983 performances with 6 Tony Awards
TODAY IN SPORT
1972 11 Israeli athletes taken hostage and later killed by Palestinian Black September group at the Munich Olympics
MORE FACTS…
1889 German Christine Hardt patents the first modern brassiere
2019 Erramatti Mangamma becomes the world’s oldest living mother giving birth to twins aged 74 in Hyderabad, India
FAMOUS WEDDINGS
1725 French King Louis XV marries Polish princess Mary Lesczynski
1959 Motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel (20) weds Linda Joan Bork
1968 Author Ken Follett (19) weds Mary Emma Ruth Elson
