CoM Moderators Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 122 - Building begins on Hadrian's Wall, Northern England 1553 - English bishop Hugh Latimer arrested 1845 - English chemist Michael Faraday discovers the 'Faraday effect', the influence of a magnetic field on polarized light 1966 - Johannes Balthazar Vorster sworn in as premier of South Africa 1970 - New York City Marathon: inaugural event won by Gary Muhrcke in 2:31:38 1987 - Cesium-137 stolen from abandoned hospital in Rio de Janeiro 1989 - Fay Vincent elected baseball's 8th commissioner 1997 - Elton John releases single "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" in the UK 2008 - New Zealand beats Australia, 28-24 in Brisbane to clinch their 4th straight Tri Nations Rugby Series; flyhalf Dan Carter scores a try and lands 4 conversions for the All Blacks 2017 - UN Secretary-General António Guterres says Rohingya refugee crisis now "catastrophic" as 370,000 confirmed to have fled Myanmar More Historical Events » Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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