|
Sep24
|
1963 |
Doctors in New Zealand gave the first
successful blood transfusion to an unborn baby
|
|
1953 |
The first Cinemascope film, The Robe,
was premiered in Hollywood |
|
1935 |
The first Jaguar car went on sale
|
|
1934 |
Babe Ruth played his last game of baseball for the New
York Yankees |
|
768 |
Pippin III (The Short) King of the
Franks died |
|
Sep25
|
1919 |
Scafell Pike in the Lake District was
given to the nation in memory of the Great War dead
|
 |
|
1891 |
Blackpool Tower's foundation stone was laid |
| 1066 |
Harold II defeated Harold Hardrada of
Norway at the Battle of Stamford Bridge |
|
Sep26
|
1953 |
Sugar
rationing ended in the UK |
|
Sep27
|
1963 |
Cilla
Black made her television debut on Ready, Steady, Go!
|
 |
|
1938 |
The Queen Elizabeth passenger liner was launched at Clydebank |
|
Sep28
|
1865 |
Elizabeth
Garrett Anderson was registered as the first woman doctor in Britain |
|
Sep29
|
1968 |
The twins Matt and Luke Goss of the pop group Bros were born - like
anyone cares |
|
1399 |
Richard
II became the first British monarch to abdicate |
|
Sep30
|
1955 |
James
Dean died aged 24 in a car crash
|
 |
|
1952 |
"This
Is Cinerama", the first feature film to be made in Cinerama,
opened in New York |