The Truce of Bergerac, also known as the Peace of Bergerac, is signed, temporarily halting the Sixth French War of Religion between the Catholic King Henry III and the Huguenot (Protestant) princes. The subsequent Edict of Poitiers, which confirmed the treaty, was issued just three days later, on September 17.
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Napoleon and his Grande Armée enter the city of Moscow and find it almost deserted with most of the 275,00 residents gone and lacking the supplies the French army needed. Then, the Russians started fires throughout the city. Three days later, more than two-thirds of the city was destroyed.
After waiting a few weeks for a surrender that never came and the threat of the approaching Russian winter, Napoleon ordered the French army to leave Moscow.
The poem "The Star-Spangled Banner" is written by Francis Scott Key during the bombardment of Fort McHenry, later becoming the national anthem of the United States. More
During the Mexican-American War, General Winfield Scott captures Mexico City after a successful attack on the port city of Veracruz and a series of victories. More
Theodore Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 26th President of the United States following the assassination of William McKinley.
The Soviet spacecraft Luna 2 reaches the moon and crashes on its surface, making it the first human-made object to contact another solar system body. More . Luna 2 was launched by the Soviet Union on September 12, 1959.
Elizabeth Ann Seton is canonized by Pope Paul VI in St. Peter's Square in Rome, becoming the first native-born saint of the United States. More
United Farm Workers Vice President Dolores Huerta, 58 years old, is beaten by San Francisco Police, in front of the St. Francis Hotel in Union Square during a peaceful and lawful protest of the policies/platform of then candidate George H. W. Bush, who was holding a fundraiser in the hotel.
The baton-beating caused significant internal injuries to her torso, resulting in broken ribs and the loss of her spleen in emergency surgery. The beating was caught on videotape and broadcasted on television news. Later, Huerta won a large judgment against the SFPD and the City of San Francisco for the attack, the proceeds of which she used for the benefit of farm workers. As a result of this assault and the suit, the SFPD was pressured to change its crowd control policies and its process of officer discipline. Huerta received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama on May 29, 2012. More
Widespread and violent protests erupt in Muslim-majority countries in response to the anti-Islamic video, Innocence of Muslims. The demonstrations were sparked by a crudely made 14-minute film produced in the United States and uploaded to YouTube that portrayed the Prophet Muhammad in a derogatory manner.
The protests led to more than 50 deaths and hundreds of injuries. The film was a trailer for a full-length movie produced by Mark Basseley Youssef, formerly known as Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, an Egyptian-American writer, producer, Coptic Christian living in California. He later served time in Jail on an related charges.
A terrorist attack occurs at the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya.
Ahmed Mohamed a Muslim teenager takes a reassembled home made clock to his Irving, on the outskirts of Dallas, Texas school. Ahmed, a model student, showed the clock to his science teacher but later another teacher saw it and reported it to the School Administration and the police was called. Mohamed was taken to a juvenile detention facility for fingerprinting and photographing, under suspicion of bringing a hoax bomb.
He was handcuffed and accused of making a "fake bomb", He was later released and the charges were dropped but he was suspended from school for three days. Two days later, President Obama twitted “Cool clock, Ahmed, Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It’s what makes America great.” Ahmed took him up on the invitation and visited the White House. After the visit his family announced that Ahmed had received and accepted, an scholarship from the Qatar Qatar Foundation for Education, to study in the Middle East. More