1687 - The Parthenon in Athens is partially destroyed after an explosion caused by the bombing from Venetian forces led by Morozini who were besieging the Ottoman Turks stationed in Athens.
1789 - Thomas Jefferson appointed first United States Secretary of State; John Jay appointed first Chief Justice of the United States; Samuel OsgoodSamuel Osgood ( 1747 1813) was a U. political figure. He served as the first Postmaster General (under the U. Constitution) between 1789 and 1791. Osgood, Samuel Osgood, Samuel Osgood, Samuel. appointed first United States Postmaster GeneralThe Postmaster General is the executive head of the United States Postal Service. From 1872 to 1971, the postmaster general was the head of an executive department concerned with the postal service (the Post Office Department). During that period, he was; Edmund RandolphEdmund Jennings Randolph ( August 10, 1753 September 12, 1813) was an American attorney, Governor of Virginia, Secretary of State, and the first United States Attorney General. Randolph was born at Tazewell Hall to the prominent colonial Randolph family i appointed first United States Attorney GeneralThe United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement officer of the United States government. The current Attorney General is John Ashcroft, who has recentl.
1810Events January 10 Marriage of Napoleon and Josephine is annulled January 20 Tyrolean rebel leader Andreas Hofer executed March 11 Napoleon marries Marie-Louise of Austria April 19 Venezuela achieves home rule: Emparan, Governor of the Captaincy General is - A new Act of SuccessionThe Act of Succession or Successionsordningen is a part of the Swedish Constitution. It was adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates on September 26, 1810 and it regulates the right of members of the House of Bernadotte to accede to the Swedish throne. The c is adopted by the Riksdag of the EstatesThe Riksdag of the Estates or Standsriksdagen was the name used for the Estates of the Swedish realm, or Rikets stander when they were assembled. Until its dissolution in 1866 the institution was the highest authority in Sweden next to the Swedish monarch and Jean Baptiste BernadotteKing Charles XIV of Sweden, Charles III of Norway or domestically Carl XIV Johan and Carl III Johan respectively, Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte ( January 26, 1763 March 8, 1844) was born at Pau, France, the son of Henri Bernadotte ( 1711- 1780), procurat becomes heir to the Swedish throne.
1983 - Soviet military officer Stanislav Petrov averts a worldwide nuclear war (because of time-zone differences, the date was Sept. 26 in the Soviet Union, and Sept. 25 in the West)
1983 - Australia II, first non-American winner, wins the Americas Cup
2002 - The Joola , an overloaded Senegalese ferry capsizes in the ocean off the coast of The Gambia killing more than 950; 30 killed in gun attack at a temple in Gandhinagar, India
2004 - The Seattle Seahawks shutout the San Francisco 49ers 34-0. This marks the first time in a league record 27 years and 456 games that the suffered a shutout. The last shutout occurred in 1977 when Atlanta won 7-0. Several of the players in this game were either not even born yet or very young children when the last shutout occurred.