This Day In History

Ted Tyszka

September 28, 1962: Canada launches its first space satellite, the Alouette 1.

Canada, Scott Nr 445 (1966) because there is no stamp for Alouette 1.

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September 28, 1066: William the Conqueror of Normandy invades England.

Guernsey, Scott Nr 356-61 (1987)

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September 28, 480 BC: The Persian army invades Greece in the Battle of Salamis. The outnumbered Greeks lure the enemy ships into the narrow stretch of water between the island of Salamis and the mainland, where they then destroy the Persian navy.

Greece, Scott Nr 402 (1937)

Doug Briscoe

Of course, I love this.

Ted Tyszka

September 29, 1364: Battle of Auray took place at the French town of Auray. This battle was the decisive confrontation of the Breton War of Succession, a part of the Hundred Years' War.

France, Scott Nr 1640 (1979)

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September 29, 1567: War of Religion (naturally) breaks out in France ; Huguenots try to kidnap King Charles IX.

Chad, Scott Nr 233a (1971) depicting King Charles IX.

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September 29, 1848: In the first battle of the War of Independence, Hungarian forces defeat Croats at Pákozd.

Croatia, Scott Nr 360 (1998) depicting the loser, Field Marshal Baron Josip Jelačić, Commander of the Croatian Military Frontier.

Dave Bennett

TED -- Thank You! This is a great little feature . . . but obviously takes a lot of research time on your part!

Will you continue?

Would you permit others of us to post stamps of countries from their particular specialties that correspond to commemorations of certain historical events?

Ted Tyszka

Thanks, Dave. My aim is to do it every day, when possible (when I go on my cruise in November, I won't be able to ), and I certainly hope others might join in with their own contributions.

Doug Briscoe

Ted, a pernickety little piece of pettifogging pedanticism: the Chad stamp shows Francis I.

Luree Hughes

Thanks for the history lessons. Yes, I do hope others will chime in.

Jeri Stathas

Doug - Nice alliteration

Ted Tyszka

Okay, how about this guy?

Ted Tyszka

You know, I had even googled Charlie to make sure of the image (I mean, who reads stamp inscriptions, huh?) and saw this, and thought, aww, close enough. LOL

Doug Briscoe

All those 16th-century Frenchmen look alike.

Ted Tyszka

September 30, 1547: “Don Quixote” author, Miguel de Cervantes, is born.

Spain, Scott Nr 2325 (1983)

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September 30, 1966: Bechuanaland becomes the independent Republic of Botswana.

Botswana, Scott Nr 18 (1966).

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September 30, 1399: Henry Bolingbroke becomes King Henry IV of England (or was it Francis I? LOL)

Great Britain, Scott Nr 2549 (2008)

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Oct 1, 331BC: Alexander the Great defeats the Persian army.
Greece, Scott Nr 578 (1955)

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Oct 1, 1885: US special delivery mail service begins.
USA, Scott Nr E1 (1885)

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Oct 1, 1908: Henry Ford introduces the Model T.
USA, Scott Nr 1286A (1968)

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Oct 2, 1535: Jacques Cartier lands in Hochelaga, now Montreal.

Canada, Scott Nr 1324 (1991)

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Oct 2, 1950: “Peanuts” comic strip is first published.

USA, Scott Nr 3507 (2001)

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Oct 2, 1967: Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American US Supreme Court justice.

USA, Scott #3746 (2003)
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Oct 3, 1929: The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes changes its name to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

Yugoslavia, Scott Nr 89 (1933)

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Oct 3, 1935: Benito Mussolini invades Ethiopia.

Ethiopia, Scott Nr N3 (1936)

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Oct 3, 1990: East and West Germany are reunited.

Germany, Scott Nr 1612, 1613 (1990)

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Oct 4, 1970: Janis Joplin joins the 27 Club.

USA, Scott Nr 4916 (2014)

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Oct 4, 1853: The Crimean War begins.

Great Britain, Scott Nr 2238-43 (2004)

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Oct 4, 1582: The Gregorian calendar is introduced, and, by papal decree, the next 10 days never happened.

Vatican, Scott Nr 715-717 (1982)

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Oct 5, 1990: Lech Wałęsa wins the Nobel Peace Prize.

Poland, Scott Nr 3001 (1990)