September 20
1519 Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan set out from Spain on a voyage to find a western passage to the Spice Islands in Indonesia.
1842 Sir James Dewar, Scottish chemist, was born
1870 Italian troops took control of the Papal States, leading to the unification of Italy.
1873 Panic swept the New York Stock Exchange in the wake of railroad bond defaults and bank failures.
1951 Guy LaFleur, Hockey Hall of Famer, was born.
September 21
1756 John Loudon McAdam, Scottish inventor of macadamized road construction, was born.
1866 H G Wells, English novelist, historian and science fiction writer, was born.
1874 Gustav Holst, English composer and teacher, was born.
1937 The Hobbitt by J R R Tolkien was published.
1957 Perry Mason starring Raymond Burr premiered on CBS.
September 22
1776 Nathan Hale was hanged as a spy by the British during the Revolutionary War.
1791 Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist, was born.
1792 The French Republic was proclaimed.
1862 President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all slaves in rebel states should be free as of Jan. 1, 1863.
1888 The first issue of National Geographic Magazine was published.
1989 Songwriter Irving Berlin died at age 101.
Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) is responsible for Carleton, Lanark, Renfrew, Prescott and Russell Counties. Our mission is “To encourage, assist and bring together all those interested in the pursuit of family history.” If you want to discover more about your family origins, or how and where to locate information about your ancestors, our members will be there to help you.
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