9 Sept:
1543: Mary, Queen of Scots, 9-months-old, crowned
1923: CHP becomes a political party
1944: Communist coup in Bulgaria
1970: "Black September" events begin, end with PLO expelled from Jordan to Lebanon, where they cause another civil war
2001: Ahmad Shah Masud killed
1543: Mary, Queen of Scots, 9-months-old, crowned
1923: CHP becomes a political party
1944: Communist coup in Bulgaria
1970: "Black September" events begin, end with PLO expelled from Jordan to Lebanon, where they cause another civil war
2001: Ahmad Shah Masud killed
9 September 1976: Mao Zedong finally died.
Mao is the only rival to Stalin as the most murderous tyrant of the 20th century. Sadly the totalitarian regime he created in #China survives in somewhat modified form to the present.
Mao is the only rival to Stalin as the most murderous tyrant of the 20th century. Sadly the totalitarian regime he created in #China survives in somewhat modified form to the present.
9 September 1922: The Turkish forces enter Izmir, effectively defeating Greece.
The nationalist revolt against the Allied occupation was triggered by the Greek landing at Izmir in May 1919 (The Emergence of Modern Turkey, p. 241).
The nationalist revolt against the Allied occupation was triggered by the Greek landing at Izmir in May 1919 (The Emergence of Modern Turkey, p. 241).
