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September 10th What Happened on the day you were born on This day in History

1961 Italy Italian Grand Prix Accident

10th September 1961 : 14 spectators are killed during the Italian Grand Prix when Baron Wolfgang von Trips driving a Ferrari goes off the track onto a grass-covered embankment filled with spectators.



1922 U.S.A. Amount Of Money In Circulation

10th September 1922 : The Treasury in Washington has released new figures the per capita circulation of money is now $39.93 per person down from $42.99 one year ago. .

The total money in circulation is $4,393,506,927 and the total number of people in the US is 110,017,000

The total US dollars believed to be in circulation today is $700 billion

Current US Population 301,139,947





1927 U.S.A. Laws To Stop Novice Fliers Killing Themselves

10th September 1927 : As the number of Trans Atlantic stunt fliers increases with a larger number lost each month , currently the odds of completing the trip are about 1 in 2 but as more fliers with less experience attempting to cross the Atlantic the number of casualties will continue to grow. It is believed the Governments around the world including the US will put laws in place to stop this foolhardiness. Maybe they will include a pilots license needed to fly a plane.

Early Biplane Public Domain Photo


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1930 U.S.A. "Scarface" Al Capone

10th September 1930 : "Scarface" Al Capone has taken former rivals into partnership with him to form a giant Co-Operative organization to control the Beer, Vice and Gambling Industries in Chicago. The Syndicate will be run by a cabinet with each member controlling different areas of the business.

Beer Sales

Beer Running

War on those outside the Cabinet

Gambling

Vice



Scar Face Al Capone Public Domain Photo


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1939 Canada Declares War On Germany

10th September 1939 : Canada joins England and France by declaring war on Germany



1942 U.S.A. Gas Rationing US

10th September 1942 : Following similar moves in Europe and the rest of the world President Franklin D. Roosevelt starts gasoline rationing in the U.S. as part of the country's wartime efforts

Lining Up For ration cards World War II Public Domain Photo


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1948 U.S.A. Gasoline Shortages

10th September 1948 : Although the war has ended there are still Gasoline shortages being reported throughout the country , and it is thought that in the next 12 months these shortages will be over allowing the public to use cars more and the auto industry to provide the pent up demand caused by production stopped during war time to concentrate on the munitions needed to win the war.



1954 Algeria Earthquake Rescue Operation

10th September 1954 : French Rescuers starting the task of checking homes in Orleansville have estimated the death toll from yesterdays earthquake at over 1000, but believe it could well be many more as they have not yet managed to reach the nearby village of Vauban 15 miles away due to the roads being unpassable which is completely wiped out with no homes left standing, and three other villages are also believed to be completely destroyed. Most homes in the area are now considered unsafe and large temp camps are being set up.



1963 UK American Express

10th September 1963 : American Express one of the worlds largest banking companies is following Diners Club and introducing credit cards in Britain, American Express Card holders can buy purchases through the month and they are billed at the end of each month when all outstanding balances must be settled. Visa cards were not introduced in the UK until the Eighties.



1967 Gibraltar Votes Against Becoming Part Of Spain

10th September 1967 : Gibraltar votes in favor of staying British by 12,138 to 44 against becoming part of Spain.

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1970 U.S.A. Import Duties Enforced

10th September 1970 : The Nixon administration is to enforce a 49 year old import duty law to stop the dumping of foreign goods on American Soil by increasing the import tax paid on those goods to enter the United States .The 1921 Anti dumping Act provides for penalty duties on foreign goods found to be damaging American Industry.



1973 UK British Mainline Stations Bombed

10th September 1973 : Two British Mainline Stations Bombed at King's Cross and Euston station injuring 13. The IRA has claimed responsibility and this is part of the current bombing campaign in the last few weeks which have included the Manchester city center bombing and Victoria station in London.

Kings Cross Emergency Services  Public Domain Photo


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1976 Yugoslavia Passenger Jets Collide

10th September 1976 : Two passenger jets collide over Zagreb due to errors by air traffic controllers, British Airways Flight 476 and an Inex charter airline flight causing the loss of 176 .



1977 France Guillotine

10th September 1977 : The last person to be executed by guillotine is a Tunisian immigrant convicted of murder.

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1980 Australia Gold Rush

10th September 1980 : A new gold rush has started in the Australian outback after two aborigines dug up gold nuggets ranging in size from a marble to a cigarette packet. The gold mine is located about 500 miles northeast of Perth.



1990 South Africa Township Violence

10th September 1990 : The continued violence in South African townships between rival factions and with the police has led to the death of 55 in the last 7 days including a number in Soweto.




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1998 Iceland Free Willy Star Goes Back To Iceland

10th September 1998 : The star of the Free Willy movies ( Keiko ) an orca (or killer whale) is back in Iceland where he was captured from in 1979. Keiko has been taken back to Iceland to see if he can adapt back to life in the ocean after Warner Brothers Studio and Craig McCaw set up a foundation plus thousands of children from around the world donated money to the the Free Willy Keiko Foundation. Part of the acclimatization back to the wild included supervised swims in the open ocean and on one such supervised swim on 11th July 2002 Keiko swam off and was not seen again until he turned up in September nearly 1,000 miles away on the coast of Norway. In 2003 having never fully adapted back to life in the wild Keiko died from pneumonia in a Norwegian Fjord aged 27.

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2000 Space Space shuttle Atlantis docks with International Space Station

10th September 2000 : The space shuttle Atlantis which blasted off on 7th September with 5 US astronauts and 2 Soviet cosmonauts has docked with the International Space Station for preparations for its first long-stay inhabitants, due to arrive at the beginning of November.

 Space shuttle Atlantis docks with International Space Station MIR  Public Domain Photo


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2002 Switzerland Joins UN

10th September 2002 : Switzerland joins United Nations becoming the 190th member.

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