Today in History........Sept 18

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https://www.onthisday.com/day/september/18

1811 British East India Company force led by Baron Minto conquers Java, part of the Dutch East Indies, Stamford Raffles appointed lieutenant governor

1812 Great Fire of Moscow burns out after 5 days, 75% of the city destroyed and 12,000 killed

1873 Government bond agent Jay Cooke & Co collapses, causing panic on Wall St, the start of the panic of 1873 and the Long depression

1914 Irish Home Rule bill receives Royal assent

1931 To create a pretext for the invasion of Manchuria, China, a railway explosion is faked by the Japanese

1947 The Central Intelligence Agency officially comes into existence after being established by President Truman in July

1976 Mao Zedong's funeral takes place in Beijing

Note : 2020 World Wide Pandemic..............Coronavirus Disease 2019

United States Total cases 6.7M +45,434 Recovered Deaths 198K

[Mad Lib]

1. 50 years ago today

Jimi Hendrix died.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214092320

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2. Thank you for the information...............

I had forgotten that he had died .............he really brings back some Monterey Pop Festival moments, showing my age and what I was doing during that time frame ..................