21 Sep 1779
Bernardo de Gálvez, Spanish Governor of Louisiana, captures British fort at Baton Rouge, West-Florida; surrender includes all British emplacements on the Mississippi.
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21 Sep 1776
Great Fire of New York burns up to 1000 structures; arson by retreating Americans forces suspected.
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Today in Bookish and Literary History, September 21

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When the show began its 21st season in 2019, it surpassed “Gunsmoke” (1955-1975) as the longest-running primetime drama series in television history. As of this writing, ‘SVU’ has aired 27 seasons and 594 episodes.

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📅 September 20, 1519: Magellan Sets Sail

A captain named Ferdinand M.,
Set sail from Spain — quite the stratagem!
With five ships in line,
In fifteen-nineteen,
He circumnavigated — though death would claim him!

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Sept 20th: First Railroad Station Opened (1807)
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📜 #OnThisDay in 1459 #Bucharest stepped into history:

A charter issued by Vlad Dracula, ruler of Wallachia, first mentioned "the fortress of Bucharest,” confirming property rights & freedom from taxes and certain services.🏰

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Today in History - 1957: The Air Force finally got a Thor missile off the pad at Cape Canaveral on the fifth try. It flew 1,100 miles out over the Atlantic, and its descendants became the Delta rockets. #TodayInHistory

20 Sep 1777
British conduct bayonet attack at Paoli Massacre, no flints in muskets to ensure surprise.
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Today in Bookish and Literary History, September 20

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Today in Bookish and Literary History, September 19

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📅The First International Statistical Congress held on Sept 19, 1853 in Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪

Organized mainly by Adolphe Quetelet,; 26 countries sent representatives.
Some main goals: standardization of measurements and tables; establish national statistical bureaus

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🎂Sep 19, 1876 Max Otto Lorenz born in Burlington, Iowa, USA 🇺🇸

1905: Lorenz curve (cumulative distribution by rank order, to facilitate study of concentrations, income distribution)

It was an undergrad paper!

📅 September 19, 1893 — New Zealand Grants Women the Right to Vote

A nation down under said, "Hey,
Let women have voting-right say!"
New Zealand led first,
For suffrage they’d thirst—
The nineteenth of September, their day!

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1893: New Zealand becomes the first country to grant all women the right to vote.

1970: Sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" premieres on CBS. #todayinhistory