SEPTEMBER 1, 1942: U-756 is discovered by radar astern of convoy SC-97 in the mid-Atlantic. His Majesty’s Canadian Ship Morden launches three depth charge attacks. Two days later the U-boat is listed as missing. Years later the corvette is given credit for the U-boat’s destruction.
SEPTEMBER 2, 1945: Japan signs an unconditional surrender, bringing to an end six years of war.
SEPTEMBER 3, 1943: The Allied invasion of mainland Italy begins.
SEPTEMBER 4, 1985: The first photographs of the wreck of the Titanic are released to the public. The ship sank in 1912 with a loss of 1,500 lives.
SEPTEMBER 5, 1945: The defection of a Soviet embassy worker exposes a Soviet spy ring in Canada.
SEPTEMBER 6, 1970: Four airlines bound for the United States are hijacked over Western Europe by a militant Palestinian group.
SEPTEMBER 7-13, 1942: During a disastrous week at sea, three Royal Canadian Navy ships are sunk by U-boats.
SEPTEMBER 14, 1889: Close to 400 Canadian voyageurs depart Halifax for Nile Expedition.
SEPTEMBER 15, 1993: Canadian Forces personnel, while peacekeeping in Croatia, become involved in a fierce firefight. The forces involved in the Medak Pocket are 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry and Croat troops.
SEPTEMBER 16, 2003: Operation Peregrine ends. The operation saw 2,200 Canadian Forces personnel help fight forest fires in British Columbia.
SEPTEMBER 17, 1944: Commencement of ill-fated Operation Market Garden, a bold attempt by Allied forces to bring the Second World War to an end by crossing the Rhine using a combined airborne drop and armoured advance.
SEPTEMBER 18, 1987: The Superpowers—the United States and U.S.S.R. agree to reduce the number of their nuclear war heads.
SEPTEMBER 19, 1950: United States X Corps begins to encircle Seoul, South Korea. Communist forces flee as Eighth Army advances to the north and west.
SEPTEMBER 20, 1984: A huge blast from a car bomb kills at least 20 and injures many more at the United States Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon.
SEPTEMBER 21, 1812: American forces raid the village of Gananoque in the Thousand Islands east of Kingston, Ont.
SEPTEMBER 22, 1944: After an abortive attempt to break into the Breskens Pocket on Sept. 13, the Algonquin Regiment is again badly damaged while attempting to gain access to the pocket via the Isabella polder.
SEPTEMBER 23, 1976: A fire on the British warship Glasgow kills eight.
SEPTEMBER 24, 1988: Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson wins gold in the 100-metre race at the Olympic games in Seoul, South Korea. He is later stripped of his medal after testing positive for anabolic steroids.
SEPTEMBER 25, 1990: In Iraq, President Saddam Hussein tells the United States that war with Iraq will be an experience not unlike the U.S. experience during the Vietnam War.
SEPTEMBER 26, 1904: Earl Grey is appointed Governor General of Canada.
SEPTEMBER 27, 1996: Kabul, Afghanistan, is a wartorn city, caught in the grip of Taliban Forces.
SEPTEMBER 28, 1972: Paul Henderson scores for Team Canada, giving Canada the win in the Canada-Russia hockey series.
SEPTEMBER 29, 1950: General Douglas MacArthur and Korean leader Syngman Rhee arrive in Seoul shortly after the city is liberated.
SEPTEMBER 30, 1811: General Brock becomes Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada.
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