Volume 15 , Issue 37

September 30th In History

In the 1913 Issue of The Daily Ardmoreite we found these little tidbits of September 30th in history: 1768 - The British government landed in Boston and occupied the Town House and Fauneil Hall as barracks.

1770 - George Whitefield, one of the founders of methodism, died in Newburyport, Massachusettes. born in England, December 27, 1714.

1781 - Yorktown invested by the American Army and French allies under Washington and Rochambeau.

1799 - The Neapolitans occupied Rome.

1820 - John Lee Carroll, governor of Maryland, 1876-1880, born in Baltimore. Died in Washington, DC, February 27, 1911.

1862 - Confederates victorious at the battle of Newtonia, Missouri.

1874 - The Fiji Islands became British possessions.

1921 - More than 100 persons drowned by the breaking of a mill dam at Austin, Pennsylvania.

1912 - Governments of Bulgaria, Serva and Greece ordered the mobilization of their armies against Turkey.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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