THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

11- September, 1998 – Commonwealth Games open in Kuala Lumpur

The 16th Commonwealth Games were held for the first time in an Asian country that did not have the British monarchy as the head of the state, 69 countries participated in the games that are held every four years.


12- September, 1992 – First African American woman goes into Space

Mae C. Jemison, a physician, was a Mission Specialist on STS-47 which was the 50th space flight of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program. It was the space shuttle Endeavour’s second flight.


13- September, 1933 – A woman is elected to New Zealand Parliament for the first time

Elizabeth McCombs won the by-elections for the parliamentary seat of Lyttelton, which was held by her husband before he died in August 1933.


14- September, 2000 – Microsoft launches Windows ME

The Millennium Edition was the last of the operating systems of the Windows 9x series.


please wait while file is uploading on server

15- September, 2008 – Lehman Brothers file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy pro

RELATED POST

COMMENTS