This week in history

September 21, 1937 – JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit is published for the first time

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is a young adult fantasy novel that follows the adventures of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins as he traverses through Middle Earth to find treasure guarded by a dragon named Smaug.


September 22, 1869 – Richard Wagner's opera Das Rheingold or The Rhine Gold is heard for the first time

The first of four musical works of art that constitute Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, Das Rheingold was played at the National Theatre in Munich. The other three music dramas are Die Walküre or The Valkyrie, Siegfried, and Götterdämmerung or Twilight of the Gods.


September 23, 1889 – Nintendo is founded

The Japanese gaming company was created by entrepreneur Fusajiro Yamauchi as a card company called Nintendo Koppai, which was based in Kyoto. The company originally produced and sold playing cards called Hanafuda. The release of Donkey Kong, an arcade game in 1981, brought Nintendo to the forefront of electronic and video games industry.


September 24, 1957 – Largest stadium opened in Spain

Camp Nou, a stadium that seats over 99,000 opens its doors for football fans situated in Barcelona, Spain, it is the largest stadium in Europe and the 11th largest in the world.


September 25, 1977 – Runners run the first Chicago Marathon

One of the world's six major marathons, which include the marathons in Berlin, Boston, London, New York, and Tokyo, the Chicago Marathon was initially called the Mayor Daley Marathon. The first race was won by Rhud Metzner.


September 26, 1959 – Typhoon Vera hits Japan

The category five typhoon is thought to be the strongest typhoon to impact the island country in recorded history. The resulting rain, landslides, and damage caused the deaths of about 5000 people in Japan.


September 27, 1937 – The Bali Tiger goes extinct

Native to the Indonesian island of Bali, the Bali Tiger was made extinct due to human activities and hunting. On this day, the last known adult Balinese tiger was shot dead.

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