World Record On This Day🌄 September7

Independence Day in Brazil (1822)

1159 – Pope Alexander III was chosen as the successor of Pope Adrian IV in a disputed election.

1778 – Anglo-French War: France invaded the island of Dominica and captured its British fort before the latter even knew that France had allied with the United States.

1936 – The last thylacine died in captivity in Hobart Zoo in Australia.

1940 – Second World War: The Luftwaffe changed their strategy in the Battle of Britain and began bombing London and other British cities and towns for more than 50 consecutive nights (Heinkel bomber pictured).

2010 – A Chinese fishing trawler, operating in disputed waters, collided with Japanese Coast Guard patrol boats near the Senkaku Islands, sparking a major diplomatic dispute between the two countries.

UCJ, UNILORIN.