A bit of September 19th history…
1888 - One of the 1st known modern beauty contests was held in Spa, Belgium
1893 - New Zealand becomes 1st country to grant all women the right to vote
1896 - Beginning of the Bombay plague epidemic with 1st case detected - goes on to spread and kill 12 million in India
1940 - Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz in order to smuggle out information and start a resistance
1961 - Betty and Barney Hill claim they were abducted by aliens; 1st widely publicized report in the US
1991 - Otzi the Iceman, 3300 BCE old mummy is discovered by German tourists in Italian Alps (pictured)
2019 - North America has lost 3 billion birds, 29%, since 1970
A bit of September 19th history… 1888 - One of the 1st known...