A bit of September 24th history…
1180 - Manuel I Komnenos, last emperor of the Komnenian restoration dies, the Byzantine Empire slips into terminal decline
1529 - Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and his Ottoman troops arrive in Vienna, beginning of the siege
1952 - American fast food restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken, opens its 1st franchise in Salt Lake City, Utah
1976 - “Oh! Calcutta!” revival opens at Edison Theater NYC fro 5,959 performances, Broadway’s longest running musical revue
1990 - Iraq invades the French and Dutch missions in Kuwait, Saddam Hussein states his willingness to strike 1st and his intention to damage oil fields in the region (pictured)
2017 - NFL players kneel, lock arms, or stay in their dressing room during the anthem in protest against comments made by President Trump
2019 - UK Supreme Court rules suspension of UK parliament for 5 weeks as Boris Johnson’s Conservative government was unlawful
2019 - Nancy Pelosi announces formal impeachment inquiry into US President Trump, arguing that he tried to enlist a foreign power fro his own political gain
A bit of September 24th history… 1180 - Manuel I Komnenos, last...