A bit of September 27th history…
1066 - William the Conqueror’s troops set sail for England
1779 - John Adams negotiates Revolutionary War peace terms with Great Britain
1822 - French scholar Jean-Francois Champollion announces he has deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics using the Rosetta Stone(pictured)
1825 - George Stephenson’s “Locomotion No 1″ becomes the 1st steam locomotive to carry passengers on a public rail line - England
1905 - E=mc² is introduced in Einstein’s published paper “Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon its Energy Content”
1912 - W.C. Handy publishes “Memphis Blues”, considered the 1st blues song
1962 - “Silent Spring” is published about the impacts of pesticide use in the US on the environment
1964 - Findings of the Warren Commission into the assassination of President Kennedy are released, finds Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone
2015 - A “Supermoon” coincides with a lunar eclipse creating a “Blood Moon” over much of the earth (pictured below)
A bit of September 27th history… 1066 - William the Conqueror’s...