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1180 - Battle of Ishibashiyama in Japan.
1607 - Flight of the Earls from Lough Swilly, Donegal, Ireland.
1682 - Bishop Gore School, one of the oldest schools in Wales, founded.
1752 - The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).
1812 - Napoleonic Wars: French grenadiers enter Moscow. The Fire of Moscow begins as soon as Russian troops leave the city.
1814 - Francis Scott Key writes "The Star-Spangled Banner."
1829 - Ottoman Empire signs the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, thus ending the Russo-Turkish War.
1847 - Mexican-American War: Winfield Scott captures Mexico City.
1862 - American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.
1901 - President of the United States William McKinley dies after an assassination attempt on September 6, and is succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt.
1917 - Russia is officially proclaimed a republic.
1923 - Miguel Primo de Rivera becomes dictator of Spain.
1944 - World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city that is liberated by allied forces.
1948 - Groundbreaking for the United Nations headquarters in New York City.
1958 - Two rockets designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, the first German post-war rockets, reach the upper atmosphere.
1959 - The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
1960 - The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
1964 - The opening of the third period of the Second Vatican Council.
1965 - The opening of the fourth and final period of Second Vatican Council.
1975 - The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI.
1982 - President-elect of Lebanon, Bachir Gemayel, is assassinated.
1984 - Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a hot air balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
1987 - The Toronto Blue Jays set a major league record for most home runs in a single game – 10 – versus the Baltimore Orioles at Exhibition Stadium, and the teams combined to tie the record for most homers by two teams – 11. The game also marked the end of Cal Ripken's streak of 8,243 consecutive innings played, which is believed to be the longest, although this is not a record officially kept by MLB.
1990 - Ken Griffey and his son Ken Jr. become the first father-son duo to hit back-to-back home runs.
1994 - The Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike.
1995 - Body Worlds opens in Tokyo, Japan
1998 - Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.
1999 - Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
2001 - Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital.
2003 - In a referendum Sweden rejects adopting the euro.
2003 - Estonia approves joining the European Union in a referendum.
2007 - Restrictions on the traditional Latin Mass are officially removed in the Roman Catholic Church as Pope Benedict XVI's motu proprio Summorum Pontificum takes effect.
2008 - Lehman Files for Bankruptcy; Merrill Lynch Is Sold; a gloomy confirmation of unfolding global credit crisis

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Antigua and Barbuda - Location
Capital: Saint John's
Official languages: English
Government: Constitutional monarchy
Currency: East Caribbean Dollar (XCD)
Population: 85 420
Area: 435,3 km²
Religion: Protestantism
Time Zone: UTC -4
Auto Code: AG
Internet TLD: .ag
Calling code: +1268
Corporate Income Tax: 2-40%
Personal Income Tax: 10-25%
Value Added Tax: 15%
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