Botswana

 Botswana became independent on 30 September 1966. Happy Independence Day!

Corporal Punishment in the 1960s

 Corporal punishment in the 1960s 

Planet Neptune

 On 23 September 1846 Johann Galle became the first man to observe the planet Neptune 

Food and Drink in the 16th Century

 Six years ago I made this video about food and drink in the 16th century https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plmqvPcLabc 

The Barbary Slave Trade

 This is a very interesting video about the Barbary (North African) slave trade. (They captured Europeans and sold them). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mrG9UUKgtI&list=WL&index=2&t=600s 

Songhai Empire

 I found this interesting little article about the Empire of Songhai in Western Africa https://www.ducksters.com/history/africa/songhai_empire.php 

Spanking Harms

 A Washington Post article about how spanking harms

Shot for Desertion

 On 8 September 1914 Private Thomas Highgate aged 19 became the first British soldier to be shot for desertion during the First World War

Battle of Orsha

 On 8 September 1514, The Poles and Lithuanians defeated the Russians at the Battle of Orsha https://localhistories.org/a-brief-history-of-lithuania/

Elizabeth I

 Queen Elizabeth I was born on 7 September 1533 

Kettering

 Kettering began as an Anglo-Saxon village. Its name was Ketter ingas, which means the people of Ketter. Kettering was first mentioned in history in the year 956. Then in 972, the manor of Kettering was granted to the abbey at Peterborough.

Italy

 The first civilization in Italy was the Etruscan, which arose about 800 BC in central Italy. The Etruscans built cities on a grid pattern. Some of these cities still exist (including Arezzo, Chiusi, Cortona, Perugia, and Cerveteri). The Etruscans were also engineers who drained marshes and built roads. They were also skilled artists. The Etruscans made terracotta sculptures and worked in bronze. Their craftsmen also made jewelry of gold and silver.

Malta

 On 4 September 1800 the French in Valetta (the capital of Malta) surrendered to the British. Malta then became a British colony.

Hornchurch

 Hornchurch began as a small village in Essex. It was not mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 but there might have been a tiny hamlet at Hornchurch at that time. Certainly, a village grew up at Hornchurch by the middle of the 12th century. By about 1163 a church had been built at Hornchurch on the site of the present St Andrew’s Church.

In the early 13th century it was called the Horned Church. We do not know why it was called the Horn Church. Perhaps the church building had metal gutters that reminded people of horns. At any rate, the church gave the village of Hornchurch its name.