JiuJiu Icebreaker GBD Bartenders bi-weekly blog Sept 13th 2019

September 14, 1812 – Napoleon and his troops first entered Moscow as the retreating Russians set the city on fire. Napoleon found it was impossible to stay through the winter in the ruined city. He then began a retreat from Moscow which became one of the great disasters of military history. Fewer than 20,000 of the original 500,000 men with him survived the Russian campaign.
September 15, 1940 – The height of the Battle of Britain occurred as massive German air raids took place against London, Southampton, Bristol, Cardiff, Liverpool and Manchester. The British claimed 185 German planes were shot down.

September 16, 1976 – The Episcopalian Church in the U.S. approved the ordination of women priests and bishops.

September 17, 1862 – The bloodiest day in U.S. military history occurred as General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate armies were stopped at Antietam in Maryland by General George B. McClellan and numerically superior Union forces. By nightfall 26,000 men were dead, wounded, or missing.

September 19, 1893 – New Zealand became the first country to grant women the right to vote.

September 20, 1973 – The much-hyped “Battle of the Sexes” took place in the Houston Astrodome as tennis player and women’s rights activist, Billie Jean King, defeated self-styled male chauvinist Bobby Riggs in three straight sets. Riggs, a retired tennis champion, had been critical of the quality of women’s tennis.
September 26, 1984 – Britain agreed to allow Hong Kong to revert to Chinese sovereignty in 1997.

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