On This Day in September
 

On September…

1st 1532, who was created Marchioness of Pembroke?

2nd, 1973, which famous author and professor of Anglo Saxon languages at Oxford University died?

3rd 1976, which NASA spacecraft landed on Mars?

4th 1888, which trademark was registered by George Eastman?

5th 1836, Sam Houston was elected as the first President of which republic state?

6th 1997, whose funeral was held at Westminster Abbey?

7th 1986, who became the first black leader of the Anglican church in South Africa?

8th 1831, who was crowned King of Britain?

9th 1960, who was born and went on to become a famous actor and was later arrested in the company of Divine Brown?

10th 1945, which Norwegian traitor was sentenced to death?

11th 1987, which former member of the Wailers was murdered in his Kingston home?

12th 1953, who married Jacqueline Bouvier?

13th 1916, which creator of Charlie Bucket was born?

14th 1982, which star of the film High Noon died in a car accident?

15th 1964, which newspaper was launched to replace the Daily Herald?

16th 1981, who unified the World Welterweight boxing titles when defeating Thomas Hearns?

17th 1983, who became the first African American to be crowned Miss America?

18th 1976, which world leader’s funeral took place in Beijing?

19th 1981, which duo reunited for a free concert in New York’s Central Park?

20th 1973, who beat Bobby Riggs in a tennis match billed as The Battle of the Sexes?

21st 1981, which small nation was granted full independence from the UK?

22nd 1869, which composer’s opera Das Rheingold debuted in the city of Munich?

23rd 1846, which planet was discovered?

24th 1948, which company was founded in Tokyo?

25th, which husband and wife were born on this day in 1944 and 1969 respectively?

26th 1957, which Leonard Bernstein musical opened on Broadway?

27th 1938, which vessel was launched in Glasgow?

28th 1994, what was the name of the car ferry that sank in the Baltic Sea with the loss of 852 lives?

29th 1939, which country was invaded by Germany?

30th 1967, what became the first record to be played on Radio 1?

Answers

1 Anne Boleyn

2 JRR Tolkien

3 Viking 2

4 Kodak

5 Texas

6 Princess Diana

7 Desmond Tutu

8 William IV

9 Hugh Grant

10 Vidkun Quisling

11 Peter Tosh

12 John F Kennedy

13 Roald Dahl

14 Grace Kelly

15 The Sun

16 Sugar Ray Leonard

17 Vanessa Williams

18 Mao Tse Tung

19 Simon & Garfunkel

20 Billie Jean King

21 Belize

22 Richard Wagner

23 Neptune

24 Honda

25 Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones

26 West Side Story

27 Queen Elizabeth liner

28 Estonia

29 Poland

30 Flowers in the Rain