HISTORY
On this day September 13-19, 2020 (week 38)
September 13, 2020 - September 19, 2020 - Graphics show birthdays and anniversaries for each day of the week. This week features yellow fever, the first Body Worlds exhibition, the first railway fatality, the Pilgrim Fathers setting sail for North America, the Dutch biologist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Jimi Hendrix and an 8.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Mexico City
September 13, 1990: A physician investigating the transmission of yellow fever was bitten by a mosquito and died of the disease, thus proving that the mosquito was the carrier
September 14, 1995: The first Body Worlds exhibition opened in Tokyo, featuring human bodies preserved by plastination, in which fluids are drained and replaced by certain plastics
September 15, 1830: British MP William Huskisson became the world’s first railway fatality when he was struck by George Stephenson’s train Rocket on its inaugural run
September 16, 1620: Seeking religious freedom, the Pilgrim Fathers set sail from Plymouth, England, aboard the Mayflower to establish a colony in North America
September 17, 1683: Dutch biologist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek described seeing living animalcules (bacteria) when he used a microscope to examine plaque found between his teeth
September 18, 1970: Jimi Hendrix, widely regarded as one of the most influential guitarists in the history of rock music, died of a drug overdose in London at the age of 27
September 19, 1985: An 8.0-magnitude earthquake struck Mexico City, killing over 10,000 people and injuring 30,000. Much of the city was flattened and 250,000 people were left homeless