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1440 – French knight Gilles de Rais serial killers , was taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by the Bishop of Nantes .1831 – The John Bull (pictured) , the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world, ran for the first time in New Jersey on the Camden and Amboy Railroad .1916 – Tanks , the "secret weapons" of the British Army during the First World War , were first used in combat at the Battle of the Somme Somme , Picardy , France, leading to strategic Allied victory.1944 – American and Australian forces landed on the Japanese-occupied island of Morotai , starting the Battle of Morotai 1963 – A bomb planted by members of the Ku Klux Klan exploded 16th Street Baptist Church , an African American Baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama , US, killing four children and injuring at least 22 others.More anniversaries: September 14 –September 15 September 16
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This painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme , now held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art , was produced after he visited Asia Minor in 1868. According to the museum, "Gérôme's virtuosic treatment of textures provides a sumptuous counterpoint to the figure’s dignified bearing".
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