September:
Today in History, Holidays, and Fun Facts
| 1 | 1923 - Japan's Great Kanto Earthquake 1939 - Nazi Germany Invaded Poland, Starting World War II |
| 2 | 1666 - Start of the Great Fire in London 1789 - Establishment of the U.S. Treasury Department 1945 - V-J Day: Japan's Formal Surrender |
| 3 | 1189 - Richard I--the "Lionhearted"--Crowned
at Westminster Abbey 1783 - Treaty of Paris Signed between Great Britain and the United States |
| 4 | 1781 - Los Angeles Founded by the Spanish 1888 - Kodak Trademark Patented by George Eastman |
| 5 | 1774 - Meeting of the First Continental
Congress in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1905 - Treaty of Portsmouth Signed |
| 6 | 1901 - President William McKinley Shot by an Anarchist in Buffalo, New York |
| 7 | 1822 - Brazil independent 1940 - Start of the German Blitzkrieg over London |
| 8 | 1966 - Television Premiere of
Star Trek 1974 - Richard Nixon Pardoned by Gerald Ford |
| 9 | 1850 - California Became a State 1948 - Birth of People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) |
| 10 | 1846 - Patent Granted to Elias Howe for His
Sewing Machine 1963 - Twenty African-American Students Entered Public Schools in Three Alabama Cities under the Protection of the National Guard |
| 11 | 1936 - Boulder (Now "Hoover") Dam Dedicated
by Franklin Delano Roosevelt 2001 - Terrorist Hijacked Four Planes: Two were used to knock down the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, a third crashed into the Pentagon, and a fourth crashed outside of Shanksville, Pennsylvania. |
| 12 | 1609 - Henry Hudson Began Exploring the
Hudson River 1953 - Jacqueline Bouvier and John Fitzgerald Kennedy Married |
| 13 | 1941 - Chiang Kai-Shek Became China's President |
| 14 | 1814 - Francis Scott Key composed "The Star
Spangled Banner" 1940 - Selective Service Act Passed by Congress |
| 15 | September 15-October 15 -
Hispanic Heritage Month 1821 - Independence for Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador 1935 - Nuremberg Laws Enacted in Germany 1963 - Bombing of a Church in Birmingham, Alabama, Killed Four African-American Girls |
| 16 | 1630 - Shawmut, Massachusetts, Changed Its
Name to Boston 1919 - American Legion Incorporated by the U.S. Congress 1975 - Independence for Papua New Guinea |
| 17 | 1787 - Completion of the U.S. Constitution 1862 - Battle of Antietam (U.S. Civil War) 1920 - American Professional Football Association (today's NFL) Organized in Canton, Ohio |
| 18 | 1810 - Chile Independent 1850 - Fugitive Slave Act Passed by the U.S. Congress 1947 - National Security Act Passed |
| 19 | 2001 - Combat Aircraft Ordered to the Persian Gulf by the U.S. Government |
| 20 | 1870 - Papal States Taken from the French by
Victor Emmanuel II 2001 - Tom Ridge Named as Head of the Office of Homeland Security by U.S. President George W. Bush |
| 21 | 1792 - Monarchy Abolished by the French
National Convention 1949 - People's Republic of China Proclaimed 1964 - Malta Independent 1981 - Belize Independent |
| 22 | 1792 - French Republic Proclaimed |
| 23 | 1779 - "I Have Not Yet Begun to Fight!" Proclaimed by John Paul Jones from the Warship Bonhomme Richard |
| 24 | 1789 - First Judiciary Act Passed by
Congress 1957 - Last Game by the Brooklyn Dodgers Played at Ebbets Field |
| 25 | 1775 - Capture of Ethan Allen during the
American Revolutionary War 1890 - Polygamy Renounced by the Mormon Church 1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor, First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Sworn In |
| 26 | 1789 - Thomas Jefferson Appointed Secretary
of State by President George Washington 1914 - Establishment of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) |
| 27 | 1540 - Charter for the Society of Jesus
(Jesuits) Approved by Pope Paul II 1939 - Surrender of Warsaw, Poland, to Nazi German Forces 1964 - Conclusion of the Warren Commission |
| 28 | 1542 - San Diego Reached by Portuguese
Explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo 1939 - Nazi-Soviet Pact |
| 29 | 1399 - Abdication of England's Richard II |
| 30 | 1938 - Munich Pact Signed 1949 - End of the Berlin Airlift 1966 - Botswana Independent |
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