September On This Day In History
9/3
31 BC - Battle of Actium - forces of Octavian defeat troops of Mark Antony and Cleopatra.
1666 - Great Fire of London begins - 80% of London is destroyed
1902 - "A Trip To The Moon", the first science fiction film, released
1969 - The first automatic teller machine in the U.S. is installed in Rockville Center, New York.
1944 - Anne Frank was sent to Auschwitz
9/4
1972 - Mark Spitz became the first person to win 7 gold medals at a single Olympic event.
2002 - Singer Kelly Clarkson was voted the first "American Idol"
2006 - "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin died
1888 - George Eastman received a patent
1981 - Singer Beyonce Knowles was born
9/5
1793 - In the French Revolution, the "Reign of Terror" begins
1836 - Sam Houston elected president of Republic of Texas
1885 - 1st gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer (Ft Wayne, Ind)
1966 - Jerry Lewis' 1st Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $15,000
1994 - San Francisco 49ers Jerry Rice catches NFL record 127th touchdown pass
9/6
1901, President William B. McKinley was shot and mortally wounded
1916 – The Piggly Wiggly opened in Memphis, Tenn., by Clarence Saunders.
2007 - Opera singer Luciano Pavarotti died at age 71.
1997 – A funeral service for Princess Diana took place at Westminster Abbey.
1941 – Jews over the age of 6 in German-occupied areas were ordered to wear yellow stars
9/7
1979 - ESPN made its cable TV debut.
1996 - Rapper Tupac Shakur was shot
1977 - The Panama Canal treaty
1822 - Brazil declared its independence from Portugal.
1813 - The U.S. gets the nickname, Uncle Sam.
9/8
1504 - Michelangelo's David is unveiled
1565 - 1st permanent settlement in US forms
1882 - 1st appearance of "Pledge of Allegiance"
In its original form it read:
"I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
1966 - "Star Trek" premieres
1974 - President Ford pardons former President Nixon
9/9
2009 - Rep. Joe Wilson, shouted "You lie!"
1976 - Communist Chinese leader Mao Zedong died.
1776 - Congress renames the country as the United States of America (Was the United Colonies)
1904 - Mounted police 1st used in NYC
1971 - John Lennon releases "Imagine" album
9/10
1610 - John Smith was elected president of the Jamestown colony council in Virginia.
1846 - Elias Howe received a patent for the sewing machine.
1924 - Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb sentenced to life in prison.
2000 - "Cats" closed. It is the longest-running show in Broadway history, 7,485 shows.
1968 – Rapper Big Daddy Kane was born
9/11
2001 –The World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania.
2009 - Michael Jordan goes into the basketball Hall of Fame.
1985 - Pete Rose gets his 4,192nd hit
1997 - Scots voted to create their own Parliament after 290 years of union with England.
1789 - Alexander Hamilton became the first secretary of the treasury
9/12
1609 - English explorer Henry Hudson sailed into a river.
1944 - U.S. troops entered Germany for the first time
1953 - Sen. John F. Kennedy married Jacqueline Lee Bouvier
2003 - Johnny Cash died at age 71.
1959 - "Bonanza" premiered on NBC.
9/13
1788 - Congress authorized first national election and made New York City the temporary national capital.
1943 - Chiang Kai-shek became president of China.
1948 – Margaret Smith became first woman to serve in senate & congress
1949 - The Ladies Professional Golf Association of America was formed
2001 - Osama bin Laden named as the prime suspect in the 9/11
9/14
1901 – President McKinley dies.
1959 - Luna 2 became the first man-made object to reach the moon
1814 - Francis Scott Key wrote the lyrics to "The Star-Spangled Banner"
1940 - Congress passed the first peacetime draft in U.S. history.
1994 - The remainder of the major league baseball season was cancelled
9/15
1904 - Wilbur Wright makes his 1st airplane flight
1928 - Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
2008 - Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy
2004 - National Hockey League owners locked out the players.
1935 - The Nuremberg Laws went into effect.
9/16
1630 - The village of Shawmut changed its name to Boston.
1979 - Flo Rida, American entertainer, was born
1932 – Gandhi begins fast in protest of caste separation
1908 - General Motors were formed
1992 – Nick Jonas, American singer, was born
9/17
1862 - Battle of Antietam
1787 - The U.S. Constitution was completed and signed
1972 - The comedy series "M.A.S.H." premiered on CBS.
1920 - The American Professional Football Association - a precursor of the National Football League - was formed
1976 - NASA unveiled the space shuttle Enterprise.
9/18
1947 - The National Security Act
1793 – The Capitol cornerstone is put in place substitute
1862 - Robert E. Lee’s army heads back to Virginia. George B. McClellan does not follow.
1974 - Patricia Hearst was kidnapped
1973 - Future President Jimmy Carter files a report claiming he had seen an UFO in October 1969.
9/19
1881 – President James A. Garfield died.
1934 - Bruno Hauptmann was arrested for the kidnap-murder of the Lindbergh baby.
2010 - The BP oil well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico was sealed
1995 - Unabomber's manifesto was published.
1930 - Adam West, Actor ("Batman"), was born.
9/20/16
1519 - Ferdinand Magellan set out from Spain
1881 - Chester A. Arthur became president
1998 - Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles sat out a game
480 BC – Battle of Salamis
2001 – President Bush declares a war on Terror
9/21
1954 - 1st nuclear submarine, USS Nautilus, commissioned
2008 - The final home game is played at Yankee Stadium
1970 - "NFL Monday Night Football" debuted on ABC.
1937 - The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien was published.
2001- Congress approved $15 billion to help an airline industry
9/22
1776 - The British hanged Nathan Hale as a spy
2008 - The U.S. Mint unveiled the first changes to the penny in 50 years
2004 - "Lost" premiered on ABC.
1949 - The Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb.
1862 - Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
9/23
1952 - Vice-presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon went on television to deliver the ``Checkers'' speech
63B.C. - Caesar Augustus was born in Rome.
1779 - John Paul Jones is said to have declared, "I have not yet begun to fight!" during a naval battle.
1806 - The Lewis and Clark expedition returned to St. Louis from the Pacific Northwest.
1846 - Neptune was discovered
9/24
1996 - The United States signed a treaty to end all testing and development of nuclear weapons.
1968 - "60 Minutes" premiered on CBS.
1789 - Congress passed the First Judiciary Act
1957 - The Brooklyn Dodgers played their last game at Ebbets Field
1936 - Jim Henson was born
9/25
1493 - Christopher Columbus set sail on his second voyage
1775 - Ethan Allen was captured by the British
1789 - The first United States Congress adopted 12 amendments to the Constitution
1956 - The first trans-Atlantic telephone cable went into service.
1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor was sworn in as the first female justice of the Supreme Court.
9/26
1960 - The first televised presidential debate
1789 - Thomas Jefferson was appointed America's first secretary of state
1957 - The musical "West Side Story" opened on Broadway.
1969 - The album "Abbey Road" by the Beatles was released.
1914 - The Federal Trade Commission was established.
9/27
1964 - The Warren Commission concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone.
1540 - Pope Paul III issued a papal bull establishing the Society of Jesus, or Jesuits
1825 - The first locomotive to haul a passenger train was operated
1928 - The United States recognized the Nationalist Chinese government.
1999 - Tiger Stadium closed after 87 years as home of baseball's Detroit Tigers.
9/28
1066 - William the Conqueror invades England
1781 - 9,000 American and 7,000 French troops begin siege of Yorktown
1988 - LA Dodger Orel Hershiser sets record for consecutive scoreless inns
1982 - 1st reports about cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules
1941 - Ted Williams ended the baseball season with a .406 avg
9/29
1789 - The U.S. War Department established a regular army
1954 - Willie Mays made a running catch with his back to home plate in Game 1 of the World Series.
1957 - Baseball's New York Giants played their last game at the Polo Grounds
480BC - Battle of Salamis
1915 - Philadelphia Phillies clinch their 1st pennant
9/30
1938 - Nazi Germany annex Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland.
2007 - Brett Favre completed his 421st career touchdown pass, breaking NFL record
1982 - The situation comedy "Cheers" premiered on NBC.
1946 - 22 top Nazi leaders found guilty of war crimes.
1955 - Actor James Dean was killed in a car accident at age 24.
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