This Day In History

This Day in History for September 25 – Central High Desegregated and More
This Day in History for September 25 – Central High Desegregated and More
This Day in History for September 25 – Central High Desegregated and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1775 – Continental Army Colonel Ethan Allen is captured by the British (More info) 1789 – The first Congress of the United States approves 12 amendments to the US Constitution, the first 10 of which become the Bill of Rights (More info) 1911 – Ground is broken for Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts (More info) 1957
This Day in History for September 22 – Emancipation Proclamation Issued and More
This Day in History for September 22 – Emancipation Proclamation Issued and More
This Day in History for September 22 – Emancipation Proclamation Issued and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1789 – The office of United States Postmaster General is established (More info) 1862 – President Abraham Lincoln issues the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which proposes to free all slaves of rebel states as of January 1, 1863 (More info)
This Day in History for September 14 – Roosevelt Takes Office and More
This Day in History for September 14 – Roosevelt Takes Office and More
This Day in History for September 14 – Roosevelt Takes Office and More
1901 – US President William McKinley dies after a September 6 assassination attempt and is succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt (More info) 1927 – Modern dance pioneer Isadora Duncan is killed in a bizarre accident when the enormous silk scarf around her neck gets tangled in the rear hubcaps of her moving car (More info)
This Day in History for September 13 – Oslo Accords Signed and More
This Day in History for September 13 – Oslo Accords Signed and More
This Day in History for September 13 – Oslo Accords Signed and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1814 – Francis Scott Key pens a poem which is later set to music and in 1931 becomes America’s national anthem, ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ (More info) 1898 – Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film (More info)
This Day in History for September 9 – California Gains Statehood and More
This Day in History for September 9 – California Gains Statehood and More
This Day in History for September 9 – California Gains Statehood and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1776 – The Second Continental Congress changes the name of the nation from the United Colonies to the United States of America (More info) 1850 – California is admitted as the 31st US state, bypassing the usual waiting period of being a territory first (More info)
This Day in History for September 6 – Ripken Breaks Record and More
This Day in History for September 6 – Ripken Breaks Record and More
This Day in History for September 6 – Ripken Breaks Record and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1522 – The Victoria, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition, returns to Spain, thus becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the globe (More info) 1901 – Anarchist Leon Czolgosz shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York (More info)

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