FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Today is Friday, September 11, the 254th day of 2015. There are 111 days left in the year.

1773 ― Benjamin Franklin writes “There never was a good war or bad peace.”

1875 ― First newspaper cartoon strip

1922 ― British mandate of Palestine begins

1936 ― FDR dedicates Boulder Dam, now known as Hoover Dam

1941 ― FDR orders any Axis ship found in American waters be shot on sight

1952 ― West German Chancellor Adenauer signs a reparation pact for Jews

1954 ― First Miss America TV broadcast

1961 ― Bob Dylan's first NY performance

1962 ― Beatles cut “Love Me Do” & “PS I Love You”

1973 ― Chile's President, Salvador Allende, deposed in a military coup

2001 ― The worst terrorist attack on American soil; 2819-plus people die as a result of hijacked airplane attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Western Pennsylvania