FRIDAY, Sept. 20, 2024

1830-First National Black convention meets in Philadelphia

1850-Slave trade abolished in D.C., but slavery allowed to continue

1859-Patent granted on the electric range

1951-First North Pole jet crossing

1954-First National People's Congress adopts Chinese constitution

1958-Martin Luther King Jr. stabbed in chest by a deranged black woman in NYC

1960-U.N. General Assembly admit 13 African countries & Cyprus (96 nations)

1973-Billy Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match

1977-Voyager 2 launched for fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

1984-Suicide car bomb attacks U.S. Embassy annex in Beirut

1985-Walt Disney World's 200-millionth guest

1990-Both Germanys ratify reunification

1990-Saddam Hussein demands U.S. networks broadcast his message