Today is Thursday, September 25, the 269th day of 2008. There are 97 days left in the year.
1493 _ Columbus sails on second voyage to America
1639 _ First printing press in America
1926 _ Henry Ford announces the 8-hour, 5-day workweek
1926 _ International slavery convention signed by 20 states
1939 _ Versailles Peace Treaty forgot to include Andorra, so Andorra and Germany finally sign an official treaty ending WW I
1956 _ First transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation
1957 _ Soviet 7-year plan (1959-1965) announced
1962 _ Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in first round for heavyweight title
1981 _ Sandra Day O'Connor sworn in as first female supreme court justice
1990 _ Saddam Hussein warns U.S. will repeat Vietnam experience