Today is Saturday, September 11, the 254th day of 2010. There are 111 days left in the year.
1609 ― Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan island
1773 ― Benjamin Franklin writes ``There never was a good war or bad peace."
1789 ― Alexander Hamilton appointed secretary of the treasury
1875 ― First newspaper cartoon strip
1922 ― British mandate of Palestine begins
1950 ― First typesetting machine to dispense with metal type exhibited
1952 ― West German Chancellor Adenauer signs a reparation pact for Jews
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