Today is Saturday, September 25, the 268th day of 2010. There are 97 days left in the year.
1493 ― Columbus sails on second voyage to America
1639 ― First printing press in America
1789 ― Congress proposes Bill of Rights (10 of 12 will ratify)
1890 ―Congress establishes Yosemite National Park (Calif.)
1926 ― Henry Ford announces the eight-hour, five-day workweek
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 seven-year plan (1959-1965) announced
1962 ― Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in first round for heavyweight title
1990 ― U.N. Security Council vote 14-1 to impose air embargo against Iraq