Today is Tuesday, September 25, the 269th day of 2012. There are 97 days left in the year.
1789 ― Congress proposes Bill of Rights (10 of 12 will ratify)
1908 ― Cubs' Ed Reulbach becomes only pitcher to throw Doubleheader shutout
1926 ― International slavery convention signed by 20 states
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
1981 ― Sandra Day O'Connor sworn in as first female supreme court justice
1988 ― Florence Griffith Joyner runs Olympic record 100m in 10.54s
1990 ― U.N. Security Council vote 14-1 to impose air embargo against Iraq