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MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023

1493 ― Columbus sets sails on second voyage to America1513 ― Vasco Nunez de Balboa becomes first European to see the Pacific Ocean1639 ― First printing press established in America1690 ― Publick Occurrences, first U.S. (Boston) newspaper, publish first and last editions1882 ― First baseball doubleheader (Providence versus Worcester)1890 ― Congress establishes Yosemite National Park in California1939 ― Versailles Peace Treaty forgot to include Andorra; Andorra & Germany sign official treaty ending WWI1981 ― Sandra Day O'Connor sworn in as first female Supreme Court justice1982 ― Pennsylvania prison guard George Banks kills 13, including 5 of his own children1990 ― U.N. Security Council vote 14-1 to impose air embargo against Iraq1991 ― The Paramount at Madison Square Garden in NYC opens

Sep 24, 2023

FRIDAY, Sept. 22, 2023

1692 ― Last person hanged for witchcraft in U.S.1756 ― Nassau Hall opens at Princeton University1784 ― Russian trappers established a colony on Kodiak Island, AK1862 ― President Lincoln, says he will free slaves in all states on Jan. 11863 ― President Lincoln makes his Emancipation Proclamation speech1893 ― First automobile built in U.S. (by Duryea brothers) runs in Springfield1903 ― Italo Marchiony granted patent for the ice cream cone1919 ― Steel strike begins in U.S.1949 ― USSR detonates its first atomic bomb1955 ― Commercial TV begins in England1960 ― Mali (without Senegal) gains independence from France (National Day)1980 ― Iraqi troops seize part of Iran in a border dispute; war begins1988 ― South Korean coach and team attack New Zealand referee after losing match to Bulgaria, the Olympic Korean boxer stages a 67-minute sit-in1991 ― Dead Sea Scrolls made public

Sep 21, 2023

THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023

1451 ― Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa orders Jews of Holland to wear a badge1784 ― Pennsylvania Packet & General Advertiser, the first daily newspaper in America issued1792 ― First French Republic declared1893 ― Frank Duryea drives first U.S.-made gas-propelled vehicle1895 ― Duryea Motor Wagon Company, the first auto manufacturer, opens1897 ― NY Sun runs famous "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" editorial1937 ― J.R.R. Tolkien publishes "The Hobbit"1949 ― People's Republic of China proclaimed1981 ― Belize gains independence from Britain (National Day)1981 ― Sandra Day O'Connor becomes first female Supreme Court justice1986 ― NY Jets beat Miami Dolphins 51-45 in OT with a record 884 passing yards1991 ― Armenia votes on whether to remain in the Soviet Union

Sep 20, 2023

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 20, 2023

622 ― Mohammad's Hegira1519 ― Magellan starts first successful circumnavigation of the world1664 ― Maryland enacts first anti-amalgamation law to prevent widespread intermarriage of English women and Black men1830 ― First National Black convention (Philadelphia)1850 ― Slave trade abolished in D.C., but slavery allowed to continue1860 ― First British royalty to visit U.S., Prince of Wales (King Edward VII)1877 ― Chase National Bank opens in NYC (later merges into Chase Manhattan)1951 ― First North Pole jet crossing1954 ― First FORTRAN computer program run1954 ― First National People's Congress adopts Chinese constitution1958 ― Martin Luther King Jr. stabbed in chest by deranged woman in NYC1985 ― Walt Disney World's receives 200-millionth guest1990 ― Both Germanys ratify reunification

Sep 19, 2023

TUESDAY, Sept. 19, 2023

1356 ― English defeat French at Battle of Poitiers1796 ― George Washington's farewell address as president1848 ― Bond (U.S.) & Lassell (England) independently discover Hyperion, moon of Saturn1849 ― First commercial laundry established in Oakland, California1890 ― Turkish frigate "Ertogrul" burns off Japan, 540 die1928 ― Mickey Mouse's screen debut (“Steamboat Willie” at Colony Theater NYC)1940 ― Nazi decree forbids gentile women to work in Jewish homes1956 ― First int'l conference of Black writers and artists meets (Sorbonne)1957 ― First underground nuclear explosion (Las Vegas, Nevada)1968 ― Baby born on Golden Gate Bridge (those Marin County folk!)1983 ― St. Christopher-Nevis gains independence from Britain (Nat'l Day)1986 ― Federal health officials announce AZT will be available to AIDS patients

Sep 18, 2023

MONDAY, Sept. 18, 2023

1759 ― British capture Quebec during French and Indian War1769 ― Boston Gazette reports first U.S. piano (a spinet)1793 ― Washington lays cornerstone of Capitol Building1810 ― Chile declares independence from Spain (National Day)1851 ― NY Times starts publishing1914 ―Germans defeat French at Battle of Aisne in WWI1945 ― 1000 whites walk out of Gary Indiana schools to protest integration1977 ― U.S. Voyager I takes first space photograph of Earth and moon together1979 ― Steven Lachs, appointed California's first openly gay judge1982 ― Christian militia begins massacre of 600 Palestinians in Lebanon1990 ― A 500 lb 6' Hershey Kiss is displayed at Times Square, NYC

Sep 17, 2023

FRIDAY, Sept. 15, 2023

1789 ― Department of Foreign Affairs renamed Department of State1830 ― First human run-over by a railroad train (William Huskisson, England)1853 ― First U.S. woman ordained a minister, Antoinette Blackwell1887 ― Philadelphia celebrates 100th anniversary of U.S. Constitution1894 ― Japan defeats China in Battle of Pyongyang1913 ― First U.S. milch goat show held, Rochester, NY1917 ― Russia proclaimed as republic by Alexander Kerensky1935 ― Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship, makes the swastika the official symbol of Nazi Germany1941 ― Nazis kill 800 Jewish women at Shkudvil, Lithuania1950 ― During Korean War, U.N. forces land at Incheon in the south1982 ― First issue of "USA Today" published by Gannett Co Inc1990 ― Florida lottery goes over $100,000,000

Sep 14, 2023
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