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August 23
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1927
Sacco and Vanzetti executed
Despite worldwide demonstrations in support of their innocence, Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are executed for murder. On April 15, 1920, a paymaster for a shoe company in South Braintree, Massachusetts, was shot and killed along with his guard. The murderers, who were described as two Italian men, escaped with more than... read more
21st CENTURY
2021
FDA fully approves the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
1990s
1999
New York City reports first cases of West Nile virus
1960s
1968
Black soldiers stage sit-in at Fort Hood
American Revolution
1784
State of Franklin declares independence
Art, Literature, and Film History
1970
Lou Reed plays his last show with the Velvet Underground
2000
First "Survivor" finale airs
Civil War
1861
Confederate spy Rose O'Neal Greenhow is arrested
Crime
2006
Austrian teen escapes after eight years in captivity
INVENTIONS & SCIENCE
1856
Eunice Foote’s research on global warming is presented publicly
Roaring Twenties
1926
Valentino dies
Sports
1947
First Little League World Series champion crowned
1989
Pete Rose gets booted from baseball
U.S. Presidents
1814
Dolley Madison saves portrait from British
World War I
1914
Battle of Mons
World War II
1939
Germany, Soviet Union sign non-aggression pact
1945
Marcario García becomes first Mexican national to receive U.S. Medal of Honor

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August 24
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Mount Vesuvius erupts
On August 24, after centuries of dormancy, Mount Vesuvius erupts in southern Italy, devastating the prosperous Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum and killing thousands. The cities, buried under a thick layer of volcanic material and mud, were never rebuilt and largely forgotten in the course of... read more
Cold War
1954
Congress passes Communist Control Act
Crime
1981
John Lennon's killer sentenced
1982
Wall Street informer, Martin Siegel, hatches insider trading scheme
2012
Killer in Norway massacre is sentenced
France
1572
Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre
Mexico
1821
Spain accepts Mexican independence
Sports
1875
Captain Webb becomes first person to swim the English Channel
Vietnam War
1969
U.S. unit refuses commander's order
War of 1812
1814
British troops set fire to the White House
Westward Expansion
1873
Elusive Mount of the Holy Cross photographed
World War I
1914
Poet Alan Seeger volunteers in French army
SPACE EXPLORATION
2006
Pluto is demoted

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August 25
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1944
Paris is liberated after four years of Nazi occupation
After more than four years of Nazi occupation, Paris is liberated by the French 2nd Armored Division and the U.S. 4th Infantry Division. German resistance was light, and General Dietrich von Choltitz, commander of the German garrison, defied an order by Adolf Hitler to blow up Paris’ landmarks and burn the city... read more
1980s
1985
Samantha Smith dies in plane crash
21st Century
2009
Ted Kennedy, "liberal lion of the Senate," dies at 77
Art, Literature, and Film History
1939
"The Wizard of Oz" opens in U.S. theaters
1962
Little Eva earns a #1 hit with "Loco-Motion"
Crime
1984
Truman Capote, author of "In Cold Blood," dies
Exploration
1875
Englishman swims the Channel
Natural Disasters & Environment
1979
Hurricane David is born
Religion
325
Council of Nicaea concludes
U.S. Presidents
1950
Truman orders army to seize control of railroads
Westward Expansion
1896
Outlaw Bill Doolin is killed
World War I
1914
Germans burn Belgian town of Louvain
World War II
1945
An American missionary to China becomes the first casualty of the Cold War
19th Century
1835
"The Great Moon Hoax" is published in the "New York Sun"

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August 26
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1939
First televised Major League baseball game
On August 26, 1939, the first televised Major League baseball game is broadcast on station W2XBS, the station that was to become WNBC-TV. Announcer Red Barber called the game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York. At the time, television was still... read more
Art, Literature, and Film History
1978
"Grease" movie soundtrack earns its second #1 hit
Cold War
1957
Russia tests an intercontinental ballistic missile
Crime
1986
"Preppy Murder" stuns New York
France
1346
Battle of Crecy
U.S. Presidents
1794
President George Washington decides to subdue Whiskey Rebellion
U.S. Politics
1968
Democratic convention besieged by protesters
1964
Lyndon B. Johnson receives Democratic nomination for president
United States Constitution
1920
19th Amendment adopted
World War I
1914
Battle of Tannenberg begins
Sports
2016
Quarterback Colin Kaepernick sits during national anthem, gives interview about it for the first time

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August 27
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1883
Krakatoa explodes
One of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in recorded history occurs on Krakatoa (also called Krakatau), a small, uninhabited volcanic island located west of Sumatra in Indonesia, on August 27, 1883. Heard 3,000 miles away, the explosions threw five cubic miles of earth 50 miles... read more
American Revolution
1776
British forces defeat Patriots in the Battle of Brooklyn
Art, Literature, and Film History
1955
"The Guinness Book of Records" debuts
1967
Beatles manager Brian Epstein dies
Cold War
1952
"Red Scare" dominates American politics
Crime
1979
Lord Mountbatten killed by IRA
2007
NFL star Michael Vick pleads guilty in dogfighting case
SPORTS
1976
Transgender athlete Renée Richards barred from U.S. Open
U.S. Presidents
1908
Lyndon B. Johnson is born
Westward Expansion
1875
Tycoon William Ralston drowns
World War I
1916
Romania enters World War I

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August 28
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1955
Emmett Till is murdered
On August 28, 1955, while visiting family in Money, Mississippi, 14-year-old Emmett Till, an African American from Chicago, is brutally murdered for allegedly flirting with a white woman four days earlier. His assailants—the white woman's husband and her brother—made Emmett carry a 75-pound cotton ... read more
 
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Africa
1879
Zulu king captured
Black History
1963
Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington
Crime
1990
Murdered students are discovered at the University of Florida
Germany
1988
Air-show accident burns spectators
Great Britain
1996
Charles and Diana divorce
Religion
1774
St. Elizabeth born in New York City
U.S. Presidents
1917
President Woodrow Wilson picketed by women suffragists
U.S. Politics
1968
Protests at Democratic National Convention in Chicago
Westward Expansion
1869
Three leave Powell's Grand Canyon expedition
World War II
1941
Mass slaughter in Ukraine

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August 29
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2005
Hurricane Katrina slams into Gulf Coast
Hurricane Katrina makes landfall near New Orleans, Louisiana, as a Category 3 hurricane on August 29, 2005. Despite being only the third most powerful storm of the 2005 hurricane season, Katrina was among the worst natural disasters in the history of the United States. In the wake of the storm, there were over 50 failures of the levees and flood walls surrounding New Orleans and its sub... read more
1980s
1987
HIV-positive Ray brothers' home burned down
Ancient Americas
1533
Pizarro executes last Inca emperor
Art, Literature, and Film History
1958
Michael Jackson is born
1982
Actress Ingrid Bergman dies on her birthday
Civil War
1862
North and South clash at the Second Battle of Bull Run
Cold War
1949
Soviets explode atomic bomb
Crime
2007
Richard Jewell, hero security guard wrongly accused as Olympic bombing suspect, dies
Inventions & Science
1876
Charles F. Kettering, inventor of electric self-starter, is born
Natural Disasters & Environment
1960
Hurricane Donna is born
Sports
2004
Brazilian marathoner assaulted at Olympics
U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
2008
Republican John McCain selects Sarah Palin as his running mate
Vietnam War
1970
Thousands of Mexican-American antiwar activists march in Chicano Moratorium
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY
1911
Ishi discovered in California
1970
Native American group occupies Mount Rushmore to protest broken Treaty of Fort Laramie
World War I
1914
Women join British war effort

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August 30
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1967
Thurgood Marshall confirmed as Supreme Court justice
On August 30, 1967, Thurgood Marshall becomes the first African American to be confirmed as a Supreme Court justice. He would remain on the Supreme Court for 24 years before retiring for health reasons, leaving a legacy of upholding the rights of the individual as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution... read more
American Revolution
1776
Washington refuses British general's letter of reconciliation
Art, Literature, and Film History
1980
Christopher Cross has his first of two #1 hits with "Sailing"
2003
Movie tough guy Charles Bronson dies
Black History
1983
Guion S. Bluford becomes the first African American to travel to space
Crime
1989
A murdering couple is sentenced to death
Inventions & Science
2006
California Senate passes Global Warming Solutions Act
Russia
1918
Vladimir Lenin shot
U.S. Presidents
1963
Hotline established between Washington and Moscow
Vietnam War
1969
Ho Chi Minh responds to Nixon letter

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August 31
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1997
Princess Diana dies in a car crash
Shortly after midnight on August 31, 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales—affectionately known as "the People's Princess"—dies in a car crash in Paris. She was 36. Her boyfriend, the Egyptian-born socialite Dodi Fayed, and the driver of the car, Henri Paul, died as well. Princess Diana was one of the m... read more
American Revolution
1777
Sam Mason survives Native American attack
Art, Literature, and Film History
1928
Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's "The Threepenny Opera" premieres in Berlin
Cold War
1980
Polish government signs accord with Gdansk shipyard workers
Crime
1888
Jack the Ripper's first victim murdered
1985
Los Angeles mob attacks "Night Stalker" serial killer
EUROPEAN HISTORY
2015
Angela Merkel says “Wir schaffen das” on accepting refugees
Inventions & Science
1897
Thomas Edison patents the Kinetograph
1955
William Cobb demonstrates first solar-powered car
Natural Disasters & Environment
1886
Earthquake shakes Charleston, South Carolina
U.S. Presidents
1935
FDR signs Neutrality Act
World War I
1916
American soldier Harry Butters killed in the Battle of the Somme

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September 1
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1972
Bobby Fischer becomes the first American to win the World Chess Championship
On September 1, 1972, in what's billed as the "Match of the Century," American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer defeats Russian Boris Spassky during the World Chess Championship in Reykjavik, Iceland. In the world's most publicized title match ever played, Fischer, a 29-year-old Brooklynite, became t... read more
 
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21st Century
2004
Chechen separatists storm Russian school
Africa
1969
Qaddafi leads coup in Libya
American Revolution
1775
King George refuses Olive Branch Petition
Art, Literature, and Film History
1850
P.T. Barnum brings European opera star Jenny Lind to New York
Holidays
2001
First Muslim holiday U.S. postage stamp is issued
Civil War
1864
Atlanta falls to Union forces
Cold War
1983
Korean Airlines flight shot down by Soviet Union
Crime
1981
A teenage boy murders his father
Early U.S.
1807
Aaron Burr acquitted of treason
Inventions & Science
1985
Wreck of the Titanic found
1998
Federal legislation makes airbags mandatory
NATURAL DISASTERS & ENVIRONMENT
1923
Japan’s Great Kanto Earthquake kills over 140,000
Sports
1964
First Japanese player makes MLB debut
1971
Pittsburgh Pirates field MLB's first all-Black lineup
Vietnam War
1966
French president Charles de Gaulle urges the United States to get out of Vietnam
World War I
1917
Soldier recounts brush with poison gas
World War II
1939
Germany invades Poland

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September 2
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1945
Japan surrenders, bringing an end to WWII
Aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japan formally surrenders to the Allies, bringing an end to World War II. By the summer of 1945, the defeat of Japan was a foregone conclusion. The Japanese navy and air force were destroyed. The Allied naval blockade of Japan and intensive bombing of Japanese ... read more
1960s
1969
First ATM opens for business
American Revolution
1789
Congress founds U.S. Treasury
Ancient Middle East
31 B.C.
The Battle of Actium
Art, Literature, and Film History
1996
Michael Jackson earns his 12th and final solo #1 with "You Are Not Alone"
Civil War
1862
Union general George B. McClellan is restored to full command
Great Britain
1666
Great Fire of London begins
Sports
2013
Diana Nyad, 64, makes record swim from Cuba to Florida
U.S. Presidents
1944
Navy aviator George H.W. Bush and his squadron attacked
Vietnam War
1969
Vietnamese president and communist icon Ho Chi Minh dies
Westward Expansion
1885
Chinese miners are massacred in Wyoming Territory
World War II
1945
Vietnam declares its independence from France

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September 3
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1783
Treaty of Paris signed
The American Revolution officially comes to an end when representatives of the United States, Great Britain, Spain and France sign the Treaty of Paris on September 3, 1783. The signing signified America's status as a free nation, as Britain formally recognized the independence of its 13 former Ameri... read more
American Revolution
1777
The Stars and Stripes flies in battle for the first time
Civil War
1861
Confederate forces enter Kentucky
Crime
2004
Russian school siege ends in bloodbath
Religion
1914
Pope Benedict XV named to papacy
U.S. Presidents
1919
Wilson embarks on tour to promote League of Nations
World War II
1939
Britain and France declare war on Germany
1943
Allies invade Italian mainland

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September 4
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1886
Geronimo surrenders
On September 4, 1886, Apache leader Geronimo surrenders to U.S. government troops. For 30 years, the Native American warrior had battled to protect his tribe's homeland; however, by 1886 the Apaches were exhausted and hopelessly outnumbered. General Nelson Miles accepted Geronimo's surrende... read more
Ancient Rome
476
Western Roman Empire falls
Art, Literature, and Film History
2002
Kelly Clarkson wins first "American Idol"
2014
Comedy legend Joan Rivers dies
Civil Rights Movement
1957
Arkansas troops block "Little Rock Nine" from entering segregated high school
Sports
1972
U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz wins 7th gold medal
U.S. Presidents
1951
President Truman makes first transcontinental television broadcast
Vietnam War
1969
Radio Hanoi announces the death of Ho Chi Minh
World War I
1918
American troops land at Archangel

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September 5
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1836
Sam Houston elected as president of Texas
On September 5, 1836, Sam Houston is elected as president of the Republic of Texas, which earned its independence from Mexico in a successfu... read more
GAY RIGHTS
1991
AIDS activists unfurl a giant condom over Senator Jesse Helms’ home
Art, Literature, and Film History
1957
The New York Times gives "On the Road" a rave review
1958
"Doctor Zhivago" is published in the U.S.
2006
Katie Couric makes historic network anchor debut
Native American History
1877
Sioux military leader Crazy Horse is killed
Sports
1972
Massacre begins at Munich Olympics
U.S. Presidents
1975
Gerald Ford survives first assassination attempt
Vietnam War
1969
Lt. William Calley charged for My Lai massacre
1970
U.S. forces launch last major American operation of the war
Westward Expansion
1847
Outlaw Jesse James is born in Missouri
World War I
1914
French general gives order to attack at the Marne

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September 6
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1915
First tank produced
On September 6, 1915, a prototype tank nicknamed Little Willie rolls off the assembly line in England. Little Willie was far from an overnight success. It weighed 14 tons, got stuck in trenches and crawled over rough terrain at only two miles per hour. However, improvements were made to the original... read more
21st Century
2018
Off-duty police officer mistakenly enters neighbor's apartment and shoots its owner to death
Africa
1966
South African prime minister and architect of apartheid assassinated
American Revolution
1781
Benedict Arnold orders burning of New London
Art, Literature, and Film History
1847
Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden and moves in with the Emersons
Exploration
1522
Magellan's expedition circumnavigates globe
Great Britain
1997
Some 2.5 billion TV viewers watch Princess Diana's funeral
Sports
1972
More Israeli hostages killed in Munich
1975
Teen tennis star Navratilova seeks political asylum in U.S.
1995
Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. breaks record for consecutive games played
U.S. Presidents
1901
President William McKinley is shot
World War I
1914
First Battle of the Marne begins

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1813
United States nicknamed Uncle Sam
On September 7, 1813, the United States gets its nickname, Uncle Sam. The name is linked to Samuel Wilson, a meat packer from Troy, New York, who supplied barrels of beef to the United States Army during the War of 1812. Wilson (1766-1854) stamped the barrels with "U.S." for United States, but soldi... read more
1960s
1968
Protesters disrupt the Miss America Pageant
American Revolution
1776
World's first submarine attack
Art, Literature, and Film History
1911
Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested for stealing the Mona Lisa
1936
Rock 'n' roll legend Buddy Holly is born
Civil War
1864
Atlanta is evacuated
Crime
1876
Minnesotans attack the James-Younger criminal gang
1996
Tupac Shakur is shot
Latin America
1977
U.S. agrees to transfer Panama Canal to Panama
World War II
1940
The Blitz begins as Germany bombs London

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September 8
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1974
Ford pardons Nixon
In a controversial executive action, President Gerald Ford pardons his disgraced predecessor Richard M. Nixon for any crimes he may have committed or participated in while in office. Ford later defended this action before the House Judiciary Committee, explaining that he wanted to end the national d... read more
1960s
1965
Delano Grape Strike begins
American Revolution
1781
Bloody battle begins at Eutaw Springs, South Carolina
Art, Literature, and Film History
1504
Michelangelo's statue of David is unveiled to the public
1986
Oprah goes national
1993
“The Joy Luck Club” premieres
2003
RIAA begins suing individual sharers of copyrighted mp3 files
Civil War
1863
Rebels thwart Yankees at the Second Battle of Sabine Pass
Cold War
1945
American troops arrive in Korea to partition the country
Colonial America
1664
New Amsterdam becomes New York
Crime
1935
Louisiana senator Huey Long is shot
EUROPEAN HISTORY
2022
Queen Elizabeth II dies; Charles becomes King
Natural Disasters & Environment
1900
Deadly hurricane batters Texas
Russia
1941
Siege of Leningrad begins
Vietnam War
1954
SEATO established
World War I
1915
German airship hits central London
World War II
1943
Italian surrender is announced

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September 9
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1956
Elvis Presley makes first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show"
The King of Rock and Roll teams up with TV's reigning variety program, as Elvis Presley appears on "The Ed Sullivan Show" for the first time on September 9, 1956. After earning big ratings for "The Steve Allen Show," the Dorsey Brothers "Stage Show" and "The Milton Berle Show," Sullivan finally rene... read more
19th Century
1850
California becomes the 31st state in record time
American Revolution
1776
Congress renames the nation "United States of America"
Art, Literature, and Film History
1910
Alice B. Toklas moves in permanently with Gertrude Stein
1939
Audiences are shown a surprise preview of "Gone with the Wind"
Cold War
1976
Mao Zedong dies
Crime
1919
The Boston police department goes on strike
1971
Uprising at Attica prison begins
INVENTIONS & SCIENCE
2002
72-year-old Buzz Aldrin punches a moon landing conspiracy theorist in the face
Sports
2007
NFL nabs New England Patriots in "Spygate" scandal
U.S. Presidents
1893
President Cleveland's child is born in the White House
Vietnam War
1967
Sergeant Duane D. Hackney receives Air Force Cross
1969
Ho Chi Minh buried in Hanoi
World War II
1942
Japanese bomb U.S. mainland

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September 10
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1897
First drunk driving arrest
On September 10, 1897, a 25-year-old London taxi driver named George Smith becomes the first person ever arrested for drunk driving after slamming his cab into a building. Smith later pleaded guilty and was fined 25 shillings. In the United States, the first laws against operating a motor vehicle wh... read more
American Revolution
1776
Nathan Hale volunteers to spy behind British lines
Art, Literature, and Film History
1981
Picasso's "Guernica" is returned to Spain
1991
Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is released as a single
Colonial America
1608
John Smith elected to lead Jamestown
Crime
1977
Serial killers Charlene Williams and Gerald Gallego meet
France
1977
The guillotine falls silent
Inventions & Science
2008
CERN Large Hadron Collider is powered up
U.S. Presidents
1833
Andrew Jackson shuts down Second Bank of the U.S.
War of 1812
1813
The Battle of Lake Erie
World War I
1919
New York City parade honors World War I veterans
World War II
1940
British War Cabinet reacts to the Blitz in kind

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Attack on America
At approximately 8:45 a.m. on a clear Tuesday morning, an American Airlines Boeing 767 loaded with 20,000 gallons of jet fuel crashes into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. The impact left a gaping, burning hole near the 80th floor of the 110-story skyscraper, instantly kil... read more
Abolitionist Movement
1851
The Christiana Riot
American Revolution
1777
The Battle of Brandywine begins
Art, Literature, and Film History
1971
Donny Osmond has the #1 hit on the U.S. pop charts with "Go Away Little Girl"
1987
"Fatal Attraction" premieres
Cold War
1971
Nikita Khrushchev dies
Crime
1921
Silent film star Fatty Arbuckle arrested for murder
Latin America
1973
Chilean president Salvador Allende dies in coup
Vietnam War
1965
1st Cavalry Division arrives in South Vietnam
War of 1812
1814
America victorious on Lake Champlain
Westward Expansion
1857
120 emigrants murdered at the Mountain Meadows Massacre
WORLD WAR II
1940
Hitler focuses East, sends troops to Romania

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September 12
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1940
Lascaux cave paintings discovered
Near Montignac, France, a collection of prehistoric cave paintings are discovered by four teenagers who stumbled upon the ancient artwork after following their dog down a narrow entrance into a cavern. The 15,000- to 17,000-year-old paintings, consisting mostly of animal representations, are among t... read more
Art, Literature, and Film History
1846
Poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning elope
1944
Singer-songwriter Barry White is born
1972
Hopalong Cassidy rides off into his last sunset
Black History
1974
Violence erupts in Boston over desegregation busing
Inventions & Science
1993
New floating bridge opens in Seattle; I-90 stretches from coast to coast
Natural Disasters & Environment
1988
Hurricane Gilbert slams Jamaica
Russia
1953
Nikita Khrushchev elected Soviet leader
Sports
1951
Sugar Ray Robinson wins back belt
1955
Harlem Globetrotters’ 8,829-game winning streak snapped
U.S. Politics
2009
Tea Party protest draws thousands to Washington, D.C.
U.S. Presidents
1953
John F. Kennedy marries Jacqueline Bouvier in Newport, Rhode Island
World War II
1942
The Laconia is sunk

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1993
Israel-Palestine peace accord signed
After decades of bloody animosity, representatives of Israel and Palestine meet on the South Lawn of the White House and sign a framework for peace. The "Declaration of Principles" was the first agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians towards ending their conflict and sharing the holy land b... read more
21st CENTURY
2007
UN’s watershed Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted
Art, Literature, and Film History
1916
Children's author Roald Dahl is born
1990
"Law & Order" debuts
1996
Tupac Shakur dies
2004
Oprah gives away nearly 300 new cars
Civil War
1862
Union troops discover Rebels' Antietam battle plan
Crime
1971
Massacre at Attica Prison
WOMEN'S HISTORY
1963
Mary Kay launches her namesake company
World War II
1940
Italy invades Egypt
Editor's Note: The September 12 This Day in History newsletter incorrectly listed the year for: Harlem Globetrotters’ 8,829-game winning streak snapped. The correct year is 1995.

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1901
President McKinley dies of infection from gunshot wounds
U.S. President William McKinley dies after being shot by a deranged anarchist during the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York on September 14, 1901. McKinley won his first Congressional seat at the age of 34 and spent... read more
19th CENTURY
1814
Francis Scott Key pens “The Star-Spangled Banner”
21st Century
2015
Muslim teen arrested for bringing reassembled clock to school
Art, Literature, and Film History
1927
Dancer Isadora Duncan is killed in car accident
1964
John Steinbeck awarded the Medal of Freedom
1974
"I Shot the Sheriff" hits the song charts
1982
Hollywood star and real-life princess Grace Kelly dies
Civil War
1862
North and South clash at the Battle of South Mountain
Cold War
1959
Soviet probe reaches the moon
France
1812
Napoleon enters Moscow
Mexican-American War
1847
General Winfield Scott captures Mexico City
Natural Disasters & Environment
1999
Millions flee from Hurricane Floyd
Religion
1975
Elizabeth Ann Seton becomes first American-born saint
SPORTS
1994
MLB cancels playoffs, World Series

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September 15
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Muhammad Ali wins world heavyweight championship
On September 15, 1978, boxer Muhammad Ali defeats Leon Spinks at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans to win the world heavyweight boxing title for the third time in his career, the first fighter ever to do so. Following his victory, Ali retired from boxing, only to make a brief comeback two years... read more
1950s
1950
U.S. forces land at Inchon
1970s
1971
Greenpeace is born
21st Century
2008
Lehman Brothers declares bankruptcy
Art, Literature, and Film History
1890
Agatha Christie is born
1954
Famous Marilyn Monroe "skirt" scene filmed
1962
The Four Seasons earn their first #1 hit with "Sherry"
Civil Rights Movement
1963
Four Black schoolgirls killed in Birmingham church bombing
Civil War
1862
Confederates capture Harpers Ferry
Cold War
1959
Khrushchev arrives in Washington
Crime
1990
A Bible school instructor abducts a teenage girl
Holocaust
1935
Nuremberg race laws imposed
U.S. Presidents
1857
Future President William Taft born
Westward Expansion
1858
The first transcontinental mail service to San Francisco begins
World War I
1914
First trenches are dug on the Western Front
1916
Tanks introduced into warfare at the Somme
World War II
1940
Tide turns in the Battle of Britain
1944
Americans launch Operation Stalemate—at extraordinary cost

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September 16
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Gandhi begins fast in protest of caste separation
On September 16, 1932, in his cell at Yerwada Jail in Pune, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest of the British government's decision to separate India's electoral system by caste. A leader in the Indian campaign for home rule, Gandhi worked all his life to ... read more
Art, Literature, and Film History
1977
Opera star Maria Callas dies
Colonial America
1620
Mayflower departs England
Crime
1845
Suspected Christian spy is murdered
2013
Gunman kills 12 in D.C. Navy Yard massacre
Inventions & Science
1908
William Durant creates General Motors
Mexico
1810
Mexican War of Independence begins
VIETNAM WAR
1972
South Vietnamese forces retake Quang Tri City
Westward Expansion
1893
Settlers race to claim land in Oklahoma
World War II
1940
United States imposes the draft

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