This Day in History

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY September 04 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 outnumbered. General Nelson Miles accepted Geronimo’s surrender, making him the last Native American warrior... read more Ancient Rome 476 Last Western Roman emperor, Romulus Augustus, deposed   Art, Literature and Film History 2002 Kelly Clarkson wins first “American Idol” 2014 Comedy legend Joan Rivers dies   Black History 1957 Arkansas troops block “Little Rock Nine” from entering segregated high school   Civil War 1861 Confederate forces enter Kentucky   Religion 2016 Mother Teresa becomes a saint   Sports 1972 U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz wins 7th gold medal of the 1972 Olympics   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 1914 French general gives order to attack at the Marne

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY September 05 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 successful military rebellion... read more 19th Century 1847 Outlaw Jesse James is born in Missouri   American Revolution 1774 First Continental Congress convenes   Art, Literature and Film History 1957 The New York Times gives “On the Road” a rave review 2006 Katie Couric makes historic network anchor debut   Gay Rights 1991 AIDS activists unfurl a giant condom over Senator Jesse Helms’ home   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

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY September 06 1901 President William McKinley is shot On September 6, 1901, President William McKinley is shaking hands at the Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo, New York, when a 28-year-old anarchist named Leon Czolgosz approaches him and fires two shots into his chest. The president rose slightly on his toes before collapsing forward... read more 21st Century 2018 Off-duty police officer mistakenly enters neighbor’s apartment and shoots its owner to death   African History 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   European History 1972 More Israeli hostages killed in Munich 1997 Some 2.5 billion TV viewers watch Princess Diana’s funeral   Exploration 1522 Magellan’s expedition circumnavigates globe   Sports 1975 Teen tennis star Navratilova seeks political asylum in U.S. 1995 Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. breaks record for consecutive games played   World War I 1914 First Battle of the Marne begins

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY September 07 1813 United States nicknamed Uncle Sam On September 7, 1813, according to the most cited—and Congressionally approved—account, 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 because...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 General Sherman orders civilians evacuated from Atlanta   Crime 1876 Minnesotans attack the James-Younger criminal gang 1996 Tupac Shakur is shot   Latin American History 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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THIS DAY IN HISTORY September 08 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... 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 1907 Gertrude Stein meets great love Alice B. Toklas 1986 Oprah goes national 1993 “The Joy Luck Club” premieres 2003 RIAA begins suing individual sharers of copyrighted mp3 files   Black History 1963 First Miss Black America crowned   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 1941 Siege of Leningrad begins 2022 Queen Elizabeth II dies; Charles becomes King   Natural Disasters & Environment 1900 Deadly hurricane batters Galveston, Texas   Sports 1957 Althea Gibson becomes first African American to win U.S. Open tennis title   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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THIS DAY IN HISTORY September 09 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... 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 1939 Audiences are shown a surprise preview of “Gone with the Wind”   Asian History 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 laid to rest in Hanoi   World War II 1942 Japanese bomb U.S. mainland

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY September 10 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... read more 19th Century 1813 The Battle of Lake Erie 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 1921 Silent film star Fatty Arbuckle arrested for murder   European History 1977 The guillotine falls silent   Inventions & Science 2008 CERN Large Hadron Collider is powered up   Natural Disasters & Environment 1960 Hurricane Donna batters the Florida Keys   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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THIS DAY IN HISTORY September 11 2001 Attack on America At approximately 8:46 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 killing hundreds of people... read more 19th Century 1812 Russians dedicate Fort Ross, their first stronghold on the California coast 1814 America victorious on Lake Champlain 1857 120 emigrants murdered at the Mountain Meadows Massacre   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”   Cold War 1971 Nikita Khrushchev dies   Latin American History 1973 Chilean president Salvador Allende dies in coup   Slavery 1851 The Christiana Riot

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY September 12 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... 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 2004 First season of “Entourage”—a TV show about life in Hollywood—comes to an end   Black History 1974 Violence erupts in Boston over desegregation busing 1992 Mae Jemison becomes first Black woman in space   European History 1953 Nikita Khrushchev announced as the Soviet Union's new leader   Inventions & Science 1993 New floating bridge opens in Seattle; I-90 stretches from coast to coast   Natural Disasters & Environment 1988 Hurricane Gilbert slams Jamaica   Sports 1951 Sugar Ray Robinson wins back belt 1995 Harlem Globetrotters’ 8,829-game winning streak snapped   U.S. Government and 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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THIS DAY IN HISTORY September 13 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... 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

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY September 14 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 1960s 1964 Pop-Tarts debut   19th Century 1847 General Winfield Scott captures Mexico City   21st Century 2015 Muslim teen arrested for bringing reassembled clock to school   Art, Literature and Film History 1814 Francis Scott Key pens “The Star-Spangled Banner” 1927 Dancer Isadora Duncan is killed in car accident 1964 John Steinbeck awarded the Medal of Freedom 1974 Eric Clapton's "I Shot the Sheriff" hits #1 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   European History 1812 Napoleon enters Moscow   Hispanic History 1988 Dolores Huerta beaten by police while peacefully protesting   Natural Disasters & Environment 1999 Millions flee from Hurricane Floyd   Religion 1975 Elizabeth Ann Seton becomes one of the first American-born saints   Sports 1994 MLB cancels playoffs, World Series

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY September 15 1978 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 1970s 1971 Greenpeace is born   19th Century 1858 The first transcontinental mail service to San Francisco begins   21st Century 2008 Lehman Brothers declares bankruptcy   Art, Literature and Film History 1890 Agatha Christie is born 1954 Famous Marilyn Monroe “skirt” scene filmed 1955 Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita” is published 1962 The Four Seasons earn their first #1 hit with “Sherry”   Asian History 1950 U.S. forces land at Inchon   Black History 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   Vietnam War 1972 South Vietnamese forces retake Quang Tri City   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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THIS DAY IN HISTORY September 16 1620 Mayflower departs England On September 16, 1620, the Mayflower sails from Plymouth, England, bound for the Americas with 102 passengers. The ship was headed for Virginia, where the colonists—half religious dissenters and half entrepreneurs—had been authorized to settle by the British crown. However, stormy weather and navigational errors... read more   HISTORY This Week Podcast This HISTORY® Channel original explores the lives of people—both famous and unknown—whose decisions have shaped our world. New episodes available! LISTEN NOW 19th Century 1893 Settlers race to claim land in Oklahoma   Art, Literature and Film History 1977 Opera star Maria Callas dies   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   Latin American History 1810 Mexican War of Independence begins   World War II 1940 United States imposes the draft

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY September 17 1862 Battle of Antietam breaks out Beginning early on the morning of September 17, 1862, Confederate and Union troops in the Civil War clash near Maryland's Antietam Creek in the bloodiest single day in American military history. The Battle of Antietam marked the culmination of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's first invasion... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1970s 1978 Camp David Accords signed   19th Century 1868 Cheyenne and Sioux battle frontiersmen at Beecher’s Island   21st Century 2011 Occupy Wall Street begins   Art, Literature and Film History 1967 The Who literally spark an explosion on national television 1983 Vanessa Williams becomes first Black Miss America 1996 Oprah launches influential book club   Civil War 1862, 1878 The Allegheny Arsenal explodes, killing 78 people   Space Exploration 1976 NASA unveils its first space shuttle, the Enterprise   U.S. Constitution 1787 U.S. Constitution signed   U.S. Presidents 1796 George Washington prepares final draft of farewell address   World War II 1939 Soviet Union invades Poland

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY September 18 1793 George Washington lays the Capitol cornerstone On September 18, 1793, George Washington lays the cornerstone to the United States Capitol building, the home of the legislative branch of American government. The building would take nearly a century to complete, as architects came and went, the British set fire to it and it was called into use... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1980s 1987 Hundreds are accidentally poisoned in Brazil   Art, Literature and Film History 1974 Doris Day wins lawsuit   Asian History 1976 One million people attend funeral of Mao Zedong   Civil War 1862 Union General George B. McClellan lets Confederates retreat from Antietam   Cold War 1960 Fidel Castro arrives in New York   Colonial America 1634 Anne Hutchinson arrives in America   Crime 1959 Serial killer Harvey Glatman is executed 1975 Patty Hearst captured by police   Inventions & Science 1981 Canada mall sets parking-lot record   Paranormal 1973 Jimmy Carter files report on UFO sighting

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY September 19 1957 Nevada is site of first-ever underground nuclear explosion On September 19, 1957, the United States detonates a 1.7-kiloton nuclear weapon in an underground tunnel at the Nevada Test Site (NTS), a 1,375-square-mile research center located 65 miles north of Las Vegas. The test, known as Rainier, was the first fully contained underground detonation and produced no radioactive fallout... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1990s 1995 Unabomber manifesto published   19th Century 1827 Jim Bowie stabs a Louisiana banker with his famous knife   American Revolution 1777 Arnold and Gates argue at First Battle of Saratoga   Art, Literature and Film History 1973 Country-rock pioneer Gram Parsons dies 2000 Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel debuts   Cold War 1959 Khrushchev barred from visiting Disneyland   Latin American History 1955 Perón deposed in Argentina   Natural Disasters & Environment 1985 Earthquake shakes Mexico City   U.S. Presidents 1881 President James Garfield dies   Vietnam War 1969 Nixon cancels draft calls for November and December   Women’s History 1893 New Zealand first in women’s vote   World War II 1941 Germans bombard Leningrad

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY September 20 1973 Billie Jean King triumphs in “Battle of the Sexes” On September 20, 1973, in a highly publicized “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match, top women’s player Billie Jean King, 29, beats Bobby Riggs, 55, a former No. 1 ranked men’s player... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1806 The returning Lewis and Clark reach the first white settlement on the Missouri   American Revolution 1777 Redcoats kill Americans in Paoli Massacre   Art, Literature and Film History 1878 Upton Sinclair is born 1946 First Cannes Film Festival   Asian History 1932 Gandhi begins fast in protest of caste separation   Colonial America 1565 First European battle on American soil   Crime 2012 Amish convicted in beard-cutting attacks   Exploration 1519 Magellan sets sail from Spain   Gay Rights 2011 “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is repealed   Natural Disasters & Environment 2002 Avalanche thunders into Russian village   Sports 1988 Greg Louganis wins Olympic gold the day after suffering head injury   U.S. Presidents 1881 Chester Arthur becomes third president to serve in one year 1963 Kennedy proposes joint mission to the moon

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY September 21 1780 Benedict Arnold commits treason On September 21, 1780, during the American Revolution, American General Benedict Arnold meets with British Major John Andre to discuss handing over West Point to the British, in return for the promise of a large sum of money and a high position in the British army... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT Art, Literature and Film History 1985 George Clooney makes “Facts of Life” debut   Asian History 1949 Mao Zedong outlines the new Chinese government   Crime 1983 A 13-year-old newspaper delivery boy is found dead   European History 1792 Monarchy abolished in France   Gay Rights 1955 The Daughters of Bilitis become the first lesbian rights group in the U.S.   Native American History 1904 The great Nez Perce leader Chief Joseph dies in Washington   Natural Disasters & Environment 1938 The Great New England Hurricane 1999 Earthquake kills thousands in Taiwan   Sports 2008 Last baseball game played at historic Yankee Stadium   U.S. Presidents 1939 FDR urges repeal of Neutrality Act embargo provisions   World War II 1942 The Superfortress bomber takes flight

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY    September 22 1862 Lincoln issues preliminary Emancipation Proclamation On September 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issues a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which sets a date for the freedom of more than 3 million enslaved in the United States and recasts the Civil War as a fight against slavery... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT  1990s 1993 Train derails in Alabama swamp   African History 1828 Shaka Zulu assassinated   American Revolution 1776 Nathan Hale is executed by the British for spying   Art, Literature and Film History 1985 The first Farm Aid concert is held in Champaign, Illinois 1994 “Friends” debuts   Crime 1933 The Barker clan kills an officer in their fruitless robbery 1980 So-called Midtown Stabber kills his first victim   Early 20th Century U.S. 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre of 1906 begins   Inventions & Science 1953 The famous “four-level” opens in Los Angeles   Middle Eastern History 1980 Iran-Iraq War begins   U.S. Presidents 1961 President Kennedy signs Peace Corps legislation 1975 President Ford survives second assassination attempt   Vietnam War 1971 Captain Ernest Medina is acquitted of all My Lai Massacre charges   World War I 1914 U-boat devastates British squadron   World War II 1945 General Patton questions necessity of Germany’s “denazification”

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY    September 23 1875 Billy the Kid arrested for first time On September 23, 1875, Billy the Kid is arrested for the first time after stealing a basket of laundry. He later broke out of jail and roamed the American West, eventually earning a reputation as an outlaw and murderer and a rap sheet that allegedly included 21 murders... read more      HISTORY This Week This HISTORY® Channel original podcast explores the lives of people—both famous and unknown—whose decisions have shaped our world. Interviews with experts will offer you a new perspective on how history is written. New episodes available! LISTEN NOW American Revolution 1779 John Paul Jones wins in English waters   Art, Literature and Film History 1923 “The Prophet,” by Lebanese-American poet-philosopher Kahlil Gibran, is published   Cold War 1949 President Truman announces Soviets have exploded a nuclear device   Crime 1981 A two-month manhunt for a murdering writer comes to an end   Exploration 1806 Lewis and Clark return to St. Louis   Inventions & Science 1846 Planet Neptune is discovered 1933 Standard Oil geologists arrive in Saudi Arabia   Sports 1992 Canadian woman breaks pro sports barrier   U.S. Presidents 1944 FDR defends his dog in a speech

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY    September 24 1789 The first Supreme Court is established The Judiciary Act of 1789 is passed by Congress and signed by President George Washington, establishing the Supreme Court of the United States as a tribunal made up of six justices who were to serve on the court until death or retirement... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT  Art, Literature and Film History 1968 First episode of “60 Minutes” airs   Black History 2016 The National Museum of African American History and Culture opens   Crime 1971 A game warden is reported missing   Early 20th Century U.S. 1902 Fannie Farmer opens cooking school   Inventions & Science 1948 Honda Motor Company is incorporated   Sports 1988 Ben Johnson wins gold, temporarily   U.S. Presidents 1964 Warren Commission report delivered to President Johnson   Vietnam War 1969 Chicago 8 trial opens in Chicago   World War II 1941 Japanese officials in Hawaii ordered to gather preliminary data on Pearl Harbor  1948 Mildred Gillars—aka “Axis Sally”—pleads not guilty to treason

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY September 25 1957 Little Rock Nine begin first full day of classes Under escort from the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division, nine black students enter all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Three weeks earlier, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus had surrounded the school with National Guard troops to prevent its federal court-ordered racial... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1970s 1978 Mid-air collision kills 144   19th Century 1867 Cattle pioneer Oliver Loving dies of gangrene   American Revolution 1775 Ethan Allen is captured   Art, Literature and Film History 1970 “The Partridge Family” premieres on ABC   Cold War 1959 Eisenhower and Khrushchev meet for talks   Crime 1959 New York mobster Little Augie Pisano is murdered   Inventions & Science 1928 First company to mass-produce car radios is incorporated   Religion 1890 The Mormon Church officially renounces polygamy   Sports 1965 Fifty-nine-year-old Satchel Paige pitches three innings   U.S. Constitution 1789 Bill of Rights passes Congress   U.S. Presidents 1894 Grover Cleveland pardons bigamists, adulterers, polygamists and unlawful cohabitants

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY September 26 1960 Kennedy and Nixon square off in first televised presidential debate For the first time in U.S. history, a debate between major party presidential candidates is shown on television. The presidential hopefuls, John F. Kennedy, a Democratic senator of Massachusetts, and Richard M. Nixon, the vice president of the United States, met in a Chicago studio to discuss U.S.... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1820 The famous frontiersman Daniel Boone dies in Missouri   Art, Literature and Film History 1888 T.S. Eliot is born 1957 “West Side Story” opens on Broadway 1969 “The Brady Bunch” premieres   Crime 2007 Mistrial declared in Phil Spector murder case   European History 2005 IRA officially disarms   Exploration 1580 Francis Drake circumnavigates the globe   Space Exploration 1996 Shannon Lucid returns to Earth   Sports 1971 4th Oriole pitcher wins 20th game in a single season   World War I 1918 Meuse-Argonne offensive opens   World War II 1945 First U.S. soldier killed during Vietnam’s August Revolution

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY September 27 1779 John Adams appointed to negotiate peace terms with British On September 27, 1779, the Continental Congress appoints John Adams to travel to France as minister plenipotentiary in charge of negotiating treaties of peace and commerce with Great Britain during the Revolutionary War... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1854 Ships collide off Newfoundland, killing about 350 1869 Sheriff Wild Bill Hickok breaks up fight, kills a man   1960s 1962 Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring” is published   Crime 1989 Zsa Zsa Gabor storms out of the courtroom   European History 1960 British suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst dies   Religion 622 Muhammad completes Hegira 1540 Jesuit order established   U.S. Presidents 1938 Franklin Roosevelt appeals to Hitler for peace   World War I 1915 John Kipling killed at the Battle of Loos   World War II 1939 Warsaw falls to German forces 1940 The Tripartite Pact is signed by Germany, Italy and Japan

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY September 28 1941 Ted Williams becomes last MLB player to hit .400 On September 28, 1941, the last day of Major League Baseball's regular season, the Boston Red Sox’s Ted Williams gets six hits in eight at-bats during a doubleheader in Philadelphia, boosting his average to .406. He becomes the first player since 1930 to hit .400.... read more 19th Century 1542 Spanish explorer sails into San Diego Bay   1990s 1994 Passenger ferry, Estonia, sinks, killing 852   21st Century 2018 Arctic shipping lane opens due to ice melt; cargo ship completes the journey   American Revolution 1781 Battle of Yorktown begins   Ancient Egypt 48 B.C. Pompey the Great assassinated   Art, Literature and Film History 1901 TV host Ed Sullivan born   Cold War 1965 Fidel Castro announces that Cubans are free to leave the island   Crime 1988 A cult leader kills one of his followers   European History 1066 William the Conqueror invades England   Inventions & Science 1918 Philadelphia parade exposes thousands to Spanish flu   Sports 1920 Eight MLB players indicted in “Black Sox Scandal” 1960 Ted Williams hits home run in last major league at-bat   World War I 1918 British soldier allegedly spares the life of an injured Adolf Hitler