This Day in History

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY September 15 1978 Muhammad Ali wins world heavyweight championship Muhammad Ali defeats Leon Spinks to win the world heavyweight boxing title for the third time in his career, the first fighter ever to do so. read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1858 The first transcontinental mail service to San Francisco begins 1970s 1971 Greenpeace emerges from nuclear bomb protest 21st Century 2008 Lehman Brothers declares bankruptcy Arts & Entertainment 1954 Famous Marilyn Monroe skirt scene filmed 1890 Agatha Christie is born 1955 Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita” is published 1962 The Four Seasons earn their first No. 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 The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, England, bound for Virginia with 102 passengers. However, stormy weather and navigational errors eventually force the Mayflower off course. read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1893 Settlers race to claim land in Oklahoma Arts & Entertainment 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 & Caribbean 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 The a pivotal, bloody Civil War skirmish halted Confederate momentum on the battlefield and abroad. read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1868 Cheyenne and Sioux battle frontiersmen at Beecher’s Island 1970s 1978 Camp David Accords signed 21st Century 2011 Occupy Wall Street begins Arts & Entertainment 1967 The Who literally spark an explosion on national television 1996 Oprah launches influential book club 1983 Vanessa Williams becomes first Black Miss America Civil War 1862 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