Today in History: September 9
Today in History: September 9: The second Continental Congress formally adopts the name “United States of America.” Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) is founded. Althea Gibson wins the U.S. National Championships. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the first civil rights bill to pass Congress since Reconstruction. King Charles III gave his first speech to Britain as new monarch.
Today in History: September 8
Today in History: September 8: Queen Elizabeth dies, President Gerald Ford pardons Former President Nixon, Senator Huey P. Long of Louisiana is shot and killed, St. Augustine, Florida becomes first permanent settlement in North America, Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida signs Japanese peace treaty and more . . .
Today in History: September 7
Today in History: September 7: In 1940 Nazi Germany launched a relentless air assault on Britain known as the Blitz. Atlantic City, New Jersey, hosted the inaugural Miss America Pageant. In 1977, U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos signed the Panama Canal Treaty. In 1986, Bishop Desmond Tutu was installed as the first Black leader of the Anglican Church in Southern Africa.
Today in History: September 6
Today in History: September 6; In 1901 President William McKinley was shot at a reception in Buffalo, New York. In 1949 there was a mass shooting in Camden, New Jersey in which 13 people were killed by a paranoid schizophrenic. In 1975, tennis star Martina Navatilova asked for political asylum in the U.S. In 1997 Princess Diana was publicly laid to rest. And in 2018, India decriminalized homosexuality.
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