Jerry Waxman
Today in History: September 12
Today in History: September 12: This day seems to be connected to outer space exploration. In 1959, the Soviet Union launched “Luna 2.” In 1962, President Kennedy committed to sending a man to the moon. In 2013, Voyager 1 exited the solar system.
Today in History: September 11
Today in History: September 11 is remembered as a day of violence and tragedy. In 2001, Al Qaeda terrorists attacked the World Trade Center in New York. In 2012 a mob attacked a diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya. In 1973 General Augusto Pinochet led a violent coup in Chile. And in 2023 Storm Daniel caused severe flooding in Derna, Libya.
Today in History: September 10
Today in History: September 10: John Smith was elected president of the Jamestown colony council, Elias Howe received a patent for the sewing machine, Hurricane Donna ravaged the Florida Keys, Pope John Paul II arrived in Miami and was greeted by President Reagan, President Jimmy Carter granted clemency to four Puerto Rican nationalists who had been involved in armed attacks . . .
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.
Today in History: September 5
Today in History: September 5: Palestinian militants attacked the Israeli Olympic delegation at the Munich Games; Sam Houston became first president of Republic of Texas, the Treaty of Portsmouth was signed, ending the Russo-Japanese war.
Today in History: September 4
Today in History: September 4: In 1949, over 140 people were injured in the infamous Peekskill riots; In 1972, U.S. Olympics swimmer Mark Spitz became the first to win seven medals; In 1974, the United States established diplomatic relations with East Germany…