Jerry Waxman
Today in History: September 29
Today in History: September 29: In 1938, British, French, German and Italian leaders concluded the Munich Agreement; In 1789, Congress officially established a regular army; In 1954, Willie Mays of the New York Giants made a running, over-the-shoulder catch; In 1990, the construction of Washington National Cathedral concluded; In 2005, John G. Roberts Jr. was sworn in as the nation’s 17th chief justice.
Today in History: September 28
Today in History: September 28: In 1928, Scottish medical researcher Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin. In 1781, American forces began their successful siege of Yorktown, Virginia. In 1995, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat signed an accord at the White House. In 2022, Hurricane Ian barreled ashore in southwestern Florida.
Today in History: September 27
Today in History: September 27: In 1996 the Taliban drove the government of Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani out of Kabul; In 1939, Warsaw, Poland, surrendered after weeks of resistance; In 1940, Germany, Italy and Japan signed the Tripartite Pact; In 1979, Congress gave its final approval to forming the U.S. Department of Education.
Today in History: September 26
Today in History: September 26: In 1960 the first televised presidential debate occurred; In 1777, British troops occupied Philadelphia; In 1954, the Japanese commercial ferry Toya Maru sank; In 1986, Antonin Scalia joined the Supreme Court; In 1991, four men and four women entered the Biosphere 2; In 2020, President Donald Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.
Today in History: September 25
Today in History: September 25: In 1513, Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa sighted the Pacific Ocean; In 2005, the Irish Republican Army officially ending a 36-year armed campaign for a unified Irish state; In 1956, the first trans-Atlantic telephone cable; In 2018, Bill Cosby was sentenced to three to 10 years in prison
Today in History: September 24
Today in History: September 24: In 1789, President George Washington signed a Judiciary Act; In 1869, businessmen were ruined in a Wall Street panic known as “Black Friday”; In 1906, Devil’s Tower became the first U.S. national monument; In 1963, the U.S. Senate ratified a nuclear testing treaty; In 2017, more than 200 NFL players kneeled or sat during the national anthem.
Today in History: September 23
Today in History: September 23: In 1806 the Lewis and Clark expedition returned to St. Louis; In 1780, British spy John Andre was captured; In 1955, a jury acquitted Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam of killing Black teenager Emmett Till; In 2002 California became the first state to offer workers paid family leave; In 2022, Roger Federer played his final professional match.
Today in History: September 22
Today in History: September 22: In 1957, Haitian women were allowed to vote for the first time; In 1776 Capt. Nathan Hale, 21, was hanged as a spy by the British; In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation; In 1975, Sara Jane Moore fired two shots in an attempt to assassinate President Gerald R. Ford; In 1980, the Persian Gulf conflict between Iran and Iraq erupted into a full-scale war; In 1985, rock and country music artists participated in the “Farm Aid,” concert.
Today in History: September 21
Today in History: September 21; In 1792, the abolition of the French monarchy was announced; In 1898, the New York Sun had an editorial with the famous line “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.”; President Warren Harding signed the Lodge-Fish Resolution; In 1938, a hurricane struck parts of New York and New England; In 1981, Sandra Day O’Connor became the first female justice on the Supreme Court. In 1989, Hurricane Hugo crashed into South Carolina