Today In History
What happened this day in history?
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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 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