Today In History
What happened this day in history?
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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
Today in History: September 20
Today in History: September 20; In 1519 Magellan set sail to circumnavigate the globe; In 1967 Queen Elizabeth II christained a ship named after her; In 1962 the governor of Mississippi successfully blocked a black student from enrolling at the University of Mississippi; In 1973 Billie Jean King successfully defeated her male counterpart, Bobby Riggs, in a “Battle Of The Sexes” tennis match; and in 2017 Hurricane Maria made landfall on the island of Puerto Rico and caused massive, massive devastation.
Today in History: September 19
Today in History: September 19: This date is marked by a pattern of world leaders leaving. In 1796, President George Washington’s farewell address was published. In 1881, the 20th president of the United States, James A. Garfield, died. In 1955, President Juan Peron of Argentina was ousted. In 2004 former President Jiang Zemin of China departed from his top military post. In 2022 the world said a final goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II at a state funeral.
Today in History: September 18
Today in History: September 18: The U.S. Capitol figures strongly in our history today. What we see today in Congress is probably not at all what the founding fathers envisioned. Being not only the symbol of Democracy, but also the actual building and location where Democracy happens, the Capitol Building probably never actually rose to its promise of seeking freedom and justice for all. However, it is still there, and there are still Congress men and women who still work there, some to make progress, and many just for political purposes.
Today is a good day to remind ourselves of the original aspirations of founding fathers whose visions for this new country were set in stone.
In 1793, President George Washington laid the cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol; In 1850, Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act; In 1947, the National Security Act went into effect. In 2020, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died and lay in state at the Capitol.