Today In History
What happened this day in history
Today in History: September 15
Today in History: September 15: In 1835, Charles Darwin reaches the Galápagos Islands. In 1935, the Nuremberg Laws were enacted in Nazi Germany, In 1959, Nikita Khrushchev visited the United States, In 1963, a bomb blast killed four young girls in the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham
Today in History: September 14
Today in History: September 14: President William McKinley died and Theodore Roosevelt succeeded him. Other famous deaths on this day include Isadora Duncan, and Princess Grace of Monaco. On this day in 1847, General Winfield Scott took control of Mexicao City during the Mexican-American War. During the Civil War, in 1861 in a Naval battle, the USS Colorado sank the Confederate schooner Judah.
Today in History: September 13
Today in History: September 13: In 1993 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shook hands on the White House lawn, after signing an accord. In 1788, the Congress of the Confederation authorized the first national election. In 1971, a four-day inmate rebellion at the Attica Correctional Facility ended. In 2021, school resumed for New York City public school students during the Covid 19 crisis.
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.