SEPTEMBER
September1, 1945
Japan formally surrenders ending WWll (US date, 9/2 in Japan)
September2, 1944
Anne Frank sent to Auschwitz
September3, 1783
Treaty of Paris signed, ending US revolutionary War
September4, 1888
George Eastman patents first roll film camera and registers the name "Kodak"
September5, 1774
First continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia
September6, 1901
Pres. William McKinley shot by anarchist
September7, 1901
Peace of Peking ends boxer rebellion in China
September8, 1565,
St. Augustine, FL founded by Pedro Menendez
September9, 1942
Japanese planes bomb US soil for first time, in Oregon
September10, 1608
John Smith elected president of Jamestown Colony Council, VA
September11, 1814
Battle of Lake Champlain NY; American Navy defeats British
September12, 1862
Battle of Harpers Ferry, VA
September13, 1943
Ghiang Kai-Shek becomes president of China
September14, 1948
Milton Berle starts his own TV career on Texaco Star Theater
September15, 1928
Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
September16, 1782
Great Seal of US used for the first time.
September17, 1900
Commonwealth of Australia proclaimed
September18, 1970
Jimi Hendrick rock guitarist dies of overdose at 27
September19, 1796
George Washingtons farewell address as president
September20, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan begins first successful circumnavigation of the globe
September21, 1780
Benedict Arnold gives British Major Andre plans to west point
September22, 1776
Nathan Hale executed as a spy by the British
September23, 1912
First "Keystone Cops" film presented
September24, 1789
Congress creates post office
September25, 1890
Congress establishes Yosemite National Park (CA)
September26, 1898
George Gershwin born
September27, 1864
Jesse James' gang attacks a train by surprise, 150 killed
September28, 1867
Toronto becomes capital of Ontario
September29, 1066
William the Conqueror invades England
September30, 1949
Berlin Airlift ends after 277,000 flights
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