| 17th |
17thThe U.S. Constitution was signed (1787)
President George Washington gave his farewell speech (1796)
“Mission Impossible:” premiered on TV (1967) |
| 18th |
Writer and poet SAMUEL JOHNSON was born (1709)
George Washington laid the corner stone for the Capitol Building in
Washington, D.C. (1793)
The New York Times was first published (1851)
Greta Garbo was born (1905)
Ted Turner won the America’s Cup (19 |
| 19th |
The American colonies won the first Battle of Saratoga (1777)
President James Garfield was assassinated (1881)
Adam West was born (1928)
Bruno Hauptmann was arrested for the kidnapping of the Lindbergh
baby (1934) |
| 20th |
Ferdinand Magellan set out from Spain to find a western passage
to the Spice Islands of Indonesia (1519)
Upton Sinclair was born (1878) |
| 21st |
The autumnal equinox (and the first day of fall.)
H.G. Wells was born (1866). Among other works he wrote “War of the
Worlds and Journey To The Moon. He was one of the very first true
Science Fiction writers.
“Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus” was published in The New
York Sun (1897) |
| 22nd |
Andrea Bocelli was born (1958)
Tommy Lasorda was born (1927) |
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| 23rd |
The first commencement ceremony for an American University took
place at Harvard University (1642)
Neptune was discovered by Johann Gottfried Galle (1846)
Ray Charles was born (1930) |
| 24th |
Chief Justice John Marshall was born (1755)
F. Scott Fitzgerald was born (1896)
The trial of “THE CHICAGO SEVEN” began (1969) |
| 25th |
Vasco Nunez de Balboa “discovered” the Pacific Ocean (1513)
The Bill Of Rights was submitted to the states (1789)
Congress established Yosemite National Park (1890)
Sandra Day O’Connor became the first female Supreme Court Justice
(1981) |
| 26th |
Johnny Appleseed was born (1774)
George Gershwin was born (1898)
The First NIXON - KENNEDY debate was televised (1960) |
| 27th |
Samuel Adams was born (1722)
Political cartoonist Thomas Nast was born (1840) |
| 28th |
William the Conqueror invaded England (1066)
Friedrich Engels, coauthor of the Communist Manifesto, was born
(1820) |
| 29th |
Miguel de Cervantes was born (1547) Author of “DON QUIXIOTE”
Jerry Lee Lewis was born (1935) |
| 30th |
Ether was first used as an anesthetic (1846)
“PORGY AND BESS” premiered, in Boston (1935) |
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