September 14 1814 Francis Scott Key composed the lyrics to The Star Spangled Banner. 1901 President McKinley died of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin.…
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This Day In History — Milton Hershey is Born
September 13 1943 Chiang Kai-Shek became president of China. 1948 Republican Margaret Chase Smith of Maine was elected to the U.S. Senate, becoming the first…
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September 12 1609 Henry Hudson began his exploration of the Hudson River. 1953 Future President John F. Kennedy married Jacqueline Bouvier. 1977 South African black…
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September 11 1789 Alexander Hamilton was appointed the first Secretary of the Treasury. 1936 President Franklin Delano Roosevelt dedicated Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) in…
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September 10 1813 Oliver H. Perry sent his famous message, “We have met the enemy, and they are ours,” after defeating the British in the…
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September 09 1776 The Second Continental Congress changed the name of the nation to the United States of America, from the United Colonies. 1850 California…
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September 08 1900 A hurricane struck Galveston, Texas, killing about 8,000 people. 1935 Louisiana Senator Huey P. Long, “The Kingfish,” was shot and mortally wounded…
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September 07 1822 Brazil declared its independence from Portugal. 1901 The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ended with the signing of the Peking Protocol (Peace…
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September 06 1901 President William McKinley was shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y. McKinley died on September 14th.…
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September 05 1698 Russia’s Peter the Great levied a tax on bearded men. 1774 The first Continental Congress met in Philadelphia. 1836 The Republic of…
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