Associated Press On Sept. 18, 1961, United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold was killed in a plane crash in northern Rhodesia. On this date in: 1759-…
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Associated Press On Sept. 17, 1862, Union forces hurled back a Confederate invasion of Maryland in the Civil War battle of Antietam. With nearly 23,000…
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Associated Press On Sept. 16, 1982, a massacre of between 1,200 and 1,400 Palestinian men, women and children at the hands of Israeli-allied Christian Phalange…
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Associated Press On Sept. 15, 1963, four black girls were killed when a bomb went off during Sunday services at a Baptist church in Birmingham,…
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Associated Press Sept. 14, 2001, the FBI released the names of the 19 hijackers who took part in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks; President George…
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Associated Press On Sept. 11, 2001, al-Qaida terrorists hijacked four passenger jetliners in the United States. They flew two into the World Trade Center in…
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Associated Press On Sept. 10, 1989, Hungary stopped enforcing East German visa restrictions and opened its borders, beginning a flood of emigration that led…
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Associated Press On Sept. 9, 1956, Elvis Presley made the first of three appearances on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” 1850- California became the 31st state…
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Associated Press On Sept. 8, 1974, President Gerald R. Ford granted an unconditional pardon to former President Richard M. Nixon. 1565- A Spanish expedition established…
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Associated Press On Sept. 4, 1957, Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus called out the National Guard to prevent nine black students from entering Central High School…
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