boxjaw 
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11 September, 1941 - Construction of the Pentagon began.
Reply #761. Sep 11 11, 12:07 PM
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| lesley153
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11th Sept 1297: Battle of Stirling Bridge
11th Sept 1997: Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament.
Reply #762. Sep 11 11, 1:01 PM
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| s-m-w
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11 September 2011.. Doris Day has become the oldest artist to score a UK Top 10 with an album featuring new material, according to the Official Charts Company.
At the tender age of 87, Day's new record My Heart has gone in at number nine, 62 years after her debut album was released in the US.
Reply #763. Sep 11 11, 2:27 PM
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paulmallon
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9/12/53: JFK and Jackie get hitched
9/12/53: Nikita Khruschev "elected" Soviet leader
Reply #764. Sep 12 11, 10:25 AM
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paulmallon
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1814: Francis Scott Key writes "The Star Spangled Banner"
and... little known fact, he actually performed it for the first time on "Larry king Live" that same night!
Reply #765. Sep 13 11, 6:42 PM
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| lesley153
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Yesterday was 2.9.1752 and today is 14.9.1752, because the British Empire has adopted the Gregorian calendar, and has had to skip eleven days to catch up.
Reply #766. Sep 13 11, 7:56 PM
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paulmallon
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1901:President William McKinley dies of gunshot wounds
Reply #767. Sep 14 11, 8:42 AM
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paulmallon
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1978: Muhammad Ali defeats Leon Spinks to win the heaveyweight championship
Reply #768. Sep 15 11, 9:26 AM
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paulmallon
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1620: The Mayflower departs England
1940: US imposses the draft
1977: Opera star Maria Callas dies
Reply #769. Sep 16 11, 8:53 AM
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JaneofGaunt
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On 16 September 1400, Owain Glyndwr was proclaimed Prince of Wales by his band of followers. He led what was later known as the Last War of Independence: the very last big Welsh uprising against the English, which lasted for about a decade. Owain Glyndwr would be the last native Welshman to hold the title of Prince of Wales.
Reply #770. Sep 16 11, 8:59 PM
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paulmallon
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9/17 1862 The single bloodiest day of the Civil War occured at Antietam...of the approximately 100,000 troops, 23,000 were wounded and 4,000 were killed
Reply #771. Sep 17 11, 5:45 PM
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| great2beme
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September 17th, 1630- The city of Boston, Massachusetts is founded.
Reply #772. Sep 17 11, 7:00 PM
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| great2beme
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September 17, 1787- The US Constitution is signed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
September 17, 1814- Francis Scott Key finishes his poem "Defence of Fort McHenry", later to be the lyrics of "The Star-Spangled Banner".
September 17, 1939- Taisto Maki becomes the first man to run the 10,000 metres in under 30 minutes, in a time of 29:52:6
Reply #773. Sep 17 11, 7:06 PM
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JaneofGaunt
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September 19th 1356 - The Battle of Poitiers was fought between England and France. Edward "the Black Prince" captured France's King John. This was the second of the three great English victories in the Hundred Years War: Crécy, Poitiers, and Agincourt.
Reply #774. Sep 19 11, 6:49 PM
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paulmallon
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President James Garfield dies from gunshot wounds
Juan Peron deposed in Argentina
Reply #775. Sep 19 11, 7:10 PM
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paulmallon
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On this day in 1973, in a highly publicized "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match, top women's player Billie Jean King, 29, beats Bobby Riggs, 55, a former No. 1 ranked men's player. Riggs (1918-1995), a self-proclaimed male chauvinist, had boasted that women were inferior, that they couldn't handle the pressure of the game and that even at his age he could beat any female player. The match was a huge media event, witnessed in person by over 30,000 spectators at the Houston Astrodome and by another 50 million TV viewers worldwide. King made a Cleopatra-style entrance on a gold litter carried by men dressed as ancient slaves, while Riggs arrived in a rickshaw pulled by female models. Legendary sportscaster Howard Cosell called the match, in which King beat Riggs 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. King's achievement not only helped legitimize women's professional tennis and female athletes, but it was seen as a victory for women's rights in general
Reply #776. Sep 20 11, 2:15 PM
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paulmallon
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1780: Benedict Arnold commits treason
1904 The great Nez Perce leader, Chief Joseph dies
Reply #777. Sep 21 11, 7:34 AM
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| tiepolo
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On Sept. 21, 1897, the New York Sun published "Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus"
Reply #778. Sep 21 11, 8:27 AM
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paulmallon
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1862: Abraham Lincoln issues The Emancipation Proclamation
Reply #779. Sep 22 11, 8:49 AM
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| tiepolo
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John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps on Sept. 22, 1961.
Reply #780. Sep 22 11, 10:07 AM
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