september
1st
1946- 1st US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Patty Berg
1987- Michael Chang is youngest man to win US Tennis Open match
2nd
1867- 1st Girl School opens in the Netherlands
1944- Anne Frank was sent to Auschwitz
3rd
1838- Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery
1954-Pope Pius X canonized a saint
4th
1813- First US religious newspaper
Birthday of Shinya Yamanaka (Physician)
5th
1986- Whitney Houston wins the MTV awards
1997- Mother Theresa died
6th
1620- The Mayflower departed from England
2012- Barack Obama accepts nomination to run for president
7th
1954- Integration begins in Washington D.C. and Baltimore public schools
Birthday of Elizabeth I (Queen of England)
8th
1883- Northern Pacific Railroad was completed
1986- First broadcast of ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’
9th
1675- New England colonies declare war on Wampanoag Indians
1865- Race riot in England
10th
1933- 1st Negro League All-Star Game
1990- Ellis Island opens as a museum
11th
1993- Junxia Qu sets world record for ladies’ 1500m run
2001- Terrorist attack on twin towers in New York
12th
Birthday of Jesse Owens (Olympian)
1958- US Supreme Court orders integration of Little Rock High School
13th
1663- First slave conspiracy in American
1996- Death of Tupac Shakur
14th
1814- Francis Scott Key wrote the "Star-Spangled Banner"
1975- Elizabeth Ann Seton became the first American saint.
15th
1898-National African American Council forms in New York
2011- 'Indeterminate' can be listed as a gender on Australian passports
16th
Mexican Independence Day
1976 - The Episcopal Church approved women to be ordained.
17th
1778- 1st treaty between the US & Indian tribes
1861- First class for escaped slaves taught by Mary Peake in Virginia
18th
1895- Booker T. Washington delivers 'Atlanta Compromise'
Birthday of Jada Pinkett Smith
19th
1893- New Zealand grants all its women the right to vote
1947- Jackie Robinson is named Rookie of Year
20th
1850- Slave trade abolished in DC
1884- Equal Rights Party nominates female candidates for President and VP
21st
International Day of Peace
1985 North and South Korea opened their borders for a family reunion program.
22nd
1950- Ralph J Bunche is the first black recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1973- Henry Kissinger becomes the first Jewish Secretary of State.
23rd
1957- Nine black students withdrew from Little Rock Central High School.
1976- South Africa allows multi-racial teams to represent them in world events
24th
2012- Chinese bookstore suspend the sale of books about Japan or books by Japanese authors
1994- National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi to fight against the dictatorship
25th
1493- Columbus begins his second trip to America
1978- Melissa Ludtke filed a law suit that resulted in Major League Baseball not being allowed to ban female writers from the locker room after the game.
26th
1953- US and Spain sign defense treaty
National Native American Day
27th
1821- Mexican Empire declares independence
1852- George L. Aiken’s drama adaptation of Uncle Tom’s Cabin premiers in New York
28th
1829- “Walker’s Appeal” anti-slavery pamphlet is published.
1990- Marvin Gaye gets a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame
29th
1864- Black soldiers are given the US Medal of Honor for fighting in the Civil War
1904- First monument in remembrance of the Spanish-American war is created.
30th
1962- John F. Kennedy sends troops to Mississippi to protect Civil Rights Activists
1963- KKK members were arrested for terrorist acts in Birmingham, Alabama
1946- 1st US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Patty Berg
1987- Michael Chang is youngest man to win US Tennis Open match
2nd
1867- 1st Girl School opens in the Netherlands
1944- Anne Frank was sent to Auschwitz
3rd
1838- Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery
1954-Pope Pius X canonized a saint
4th
1813- First US religious newspaper
Birthday of Shinya Yamanaka (Physician)
5th
1986- Whitney Houston wins the MTV awards
1997- Mother Theresa died
6th
1620- The Mayflower departed from England
2012- Barack Obama accepts nomination to run for president
7th
1954- Integration begins in Washington D.C. and Baltimore public schools
Birthday of Elizabeth I (Queen of England)
8th
1883- Northern Pacific Railroad was completed
1986- First broadcast of ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’
9th
1675- New England colonies declare war on Wampanoag Indians
1865- Race riot in England
10th
1933- 1st Negro League All-Star Game
1990- Ellis Island opens as a museum
11th
1993- Junxia Qu sets world record for ladies’ 1500m run
2001- Terrorist attack on twin towers in New York
12th
Birthday of Jesse Owens (Olympian)
1958- US Supreme Court orders integration of Little Rock High School
13th
1663- First slave conspiracy in American
1996- Death of Tupac Shakur
14th
1814- Francis Scott Key wrote the "Star-Spangled Banner"
1975- Elizabeth Ann Seton became the first American saint.
15th
1898-National African American Council forms in New York
2011- 'Indeterminate' can be listed as a gender on Australian passports
16th
Mexican Independence Day
1976 - The Episcopal Church approved women to be ordained.
17th
1778- 1st treaty between the US & Indian tribes
1861- First class for escaped slaves taught by Mary Peake in Virginia
18th
1895- Booker T. Washington delivers 'Atlanta Compromise'
Birthday of Jada Pinkett Smith
19th
1893- New Zealand grants all its women the right to vote
1947- Jackie Robinson is named Rookie of Year
20th
1850- Slave trade abolished in DC
1884- Equal Rights Party nominates female candidates for President and VP
21st
International Day of Peace
1985 North and South Korea opened their borders for a family reunion program.
22nd
1950- Ralph J Bunche is the first black recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1973- Henry Kissinger becomes the first Jewish Secretary of State.
23rd
1957- Nine black students withdrew from Little Rock Central High School.
1976- South Africa allows multi-racial teams to represent them in world events
24th
2012- Chinese bookstore suspend the sale of books about Japan or books by Japanese authors
1994- National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi to fight against the dictatorship
25th
1493- Columbus begins his second trip to America
1978- Melissa Ludtke filed a law suit that resulted in Major League Baseball not being allowed to ban female writers from the locker room after the game.
26th
1953- US and Spain sign defense treaty
National Native American Day
27th
1821- Mexican Empire declares independence
1852- George L. Aiken’s drama adaptation of Uncle Tom’s Cabin premiers in New York
28th
1829- “Walker’s Appeal” anti-slavery pamphlet is published.
1990- Marvin Gaye gets a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame
29th
1864- Black soldiers are given the US Medal of Honor for fighting in the Civil War
1904- First monument in remembrance of the Spanish-American war is created.
30th
1962- John F. Kennedy sends troops to Mississippi to protect Civil Rights Activists
1963- KKK members were arrested for terrorist acts in Birmingham, Alabama
