This Day in History – September 25
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This Day in History – September 25
Monday, September 25, 2017
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Today is the 268th day of 2017. There are 97 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT1957: Nine black students who had been forced to withdraw from Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, because of unruly white crowds are escorted to class by members of the US Army’s 101st Airborne Division.OTHER EVENTS1690: One of the earliest American newspapers, Publick Occurrences, publishes its first — and last — edition in Boston.1775: American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen is captured by the British as he leads an attack on Montreal. (Allen was released by the British in 1778.)
1789: The first United States Congress adopts 12 amendments to the Constitution and sends them to the states for ratification. (Ten of the amendments became the Bill of Rights.)1890: President Benjamin Harrison signs a measure establishing Sequoia National Park.1917: Baseball Hall of Famer Phil Rizzuto is born in Brooklyn, New York.1932: The Spanish region of Catalonia receives a Charter of Autonomy (however, the Charter was revoked by Francisco Franco at the end of the Spanish Civil War).1956: The first transatlantic telephone cable officially goes into service with a three-way ceremonial call between New York, Ottawa and London.1962: Sonny Liston knocks out Floyd Patterson in round one to win the world heavyweight title at Comiskey Park in Chicago.1978: Some 144 people are killed when a Pacific Southwest Airlines Boeing 727 and a private plane collide over San Diego.1981: Sandra Day O’Connor is sworn in as the first female justice on the Supreme Court.1992: NASA’s Mars Observer blasts off on a $980-million mission to “The Red Planet”. (The probe disappears just before entering Martian orbit in August 1993.)1997: US President Bill Clinton pulls open the door of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, as he welcomes nine blacks …
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