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President George Washington issued his Farewell Address on this day in history, Sept. 19, 1796. He spoke proudly of the new nation but also warned of the dangers of party politics.
on this day in history, september 16, 1919, congress grants national charter to the american legion On April 14, 1865, Lincoln was assassinated while attending a play at Ford’s Theatre in ...
on this day in history, august 24, 1814, british troops ransacked, torched white house and capitol "It seemed as though mother earth had opened and was vomiting shot and shell in a sheet of fire ...
April 29. April 29 is the 119th day of the year (120th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 246 days remain until the end of the year.
1492 – Christopher Columbus set sail from San Sebastián de La Gomera in the Canary Islands on his first voyage across the Atlantic to the Americas. 1566 – Suleiman the Magnificent, the longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire, died at the age of 71. 1970 – Black September: The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijacked ...
2001 – The September 11 attacks, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks killing 2,977 people using four aircraft hijacked by 19 members of al-Qaeda. Two aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, a third crashes into The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and a fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
On this day in history, Sept. 16, 1919, The American Legion received a charter from Congress as it continued to aid veterans and military families in the wake of World War I.
September 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) The earliest date on which the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance is performed. Armed Forces Day (São Tomé and Príncipe) Defence Day or Army Day (Pakistan) Flag Day (Bonaire) Independence Day (Swaziland), celebrates the independence of Eswatini from the United Kingdom in 1968.