James Merideth On September 30, 1399 – Henry Bolingbroke became the King of England as Henry IV. On September 30, 1630 – John Billington was hanged for murder. He was the first criminal to be executed in the American colonies. On September 30, 1777 – The Congress of the United States moved to York,...
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On September 29, 1789 – A regular army was established by the U.S. War Department with several hundred men. On September 29, 1829 – The first public appearance by London’s re-organized police force was met with jeers from political opponents. The force became known as Scotland Yard. On September 29, 1943 – U.S. Gen....
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On September 28, 48 B.C. – Pompey the Great was murdered on the orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt. On September 28, 1542 – San Diego, CA, was discovered by Portuguese navigator Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo. On September 28, 1787 – The U.S. Congress voted to send the new Constitution of the United States to...
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On September 27, 1779 – John Adams was elected to negotiate with the British over the American Revolutionary War peace terms. On September 27, 1840 – Thomas Nast was born. He was a political cartoonist that created the Republican elephant and the Democrat donkey. On September 27, 1964 – The Warren Commission issued a...
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On September 26, 1774 – John Chapman was born. He was better known as Johnny Appleseed. He planted orchards, befriended wild animals, and was considered at great medicine man by Native Americans. On September 26, 1789 – Thomas Jefferson was appointed America’s first Secretary of State. John Jay was appointed the first chief justice...
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On September 25, 1492 – The crew of the Pinta, one of Christopher Columbus’ ships, mistakenly thought that they had spotted land. On September 25, 1513 – The Pacific Ocean was discovered by Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa when he crossed the Isthmus of Panama. He named the body of water the South...
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On September 24, 1789 – The U.S. Congress passed the First Judiciary Act. The act provided for an Attorney General and a Supreme Court. On September 24, 1869 – Thousands of businessmen were financially ruined after a panic on Wall Street. The panic was caused by an attempt to corner the gold market by...
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On September 23, 1642 – The first commencement at Harvard College, in Cambridge, MA, was held. On September 23, 1779 – John Paul Jones, commander of the American warship Bon Homme, was quoted as saying “I have not yet begun to fight!” On September 23, 1838 – Victoria Chaflin Woodhull was born. She became...
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On September 22, 1656 – An all-female jury heard the case of a woman murdering her child. The jury in Patuxent, MD, voted for acquittal. On September 22, 1862 – U.S. President Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. It stated that all slaves held within rebel states would be free as of January 1,...
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On September 21, 1893 – Frank Duryea took what is believed to be the first gasoline- powered automobile for a test drive. The “horseless carriage” was designed by Frank and Charles Duryea. On September 21, 1937 – J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” was first published. On September 21, 1938 – A hurricane struck parts of...
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