- 1814] Jose can you see: Francis Scott Key writes the 'Star-Spangled Banner', a poem originally called 'Defense of Fort McHenry'. Key had witnessed the British bombardment of the Maryland fort during the War of 1812. The song would became our national anthem on March 3, 1931...
- 1901] "Happy Trails": President William McKinley dies of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin. McKinley is succeeded by 42-year old Theodore Roosevelt...1982] Monaco's Princess Grace a.k.a. Grace Kelly dies from injuries suffered when her car plunges off a mountain road one day earlier. The Princess was 52...
- 1940] Feeling a draft: Congress passes the Selective Training and Service Act, providing for the first peacetime draft in U.S. history...
- 1948] Breaking ground: Ground is broken in Manhattan for the United Nations' world headquarters...
- 1959] Machine on the moon: The Soviet space probe Luna 2 becomes the first man-made object to reach the moon...
- 1968] Record-breaking: Tigers pitcher Denny McLain becomes the first pitcher to win 30 games in 34 years. Denny finishes the season at 31-6. His career stats: 131-91...
- 1994] Strike Three - you're out: Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig cancels the rest of the 1994 season after a strike continues after 34 days. No World Series will be played in 1994...
- 2001] Ground Zero: Using a bullhorn, President George W. Bush tells those gathered at Ground Zero that we will get even for the attacks. On the same day, the FBI releases the names of the 19 suspected terrorists...
- 2005] Chapter 11: Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection...
- 2005] What was he thinking?: A federal judge in San Francisco declares the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools unconstitutional...For more on September 14:
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