Wall Street Bomb Blast Kills Dozens in Deadliest US Attack
On September 16, 1920: Wall Street Bomb Blast Kills Dozens in Deadliest US Attack
Racist Bombing Kills Four Little Girls at Birmingham Church
The 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing Shocks a Nation On the morning of September 15, 1963, a Sunday school class at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, was preparing for worship when a bomb planted by members of the Ku Klux Klan detonated…
President McKinley Dies, Launching Theodore Roosevelt Into History
The Shot That Changed America: McKinley’s Death and the Rise of TR On September 14, 1901, President William McKinley took his final breath in Buffalo, New York, eight days after being shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition. At just 42 years old,…
Francis Scott Key Writes Star-Spangled Banner During Battle of Baltimore
On September 13, 1814: Francis Scott Key Writes Star-Spangled Banner During Battle of Baltimore
JFK Challenges a Nation to Reach for the Moon
We Choose to Go to the Moon: Kennedy’s Defining Speech On September 12, 1962, President John F. Kennedy stood before a crowd of 40,000 people at Rice University in Houston, Texas, and delivered one of the most electrifying speeches in American history. With the Cold…
Terror Attacks Shook America and Forever Changed the Modern World
On September 11, 2001: Terror Attacks Shook America and Forever Changed the Modern World
American Navy Crushes British Fleet in Battle of Lake Erie
On September 10, 1813: American Navy Crushes British Fleet in Battle of Lake Erie
The United States of America Gets Its Official Name Forever
The Day “United States of America” Became the Nation’s Official Name On September 9, 1776, the Second Continental Congress made a decision that would echo through centuries of history — officially replacing the name “United Colonies” with the now-iconic title: the United States of America….
Ford’s Stunning Pardon Shocks Nation and Ends Nixon Nightmare
Gerald Ford Pardons Richard Nixon, Dividing a Wounded Nation On September 8, 1974, President Gerald Ford made one of the most controversial decisions in American political history — he granted a full and unconditional pardon to former President Richard Nixon for any crimes he may…
America’s First Submarine Attack Changed Naval Warfare Forever
The Turtle’s Secret Mission: America’s Daring Underwater Strike Against the British On the night of September 7, 1776, a lone American soldier named Ezra Lee climbed into a wooden, egg-shaped vessel barely large enough to hold one person and slipped beneath the dark waters of…
