September 11
Today in America's Present Past
1655 | Peter Stuyvesant recaptures Dutch Fort Casimir from the Swedes in Delaware.
1777 | War of Independence: Battle of Brandywine. Americans lose to the British, during which Polish mercenary Casimir Pulaski saves George Washington’s life.
1780 | War of Independence: Sugarloaf massacre.
1786 | The Annapolis Convention on interstate commerce opens to discuss reversing protectionist trade barriers between states.
1789 | POTUS: President Washington appointed Alexander Hamilton as America’s first Secretary of the Treasury.
1814 | War of 1812: Battle of Lake Champlain, New York: U.S. Navy beats the British.
1821 | Publisher Erastus Flaval Beadle was born.
1851 | Entrepreneur Sylvester Graham died.
1857 | Mountain Meadows Massacre.
1862 | Novelist William Sydney Porter, a.k.a., O. Henry was born.
1883| Architect James Cutler patents the postal mail chute.
1913 | Football Pro Paul “Bear” Bryant was born.
1922 | Activist Charles Evers was born.
1924 | Football Pro Tom Landry was born.
1929 | Journalist David S. Broder was born.
1940 | Lawyer Theodore Olson was born.
1941 | U.S. begins construction of the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia.
1960 | Sharon Statement issued by young conservative activists from the home of William F. Buckley.
1965 | Vietnam War: The U.S. William F. Buckleyarrives in Vietnam.
1967 | TV: ”The Carol Burnett Show" debuted.
1967 | Musician Harry Connick Jr. was born.
1971 | Author Markos Moulitsas was born.
1977 | The Atari 2600, originally known as the Atari Video Computer System, was released in America.
1998: Congress: Independent Counsel Ken Starr released a report citing 11 impeachable allegations against Democratic President Bill Clinton.
2000 | Bobby Knight protests in Bloomington, Indiana.
2001 | War on Terror: Passenger airliners are hijacked by Islamic terrorists and flown into US targets, murdering nearly 3,000 citizens.
2002 | Football Pro Johnny Unitas died.
2019 | Entrepreneur T. Boone Pickens died.