Sitemap - 2024 - This Day in American History

September 15, 2008 - Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers

September 14, 1814 - Key Writes the Star-Spangled Banner

September 13, 1996 - The Death of Tupac Shakur

September 12, 1959 - Bonanza Premiers

September 11, 1985 - Pete Rose Breaks Record

September 10, 1608 - John Smith Elected President of the Jamestown Colony

September 9, 1971 - The Attica Prison Riot

September 8, 1935 - The Shooting of Huey P. Long

September 7, 1979 - ESPN Made its Debut

September 6, 1901 - The Shooting of President William McKinley

September 5, 1836 - Sam Houston was Elected as the First President of the Republic of Texas

September 4, 1917 - America's First Fatalities in WW1

September 3rd, 1955 - The Burial of Emmett Till

September 2, 1789 - Founding of the United States Treasury Department

September 1, 1864 - The Fall of Atlanta

August 31, 1881

August 30, 2019

August 29, 1885

August 28, 1922

August 27, 1859

August 26, 1986

August 25, 1835 - The Great Moon Hoax

August 24, 1992 - Hurricane Andrew

August 23rd, 1784 - The State of Franklin Declares Independence

August 22, 1992 - The Standoff at Ruby Ridge

August 21, 1959 - Hawaii Become the 50th State

August 20, 1988

August 19, 1960

August 18, 1587

August 17, 1862

August 16th, 1954

August 15th, 1914 - Opening of the Panama Canal

August 14th, 1985 - Michael Jackson acquires the publishing rights to most of the Beatles' catalog

August 13, 1889 - William Gray is issued a patent for a coin-operated telephone

August 12th, 1869

August 11th, 1934

August 10, 1977

August 9th, 1930

August 8, 1942

August 7th, 1974

August 6th, 1930

August 5th, 1962

August 4th, 1892

August 3rd 1946

August 2nd, 1790

August 1st, 1957

July 31, 2001

July 30, 1975

July 29, 1914

July 28th, 1929

July 27th - 1940