On this day in history, September 17, 1937, Abraham Lincoln carving is officially dedicated at Mount Rushmore
The 16th president of the US from 1861 to 1865, Lincoln led the nation through some of the darkest years.

The busts of U.S. presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln tower over the Black Hills at Mount Rushmore National Monument on July 1, 2020, in Keystone, South Dakota.

 

1978 - Camp David Accords concluded
The Camp David Accords, negotiated by U.S. President Jimmy Carter, were completed this day in 1978, leading to a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel and a broader framework for pursuing peace in the Middle East.

 

After the murder of Mahsa Amini, a revolutionary movement, with the slogan "Woman - Life - Freedom" started in Iran.

 

1787: U.S. Constitution is signed. Following Benjamin Franklin's speech, delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia sign the Constitution. The day will later be observed as I Am an American Day, which will be renamed to Constitution Day and Citizenship Day.

 

17th Sept

1939 - The Soviet Union invaded Poland. Germany had invaded Poland on September 1.

1944 - Operation "Market Garden" was launched by Allied paratroopers during World War II. The landing point was behind German lines in the Netherlands.

 

17 Sep 1944

On the encouragement of the British, SHAEF Commander General Eisenhower and the Joint Chiefs in D.C. approved the launch of Operation Market Garden, an airborne/ground offensive of American and British forces to penetrate the German defenses to the north of Patton's Third Army push into Germany. While ultimately considered a complete failure in its objective, it allowed supply lines to be secured along a wider line into the push into Germany. While mostly political, the Allied Command officially expressed concern that Patton's single push could be cut off and, therefore, stopped US Third Army's drive into Germany in the Lorraine region of France.

 

September 15 commemorates the day in 1970 that Jimi Hendrix was pronounced dead on arrival at St. Mary Abbot's Hospital in London at the age of 27. Widely mis-reported as an overdose, he actually died by choking on his own vomit.

Hendrix left the message 'I need help bad man', on his manager's answer phone earlier that night. Rumors and conspiracy theories grew up around Hendrix’s death. Eric Burdon claimed Jimi had committed suicide, but that’s contradicted by reports that he was in a good frame of mind.

At the time, Jimi was moving away from the histrionics of smashing or burning his guitsar onstage and was moving towards a more prog-rock sound, and had expressed that guitar smashing was all the audiences wanted to see.

Continue to Rest in Peace, Jimi.

 

September 18, 1975
Patricia Hearst, who had been sought around the world since her alleged kidnapping on Feb. 4, 1974, is taken into custody by FBI agents in San Francisco, along with two of her companions in the Symbionese Liberation Army, William and Emily Harris, and Wendy Yoshimura. Miss Hearst, 21, is wanted for bank robbery, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and nearly 25 state charges, including assault with intent to kill and kidnapping.

 

1870: A cone geyser that shoots thousands of gallons of boiling water 125 feet into the air is named 'Old Faithful' by members of an expedition. The geyser's astounding show, repeated at regular intervals, will soon make it a star attraction, with some visitors using it to wash laundry, at what will soon be the world's first national park.

 

18 Sept 1947

Under the newly formed Department of Defense, the United States Air Force was established, separate from the U.S. Army. Lt. General James Doolittle was transferred from the U.S. Army Reserve to the Air Force Reserve.

 

1947
The Central Intelligence Agency officially comes into existence after being established by President Truman in July.

Harry Truman

 

On September 19, 1995, The Washington Post and The New York Times both published 'Industrial Society and Its Future' - also known as 'The Unabomber's Manifesto' - a 35,000-word antitechnology document written by Ted Kaczynski, who had launched a bombing campaign that killed 3 and wounded 23.

It was Ted's brother's wife, Linda, who first suspected Ted and urged husband David Kaczynski to read the manifesto when it was published. David recognized Ted's writing style, and the criminal defense lawyer the couple hired notified authorities. On April 3, 1996, police arrested Ted in his rural cabin in Lincoln, Montana.

 

1893: Following some 20 years of activism and a 32,000-signature petition, Governor Lord Glasgow gives Royal Assent to a bill granting adult women the right to vote, and New Zealand becomes the first country to achieve the milestone. US women will gain voting rights 27 years later.

 

1991 - In the Ötztal Alps on the Italian-Austrian border, German tourists discovered a mummified human body (later known as the Iceman) that was subsequently determined to date from 3300 bce.

 

On this day in history, September 19, 1796, President George Washington issues his Farewell Address
Father of the country spoke proudly of young American nation, prophetically warned of dangers of party politics.


George Washington's Farewell Address inspired the nation for generations, including during the Civil War. The first line reads, "Upon the couch of death the champion of the free," and the illustration artist is listed as "Clayton."

 

On This Day In History
September 19, 1827
Jim Bowie stabs a Louisiana banker with his famous knife

After a duel turns into an all-out brawl on September 19, 1827, Jim Bowie disembowels a banker on a sandbar near the eastern shore of the Mississippi River, with an early version of his famous Bowie knife. The actual inventor of the Bowie knife, however, was probably not Jim Bowie, but rather his equally belligerent brother, Rezin Bowie, who reportedly came up with the design after nearly being killed in a vicious knife fight.

The Bowie brothers engaged in more fights than the typical frontiersman of the day, but such violent duels were not uncommon events on the untamed margins of American civilization. In the early nineteenth century, most frontiersmen preferred knives to guns for fighting, and the Bowie knife quickly became one of the favorites. Rezin Bowie had invented such a nasty looking weapon that the mere sight of it probably discouraged many would-be robbers and attackers.

Designs varied somewhat, but the typical Bowie knife sported a 9- to 15- inch blade sharpened only on one side for much of its length, though the curved tip was sharpened to a point on both sides. The double-edged tip made the knife an effective stabbing weapon, while the dull-edge combined with a brass hand guard allowed the user to slide a hand down over the blade as needed. The perfect knife for close-quarter fighting, the Bowie knife became the weapon of choice for many westerners before the reliable rapid-fire revolver took its place in the post-Civil War period.

 

September 20 commemorates the day in 1973 that Jim Croce died in an airplane crash. He was on his way to perform his 2nd concert of the day during his ominously titled 'Life and Times' tour when Croce and five others were killed. Their chartered Beechcraft E18S crashed into a tree during takeoff from the Natchitoches Regional Airport in Natchitoches, Louisiana. It was the day before his single 'I Got a Name' was released.

Strangely, for some unknown reason, I woke up this morning with two of his songs, 'Bad, Bady Leroy Brown' and 'You Don't Mess Around With Jim' running through my brain, jumbled together like one song. Hmmm...

Continue to Rest In Peace, Jim Croce.



In the newspaper the next day:

 

Cal Ripken Jr. Ended his streak of 2,632 games played.No one will touch that. Played his entire career for his home team.

 

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On this day in history, September 20, 1973, tennis star Billie Jean King wins 'Battle of the Sexes' in Houston
Made-for-TV match 50 years ago today was watched by millions around the world, proving a watershed event for women's athletics.

On Sept. 20, 1973, a crowd of 30,472 and an estimated TV audience of 40 million — the largest ever live audience for a tennis match in primetime — witnessed Billie Jean King, 29, defeat Bobby Riggs, 55, in three straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, in the "Battle of the Sexes."