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In 1787, the Constitution of the United States was completed and signed by a majority of delegates attending the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. In 1862, Union forces fought Confederate invaders in the Civil War Battle of Antietam in ...
On Sept. 17, 1911, Calbraith P. Rodgers set off from Sheepshead Bay, N.Y., aboard a Wright biplane in an attempt to become the first flier to travel the width of the United States. (The 49-day journey required 69 stops before Rodgers arrived in Pasadena, Calif., on Nov. 5.)
In 1787, the Constitution of the United States was completed and signed by a majority of delegates attending the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
In 1908, Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge of the U.S. Army Signal Corps became the first person to die in the crash of a powered aircraft, the Wright Flyer, at Fort Myer, Va., just outside Washington, D.C.
In 1971, citing health reasons, Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black, 85, retired. (Black, who was succeeded by Lewis F. Powell Jr., died eight days after making his announcement.)
In 1978, after meeting at Camp David, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat signed a framework for a peace treaty.
In 1991, the U.N. General Assembly opened its 46th session, welcoming new members Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, North and South Korea, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia.
Six days after 9/11, stock prices nosedived but stopped short of collapse in an emotional, flag-waving reopening of Wall Street; the Dow Jones industrial average ended the day down 684.81 at 8,920.70. President George W. Bush visited a mosque in Washington as he appealed to Americans to get back to everyday business and not turn against their Muslim neighbors.
Pope Benedict XVI said he was ?deeply sorry? his recent remarks on Islam and violence had offended Muslims, but the unusual expression of papal regret drew a mixed reaction from Islamic leaders, some of whom said it wasn?t enough. Five Duquesne basketball players were shot and wounded during an apparent act of random violence on the Pittsburgh campus. (Two men later pleaded guilty in connection with the shootings and received prison sentences.)
Thousands of cheering Catholic schoolchildren feted Pope Benedict XVI on his second day in Britain, offering a boisterous welcome even as the pontiff urged their teachers to make sure to provide a trusting, safe environment. A scientist and his wife who once worked at a top-secret U.S. nuclear laboratory were arrested and charged with conspiracy to help develop a nuclear weapon for Venezuela. (Pedro Leonardo Mascheroni and Marjorie Roxby Mascheroni have pleaded not guilty; the U.S. government has not alleged that Venezuela or anyone working for it sought U.S. secrets.)
Actor David Huddleston is 81. Singer LaMonte McLemore (The Fifth Dimension) is 76. Basketball Hall of Fame coach Phil Jackson is 66. Singer Fee Waybill is 61. Actress Cassandra Peterson (?Elvira, Mistress of the Dark?) is 60. Singer BeBe Winans is 49. Actor Kyle Chandler is 46. Rapper Doug E. Fresh is 45. Actor Malik Yoba is 44. Rock musician Keith Flint (Prodigy) is 42. Actor Matthew Settle is 42. Rapper Vinnie (Naughty By Nature) is 41. Rock singer Anastacia is 38. Actress-singer Nona Gaye is 37. Singer-actor Constantine Maroulis is 36. NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson is 36. Pop singer Maile Misajon (Eden?s Crush) is 35. Country singer-songwriter Stephen Cochran is 32. Rock musician Chuck Comeau (Simple Plan) is 32. Actor Billy Miller is 32. Country singer Desi Wasdin (3 of Hearts) is 28. Rock musician Jon Walker is 26.
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