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September

30 dates, 240 cited events. Every entry links to the day’s full story.

  1. 1Sep

    Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson inflict heavy…

    8 moments from the American record, 1774 to 2008 · 5 births. The 245th day of the year.

    James Gordon Bennett Sr., b. 1795

  2. 2Sep

    U.S. vice president Theodore Roosevelt first publicly used the…

    8 moments from the American record, 1862 to 2024 · 5 births · 3 observances. The 246th day of the year.

    Lysander Button, b. 1810★ National Blueberry Popsicle Day

  3. 3Sep

    During the Battle of Cooch's Bridge

    8 moments from the American record, 1777 to 1991 · 5 births · 1 observance. The 247th day of the year.

    Paul Dudley, b. 1675★ National Welsh Rarebit Day

  4. 4Sep

    General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia

    8 moments from the American record, 1813 to 1995 · 5 births. The 248th day of the year.

    Stephen Whitney, b. 1776

  5. 5Sep

    In New Hampshire, United States, the Treaty of Portsmouth,…

    8 moments from the American record, 1781 to 1977 · 5 births · 1 observance. The 249th day of the year.

    Lester Allan Pelton, b. 1829★ International Day of Charity

  6. 6Sep

    Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture…

    8 moments from the American record, 1781 to 1946 · 5 births. The 250th day of the year.

    Henry Muhlenberg, b. 1711

  7. 7Sep

    France invades Dominica in the British West Indies

    8 moments from the American record, 1778 to 2008 · 5 births. The 251st day of the year.

    Thomas Talbot, b. 1818

  8. 8Sep

    Watergate scandal

    8 moments from the American record, 1781 to 2000 · 5 births · 3 observances. The 252nd day of the year.

    Jaime Nunó, b. 1824★ National Day

  9. 9Sep

    U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act…

    8 moments from the American record, 1739 to 1966 · 5 births · 1 observance. The 253rd day of the year.

    Benjamin Bourne, b. 1755★ California Admission Day

  10. 10Sep

    Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army

    8 moments from the American record, 1607 to 2025 · 5 births · 1 observance. The 254th day of the year.

    Hannah Webster Foster, b. 1758★ Gibraltar National Day

  11. 11Sep

    Nineteen members of al-Qaeda execute the September 11 attacks

    8 moments from the American record, 1775 to 2012 · 5 births · 4 observances. The 255th day of the year.

    Daniel S. Dickinson, b. 1800★ Emergency Number Day

  12. 12Sep

    Gemini 11, the penultimate mission of NASA's Gemini program, and…

    8 moments from the American record, 1952 to 1993 · 5 births · 3 observances. The 256th day of the year.

    Benjamin Carr, b. 1768★ Defenders Day

  13. 13Sep

    Margaret Chase Smith is elected United States senator

    8 moments from the American record, 1782 to 2013 · 5 births. The 257th day of the year.

    Oliver Evans, b. 1755

  14. 14Sep

    U.S. president William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded…

    8 moments from the American record, 1782 to 2003 · 5 births. The 258th day of the year.

    Jeremiah Dummer, b. 1643

  15. 15Sep

    U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson

    8 moments from the American record, 1776 to 2020 · 5 births · 3 observances. The 259th day of the year.

    James Fenimore Cooper, b. 1789★ International Day of Democracy

  16. 16Sep

    American colonists defeated British troops at the Battle of…

    8 moments from the American record, 1776 to 2013 · 5 births · 1 observance. The 260th day of the year.

    Charles Crocker, b. 1822★ International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

  17. 17Sep

    The Continental Army under Richard Montgomery began the Siege of…

    8 moments from the American record, 1775 to 2001 · 5 births · 1 observance. The 261st day of the year.

    Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, b. 1730★ Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, observed on the previous Friday if it falls on a Saturday, the following Monday if on a Sunday; and the beginning of the Constitution Week

  18. 18Sep

    The Battle of Chickamauga begins between Confederate and Union…

    8 moments from the American record, 1793 to 1948 · 5 births · 2 observances. The 262nd day of the year.

    George Read, b. 1733★ National Day or Dieciocho

  19. 19Sep

    British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the…

    8 moments from the American record, 1777 to 1985 · 5 births. The 263rd day of the year.

    John Ross Key, b. 1754

  20. 20Sep

    The Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, ends in a…

    8 moments from the American record, 1863 to 2011 · 5 births. The 264th day of the year.

    Benjamin Franklin White, b. 1800

  21. 21Sep

    The Great Fire of New York broke out during the British…

    8 moments from the American record, 1776 to 2004 · 5 births · 1 observance. The 265th day of the year.

    Christopher Gore, b. 1758★ International Day of Peace

  22. 22Sep

    A preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is…

    8 moments from the American record, 1776 to 1995 · 5 births · 1 observance. The 266th day of the year.

    John Quincy Adams II, b. 1833★ American Business Women's Day

  23. 23Sep

    U.S. President John F. Kennedy nominates African American civil…

    8 moments from the American record, 1779 to 2020 · 5 births · 2 observances. The 267th day of the year.

    William Holmes McGuffey, b. 1800★ National Day

  24. 24Sep

    U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in…

    8 moments from the American record, 1789 to 2023 · 5 births. The 268th day of the year.

    John Marshall, b. 1755

  25. 25Sep

    The United States Congress passes twelve constitutional amendments

    8 moments from the American record, 1775 to 1997 · 5 births · 2 observances. The 269th day of the year.

    Nicholas Van Dyke, b. 1738★ Bangladeshi Immigration Day

  26. 26Sep

    George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United…

    8 moments from the American record, 1777 to 2024 · 5 births · 1 observance. The 270th day of the year.

    Johnny Appleseed, b. 1774★ International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

  27. 27Sep

    Lancaster, Pennsylvania becomes the capital of the United States…

    8 moments from the American record, 1777 to 2007 · 5 births · 1 observance. The 271st day of the year.

    Solomon Stoddard, b. 1643★ National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

  28. 28Sep

    Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress

    8 moments from the American record, 1779 to 1924 · 5 births · 2 observances. The 272nd day of the year.

    Alvan Wentworth Chapman, b. 1809★ International Day for Universal Access to Information

  29. 29Sep

    The Williamsburg Bray School, the oldest-surviving school…

    8 moments from the American record, 1760 to 2008 · 5 births. The 273rd day of the year.

    Henry Bennett, b. 1808

  30. 30Sep

    The McKinley National Memorial

    8 moments from the American record, 1882 to 2019 · 5 births · 1 observance. The 274th day of the year.

    Lucinda Hinsdale Stone, b. 1814★ National Day for Truth and Reconciliation or Orange Shirt Day