On this day in American historySeptember
30 dates, 240 cited events. Every entry links to the day’s full story.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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