Nine African-American students enter the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, under heavily armed guard.
» Read moreSeptember 25, 1957 – Central High School integrated
September 24, 1966 – Hurricane Inez batters Caribbean
Hurricane Inez slams into the islands of the Caribbean, killing hundreds of people, on this day in 1966.
» Read moreSeptember 23, 1846 – Eighth planet discovered
German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle discovers the planet Neptune at the Berlin Observatory.
» Read moreSeptember 22, 1980 – Iran-Iraq War
President Saddam Hussein launches an invasion of Iran’s oil-producing province of Khuzestan.
» Read moreSeptember 21, 1954 – Atomic sub Nautilus
The USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear-powered vessel, is commissioned by the United States Navy.
» Read moreSeptember 20, 1565 – First European battle on American soil
Spanish forces under Pedro Menendez de Aviles capture the French Huguenot settlement of Fort Caroline, near present-day Jacksonville, Florida.
» Read moreSeptember 19, 1893 – New Zealand first in women’s vote
New Zealand becomes the first country in the world to grant national voting rights to women.
» Read moreSeptember 18, 1980 – Terry Fox receives Order of Canada
On September 18, 1980, Terry Fox became the youngest person appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada.
» Read moreSeptember 18, 1964 – North Vietnamese Army begins infiltration of South Vietnam
South Vietnamese officials claim that two companies from the North Vietnamese army have invaded South Vietnam.
» Read moreSeptember 17, 1978 – Camp David Accords signed
Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin sign two frameworks for peace in Washington, D.C.
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