On this date: 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, more than 3,600 men were killed in the Civil War Battle of Antietam (an-TEE-tum) in Maryland. 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, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C. In 1937, the likeness of President Abraham Lincolns head was dedicated at Mount Rushmore. In 1944, during World War II, Allied paratroopers launched Operation Market Garden, landing behind German lines in the Netherlands. (After initial success, the Allies were beaten back by the Germans.) In 1954, the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding was first published by Faber & Faber of London. In 1964, the James Bond movie Goldfinger, starring Sean Connery, premiered in London. The fantasy sitcom Bewitched, starring Elizabeth Montgomery, debuted on ABC-TV. 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 (men-AH-kem BAY-gihn) and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat signed a framework for a peace treaty. In 1984, Progressive Conservative leader Brian Mulroney (muhl-ROO-nee) took office as Canadas 18th prime minister. In 1994, Heather Whitestone of Alabama was crowned the first deaf Miss America. In 2011, a demonstration calling itself Occupy Wall Street began in New York, prompting similar protests around the U.S. and the world.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 18:22:27 +0000
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