Today In History

TODAY IN HISTORY

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September 28th - 272nd Day of the Year

1396
The last great Christian crusade, led jointly by John the Fearless of Nevers and King Sigismund of Hungary, ends in disaster at the hands of Sultan Bayezid I's Ottoman army at Nicopolis.

1598
In Sweden, King Sigismund is defeated at Stangebro by his uncle Charles.

1775
British troops capture Ethan Allen, the hero of Ticonderoga, when he and a handful of Americans try to invade Canada.

1789
Congress proposes 12 new amendments to the Constitution, which would become known as the Bill of Rights.

1804
The 12th Amendment is ratified, changing the procedure of choosing the president and vice-president.

1846
American General Zachary Taylor's forces capture Monterey, Mexico.

1894
President Grover Cleveland issues a presidential proclamation pardoning followers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also known as Mormons) who had previously engaged in polygamous marriages or habitation arrangements considered unlawful by the U.S. government.

1909
The first National Aeronautic Show opens at Madison Square Garden.

1915
An allied offensive is launched in France against the German Army.

1918
Brazil declares war on Austria.

1937
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler meets with Italian Premier Benito Mussolini in Munich.

1938
President Franklin Roosevelt urges negotiations between Hitler and Czech President Edvard Benes over the Sudetenland.

1942
The War Labor Board orders equal pay for women in the United States.

1943
The Red Army retakes Smolensk from the Germans who are retreating to the Dnieper River in the Soviet Union.

1954
Under escort from the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division, nine Black students enter all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.

1959
- President Dwight Eisenhower and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev begin Camp David talks.
- Mob assassins shoot Anthony Carfano, known as Little Augie Pisano, to death in New York City on Meyer Lansky’s orders.

1965
The Kansas City Athletics start ageless wonder Satchel Paige in a game against the Boston Red Sox. The 59-year-old Paige, a Negro League legend, proved his greatness once again by giving up only one hit in his three innings of play.

1974
Scientists warn that continued use of aerosol sprays will cause ozone depletion, which will lead to an increased risk of skin cancer and global weather changes.

1978
A Pacific Southwest Airlines jet collides in mid-air with a small Cessna over San Diego, killing 153 people.

1981
Sandra Day O'Connor, the first female Supreme Court Justice, is sworn in.

1983
Maze Prison escape, County Antrim, Northern Ireland; 38 IRA prisoners escape in the largest prison breakout in British history; known among Irish republicans as the Great Escape.

1992
NASA launches Mars Observer probe; it fails 11 months later.

1996
Ireland's last Magdalene laundry closes; begun as asylums to rehabilitate "fallen women," they increasingly took on prison-like qualities.

2005
Two months after announcing its intention to disarm, the Irish Republican Army (IRA) gives up its weapons in front of independent weapons inspectors.

2008
China launches Shenzhou 7 spacecraft; crew performs China's first extra-vehicular activity (EVA).

2009
US President Barack Obama, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy jointly accuse Iran of building a secrecy nuclear enrichment facility.

The Shelby County Historical Society would like to thank the following area businesses for their support:
KNOD, Harlan Newspaper, Hy-Vee, Milk & Honey, Farm Table Delivery, Nelson Farm Supply, Shelby County Physical Therapy, Shelby County State Bank, State Farm-EJ Leinen, Town & Country Credit Union, Ouren Real Estate, and ThinkSpace IT.