1787 - Congress sent the Constitution to the states for ratification.
1924 - Two United States Army planes landed in Seattle, Washington, completing the first around-the-world flight. It took 175 days.
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This day in history - September 28
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This day in history - September 28
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1966 - The first Chevrolet Camaro went on sale. This was for the 1967 model. Original code-name for the project was "Panther."
I own a '95 Camaro, so I found that interesting.
I also read on the planes flying around the world. There were four planes originally and the article said out of the four there were two crashes, one crashed into a mountain side on the Alaska Peninsula during dense fog, this was the plane named Seattle, and the other was forced down in the North Atlantic and sunk in rough seas while being towed, this plane was named Boston. A prototype of Boston was sent to Nova Scotia and named Boston II and the crew rejoined the rest of the convoy. As for the crew who crashed into the moutain side, they both hiked out of the wilderness. So during this whole thing, there were two planes lost and no one died. I find that interesting seeing as it took place in 1924. They made a total of 61 stops throughout the flight.
I own a '95 Camaro, so I found that interesting.
I also read on the planes flying around the world. There were four planes originally and the article said out of the four there were two crashes, one crashed into a mountain side on the Alaska Peninsula during dense fog, this was the plane named Seattle, and the other was forced down in the North Atlantic and sunk in rough seas while being towed, this plane was named Boston. A prototype of Boston was sent to Nova Scotia and named Boston II and the crew rejoined the rest of the convoy. As for the crew who crashed into the moutain side, they both hiked out of the wilderness. So during this whole thing, there were two planes lost and no one died. I find that interesting seeing as it took place in 1924. They made a total of 61 stops throughout the flight.
Re: This day in history - September 28
1542 Portuguese explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo arrived at present-day San Diego.
1781 The closing campaign of the American Revolution at Yorktown Heights, Va. began.
1920 Eight Chicago White Sox players were indicted for fixing the 1919 World Series in the "Black Sox scandal."
1939 A German-Soviet agreement divided Poland between Nazi Germany and the USSR.
1967 Walter Washington became the first mayor of the District of Columbia.
1972 Japan and Communist China agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations.
1989 Former Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos died in exile in Hawaii.
1991 Jazz great Miles Davis died.
2003 Althea Gibson, the first African-American tennis player to win at Wimbledon, died.
1781 The closing campaign of the American Revolution at Yorktown Heights, Va. began.
1920 Eight Chicago White Sox players were indicted for fixing the 1919 World Series in the "Black Sox scandal."
1939 A German-Soviet agreement divided Poland between Nazi Germany and the USSR.
1967 Walter Washington became the first mayor of the District of Columbia.
1972 Japan and Communist China agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations.
1989 Former Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos died in exile in Hawaii.
1991 Jazz great Miles Davis died.
2003 Althea Gibson, the first African-American tennis player to win at Wimbledon, died.
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