Featured Collections: September

1995 New York reinstates the death penalty

1993 Day of Peace in South Africa

1995 eBay (Electronic Bay) founded by Pierre Omidyar

2016 Mother Teresa canonized by Pope Francis in a ceremony at the Vatican

1957 "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac is published by Viking Press in New York

1916 1st true supermarket, the "Piggly Wiggly" is opened by Clarence Saunders in Memphis, Tennessee

1979 The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) makes its debut.

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1944 Very strong hurricane hits Netherlands

1991 Senate Committee begins hearings on Clarence Thomas' nomination

1961 Foundation of the World Wildlife Fund.

2005 Hong Kong Disneyland opens in Penny's Bay, Lantau Island, Hong Kong.

1997 Elton John releases "Candle in the Wind 1997", a tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales in the UK

2001 Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital.

1981 Vanuatu becomes a member of the United Nations.

1990 Iraq televises an 8 minute uncensored speech from George H. W. Bush

1952 "I am an American Day" & "Constitution Day" renamed "Citizenship Day"

1851New York Times starts publishing (2 cents a copy)

1858 1st performance of NY Symphony Orchestra

1990 Both East and West Germany ratify reunification

1937 J. R. R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit' is published by George Allen and Unwin in London

1985 Rock and country musicians participate in FarmAid in Champaign, Illinois

1977 3rd test of Space Shuttle Enterprise

1988 Carl Lewis runs world record 100m (9.92 sec)

2008 The "Celtic Tiger" slides into recession for the first time in over two decades, recording a 0.5% fall in second quarter GDP, following a 0.3% decline in the first quarter

1972 American Museum of Immigration dedicated

1912 W. C. Handy publishes "Memphis Blues", considered the 1st blues song

2012 Aircraft crash kills 16 people in Kathmandu, Nepal

1927 Tornado strikes St Louis Missouri, 85 die

1997 Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 4