Daily Calendar for Sunday, September 17, 2023

Events

• City of Boston founded– 1630
• The U.S. Constitution signed– 1787
• Battle of Antietam in Maryland occurred; known as the bloodiest battle of the Civil War– 1862
• First powered flight of X-15 rocket plane– 1959
• First public display of a lunar rock, at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.– 1969
• M*A*S*H made its television debut– 1972
• Royal Canadian Mounted Police began accepting women as uniformed members– 1974
• NASA unveiled the first space shuttle, Enterprise, to the public– 1976
• Vanessa Williams became the first African American woman to be crowned Miss America– 1983
• William Rehnquist is confirmed as chief justice of the US Supreme Court– 1986
• Heather Whitestone of Alabama became the first deaf woman to be crowned Miss America– 1994
• The Late Show with David Letterman was the first TV talk show to return to the airways six days after terrorists attacked the United States in New York City– 2001
• Barry Bonds hit his 700th home run– 2004
• A 17-pound 4-ounce white catfish was caught in the Humboldt River of Nevada– 2005
• A bottled message tossed from an April Caribbean cruise was found in Sunset Beach, North Carolina– 2018