09-24-2004, 03:39 AM
|
|
Registered User
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Maryland
Posts: 541,353
|
|
|
September 24th
622 ~ Muhammad completed his hegira from Mecca to Medina
1664 ~ Netherlands surrendered New Amsterdam to England.
1755 ~ Birthday of John Marshall, Chief Justice of the American Supreme Court.
1890 ~ As a pre-condition to Utah being admitted to the United States, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – the Mormons - officially renounced polygamy.
1896 ~ Birthday of F Scott Fitzgerald, Novelist.
1908 ~ The first Ford Model T built.
1936 ~ Birthday of Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets.
1957 ~ President Dwight Eisenhower sent National Guard troops to Little Rock, Arkansas to enforce desegregation.
1991 ~ Death of Dr. Seuss, Writer.
1993 ~ Broderbund released the computer game “Myst”.
__________________
Eudaimonia
|