2017
Singer Selena Gomez shared on Instagram that she had a kidney transplant due to her struggle with lupus.[1]
2015
14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed was arrested at school after bringing in a homemade clock, which was mistaken for a bomb.[1]
2003
The people of Estonia voted to approve joining the European Union.[1]
1985
The American sitcom 'The Golden Girls' premiered on NBC.[1]
1975
Pope Paul VI canonized Elizabeth Anne Seton as the first American saint.[1]
1963
Mary Ann Fischer gave birth to quintuplets, who became the first US quintuplets to survive past infancy.[1]
1959
The Luna 2 spacecraft by the Soviet Union became the first human-made artifact to land on the moon’s surface.[1]
1956
The IBM 305 RAMAC commercial computer was announced to the public.[1]
1949
Hindi became the official language of India.[1]
1939
The Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 became the first successful helicopter to fly.[1]
1901
Theodore Roosevelt became the US president after former president William McKinley died from gunshot wounds.[1]
1829
The Ottoman Empire signed the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, which ended the Russo-Turkish War.[1]
1752
Britain skipped ten days of the Calendar from September 3 to September 13, with the adoption of the Gregorian calendar starting on this day.[1]
1716
Boston Light was illuminated for the first time.[1]