Thursday, September 17

Good morning!!

TODAY IS THE 228th ANNIVERSARY OF THE US CONSTITUTION
(September 17, 1787)

IT is Constitution Day in the United States

Did you watch any of the Republican debate last night???? Thoughts??

The Democrats begin their debates next month.

***Quiz TOMORROW on the First 15 terms****

Today in History
1787

The Constitution was completed and signed by a majority of the delegates attending the constitutional convention in Philadelphia.

1862

The bloodiest day in U.S. military history occurred at the Battle of Antietam when more than 23,000 were killed or wounded.

1908

Lt. Thomas Selfridge, a passenger in a plane piloted by Orville Wright, became the first airplane fatality when the craft crashed.

1920

The American Professional Football Association—a precursor of the NFL—was formed in Canton, Ohio.

1994

Heather Whitestone of Alabama became the first deaf Miss America.

2004

Barry Bonds became the third baseball player to hit 700 career home runs, joining Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth.