Monday, September 17th

Good morning!

Today is Constitution Day in the United States; it was completed and signed by a majority of the delegates in 1787.

We will study the colony of Jamestown and its impact on the creation of the US

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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.

• 1980

  Anastasio Somoza Debayle, former president of Nicaragua, was assassinated in Paraguay.

• 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.