Daily Calendar for Monday, September 17, 2029

Name: Daily Almanac Features
Start: 2029-09-17T00:00:00
End: 2029-09-17T23:59:59

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City of Boston founded – 1630
The U.S. Constitution signed – 1787
Harriet Tubman and her two brothers temporarily escaped slavery in Maryland. – 1849
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