Week 1
1. Powder Alarm
After the Boston Tea Party, the Intolerable Acts motivated things like the Powder Alarm…
2. Big Stick Ideology
President Theodore Roosevelt was a well-known proponent of the “big stick ideology,” which impacted foreign policy during his presidency…
3. Louisa Ann Swain
On September 6, 1870, Louisa Ann Swain of Wyoming most likely became the first woman to vote in a US general election…
4. Miss America Pageant
In 1921, the first Miss America Pageant was awarded to Margaret Gorman beginning an American tradition…
5. Pledge of Allegiance
The first version of the Pledge of Allegiance, the Bellamy pledge, was first published in 1892…
Week 2
6. Lookout Air Raids
In 1942, the State of Oregon was attacked by a single floatplane from the Imperial Japanese Navy…
7. Bonanza
In 1959, the television show Bonanza first aired. The show ran for 14 seasons and there were a total of 431 episodes produced…
8. Margaret Chase Smith
Margaret Chase Smith of Maine was the first woman to be elected a US Representative and later a US Senator…
9. Battle of Baltimore
In September of 1814, the Battle of Baltimore was fought between the United States and the British…
10. Battle of Inchon
In mid-September 1950, the army of the UN Command, led by American General Douglas MacArthur, attacked North Korea at the Battle of Inchon…
Week 3
11. September 11
On September 11, 2001, several locations across the United States were attacked…
12. Mariano Rivera
In 2019, NY Yankee relief pitcher Mariano Rivera was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom…
13. Chester A. Arthur
In September of 1881, Chester A. Arthur became president of the United States after serving for a few months as James A. Garfield’s Vice President…
14. Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam occurred on September 17, 1862 and has been considered a significant battle of the US Civil War…
15. Sandra Day O’Connor
On September 25, 1981, Sandra Day O’Connor became the first woman to serve as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court…
Week 4
16. James Meredith
In 1962, James Meredith made history through the pursuit of higher learning…
17. Jimmy Doolittle
In September 1929, pilot Jimmy Doolittle concluded that flight by instrumentation was possible, Doolittle did much to improve aviation…
18. Thomas Jefferson
In September 1789, Thomas Jefferson was appointed US Secretary of State. This appointment made him the first US Secretary of State in history…
19. Silent Spring
On September 27, 1962 Rachel Carson’s book “Silent Spring” was published and it helped to change perspective natural ecosystems…
20. Ted Williams
In September 1960, Ted Williams played in his last Major League Baseball game. He played his entire career for the Boston Redsox…