# Today in History **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 10, 2016, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530 "2016-07-10T04:53:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/121 "2016-09-08T04:06:38Z")
**September 8, 1900** : The United States’ deadliest natural disaster occurs when a Catagory 4 hurricane strikes Galveston, Texas. Death estimates range from 8000 to 12,000. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/122 "2016-09-08T18:42:07Z")
**September 8, 1945:** Hideki Tojo, Japanese Prime Minister during most of WWII, attempts suicide rather than face war crimes tribunal. His attempt fails; later he is hanged ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/123 "2016-09-08T22:33:33Z")
September 8, 1974 - President Gerald Ford pardons resigned President Richard Nixon for his crimes. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/124 "2016-09-10T02:42:29Z")
**Sept 9, 1893:** Esther Cleveland becomes the first presidential child born in the White House ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/125 "2016-09-10T04:38:09Z")
**September 10, 1897** : London taxi driver George Smith becomes the first person ever arrested for drunk driving after running his taxi into the side of a building. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/126 "2016-09-15T00:39:11Z")
**September 14, 1959:** The Soviet probe _Luna 2_ crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/127 "2016-09-16T00:44:44Z")
September 15, 1978: Boxer Muhammad Ali defeated Leon Spinks at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans to win the world heavyweight boxing title for the third time in his career, the first fighter ever to do so. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/128 "2016-09-16T07:06:36Z")
\*\*September 16, 1928 \*\*: The 2nd deadliest hurricane in US history hits Florida. The Okeechobee Hurricane, also called the Forgotten Hurricane, killed between 2500 and 3000 people in the state. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/129 "2016-09-16T10:18:34Z")
**September 16, 1620:** The Pilgrims set sail from England on the Mayflower. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/130 "2016-09-18T00:02:36Z")
September 17, 1382: Louis the Great’s daughter, Mary, is crowned “king” of Hungary. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/131 "2016-09-19T08:55:46Z")
Sept 19, 1950 – Duke Snider and Gil Hodges each hit two home runs and drive in a total of eleven runs, as the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 14-3. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/132 "2016-09-20T12:16:37Z")
**September 20, 1946** : The first Cannes Film Festival begins. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/133 "2016-09-21T02:50:17Z")
**September 20, 1973:** The much-hyped “Battle of the Sexes” takes place in the Houston Astrodome, with tennis player and women’s-rights activist Billie Jean King defeating self-styled male chauvinist Bobby Riggs in three straight sets. Riggs, a retired tennis champion, had been critical of the quality of women’s tennis. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/134 "2016-09-21T03:56:08Z")
**9/20/20 -** Jay Ward, creator and producer of animated TV cartoons (Rocky & His Friends, renamed The Bullwinkle Show; George of the Jungle) was born. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/135 "2016-09-21T05:03:49Z")
**September 21, 1938** : The “Long Island Express” hurricane strikes New England, killing about 700. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/136 "2016-09-25T05:36:42Z")
**September 25, 1513:** Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa is the first European to reach what would become known as the Pacific Ocean. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/137 "2016-09-25T06:58:02Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > **September 25, 1513:** Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa is the first European to reach what would become known as the Pacific Ocean. Unless you can believe Marco Polo. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/138 "2016-09-25T10:12:38Z")
Ok: **September 25, 1513:** Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa is the first European to reach _ **the western shore of** _ what would become known as the Pacific Ocean. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/139 "2016-09-25T13:14:39Z")
Sepember 25, 1915 – Lehigh Mountin Hawks win their football home opener over the Ursinus Bears, 20-0. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/140 "2016-09-26T00:56:44Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Unless you can believe Marco Polo. Never mind Marco Polo. I’ve read of a visiting Roman military officer mentioned in Chinese court records during the days of the Empire. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530.md?page=8)