Historical Events in September, Month of September Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| September 29, 2008 | The stock market crashes after the first United States House of Representatives vote on the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act fails, leading to the Great Recession. |
| September 12, 2003 | Iraq War: In Fallujah, U.S. forces mistakenly shoot and kill eight Iraqi police officers. |
| September 11, 1780 | American Revolutionary War: Sugarloaf massacre: A small detachment of militia from Northampton County, Pennsylvania, are attacked by Native Americans and Loyalists near Little Nescopeck Creek. |
| September 6, 1943 | The Monterrey Institute of Technology is founded in Monterrey, Mexico as one of the largest and most influential private universities in Latin America. |
| September 22, 1948 | Gail Halvorsen officially starts parachuting candy to children as part of the Berlin Airlift. |
| September 7, 1979 | The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for US$1.5 billion to avoid bankruptcy. |
| September 19, 1995 | The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber manifesto. |
| September 10, 1939 | World War II: The submarine HMS Oxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMS Triton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss of a submarine in the war. |
| September 15, 1821 | The Captaincy General of Guatemala declares independence from Spain. |
| September 7, 1778 | American Revolutionary War: France invades Dominica in the British West Indies, before Britain is even aware of France's involvement in the war. |
| September 17, 1949 | The Canadian steamship SS Noronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives. |
| September 20, 1973 | Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes tennis match at the Houston Astrodome. |
| September 17, 1932 | A speech by Laureano Gómez leads to the escalation of the Leticia Incident. |
| September 19, 1863 | American Civil War: The first day of the Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, the bloodiest two-day battle of the conflict, and the only significant Confederate victory in the war's Western Theater. |
| September 16, 1945 | World War II: The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong comes to an end. |
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