A Kindergarten Pioneer: Kate Douglas Wiggin and the Power of Early Literacy
Born September 28, 1856, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, author and educator Kate Douglas Wiggin devoted her life to children’s literature and early-childhood education. After moving to Maine as a child, she ...
Circumnavigating the Globe: The Douglas World Cruisers Return to Seattle
On September 28, 1924, a triumphant roar echoed over Sand Point Airfield in Seattle, Washington, as U.S. Army Air Service aviators returned from the first successful aerial circumnavigation of the ...
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Ultimate Variety Stage: Ed Sullivan and the Transformation of American Culture
On September 28, 1901, television host, entertainment columnist, and variety-show impresario Edward Vincent “Ed” Sullivan was born in Harlem, New York City. A former sportswriter and Broadway columnist, Sullivan had ...
Flickering Lights in the Dark: The Failure of the First Night Football Game
American football entered a new era on September 28, 1892, when Mansfield State Normal School faced Wyoming Seminary in what is widely recognized as the first American football game played ...
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The Splendid Splinter’s Peak: Ted Williams Hits .400
On September 28, 1941, Boston Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams secured his place in baseball immortality on the final day of the Major League Baseball season. Entering a season-ending doubleheader ...
A Signer Takes the Chair: Samuel Huntington Becomes President of Congress
On September 28, 1779, Samuel Huntington of Connecticut was elected the sixth president of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay, who had been appointed minister to Spain. Huntington assumed the ...
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The Deadly Parade: Philadelphia’s 1918 Influenza Catastrophe
On September 28, 1918, more than 200,000 spectators packed Philadelphia’s streets for the Fourth Liberty Loan Parade, a vast civic event intended to sell war bonds and support the U.S ...
Claiming the Golden Coast: Cabrillo Enters San Diego Bay
On September 28, 1542, an expedition commanded by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo sailed into the large natural harbor now known as San Diego Bay—the first recorded European exploration of what is ...
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Living Emblem of Liberty: General Lafayette’s Triumphant Return to Philadelphia
Philadelphia’s streets swelled with gratitude and grandeur on September 28, 1824, as General Lafayette entered the city as a living emblem of liberty—embraced by one of the places that had ...
An Innovative Counterweight to Tyranny: Ratification of the Pennsylvania Constitution
On September 28, 1776, Pennsylvania adopted a new state constitution that became one of the Revolutionary era’s boldest experiments in democratic government. Written in the wake of independence, it rejected ...
A Prophet in the Desert: Brigham Young Appointed Governor of Utah Territory
On September 28, 1850, President Millard Fillmore appointed Latter-day Saint leader Brigham Young as the first governor of the newly created Utah Territory. The appointment followed Congress’s September 9 passage ...
Powering the Pacific Northwest: FDR Dedicates Bonneville Dam
On September 28, 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrived at Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River to dedicate one of the New Deal’s most ambitious public-works projects. Straddling the Oregon–Washington ...
The Vanguard of Victory: The Allied March to Yorktown Begins
Early on the morning of September 28, 1781, American and French troops broke camp at Williamsburg and advanced down the Virginia Peninsula toward the British army at Yorktown. Under clear ...
Stand by Me: The Birth of Soul Legend Ben E. King
American soul and rhythm and blues were permanently enriched by the birth of Benjamin Earl Nelson—better known as Ben E. King—on September 28, 1938, in Henderson, North Carolina. After moving to Harlem, ...
Claiming the Deep: Truman’s Continental Shelf Proclamation
The modern law of the sea changed fundamentally on September 28, 1945, when President Harry S. Truman issued Proclamation 2667. The proclamation declared that the United States regarded the natural ...
The Cold War’s Silent Fleet: Submarines at Mare Island
On September 28, 1950, archival photography captured rows of decommissioned and mothballed U.S. submarines resting quietly in the Reserve Fleet at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California, on the ...
Sayings of the Sox: The Black Sox Grand Jury Testimony
The integrity of professional sports was profoundly shaken in late September 1920, when members of the Chicago White Sox appeared before a Cook County grand jury investigating allegations that the ...
The Uncredited Anthem: Samuel Augustus Ward and “America the Beautiful”
On September 28, 1903, composer and organist Samuel Augustus Ward died in Newark, New Jersey, at age 54. He could not have known that a melody he had written more ...
