September 21: 1970 NFL begins first broadcast of the famous Monday Night Football. 1780 Benedict Arnold commits treason against the USA
September 22: 1949 Soviet Union explodes their first Atom Bomb beginning the Nuclear Arms Race. 1862 Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves.
September 23: 1846 Neptune is discovered by a German astronomer and becomes the 8th planet. 1876 Billy The Kid is arrested for the first time accused with stealing a basket of laundry.
September 24: 1789 The First Supreme Court is brought together in the USA.
September 25: 1789 Congress approved 12 Amendments to the Constitution, 10 of which became the Bill of Rights. 1957 Central High School becomes the first integrated high school in Little Rock Arkansas.
September 26: 1957 West Side Story premiers on Broadway. 1960 The first televised presidential debate between Kennedy and Nixon airs.
September 27: 1939 Poland surrenders to Nazi Germany. 1779 John Adams is elected sole person to negotiate peace with the British.
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