1752 – Liberty Bell arrives in Philadelphia.
1799 – Bank of Manhattan Company opens in NYC (forerunner to Chase Manhattan)
1807 – Aaron Burr acquitted of charges of plotting to set up an empire.
1862 – Federal tax levied on tobacco.
1878 – 1st female telephone operator starts work (Emma Nutt in Boston)
1902 – Tinker, Evers & Chance appear together for 1st time.
1914 – The last passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
1942 – US Federal judge upholds detention of Japanese-Americans.
1953 – 101 degrees F, highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in September.
1954 – “Rear Window”, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly, is released.
1962 – United Nations announces Earth’s population has hit 3 billion.
1972 – Bobby Fischer (US) defeats Boris Spassky (USSAR) for world chess title.
1975 – TV show Gunsmoke goes off the air.
1975 – NY Met Tom Seaver is 1st to strike out 200 in 8 consecutive seasons.
1977 – 1st TRS-80 Model I computer sold.
1982 – The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.
1989 – “Anything Goes” closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 804 performances.
1997 – Jerry Lewis’ 32nd Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $50,500,000.
2015 – Pope Francis tells priests to pardon women who have had an abortion, in a letter released by the Vatican.
2015 – Google changes its logo, biggest redesign since 1999.