Show this week in history sept 9 french stop germans at maine 1914 the name united states first used by congress many thousands ot of people awe wc le destroyed lest ayed by a in china 1912 sept 10 the new york con convention closed after adopting the revised new N ev york state convention 1915 organization at nashville tenn of the united daughters of tb the confederacy 1894 captain alex ander guskof raised the russian ru sian flag over california on shores ot of bodega bay marin county 1 1812 sept 11 first telephone lione exchange in kansas opened at topeka 1879 jenny lind the great made her debut in in america 1850 riot with a loss of life at christiana pa following attempt to arrest a tug etive slave 1851 sept 12 an eruption of mt alt etna sicily caused the flight of thousands in the neighboring villages 1911 organization at chicago ot of the national prohibition party 1869 R M iloe hoe inventor born 1812 sept 13 general J J pershing born 1860 american victory at st mihiel 1918 1919 albany and schenectady railroad the first in the state of now new york opened 1831 sept 14 fire set to moscow by the russians after the til fit entry of 0 napoleon into the city compelling him to make a disastrous retreat which was the beginning of his downfall 1814 ial alev kev john harvard dies at charleston mass and bequeathed d its his library and half his estate amounting amounting to pounds for tho thi founding foun dins of a college the origin of harvard university 1638 sept 15 N new yo yolk ik captured by the under gen ilowe howe 1776 an altitude of feet was lattal ned by a Ial loon aa cen bending ding from london 1898 william howard taft president born 1857 |