1920
Gridiron
The American Professional Football Association—a precursor of the NFL—was formed in Canton, Ohio.
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1787
The Constitution was completed and signed by a majority of the delegates attending the constitutional convention in Philadelphia.
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1862
The bloodiest day in U.S. military history occurred at the Battle of Antietam when more than 23,000 were killed or wounded.
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1908
Lt. Thomas Selfridge, a passenger in a plane piloted by Orville Wright, became the first airplane fatality when the craft crashed.
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1980
Anastasio Somoza Debayle, former president of Nicaragua, was assassinated in Paraguay.
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1994
Heather Whitestone of Alabama became the first deaf Miss America.
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2004
Barry Bonds became the third baseball player to hit 700 career home runs, joining Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth.
