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5 SEPTEMBER 1666 – London had already burned several times in its history, most notably in 1212, but in September […]

5 SEPTEMBER 1776 – The first formal movement for a navy came from Rhode Island, whose State Assembly passed on

4 SEPTEMBER 1888 – George Eastman registered the trademark ‘KODAK’, and also received a patent (388850) for his hand-held box

4 SEPTEMBER 1886 – For almost 30 years he had fought the whites who invaded his homeland, but Geronimo, the

3 SEPTEMBER 1776 – The American flag is flown in battle for the first time, during a Revolutionary War skirmish

2 SEPTEMBER 1944 – With the wings of his plane on fire and smoke pouring into the cockpit, future President

1 SEPTEMBER 1974 – The SR-71 Blackbird sets the record for flying from New York to London in the time

31 AUGUST 1803 – Captain Meriwether Lewis leves Pittsburgh to meet up with Captain William Clark and begin their trek

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29 AUGUST 1863 – Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley sank in Charleston harbor for the first time. After making several practice