This Week in History
September 25
Marilyn Raphael was born.
1981 – Sandra Day O’Connor was sworn in as the first female justice on the Supreme Court.
September 26
John Bambury was born.
1789 – Thomas Jefferson was appointed America’s first Secretary of State.
1960 – Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy took part in the first televised presidential debate.
September 27
Kristen Bambury was born.
Sean Michael Greene was born
John Cosgrove was born.
James Charles was born.
Fr. Bill Sweeney was born.
Paul Wade was born.
Kevin Campbell was born.
Sheila Ryan-Flanigan was born.
1964 – The Warren Commission report concluded that there was no conspiracy in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy; Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone.
1998 – Mark McGwire hit his record-setting 69th and 70th home runs in the last game of the regular season.
September 28
Nia Casilla was born.
Daniel Murphy was born.
AJ Santiago was born.
Josh Rosenberg was born.
1920 – Eight Chicago White Sox players were indicted for fixing the 1919 World Series in the “Black Sox scandal.”
September 29
Sean and Alice Dalton were born.
Pete Duggan was born.
1978 – John Paul I died one month after becoming pope.
September 30
Neil O’Connor was born.
Barbara Gilman Shannon was born.
Paul Klose was born.
Amira Beatty was born.
Marie Raico was born.
1955 – Actor James Dean was killed in a car crash.
October 1
Maureen Armstrong was born.
Stacey Charkey-Bennett was born.
1908 – Henry Ford introduced the first mass-produced automobile on the market—the Model T car to the market. Each car cost $825.
1971 – Walt Disney World opened in Orlando, Florida.
