Today is Friday, Sept. 13, the 256th day of 2019. There are 109 days left in the year.Today’s Highlight in History:On Sept. 13, 2001, two days after the 9/11 terror attacks, the first few jetliners returned to the nation’s skies, but several major airports remained closed and others opened only briefly. President George W. Bush visited injured Pentagon workers and said he would carry the nation’s prayers to New York. On this date:In 1788, the Congress of the Confederation authorized the first national election, and declared New York City the temporary national capital.In 1814, during the War of 1812, British naval forces began bombarding Fort McHenry in Baltimore but were driven back by American defenders in a battle that lasted until the following morning.In 1860, General of the Armies of the United States John J. Pershing was born in Laclede, Mo.In 1948, Republican Margaret Chase Smith of Maine was elected to the U.S. Senate; she became the first woman to serve in both houses of Congress.In 1962, Mississippi Gov. Ross Barnett rejected the U.S. Supreme Court’s order for the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith, a black student, declaring in a televised address, “We will not drink from the… Read full this story
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