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September 17, 1787

The Constitution of the United States of America is signed by 39 delegates present at the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Supporters of the document waged a hard-won battle to win ratification by the necessary nine out of 13 U.S. states.

Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/september-17/u-s-constitution-signed

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September 16, 1620

On September 16, 1620, the Mayflower sails from Plymouth, England, bound for the Americas with 102 passengers. The ship heads for Virginia, where the colonists—half religious dissenters and half entrepreneurs—are authorized to settle by the British crown. However, stormy weather and navigational errors eventually force the Mayflower off course. Before the end of the year, the “Pilgrims” will have founded the first permanent European settlement in New England.

Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/september-16/mayflower-departs-england

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September 15, 1914

In the wake of the Battle of the Marne—during which Allied troops halted the steady German push through Belgium and France that had proceeded over the first month of World War I—a conflict both sides had expected to be short and decisive turns longer and bloodier, as Allied and German forces begin digging the first trenches on the Western Front on September 15, 1914.

Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/september-15/first-trenches-are-dug-on-the-western-front

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September 14, 1901

U.S. President William McKinley dies on September 14, 1901, eight days after being shot by a deranged anarchist during the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.

Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/september-14/mckinley-dies-of-infection-from-gunshot-wounds

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September 13, 2004

On September 13, 2004, TV talk-show host Oprah Winfrey gives a brand-new Pontiac G-6 sedan, worth $28,500, to everyone in her studio audience: a total of 276 cars in all.) Oprah had told her producers to fill the crowd with people who “desperately needed” the cars, and when she announced the prize (by jumping up and down, waving a giant keyring and yelling “Everybody gets a car! Everybody gets a car!”), mayhem–crying, screaming, delirium, fainting–broke out all around her. It was, as one media expert told a reporter, “one of the great promotional stunts in the history of television.”

Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/september-13/oprah-gives-away-nearly-300-new-cars

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