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Today in History: September 10, Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination hearings begin

Today in History: September 9, California becomes a state

Today in History: September 7, Nazi Germany begins air blitz on London

Today in History: September 6, President William McKinley fatally shot

Today in History: September 5, first Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia

Today in History: September 4, Mother Teresa is canonized by Pope Francis

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Today in History: September 3, Treaty of Paris is signed ending Revolutionary War

Today in History: September 2, Japan surrenders to end World War II

Today in History: September 1, Titanic wreckage is found

Today in History: August 31, U.S. mission in Iraq ends

Today in History: August 30, Thurgood Marshall confirmed as first Black Supreme Court justice

Today in History: August 29, Hurricane Katrina hits Louisiana

Today in History: August 28, Martin Luther King Jr. delivers “I Have a Dream” speech

Today in History: August 27, catastrophic eruption of Krakatoa

Thousands converge on National Mall to mark the March on Washington’s 60th anniversary

Today in History: August 26, De Gaulle leads victory march through Paris

Today in History: August 25, Allied forces liberate Paris

Today in History: August 24, Mount Vesuvius erupts

Today in History: August 23, Sacco and Vanzetti executed

Today in History: August 22, first America’s Cup trophy

Today in History: August 21, Nat Turner launches rebellion

Today in History: August 20, Civil War formally declared over

Today in History: August 19, Caesar Augustus, Rome’s first emperor, dies at 76

Today in History: August 18, 19th Amendment is ratified, guaranteeing women right to vote