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Today in History: September 27, Taliban take power in Afghanistan

Today in History: September 28, Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin

Today in History: September 29, Munich agreement established, aimed at appeasing Hitler

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Today in History: September 16, George W. Bush says of 9/11 attackers that US will “hunt them down”

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Today in History: September 15, 4 Black girls killed in bombing of Birmingham church

Today in History: September 14, President William McKinley dies of infection from gunshot wounds

Today in History: September 13, Attica prison standoff ends with 32 inmates and 11 hostages dead

Today in History: September 12, Voyager 1 becomes first man-made object to leave the solar system

Today in History: September 11, the United States comes under attack

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

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