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What happened on September 25 in American history
September 25 is the 268th day of the year (the 269th in leap years). Patriot Compass has published 6 stories from September 25 spanning 1775 to 1997. Among them: in 1775, Ethan Allen surrenders outside Montreal after his flanks bolt and his backup never comes; and in 1789, Congress sends twelve amendments to the states, ten of them the Bill of Rights.
1775
Ethan Allen surrenders outside Montreal after his flanks bolt and his backup never comes
Ninety minutes of fire, and the man who took Fort Ticonderoga without a shot is a British prisoner.
1789
Congress sends twelve amendments to the states, ten of them the Bill of Rights
Two other amendments ride along, one on congressional pay that would wait two centuries to become law.
1890Member story · 1776 Club
Harrison signs Sequoia into law, the nation's second national park
The bill protects the South Fork of the Kaweah, Garfield Grove, and Hockett Meadow from the loggers already at work in the southern Sierra.
1981Member story · 1776 Club
Sandra Day O'Connor takes the oath; the Supreme Court's all-male run ends after 192 years
Chief Justice Warren Burger administers the oath as her husband John looks on.
1992Member story · 1776 Club
A Titan rocket lifts Mars Observer off the Florida coast
The first mission of NASA's Planetary Observer program heads for Mars after a decade of delays and a near-miss with Hurricane Andrew.
1997
Atlantis lifts off at night, headed for a wounded Russian station
Commander James Wetherbee's crew carries a French astronaut, David Wolf as a replacement for Michael Foale, and a repair spacewalk.
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