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Bush and three former presidents pray together at the National Cathedral

An imam, a rabbi, and Christian clergy share the pulpit three days after the towers fell.

Three days after hijacked planes struck New York, the Pentagon, and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, the nation still had no full count of its dead. On September 14, 2001, President George W. Bush proclaimed a National Day of Prayer and Remembrance and led a service at Washington National Cathedral, joined by former Presidents Bill Clinton, George H. W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, and Gerald Ford. Clergy from multiple faiths spoke inside the Neo-Gothic sanctuary as the service was carried live into millions of American homes…

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1901

Roosevelt takes the oath in a borrowed library; at 42, he is the youngest president yet

McKinley died that morning; by afternoon Judge John Hazel had sworn in his successor at Ansley Wilcox's house.
1863

Little Rock falls; the last Confederates are out by five o'clock

The city's civilian government hands over Arkansas's capital two hours after Sterling Price's army disappears south.
1814

Dawn reveals the flag still flying over Fort McHenry; Key starts writing on the back of a letter

A prisoner-exchange lawyer watches an all-night bombardment from a British ship and reaches for the nearest scrap of paper.
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Pope Paul VI canonizes Elizabeth Ann Seton before a crowd in St. Peter's Square, calling her wholly American.
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2024

A billionaire-funded crew lifts off before dawn, reaching farther than any astronauts since 1972

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2001

Hijacked jets strike the World Trade Center and the Pentagon; a fourth crashes in a Pennsylvania field

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2008

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