On this day in history, September 4, 2016, Mother Teresa is canonized: ‘Generous dispenser of divine mercy’
September 5 1972
”Black September,” a Palestinian terrorist group take 11 Israeli athletes hostage at the Olympic Games in Munich; by midnight all hostages and all but 3 terrorists are dead.
On this day in history, September 6, 1997, Princess Diana is eulogized at her funeral in Westminster Abbey
September 6 1995
Baltimore Orioles’ Cal Ripken Jr. plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a 56-year MLB record held by Lou Gehrig; in 2007 fans voted this achievement the most memorable moment in MLB history.
Wow. I’m not even a baseball fan and I remember that. That was cool. Cal still does a lot for kids at his stadium north of Baltimore.
September 7 2008
US Government assumes conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the country’s two largest mortgage financing companies, during the subprime mortgage crisis.
Thanks Jimmy Carter.
On this day in history, September 7, 1936, legendary singer-songwriter Buddy Holly is born in Lubbock, Texas
I was never a fan 
September 8 1945
At the end of World War II, the first U.S. troops entered the Korean peninsula south of the 38th parallel to receive the Japanese surrender; north of the parallel, Japanese troops surrendered to Soviet forces.
I liked the show.
The history of that parallel hardly ever gets mentioned.
I was 5 years old and begged my folks to let me stay up and watch it. Yeah, I was a trekkie before it was a thing. I even had a phaser, communicator and tricorder. My first EDC.
I made all 3 out of clay for a 3rd grade art project. Probably be suspended for such a thing in today’s world.
Yep, the Berlin wall in the far east.
September 9 2001
In what were probably the opening blows for 9/11…
Two al Qaeda assassins kill Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan.
A car bomb explodes outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta, killing 10 people.
September 10 1846
American inventor Elias Howe was granted a patent for his sewing machine, which revolutionized garment manufacture in the factory and in the home.
September 11 2012
US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, is attacked and burned down; 4 Americans are killed including the US ambassador, J. Christopher Stevens.
September 11 2001
In an unprecedented, highly coordinated attack, terrorists hijack four U.S. passenger airliners, flying two into the World Trade Center towers in New York and one into the Pentagon, killing thousands. The fourth airliner, headed toward Washington likely to strike the White House or Capitol, is crashed just over 100 miles away in Pennsylvania after passengers storm the cockpit and overtake the hijackers.
9/11- A dark date in American history.
Never forget.
Good thread remembering what people were doing on this day…