In memory of four little girls ~September 15,1963 to final convictions May 1 – May 22, 2002


The four girls killed in the bombing (Clockwis...
Birmingham, Alabama, church bombing that killed four African-American girls during church services in 1963.
May 1, 2001 – Thomas Blanton is found guilty of first-degree murder and is sentenced to four life terms.
May 16, 2000 – A grand jury in Alabama indicts former Klansmen Bobby Frank Cherry and Thomas Blanton with eight counts each of first-degree murder – four counts of intentional murder and four of murder with universal malice.
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on this day 9/15


1775 – An early and unofficial American flag was raised by Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Mott after the seizing of Fort Johnson from the British. The flag was dark blue with the white word “Liberty” spelled on it.

1776 – British forces occupied New York City during the American Revolution.

1789 – The U.S. Department of Foreign Affairs was renamed the Department of State. 

1821 – Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador proclaimed independence.

1853 – Reverend Antoinette Brown Blackwell was ordained becoming first female minister in the United States.

1857 – Timothy Alder earned a patent for the typesetting machine.

1858 – The first mail service begins to the Pacific Coast of the U.S. under government contract. Coaches from the Butterfield Overland Mail Company took 12 days to make the journey between Tipton, MO and San Francisco, CA.

1883 – The University of Texas at Austin opened.

1909 – A New York judge rule that Ford Motor Company had infringed on George Seldon’s patent for the “Road Engine.” The ruling was later overturned.

1909 – Charles F. Kettering applied for a patent on his ignition system. His company Delco (Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company) later became a subsidiary of General Motors.

1916 – During the Battle of the Somme, in France, tanks were first used in warfare when the British rolled them onto the battlefields.

1917 – Alexander Kerensky proclaimed Russia to be a republic.

1923 – Oklahoma was placed under martial law by Gov. John Calloway Walton due to terrorist activity by the Ku Klux Klan. After this declaration national newspapers began to expose the Klan and its criminal activities.

1928 – Alexander Fleming discovered the antibiotic penicillin in the mold Penicillium notatum.

1935 – The Nuremberg Laws were enacted by Nazi Germany. The act stripped all German Jews of their civil rights and the swastika was made the official symbol of Nazi Germany.

1940 – The German Luftwaffe suffered the loss of 185 planes in the Battle of Britain. The change in tide forced Hitler to abandon his plans for invading Britain.

1949 – “The Lone Ranger” premiered on ABC. Clayton Moore was the Lone Ranger and Jay Silverheels was Tonto.

1950 – U.N. forces landed at Inchon, Korea in an attempt to relieve South Korean forces and recapture Seoul.

1953 – The National Boxing Association adopted the 10-point scoring system for all of its matches.

1955 – Betty Robbins became the first woman cantor.

1959 – Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev arrived in the U.S. to begin a 13-day visit.

1961 – The U.S. resumed underground testing of nuclear weapons.

  • 1963 Church bombed in Birmingham AL, kills 4 African-American girls

1965 – “Lost in Space” premiered on CBS TV.

1965 – “Green Acres” premiered on CBS TV.

1971 – Greenpeace was founded.

1978 – Muhammad Ali defeated Leon Spinks to win his 3rd World Heavyweight Boxing title.

1982 – The first issue of “USA Today” was published.

1983 – The U.S. Senate joined the U.S. House of Representatives in their condemning of the Soviet Union for shooting down a Korean jet with 269 people onboard.

1990 – France announced that it would send an additional 4,000 soldiers to the Persian Gulf. They also expelled Iraqi military attaches in Paris.

1993 – The FBI announced a new national campaign concerning the crime of carjacking.

1994 – U.S. President Clinton told Haiti’s military leaders “Your time is up. Leave now or we will force you from power.”

1995 – The U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women was held in Beijing.

1997 – The domain name “google.com” was registered.

1998 – Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered the Iranian military to be on full alert and massed troops on its border with Afghanistan.

1998 – It was announced that 5.9 million people read The Starr Report on the Internet. 606,000 people read the White House defense of U.S. President Clinton.

1999 – The United Nations approved the deployment of a multinational peacekeeping force in East Timor.

2003 – In Independence, MO, the birthplace of Ginger Rogers was designated a local landmark. The move by the Independence City Council qualified the home for historic preservation.

2012 – Legoland Malaysia opened in Nusajaya, Johor, Malaysia.

September Celebrations:


Awareness Month

There are several awareness months celebrated in September — though the five that often get the most attention include Hispanic Heritage MonthNational Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, Blood Cancer Awareness Month, Library Card Sign-up Month, and World Alzheimer’s Disease Month.

Achalasia Awareness Month

Alopecia Awareness Month

Animal Pain Awareness Month

Blood Cancer Awareness Month

Charcot-Marie-Tooth Awareness Month

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

Craniofacial Acceptance Month

Duchenne Awareness Month

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Month

Falls Prevention Month

Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month

Gynecologic and Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

Healthy Aging Month

Hispanic Heritage Month

September 15 to October 15

Leukemia, Lymphoma, and Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Awareness Month

Library Card Sign-up Month

Lymphoma Awareness Month

Microplastic Awareness Month

Mullets For Mental Health Month

National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month

National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month

National Fishing Month

National Guide Dog Month

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

National Hydrocephalus Awareness Month

National Recovery Month

National Save a Tiger Month

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Happy National Hispanic Heritage Month!


MiPlato and Hispanic Heritage Celebration Banner

¡Feliz mes nacional de la herencia hispana!

¡Durante este mes nacional de la herencia hispana, USDA también celebra los 12 años de MiPlato! Los materiales de MiPlato y MyPlate ayudan a promover salud y nutrición en español e inglés. 

El tema del mes nacional de la herencia hispana de este año es, Todos Somos, Somos Uno: We Are All, We Are One, ¡y para celebrarlo invitamos a todos a compartir el mensaje de una alimentación saludable … en español y en inglés con estos recursos! 

  • Recursos para profesionales sobre las guías alimentarias en español | inglés 
  • Materiales de WIC para celebrar el mes nacional del legado hispano en español |inglés 
  • Materiales en español para los operadores de SNAP-Ed en inglés 
  • Materiales de Team Nutrition sobre MiPlato en español | inglés 
  • La caja de recetas de nutrición infantil en español | inglés 

¡Regístrese para recibir boletines en español del USDA, Food and Nutrition Service!

September – October