This Week In American History

September 11 2001 America was attacked when an American Airlines Boeing 767 loaded with 20,000 gallons of jet fuel crashed into the north tower of the World

September 4 1886 Apache leader Geronimo surrendered to U.S. government troops. For 30 years, the Native American warrior had battled to protect his tribe’s homeland; however,

August 28 1774 Elizabeth Ann Bayley was born in New York City. Seton taught in order to support her family and believed in free education for

August 21 1858 Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois and Abraham Lincoln, a Kentucky-born lawyer and one-time U.S. representative from Illinois, began a series of famous public