2014
This Week in History: 9-14-14
Kelly Landers / 0 Comments /West Palm Beach criminal defense lawyer Kelly V. Landers recalls significant events that occurred this week in past years.
On September 16, 1974, U.S. President Gerald Ford announced an amnesty program offering pardons to Vietnam War draft evaders and deserters.
On September 17, 1787, the U.S. Constitution was signed in Philadelphia.
On September 17, 1976 NASA unveils the first space shuttle, Enterprise, a test craft not capable of actual orbital flight.
On September 18, 1975 Patty Hearst was arrested by the FBI in San Francisco, after having been kidnapped by, and ultimately joining, the terrorist group Symbionese Liberation Army.
On September 19, 1900 Famed outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid robbed the First National Bank in Winnemucca, Nevada. Their first together.
On September 20, 2001 addressing a joint session of Congress, President George W. Bush declares a “war on terror.”
Quote: Babe Ruth struck out 1,330 times.
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