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September 24, 2020

This Day in History: Sept. 24

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces formal impeachment inquiry into President Trump.

September 23, 2020

This Day in History: Sept. 23

Sen. Joe Biden withdraws from the Democratic presidential race following plagiarism allegations in a speech and portrayal of his academic record.

September 22, 2020

This Day in History: Sept. 22

President Abraham Lincoln issues preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. "Friends" debuts on NBC.

September 20, 2020

This Day in History: Sept. 20

James Meredith, a Black student, is blocked from enrolling at the University of Mississippi by Democratic Gov. Ross R. Barnett. Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in a “Battle of the Sexes" tennis match.

September 19, 2020

This Day in History: Sept. 19

The "Mary Tyler Moore Show' premieres on CBS; the smiley emoticon is invented

September 16, 2020

This Day in History: Sept. 16

Exxon Corp. is ordered to pay $5 billion in punitive damages for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill.

September 15, 2020

This Day in History: Sept. 15

A bombing at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. kills four Black girls. Sandra Day O'Connor's Supreme Court nomination is unanimously approved in the Senate.

September 14, 2020

This Day in History: Sept. 14

Francis Scott Key is inspired to write the poem "Defence of Fort McHenry" (later "The Star-Spangled Banner"). "The Golden Girls" premieres on NBC.

September 13, 2020

This Day in History: Sept. 13

A four-day inmates' rebellion at the Attica Correctional Facility in western New York ends. Tupac Shakur dies from drive-by shooting injuries.

September 12, 2020

This Day in History: Sept. 12

Reports surface that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden borrowed, without attribution, passages of a speech by British Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock for one of his campaign speeches.