September 14th History Tidbit: 1901 Vice President Theodore Roosevelt, age 42, ascended to the U.S. presidency with the death of President William McKinley, who succumbed to gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin eight days earlier...1948 A groundbreaking ceremony was held for the United Nations’ world headquarters in New York City...1959 The Soviet Union’s “Luna 2,” the first space probe to reach the moon, became the first man-made object on the moon when it crashed on the surface...1960 The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (NATO) was founded, its charter members being Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela... 1963 The first quintuplets in the U.S. known to have lived past infancy were born to Mary Ann and Andrew Fischer of Aberdeen, S.D., who were already the parents of five children. (They later had one more.)...1972 “The Waltons” premiered on CBS TV... 1975 Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton was declared the first U.S.-born saint by Pope Paul VI.
Posted on: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 13:11:44 +0000
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