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September 7, 2017



* On Sept. 19, 1827, Jim Bowie nearly kills a banker in Louisiana with an early version of his famous Bowie knife. The actual inventor of the Bowie knife, however, probably was his equally belligerent brother, Rezin Bowie, who reportedly came up with the design after nearly being killed in a vicious knife fight.

* On Sept. 23, 1875, Billy the Kid is arrested for the first time after stealing a basket of laundry. He later broke out of jail and roamed the American West, eventually compiling a rap sheet that allegedly included 21 murders.

* On Sept. 20, 1881, Chester Arthur is inaugurated, becoming the third person to serve as president in that year. Earlier in 1881, Rutherford B. Hayes finished his term and James Garfield was sworn in. Garfield was shot by a crazed assassin and died on Sept. 19. Arthur was sworn in the next day.

* On Sept. 21, 1939, President Franklin Roosevelt appears before Congress and asks that the Neutrality Acts be amended. Roosevelt hoped to lift an embargo against sending military aid to countries in Europe facing Nazi aggression.

* On Sept. 24, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson receives the Warren Commission’s report on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas. Its conclusion that Oswald was a “lone gunman” failed to satisfy some who witnessed the attack.

* On Sept. 22, 1971, Capt. Ernest Medina is acquitted of all charges relating to the My Lai massacre in Vietnam. His unit was charged with the murder of over 200 Vietnamese civilians in a cluster of hamlets in March 1968. Thirteen others were charged with various crimes, but only Lt. William Calley was found guilty.

 

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