On this day in history.

[AdmiralAdama]

September 17 - 1953 - The Ochsner Foundation Hospital in New Orleans, LA, successfully separated Siamese twins. Carolyn Anne and Catherine Anne Mouton were connected at the waist when born.

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[AdmiralAdama]

September 17 - 1976 - NASA unveiled the space shuttle Enterprise in Palmdale, CA.

An interesting assortment of characters were on hand for the roll-out.



http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Shuttle_Enterprise_-_GPN-2000-001363.jpg

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[scifan5751]

September 17 - 1976 - NASA unveiled the space shuttle Enterprise in Palmdale, CA.

An interesting assortment of characters were on hand for the roll-out.

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http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Shuttle_Enterprise_-_GPN-2000-001363.jpg

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The biggest disappointment was that the Enterprise was never intended to go to space, being used for atmospheric flight testing instead.

 

[scifan5751]

September 17th, 1787. The United States Constitution is signed by 38 of 41 delegates at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.

 

[scifan5751]

September 17th, 1916 Manfred Von Richthofen, known as the Red Baron, shot down his first plane.

 

[AdmiralAdama]

September 18 - 1830 - The "Tom Thumb", the first locomotive built in America, raced a horse on a nine-mile course. The horse won when the locomotive had some mechanical difficulties.

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[AdmiralAdama]

September 19 - 1995 International Talk Like a Pirate Day (ITLAPD) was declared by John Baur and Mark Summers of Albany, Oregon,
U.S.A. The holiday, and its observance, springs from a romanticized view of the Golden Age of Piracy.

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[JewelGarden]

September 23, 1962 - "The Jetsons" premiered on ABC-TV. It was the first program on the network to be carried in color.

Despite running for only 24 episodes (leaving out a brief revival in the 1980s) the show had a surprising impact on our view of the future. If you&rsquo;d like to celebrate its 50th anniversary, check out Matt Novak&rsquo;s excellent post (the first of a series) at Smithsonian.com.

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/pal...rs-of-the-jetsons-why-the-show-still-matters/

 

[JewelGarden]

September 24, 1960

The USS Enterprise, the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, is launched. The USS Enterprise (CVN 65) will inactivate on December 1, 2012, after 51 years of legendary service.


http://www.public.navy.mil/airfor/enterprise/Documents/Enterprise/bow.jpg

 

[scifan5751]

September 24th, 1789, Congress passed the Judiciary Act, establishing the Supreme Court.

 

[scifan5751]

September 27, 1779, John Adams is appointed by the Continental Congress to travel to France to negotiate peace terms with Britain.

 

[Richard Brown]

On the 29th of September 1829 - London's Metropolitan Police Force went on duty (Scotland Yard)

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[Richard Brown]

On the 1st Oct, 1908 Ford unveiled the Model T

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[scifan5751]

October 1st, 1890 Yosemite National Park was established.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosemite_National_Park


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[scifan5751]

October 8th, 1871 the Chicago fire starts. It started in the barn of Patrick and Catherine O'Leary, starting a two day blaze that killed 200-300 people, destroyed 17,450 buildings and cost about $200,000,000 in1871 dollars.