Today In History

Sat., Sept. 23, 2000

In 1779: During the Revolutionary War, the American warship Bon Homme Richard defeated the HMS Serapis after the American commander, John Paul Jones, is said to have declared: “I have not yet begun to fight!”

In 1780: British spy John Andre was captured along with papers revealing Benedict Arnold’s plot to surrender West Point to the British.

In 1806: Lewis and Clark returned to St. Louis from the Pacific Northwest.

In 1846: German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle discovered the planet Neptune.

In 1952: Republican vice-presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon went on television to deliver what came to be known as the “Checkers” speech as he rebutted allegations of improper campaign financing.

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