On Sept. 25, 1690, Publick Occurrences, the first U.S. newspaper, published its first, and last, edition in Boston.
In 1789 the nation's first Congress, meeting in New York, adopted 12 amendments to the Constitution and sent them to the states for ratification. (Ten of them became the Bill of Rights.)
In 1912 Ford Motor Co. established an eight-hour workday and five-day workweek.
In 1919 President Woodrow Wilson became seriously ill after a speech in Pueblo, Colo., during a speaking tour. (He returned to Washington, where he suffered a stroke Oct. 2, leaving him partly paralyzed.)
In 1957, with 300 Army troops standing guard because of unruly crowds, nine black students were escorted to their classes in Little Rock (Ark.) Central High School.
In 1978 a Pacific Southwest jetliner and a private plane collided over San Diego, killing 144 people.
.In 1980 tentative agreement on a contract was reached on the 67th day of an actors' strike that delayed the start of the fall television season.
In 1993 three U.S. soldiers in Somalia were killed when their helicopter was downed by a rocket-propelled grenade.