1847: Mexico City captured by U.S. forces.
U.S. General Winfield Scott's advance on Mexico City was marked by an unbroken series of victories that culminated this day in 1847, when he entered Mexico City and ended the military phase of the Mexican War.
| 1994: | | Acting commissioner of baseball Bud Selig announced that the remainder of the 1994 major league baseball season, including the World Series, would be canceled. Players and owners had failed to reach a settlement of the players' strike begun in August. |
|
| 1975: | | Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American-born saint, was canonized by the Roman Catholic church. |
|
| 1927: | | Isadora Duncan, a pioneer of modern expressive dance, died in France in an automobile accident. |
|
| 1901: | | U.S. President William McKinley died eight days after being shot in Buffalo, New York. |
|
| 1849: | | | Russian physiologist Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, known chiefly for his development of the concept of the conditioned reflex, was born. |
|
| 1829: | | Russia and the Ottoman Empire signed the Treaty of Edirne, concluding the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–29. |
|
| 1814: | | Francis Scott Key was inspired to write
"The Star-Spangled Banner"
after Fort McHenry successfully withstood a British attack. |
|
| 1752: | | Great Britain adopted the Gregorian calendar; the date was moved ahead 11 days (the day after September 2 became September 14). |
|