Daily Calendar for Thursday, September 14, 2017

Events

• The first lighthouse in North America, Boston Light, was lit– 1716
• Composer George Handel completed The Messiah– 1741
• Francis Scott Key wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner” – 1814
• Typewriter ribbon patented– 1886
• Sound-absorbing material patented– 1915
• The world’s largest airship, Graf Zeppelin II, made its first flight– 1938
• The first helicopter flight was made by Igor Sikorsky– 1939
• Zond 5 was launched; 4 days later it became the first spacecraft to circle the Moon and return to Earth– 1968
• The Waltons premiered on CBS– 1972
• Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, the first U.S. born saint, was canonized by Pope Paul VI– 1975
• World Series was cancelled due to strike– 1994
• Roger Craig, a University of Delaware graduate student, won $77,000 on Jeopardy!. It was the show’s highest one-day total ever.– 2010
• Crayola announced crayon name “Bluetiful” – 2017