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Hello and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on September 27th. With U.S.- Russia relations frequently making news, we look back to this day in 1959, when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev ended his two-week visit to the U.S. Before meeting with President Dwight Eisenhower in D.C., Khrushchev took the opportunity to tour the States.

Hello and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on September 25th. Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion. These rights, among others, are the bedrock of American life, and on this day in 1789, they came one step closer to becoming the law of the land, when Congress passed the Bill of Rights, sending it to the states for ratification. The Bill of Rights--the first set of amendments to the U.S. Constitution-- was designed to protect the basic rights of U.S.

Hello and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on September 24th. With the U.S. Supreme Court headed back to work in early October, we look back 225 years to this day in 1789, when the Judiciary Act, which created the court, was signed by President George Washington. Washington nominated John Jay to preside as chief justice of the court, which met for the first time in February 1790 in New York City.

Hello and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on September 23rd. With the debate over whether or not Pluto really is a planet back in the news, we look back to this day in 1846, when Neptune was discovered by German astronomers. Named after the Roman god of the sea, the blue gas giant is four times bigger than Earth, has eight known moons and a ring system containing three bright and two dim rings.

Hello and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on September 22nd. It’s hard to appreciate the beauty of a highway when dealing with unrelenting traffic. But on this day in 1953, Los Angeles opened the first “four-level” interchange in the world, which has since become known as a modern engineering marvel. Connecting the 101 and 110 freeways, “The Stack,” as its known, includes 32 lanes of traffic weaving in numerous directions.

Hello and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on September 21st. More than 200 years after his death, the name “Benedict Arnold” remains synonymous with the word traitor--thanks to what Arnold did way back on this day in 1780. That’s when Arnold offered to turn over West Point to the British during the American Revolution.

Hello, and welcome to This Day in History brought to you by AARP. Take on today and every day with AARP. Here’s what happened on September 20th. On the heels of Canadian Bianca Andreescu’s victory at this year’s U.S. Open, we look back to this day in 1973 and a very different type of tennis showdown--the so-called “Battle of the Sexes” between Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King. Riggs, a former No.

Hello and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on September 19th. With more women running for office than ever before, it’s hard to believe that little more than a century ago, most women in the world couldn’t even vote. It was on this day in 1893 that New Zealand became the very first country to grant women national voting rights. American women finally won the right to vote nearly 30 years later in 1920, and British women followed in 1928.

Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on September 18th. Do you believe in UFOs? If so, you might be surprised to find out you share that belief with none other than a former U.S. president. On this day in 1973, future president Jimmy Carter filed a report claiming he had seen an unidentified flying object in 1969.

Hello, and welcome to This Day in History brought to you by AARP. Take on today and every day with AARP. Here’s what happened on September 17th. These days, you don’t have to be an astronaut to get up close and personal with a space shuttle--you can just pay a visit to one of four museums around the country where the Atlantis, Discovery, Endeavour and Enterprise are currently on display.