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    1787 – The Constitution was completed and signed by a majority of the delegates attending the constitutional convention in Philadelphia.

    1862 -- The bloodiest day in U.S. military history occurred at the Battle of Antietam when more than 23,000 were killed or wounded.

    1908 -- Lt. Thomas Selfridge, a passenger in a plane piloted by Orville Wright, became the first airplane fatality when the craft crashed.

    1920 -- The American Professional Football Association—a precursor of the NFL —was formed in Canton, Ohio.

    1980 – Anastasio Somoza Debayle, former president of Nicaragua, was assassinated in Paraguay.

    1994 -- Heather Whitestone of Alabama became the first deaf Miss America.

    2004 – Barry Bonds became the third baseball player to hit 700 career home runs, joining Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth.