Treaty of Paris 1783: How Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay Ended the American Revolutionary War on September 3, 1783

On the morning of September 3, 1783, in a room at the Hôtel d’York on what is now 56 Rue Jacob in Paris, four men sat down to sign a document that would formally end the mos

The Coronation of Richard I: How the Lionheart Was Crowned King of England at Westminster  

On Sunday, September 3, 1189 — the feast day of the ordination of Pope Saint Gregory — the great doors of Westminster Abbey opened before a solemn procession that carried throu

San Marino Founded: How a Stonemason Named Marinus Created the World’s Oldest Republic on September 3, 301 AD

On September 3, 301 AD, according to the founding tradition that the Republic of San Marino has observed as its national day for over seventeen centuries, a Christian stonemason na

The First ATM in the United States: How Don Wetzel and Chemical Bank Changed Banking Forever on September 2, 1969

On the morning of September 2, 1969 — the same date that, twenty-four years earlier, Japan had signed its formal surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay — a very differe

Japan Signs Surrender: How World War II Formally Ended Aboard USS Missouri on September 2, 1945

At 9:02 in the morning on Sunday, September 2, 1945, General Douglas MacArthur stepped to the microphone on the teak deck of the United States Navy battleship USS Missouri, anchore

Battle of Actium: How Octavian Defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra on September 2, 31 BC and Became Master of the Roman World

On the morning of September 2, 31 BC, on the sunlit waters of the Ionian Sea off the promontory of Actium on the western coast of Greece, two of the greatest military and naval for