On this day :

1862 Battle of Antietam, 1778 Indians and Loyalists burn German Flats New York, 1965 Amphibious cars arrive in Frankfurt after sailing across the English Channel, 1862 Rebels and Yankees clash at the Battle of Antietam, 1957 Louis Armstrong cancels trip to Russia, 1884 A California judge sets a record for trying criminal cases, 1923 Fire threatens UC Berkeley, 1787 US Constitution signed, 1976 Space Shuttle unveiled, 1978 Camp David Accords signed, 1983 Vanessa Williams becomes first black Miss America, 1820 John Keats leaves for Italy, 1996 Oprah launches influential book club, 1967 The Who spark an explosion on national television, 1868 Cheyenne and Sioux decimate frontiersmen at Beechers Island, 1796 Washington prepares final draft of farewell address, 1981 Fernandomania, 1970 PRG presents a new peace plan, 1972 Hanoi releases three POWs, 1916 Manfred von Richthofen shoots down his first plane, 1939 Soviet Union invades Poland,