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What happened on September 29 in American history
September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (the 273rd in leap years). Patriot Compass has published 7 stories from September 29 spanning 1789 to 2008. Among them: in 1789, Congress puts a standing army under the new War Department, several hundred strong; and in 1907, a stone from Bethlehem is sealed into American granite atop Mount Saint Alban.
1789
Congress puts a standing army under the new War Department, several hundred strong
The force is tiny by European standards, but for the first time it answers to a civilian cabinet officer, not a general.
1907Member story · 1776 Club
A stone from Bethlehem is sealed into American granite atop Mount Saint Alban
Roosevelt and 20,000 spectators watch Bishop Satterlee lay the foundation of what he intends as a national cathedral.
1988
Discovery clears the tower; NASA flies again
Thirty-two months after Challenger, five veteran astronauts ride redesigned boosters off the pad at Kennedy Space Center.
1990
Lockheed's stealth fighter prototype takes to the air over the Mojave
Dave Ferguson flies the YF-22 from Palmdale to Edwards in eighteen minutes, a month after its public rollout.
1990Member story · 1776 Club
Eighty-three years after the first stone, the last one goes on
A 1,008-pound finial closes out the south tower, and Bush marks the day Theodore Roosevelt started.
2005Member story · 1776 Club
Senate confirms Roberts, 78-22; he is sworn in as Chief Justice that same evening
At fifty, he becomes the youngest man to lead the Court since John Marshall.
2008Member story · 1776 Club
House vote fails; the Dow falls 777 points, the worst one-day point drop on record
Two weeks after Lehman Brothers collapsed, 228 lawmakers said no to a $700 billion rescue and Wall Street answered within minutes.
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