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Sep 8 US under General Scott defeat Mexicans at Battle of Molino del Rey
Sep 10 1st theater opens in Hawaii

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Sep 11 1st singing of Stephen Foster's "Oh! Susanna" (in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

Stephen Foster — Father of American Music Stephen Foster

Sep 12 Mexican–American War: the Battle of Chapultepec begins.
Sep 13 American-Mexican war: US General Winfield Scott captures Mexico City
Sep 14 US Marines under General Scott enter Mexico City (halls of Montezuma)

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Sep 16 Shakespeare Birthplace Trust buys bard's birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon

William Shakespeare — Playwright William Shakespeare

Birthdays in History

Sep 2 Roger Wolcott, 39th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1900)

Jesse James

Sep 5 Jesse James, American outlaw and son of a clergyman, born in Kearney, Missouri (d. 1882)

Jesse James — Outlaw Jesse James

Sep 14 William Edward Ayrton, English Physicist and Inventor, born in London, England (d. 1908)
Sep 20 Sergey Nechayev, Russian Nihilist (Catechism Revolutionary), born in Ivanovo, Russia (d. 1882)
Sep 30 Wilhelmina E Drucker [Lensing], Dutch feminist

Deaths in History

Sep 13 Nicolas Oudinot, French marshal, dies at 81
Sep 23 Henri de Mérode, Belgian revolutionary (Souvenirs), dies at 65)

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