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This Week In History
September 14 - In 1812, Napoleon's army entered Moscow. The Fire of Moscow began as Russian troops fled the city.
September 15 - In 1963, four children were killed when a bomb went off during Sunday services at an African American Baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama.
September 16 - In 1992, the trial of the deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega ended in the United States with a 40-year sentence for drug trafficking and money laundering. He was extradited to France in 2010 and from there to Panama in 2011, where he died of a brain hemorrhage in 2017.
September 17 - In 1787, the United States Constitution was signed by 39 delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
September 18 - In 1927, the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) launched their national radio network programming.
September 19 - In 1870, the siege of Paris began during the Franco-Prussian War. The city held out for over four months before surrendering.
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