On September 18, 1793, President George Washington laid the cornerstone to the United States Capitol building, the home of
the legislative branch of American government.

The building would take nearly a century to complete, as
architects came and went, the British set fire to it (above) 
and it was called into use during the Civil War.

Today, the Capitol building, with its famous cast-iron
dome and important collection of American art, is
part of the Capitol Complex, which includes six
Congressional office buildings and three Library
of Congress buildings, all developed in the 19th
and 20th centuries.

Masonic Commemorative Cornerstone
Plaque.

The United States Constitution was signed on September 17,
1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the Constitutional
Convention.

This momentous event finalized the four-page document that
replaced the Articles of Confederation and established the
framework for the U.S. government.

A 1787 copy of the U.S. Constitution was put up for auction
on Sept. 28, 2024 and sold for $9 million.

The copy was found in a filling cabinet in North Carolina.

Hiram "Hank" Williams (September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953)

Singer, songwriter, guitarist Hank Williams was the country’s first superstar thanks to hits "Your Cheatin’ Heart" and "Hey, Good
Lookin’."

1969

Charles Robert Redford Jr. (August 18, 1936 – September 16, 2025)

(FOXNEWS) – "Robert Redford passed away in his sleep today 
at his home in the Sundance mountains of Utah – the place
he loved, surrounded by those he loved," his representative
told Fox News Digital. "He will be missed greatly. The family
requests privacy."

The Hollywood icon was best known for classics like "Butch
Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "The Sting."

       Nothing in the Dark (1962)

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On September 16, 1620, the Mayflower sailed from Plymouth,
England, bound for the Americas with 102 passengers. The
ship was headed for Virginia, where the colonists—half
religious dissenters and half entrepreneurs—had been
authorized to settle by the British crown.

However, stormy weather and navigational errors forced the
Mayflower off course, and on November 21 the “Pilgrims”
reached Massachusetts, where they founded the first
permanent European settlement in New England in late
December.

Thirty-five of the Pilgrims were members of the radical English
Separatist Church, who traveled to America to escape the
jurisdiction of the Church of England, which they found
corrupt.