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September 20 George Burns [Nathan Birnbaum], is born in New York City on this day in 1896. In 1519 Ferdinand Magellan begins the 1st successful circumnavigation of the globe. The U.S. Patent Office grants a patent for the electric range in 1859.

September 1 - President Warren Wilson resigns [Thirty-Third Biennial Report of the Regents of Education of the State of South Dakota to the Governor for the Biennial Period Ending June 30, 1954, Fiscal Years 1952-53 and 1953-54, Transmitted to the Legislature at the Thirty-Fifth Biennial Session, 1955, pg. 81] September 1 - Earl Dake named acting President [Thirty-Third Biennial Report of the Regents of Education of the State of South Dakota to the Governor for the Biennial Period Ending June 30, 1954, Fiscal Years 1952-53 and 1953-54, Transmitted to the Legislature at the Thirty-Fifth Biennial Session, 1955, pg. 84]

September 19 In 1911, future Nobel Prize winning novelist William Golding is born in England. More than two months after being shot, President James Garfield , succumbs to the assassin’s bullet in 1881. Underground nuclear testing begins near Las Vegas in 1957. Learn more about undergound nuclear testing # your library.

Maher Barakat of Kuwait and Mines football punter is drafted by the Denver Broncos, he is the first and, so far, only, Mines player ever drafted by pro football. [Stymiest, Ruth Anne. "Centennial: An Illustrated History, 1885-1985". 1985, pg. 125]

September 18 In 1819 Leon Foucault , the physicist who proved that the earth rotates, was born in France. Academy Award winning actress, Claudette Colbert was born in Paris in 1905. Joe Kittinger lands his hot air balloon in Italy, completing the first solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic.

September - President O'Harra recommends that the name of institution be changed to "The Black Hills Institute of Technology". [Fifteenth Biennial Report of the Regents of Education of the State of South Dakota to the Governor for the Biennial Period Ending June 30, 1918, Fiscal Years 1916-17, 1917-18. pt.1, pg. 107]

September 17 A landmark day for justice! In 1907 future Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger is born in Minnesota; 32 years later current justice David Souter was born in Massachusetts. Learn more about the Supreme Court @ your library. In 1962 NASA announces its second group of astronauts, “The Nifty Nine.” These astronauts will be trained for upcoming Gemini missions. The group includes Neil Armstrong , Frank Borman , Pete Conrad , Jim McDivitt , Jim Lovell , Elliott See , Tom Stafford , Ed White and John Young .