September 25th

Two American hikers held for more than two years in an Iranian prison, returned to the United States.

China launches Shenzhou spacecraft with 3 astronauts. This was the third human manned space flight mission of China's Space Program.

It was reported that more than 14,000 had lost their lives in France in a summer heat wave.

Saudi Arabia cut its relations with Afghanistan's ruling Taliban.

NASA launches the Mars Observer. The robotic space probe's main goal was to study Mars. Almost a year later all communications with it were lost.

Sandra Day O'Connor was sworn in as the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, 32, choked to death on his own vomit after a drinking binge.

Runners run the first Chicago Marathon. One of the world's six major marathons, which include the marathons in Berlin, Boston, London, New York, and Tokyo, the Chicago Marathon was initially called the Mayor Daley Marathon. The first race was won by Rhud Metzner.

The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is officially created. Ferhat Abbas was appointed as the President of the Algerian National Assembly, and Ben Bella was seated as the country's new Prime Minister.

Nine black children were escorted to Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, under heavily armed guard, because of racial violence.

First transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation from Newfoundland to Oban.

President Woodrow Wilson collapsed after a speech in Pueblo, Colo., during a tour in support of the Treaty of Versailles.

Leonardo Torres Quevedo successfully demonstrates the Telekino at Bilbao before a great crowd, guiding a boat from the shore, considered the birth of the remote control.

Author William Faulkner was born in New Albany, Miss.

Wilford Woodruff, president of the Mormon church, renounced the practice of polygamy. This paved the way for Utah's acceptance as a state in 1896.

The first United States Congress adopted 12 amendments to the Constitution and sent them to the states for ratification. (Ten of the amendments became the Bill of Rights.).

American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen was captured by the British as he led an attack on Montreal.

Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa croses the Panama Isthmus becoming first European to see the Pacific Ocean.

Christopher Columbus set sail from Cadiz, Spain, with a flotilla of 17 ships on his second voyage to the Western Hemisphere.

Battle of Stamford Bridge; English army under King Harold Godwinson defeat invading Norwegians led by King Harald Hardrada and Harold's brother Tostig, who were both killed.