TODAY IN HISTORY

1789

Alexander Hamilton was appointed the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.

1814

An American fleet scored a decisive victory over the British in the Battle of Lake Champlain in the War of 1812.

1936

Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) began operation as President Franklin D. Roosevelt pressed a key in Washington to signal the startup of the dam’s first hydroelectric generator.

1967

The comedy-variety program “The Carol Burnett Show” premiered on CBS.

1985

Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds cracked career hit number 4,192 off Eric Show of the San Diego Padres, eclipsing the record held by Ty Cobb.

2001

Nearly 3,000 people were killed as 19 alQaida hijackers seized control of four jetliners, sending two of the planes into New York’s World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon and the fourth into a field in western Pennsylvania.