TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT Sept. 15, 2001

President George W. Bush ordered U.S. troops to get ready for war and braced Americans for a long, difficult assault against terrorists to avenge the Sept. 11 attack.

ON THIS DATE 1959

Nikita Khrushchev became the first Soviet head of state to visit the United States as he arrived at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington.

1963

Four Black girls were killed when a bomb went off during Sunday services at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.

1972

A federal grand jury in Washington indicted seven men in connection with the Watergate break-in.

1985

Nike began selling its “Air Jordan 1” sneaker.