The Middletown Press (Middletown, CT)
TODAY IN HISTORY
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT Sept. 17, 1787
The Constitution of the United States was completed and signed by a majority of delegates attending the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
ON THIS DATE 1937
The likeness of President Abraham Lincoln’s head was dedicated at Mount Rushmore.
1954
The novel “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding was first published by Faber & Faber of London.
1978
After meeting at Camp David, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin (men-AH’-kem BAY’-gihn) and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat signed a framework for a peace treaty.