September 6, 1995 – Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken, Jr. plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking the record held for 56 years by “Iron Horse” Lou Gehrig. Ripken went on to play 2,632 games in a row before voluntarily removing himself from a game on September 19, 1998.
September 7, 1940 – The German Luftwaffe began its Blitz bombing campaign against London during World War II.
September 8, 1900 – A hurricane with winds of 120 miles per hour struck Galveston, Texas, killing over 8,000 people, making it the worst natural disaster in U. S. History. The hurricane and tidal wave that followed destroyed 2,500 buildings.
September 9, 1776 – The United States officially came into existence as the Continental Congress voted to change the name of the new American nation which was previously known as the United Colonies.