This Day in History, Sept. 25

1789 - U.S. Congress passes 12 amendments to U.S. Constitution: The Congressional Apportionment Amendment, the Congressional Compensation Amendment the ten known as the Bill of Rights. Only the Bill of Rights was ratified at the time, while the other amendments proposed by James Madison were not ratified. In 1992, The Congressional Compensation Amendment ratified as the 27th Amendment.

1911 - Ground Broken for Fenway Park in Boston

1929 - Jimmy Doolittle performs the first blind flight from Mitchell Field, proving that full instrument flying from take-off to landing is possible.

1957 - Central H.S. in Little Rock, AR is integrated through use of U.S. Army troops.

1976 - Rock band U2 forms at meeting at drummer Larry Mullen's home.

1978 - PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727-214, collides mid-air with Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, CA, resulting in deaths of 144 people.

1981 - Sandra Day 'O Conner was the 102nd justice sworn in as Associate Justice of US Supreme Court, the first women to hold the office.