The History Daily - An Entertaining Look Back By Trevor Smith and Charles Smith
September 17, 2004 on this day: In 1787, The Philadelphia Convention adopted the United States Constitution. In the spring of 1787 fifty-five delegates from twelve states met in Philadelphia to draft a new constitution for the Republic. By profession they were lawyers, merchants and planters. The Articles of Confederation, the basis for U.S. government since the Revolution, had created a federal government too weak to carry out the functions of the new nation. The new constitution created a much stronger federal government, and many founding fathers opposed it. After the convention the Constitution was presented to the people, and was finally ratified in May, 1790, after the Bill of Rights had been added. Also on this day: In 1796 U.S. president George Washington delivered his "Farewell Address" to the American people. In 1920 the American Professional Football Association was formed in Akron, Ohio. This later became the National Football League. YESTERDAY'S QUESTION AND ANSWER: This division of General Motors, which is the nations oldest car company, will soon be discontinued. What division is it? It is Oldsmobile. Rich Pierson sent the correct answer first. TODAY'S QUESTION: How many teams are in the NFL? Send your answer to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Copyright 2004 Trevor Smith --- You are currently subscribed to historydaily2 as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe click on the link below: http://go.netatlantic.com:8080/cgi-bin/unsubscribe.pl?id=32085219I ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/BCfwlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> <a href=http://English-12948197573.SpamPoison.com>Fight Spam! Click Here!</a> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kumpulan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
