This Month in History 

At 5.30 a.m., Hitler's armies invaded Poland starting World War II in Europe.

The Treaty of Paris was signed by John Adams, Ben Franklin and John Jay, formally ending the American Revolutionary War between Britain and the United States.

 Tanks were first used in combat, during the Allied offensive at the Battle of the Somme, in World War I.

The much-hyped "Battle of the Sexes" took place in the Houston Astrodome as tennis player and women's rights activist, Billie Jean King, defeated self-styled male chauvinist Bobby Riggs in three straight sets. Riggs, a retired tennis champion, had been critical of the quality of women's tennis.

The first American newspaper was published. A single edition of Publick Occurrences Both Foreign and Domestick appeared in Boston, Massachusetts. However, British authorities considered the newspaper offensive and ordered its immediate suppression.

Congress created the United States Army, consisting of 1,000 enlisted men and officers.