ACROSS
2September's birthstone.
13Became President after William McKinley died from gunshot wounds.
15Henry Hudson discovered.
16The name United Colonies was changed to
18Departed from England, bound for America in 1620.
19Won four medals in track and field at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin
20Ho Chi Minh proclaimed the independence of.
DOWN
1Died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, after a 70-year reign.
3Pardoned by Gerald Ford.
4Formally ending the American Revolutionary War.
5Began his escape from slavery.
6Elected First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR
7Forcibly halted public school integration in Alabama.
8The Jewish holiday that marks the beginning of the new year.
9Two unsuccessful assassination attempts on
10The first Catholic settlement in North America.
11Captured by General William T. Sherman.
12Brazil declared its independence from
14September always starts on the same day of the week as.
17September was originally the _______month of the year.