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Sep 1 Historical Events
 
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The Liberty Bell arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from London's Whitechapel Bell Foundry today in 1752
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National Cherry Popover Day
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The world was created, according to the Eastern Orthodox Church calendar and the Byzantine Empire, today in 5509 BC
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The first female telephone operator, Emma Nutt, started work for the Telephone Dispatch Company of Boston today in 1878
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Emile Berliner filed for a patent for a flat-disk gramophone record player today in 1887 (Edison's recorded on cylinder)
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Solar flare was observed for the first time by Richard Carrington and Richard Hodgson independently today in 1859
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Theodore Roosevelt uttered his corollary to the Monroe Doctrine: "Speak softly and carry a big stick" today in 1901
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Blueberry Popsicle Day
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V-J Day Japanese surrender to the Allies was officially ratified aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay today in 1945
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Athenian Phidippides ran 26 miles during the Battle of Marathon to Sparta to seek help fighting Persia today in 490 BC
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Great Britain and colonies adopted the Gregorian Calendar today in 1752, skipping 11 days to September 14 the next day
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The first ATM in the U.S. was installed at the Chemical Bank in Rockville Center, New York, today in 1969
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Sep 3 Historical Events
 
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American Revolutionary War ended as the U.S. and Great Britain signed the Treaty of Paris today in 1783
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Feast Day of Saint Gregory the Great, patron of educators, musicians and stonemasons
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National Welsh Rarebit Day
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Frederick Douglass, future abolitionist, escaped slavery on trains and ferry from Maryland to New York today in 1838
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UK, France, NZ, Australia, declared war against Germany after ultimatum to halt invasion of Poland expired today in 1939
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Suburban electric train service began from Hoboken to Montclair, NJ, with Thomas Edison at the throttle today in 1931
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Sep 4 Historical Events
 
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Los Angeles was founded El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de Los Ángeles de Porciúncula by 44 settlers today in 1781
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Macadamia Nut Day
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Newspaper Carrier Day 10-year-old Barney Flaherty was hired as a newspaper boy by The New York Sun today in 1833
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The French Third Republic, a republican parliamentary democracy, was created today in 1870 deposing Emperor Napoleon III
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Thomas Edison powered the first electrically lighted district around NY City's Pearl Street power station today in 1882
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First transcontinental TV broadcast carried President Truman's speech from San Francisco to New England today in 1951
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Sep 5 Historical Events
 
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The first U.S. Continental Congress of 55 delegates from 12 colonies convened in Philadelphia, PA, today in 1774
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Johann Christian Bach, German composer, "London Bach," son of Johann Sebastian Bach, today in 1735
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Teacher's Day in India Honoring Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, diplomat, philosophy scholar and teacher, born today in 1888
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National Cheese Pizza Day
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American Red Cross first provided disaster relief today in 1881 to thousands of victims of the Great Fire of Michigan
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Charles Darwin wrote today in 1857 to botanist Asa Gray who urged Darwin to publish his 20-year-old theory of evolution
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Sep 6 Historical Events
 
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Henry David Thoreau left Walden Pond at the end of his two-year experiment in simple living today in 1847
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Marquis de Lafayette, French soldier and statesman, American patriot, ‘The Hero of Two Worlds’, today in 1757
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Read A Book Day
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Coffee Ice Cream Day
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One of Magellan's ships, the Victoria, returned to Spain, becoming the first to circumnavigate the world today in 1522
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The first public British phone exchange served 8 subscribers in Lombard St., London using Edison's system today in 1879
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Sep 7 Historical Events
 
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First submarine attack: U.S. submersible Turtle tried to attach a time bomb to U.K. HMS Eagle in NY Harbor today in 1776
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The NY Post Office Building opened today in 1914. Inscribed on it: "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night …"
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The first Miss America Pageant was held at Atlantic City, NJ, today in 1921 to keep tourists around after Labor Day
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National Napoleon Day
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Brazil's Prince Pedro declared independence from Portugal, crying "Independence or Death!" today in 1822
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The first baby was placed in the first incubator designed by Drs. Allan M. Thomas and William C. Deming today in 1888
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Sep 8 Historical Events
 
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The Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony established Harvard College, first in America, today in 1636
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The Pledge of Allegiance written by socialist preacher Francis Bellamy first appeared in Youth's Companion today in 1892
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National Pardon Day US President Gerald Ford pardoned former US President Richard M. Nixon today in 1974
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Richard the Lionheart, Coeur de Lion, Richard I, King of England, today in 1157
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National Date Nut Bread Day
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Dr. John Snow disabled a contaminated water pump in London today in 1854, halting cholera and pioneering epidemiology
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Sep 9 Historical Events
 
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California, the Golden State, was admitted as the 31st U.S. state today in 1850 Eureka I have found it
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The Continental Congress officially renamed their new country from "United Colonies" to the United States today in 1776
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Cardinal Armand Jean Richelieu, Louis XIII's chief minister, creator of modern international politics, today in 1585
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Teddy Bear Day
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National Steak au Poivre Day
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The first computer "bug," a moth, was removed from a relay of a Mark II computer at Harvard University today in 1945
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Sep 10 Historical Events
 
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20 black students entered Alabama public schools following standoff between federal and state authorities today in 1963
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John Smith, explorer, writer, and cartographer, was elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia, today in 1608
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Lincoln Highway, the first coast-to-coast rock highway from NY to San Francisco, was proposed at a dinner today in 1912
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Swap Ideas Day
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DNA fingerprinting was discovered by Alec Jeffreys in England as X-ray films revealed unique DNA patterns today in 1984
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A patent for hand-cranked, lock stitch sewing machine was granted to Elias Howe of Spencer, Massachusetts today in 1846
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Sep 11 Historical Events
 
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The Battle of Brandywine of the American Revolutionary War was fought today in 1777. The British captured Philadelphia
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Henry Hudson entered Upper New York Bay, discovered Manhattan Island, and anchored off its northern tip today in 1609
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Patriot Day Terrorist attacks took 2,976 lives in hijacked planes, World Trade Center, Pentagon, Pennsylvania today 2001
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Stephen Foster's "Oh! Susanna" was first performed at the Eagle Saloon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, today in 1847
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National Hot Cross Bun Day
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Orville Wright set a new flight duration record by staying aloft for 70 minutes today in 1908
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Defenders Day Maryland commemorates the repulsion of the British forces in the Battle of Baltimore today in 1814
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National Video Games Day
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National Chocolate Milkshake Day
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Prehistoric cave paintings of red deer, horses, bison from 15,000 BC were discovered at Lascaux, France, today in 1940
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American troops first crossed into Germany, at the Siegfried Line, during WWII today in 1944
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President John F. Kennedy delivered the "We choose to go to the moon" speech at Rice University today in 1962
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Confederation Congress set the date for the first presidential election and made New York City the capital today in 1788
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Clara Josephine Wieck Schumann, German composer and leading pianists of the Romantic era, today in 1819
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Positive Thinking Day
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International Chocolate Day
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Fortune Cookie Day
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A patent for celluloid photographic film (No. 610,861) was issued to Reverend Hannibal Williston Goodwin today in 1898
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The first U.S. lighthouse, Boston Light, was lighted on Little Brewster Island, Boston Harbor, MA, today in 1716
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The defense of Fort McHenry, MD, inspired Francis Scott Key to write the words of The Star-Spangled Banner today in 1814
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Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, Russian Nobel Prize winner in medicine, discoverer of 'conditional reflex,' today in 1849
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National Cream-filled Donut Day
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George Frederick Handel finished composing his oratorio, "The Messiah," in just 24 days today in 1741
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Formation of the Earth Day The Earth was formed today in Carl Sagan's Cosmic Calendar
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Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua jointly declared independence from Spain today in 1821
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Felt Hat Day
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National Creme de Menthe Day
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Marco Polo, Venetian trader and one of the first Western explorers to travel the Silk Road to China, today in 1254
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The HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin aboard, reached the Galápagos Islands, 600 miles west of S. America, today in 1835
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John Bull, first operated in 1831, became oldest operable locomotive when Smithsonian Institution ran it today in 1981
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The Mayflower carrying 102 religious Separatists, or Pilgrims, set sail for America from Plymouth, England today in 1620
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The Great Seal of the U.S. was first used to authorize George Washington to negotiate prisoner exchange today in 1782
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Guillaume François Rouelle, French apothecary and chemist, founder of the French school of chemistry, today in 1703
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Collect Rocks Day
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National Cinnamon Raisin Bread Day
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Mexico Independence Day Grito de Dolores Father Miguel Hidalgo called for Mexico's independence from Spain today in 1810
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Boston, Beantown, The City on a Hill, Massachusetts, was founded on a peninsula the Indians called Shawmut today in 1630
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Constitution Day Citizenship Day U.S. Constitution was signed in Philadelphia by delegates from 12 states today in 1787
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The Presidio, or fortress, of San Francisco de Asis was founded by the Spanish de Anza Expedition today in 1776
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National Apple Dumpling Day
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Camp David Accords were signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin today in 1978
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First transcontinental flight (Rodgers) took off from NY today in 1911, taking 82 flying hrs (49 days) to reach Pasadena
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The U.S. Air Force was created as an independent military service today in 1947 with the National Security Act of 1947
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George Washington laid the cornerstone of the Capitol building today in 1793
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Samuel Johnson, poet, essayist, novelist, biographer, creator of the most influential English dictionary, today in 1709
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National Cheeseburger Day
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The Voyager I spacecraft snapped the first photograph showing the crescent-shaped earth and moon together today in 1977
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Tom Thumb, the first locomotive built in America, lost a 14-km race to a horse due to a boiler leak today in 1830
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George Washington made his farewell address as a president today in 1796 before retiring to Mount Vernon in 1797
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International Talk Like a Pirate Day
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National Butterscotch Pudding Day
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Oetzi the Iceman, Europe's oldest natural mummy, was discovered in the Similaun Glacier in the Alps today in 1991
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Women's suffrage: New Zealand became the first country in the world to grant women the right to vote today in 1893
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The Montgolfier brothers sent a duck, a sheep and a rooster aboard a hot-air balloon at Versailles, France today in 1783
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