Halloween Hosting Giveaway! GigFoot Software Support Hosting Boards Today Users Flash FAQ LOL 3D 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Events that occurred on this day: Sep/ 1: GERMANY INVADES POLAND: September 1, 1939 At 4:45 a.m., some 1.5 million German troops invade Poland all along its 1,750-mile border with German-controlled territory. Continue Sep/ 1: Events that occurred on this day: 1807 Aaron Burr acquitted 1836 First Anglo women settle west of the Rockies 1862 Battle of Chantilly 1864 Confederates evacuate Atlanta 1875 Mollies Strike Back 1928 Robert Pirsig is born 1939 Germany invades Poland 1969 Qaddafi leads coup in Libya 1950 First Porsche 1954 Social Security Act Amended 1959 Elizabeth Taylor signs for Cleopatra 1960 Rail Shutdown 1966 De Gaulle urges the United States 1968 Fighter pilot nominated for Medal of Honor 1970 McGovern-Hatfield amendment defeated 1976 Extra! Extra! 1977 Ethel Waters dies 1981 A teenage boy murders his father 1983 Korean Airlines shot down by Soviet Union 1984 Tina Turner tops the charts 1985 Wreck of the Titanic found 1989 Toyota Launches Lexus 1989 Air Bags Required Sep/ 2: JAPAN SURRENDERS: September 2, 1945 Aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japan formally surrenders to the Allies, bringing an end to World War II. Continued Sep/ 2: Events that occurred on this day: 31BC The Battle of Actium 1666 Great Fire of London begins 1789 U.S. Treasury Founded 1862 McClellan is restored to full command 1864 Union troops enter Atlanta 1885 Whites massacre Chinese in Wyoming Territory 1890 The Property Tax Party 1931 Bing Crosby's radio show debuts 1945 Vietnam independence proclaimed 1945 VJ Day! 1946 The Iceman Cometh, opens on Broadway 1959 The Mustang's Little Cousin 1969 Ho Chi Minh dies 1969 Star Trek's final episode 1969 Meany Calls for Controls 1969 Death Of A Racer 1972 47th North Vietnamese MiG shot down 1987 Trial of Mathias Rust begins 1992 Running On Natural Gas 1992 Bush Battles Clinton 1995 "You Are Not Alone" breaks records 1998 A UN court hands down the first international conviction for genocide Sep/ 3: CAMPBELL EXCEEDS 300 MPH: September 3, 1935 A new land-speed record is set by Britain's famed speed demon, Sir Malcolm Campbell. On the Bonneville Salt Flats of Utah, Campbell and his 2,500-hp motor car Bluebird made two runs over a one-mile course at speeds averaging 301.129 mph. More Information Sep/ 3: Events that occurred on this day: 1777 The Stars and Stripes flies 1783 Treaty of Paris signed 1855 U.S. Army avenges the Grattan Massacre 1861 Confederate forces enter Kentucky 1875 Porsche Born 1900 General Motor's Hometown 1902 Author Sarah Orne Jewett is thrown from a carriage 1926 "Lefty" Lewis goes on trial 1937 Orson Welles produces Les Miserables 1939 Racing Mania In Yugoslavia 1939 Britain and France declare war on Germany 1943 Allies invade Italian mainland 1950 Military Assistance Advisory Group arrives in Saigon 1966 Final episode of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet 1967 Thieu-Ky ticket wins national election 1969 Leader's Death Stalls Peace Process 1971 A Yippie Audit 1990 Bush prepares for summit with Gorbachev 1991 Frank Capra dies 1997 Governor Convicted Sep/ 3: NEW MOON: A New moon is when the Moon and Sun are more or less aligned, and you see the dark side of the moon. In this phase the Moon is between the Earth and the Sun and we can not see the Moon due to the glare of the sun. The “New Moon” is also called “No Moon“. more info.... Photo of a New Moon Another photo of a New Moon Photo of a New-Old Moon Information on: Other Phases of the Mooon Photos of: Moonlight Eclipes Phases of a Lunar Eclipe Full Moon Full Moon Full Moon Double Full Moon New Moon New Moon New-Old Moon Calendar Dates for: New Moon Dates First Quarter Dates Full Moon Dates Blue Moon Sep/ 4: SPITZ WINS 7TH GOLD MEDAL: September 4, 1972 U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz wins his seventh gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Spitz swam the fly leg of the 400-meter medley relay, and his team set a new world-record time of 3 minutes, 48.16 seconds. More information Sep/ 4: Events that occurred on this day: 476 Western Roman Empire falls 1864 John Hunt Morgan is killed 1875 Wall St. Satirist Born 1886 The last American Indian warrior surrenders 1891 The Man Behind The Autobahn 1894 Tailors Protest Sweatshops 1905 Historical novelist Mary Renault is born 1940 The USS Greer is fired upon 1945 Japanese surrender on Wake Island 1957 Arkansas troops prevent desegregation 1957 Little Rock becomes a Cold War hotspot 1957 The Edsel Has Its Day 1959 Congress Regulates Unions 1967 Final episode of Gilligan's Island 1967 Marines in heavy fighting 1969 Radio Hanoi announces the death of Ho Chi Minh 1971 Lawrence Welk goes off the air 1996 Colombian guerrilla attacks military base 1997 Farewell T-Bird Sep/ 5: BATTLE OF THE MARNE BEGINS: September 5, 1914 Thirty miles northeast of Paris, the French 6th Army under General Michel-Joseph Maunoury begins attacking the right flank of German forces advancing on the French capital. By the next day, the counterattack was total. More Information Sep/ 5: Events that occurred on this day: 1774 First Continental Congress convenes 1837 Van Buren Calls for Independent Treasury 1847 Outlaw Jesse James is born in Missouri 1861 Incoming! Civil War Income Tax 1863 Adams threatens the British 1877 Crazy Horse killed 1882 The First Labor Day 1905 Russo-Japanese peace treaty signed 1924 Volcker, Head of Fed, Born 1930 Let's Do It Backwards 1935 Gene Autry's first Western opens 1943 U.S. forces seize more of New Guinea 1957 On the Road is published 1957 The Beat Goes On 1958 Pasternak's Dr. Zhivago appears in the United States 1969 Calley charged for My Lai massacre 1970 U.S. launch last major American operation of the war 1972 Arab terrorists take Israeli hostages at the Olympics 1975 Ford assassination attempt thwarted 1980 At The End Of The Tunnel 1983 Birth of the Baby Bells 1983 Bringing Home the Bacon 1988 Savings and Loan Crisis Reaches New Depths 1991 Hondo of Honda 1992 Prince becomes top-paid singer Sep/ 6: ISRAELI HOSTAGES KILLED IN MUNICH: September 6, 1972 At F'rstenfeldbruck air base near Munich, an attempt by West German police to rescue nine Israeli Olympic team members held hostage by Palestinian terrorists ends in disaster. More Information Sep/ 6: Events that occurred on this day: 1522 Magellan's expedition circumnavigates globe 1844 John C. Fremont reaches the Great Salt Lake 1847 Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden and moves in with the Emersons 1861 Federals capture Paducah, Kentucky 1863 Confederates evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island, South Carolina 1888 Kennedy Family Patriarch Born 1900 The Early Promise Of Electricity 1901 President McKinley is shot 1915 Vehicles Of War 1949 Return To Normalcy 1944 Swoosie Kurtz born 1944 Italian resistance fighters persevere 1945 Peace Breaks Out 1959 Fibber McGee and Molly's final episode 1966 Architect of apartheid assassinated 1967 Bob Hope's series ends 1969 Ho Chi Minh to be succeeded by committee 1972 Thieu abolishes popular elections 1973 Union Leader Charged with Murder 1976 Soviet pilot lands Russian MIG fighter plane in Japan Sep/ 6: Labor Day Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. More onLabor Day Information on Peter J. McGuire Information onMatthew Maguire Photo of Peter J. McGuire Sep/ 6: LAST QUARTER MOON: The Last Quarter Moon, also called a Third Quarter Moon. Last Quarter moon occurs approximately one week after Full Moon and one week before the next New Moon. This moon happens when a line drawn from the Sun to the Earth is at 90 degrees from a line drawn from the Earth to the Moon, and the Moon is to the west of the Sun. Called a Quarter Moon because you are seeing half of the side facing Earth, which accounts for only one-fourth of the total surface of the Moon. more info.... Photo of aLast Quarter Moon Information on: Other Phases of the Mooon Photos of: Phases of a Lunar Eclipe Waning Cresent Moon Old Cresent Moon Full Moon Full Moon Full Moon Double Full Moon New Moon New Moon New-Old Moon First Quarter Moon Calendar Dates for: New Moon Dates First Quarter Dates Full Moon Dates Last Quarter Moon Dates Blue Moon Sep/ 7: PANAMA TO CONTROL CANAL: September 7, 1977 In Washington, President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian dictator Omar Torrijos sign a treaty agreeing to transfer control of the Panama Canal from the United States to Panama at the end of the 20th century. More Information Sep/ 7: Events that occurred on this day: 1776 World's first submarine attack 1864 Atlanta is evacuated 1876 Minnesotans nearly wipeout James-Younger Gang 1899 A Beautiful Spectacle 1911 Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested for stealing the Mona Lisa 1926 Studios shut their doors 1936 Buddy Holly is born 1940 The Blitz begins 1950 Truth or Consequences debuts on TV 1950 United Nations defeats Soviet motion 1956 Racketeer Convicted 1965 Marines launch Operation Piranha 1967 McNamara Line announced 1979 Chrysler's Big Bailout 1986 Tutu becomes archbishop 1993 Salutations From A New Compact 1996 Tupac Shakur is shot 1997 Get Rich Quick 1998 Last Day For Roadside America Sep/ 8: SIEGE OF LENINGRAD BEGINS: September 8, 1941 During World War II, German forces begin their siege of Leningrad, a major industrial center and the USSR's second-largest city. More Information Sep/ 8: Events that occurred on this day: 1664 New Amsterdam becomes New York 1810 The Pacific Fur Company's first ship leaves for Oregon 1863 Second Battle of Sabine Pass, Texas 1926 Garbo skips her wedding 1935 Huey Long is shot 1935 Sinatra discovered 1943 Italian surrender is announced 1945 American troops arrive in Korea to partition the country 1947 Ann Beattie is born 1950 Defense Production Act 1953 Waiting For The Bus 1954 SEATO established 1960 Go, Speedracer, Go! 1966 Star Trek premieres 1968 ARVN general killed 1974 Ford pardons Nixon 1986 A World Wide Marketplace 1996 End of the Bull Market? 1997 Dealings in CyberSpace Sep/ 8: Deadly Hurricane in Galveston, Texas September 8, 1900 Death toll: 8,000-12,000 estimated The deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history, the Galveston hurricane of 1900 is estimated to have killed between 8,000 and 12,000 people. The Category 4 hurricane struck on September 8, 1900, leveling 12 city blocks, nearly three-quarters of the island city of Galveston, Texas More Information on the 10 most Deadliest Hurricanes Sep/ 9: Bond's Birthday William Cranch Bond's 215th Birthday. Both William and his son, George were Intreged with astronomy after they observed a solar eclipse in 1806. They both discovered Hyperion in 1848. Sep/ 9: RIOT AT ATTICA PRISON: September 9, 1971 Prisoners riot and seize control of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, New York. More Information Sep/ 9: Events that occurred on this day: 1850 California becomes the 31st state in record time 1863 Yankees enter Chattanooga, Tennessee 1893 President's child born in White House 1901 Going The Extra Mile 1901 Stock Exchange Gets New Home 1908 Motion Picture Patents Co. founded 1909 Railroad Kingpin Dies 1910 Alice B. Toklas moves in permanently with Gertrude Stein 1919 The Boston police department goes on strike 1939 Surprise preview of Gone with the Wind 1942 Japanese bomb U.S. mainland 1943 Allies land at Salerno and Taranto 1956 Elvis appears on Ed Sullivan 1966 No Longer Unsafe At Any Speed? 1967 Hickey receives Medal of Honor 1969 Ho Chi Minh buried in Hanoi 1972 DeBellevue becomes leading American Ace 1976 Chairman Mao dies 1976 Mao Zedong dies 1981 Blackout at the Exchange 1982 Retirement Of The Ford Dynasty 1985 A New York State of Mind 1987 Greenspan Tackles Inflation Sep/ 10: GUERNICA RETURNED TO SPAIN: September 10, 1981 Spanish artist Pablo Picasso's monumental anti-war mural Guernica is received by Spain after four decades of refugee existence. One of Picasso's most important works, the painting was inspired by the destruction of the Basque town of Guernica by the Nazi air force during the Spanish Civil War. More Information Sep/ 10: Events that occurred on this day: 1608 Smith to lead Jamestown 1813 The Battle of Lake Erie 1861 Engagement at Carnifex Ferry 1881 Tensions grow in Tombstone, Arizona 1883 Battle over the Bank 1897 First DWI 1921 The German Highway 1933 Jimmy Durante's radio show debuts 1940 British War Cabinet reacts to the Blitz in kind 1941 Stephen Jay Gould is born 1942 The War And The Gas Pump 1963 President Kennedy gets mixed signals 1964 President Johnson sends signal to North and South Vietnamese 1977 The guillotine falls silent 1977 Serial-killing couple meets 1984 Mondale Falls Short 1989 Hungary allows East Germans refugees to leave 1992 Tax Cut Proposal Falls Short 1993 X-Files premieres 1993 Final episode of Late Night with David Letterman Sep/ 11: ATTACK ON AMERICA: September 11, 2001 At 8:45 a.m. on a clear Tuesday morning, an American Airlines Boeing 767 loaded with 20,000 gallons of jet fuel crashes into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. More Information Sep/ 11: Events that occurred on this day: 1789 First Treasury Secretary 1814 America victorious on Lake Champlain 1841 Cabinet Abandons Tyler Over Bank Issue 1847 Stephen Foster's first hit 1851 The Christiana Riot 1857 Mormons and Paiutes murder 120 emigrants 1861 Cheat Mountain campaign 1903 The Milwaukee Mile Opens 1918 Packard Leads The War On The Homefront 1921 Fatty Arbuckle arrested 1930 Flowering Judas, by Katherine Porter, is published 1931 Crime boss Salvatore Maranazano is murdered 1940 Hitler focuses East, sends troops to Romania 1965 1st Cavalry Division arrives in country 1967 New NYSE Head 1968 Heavy fighting rages in Tay Ninh 1970 The Pinto Cost-Benefit Analysis 1971 Nikita Khrushchev dies 1973 Allende dies in coup 1986 Dow Falls Sharply Sep/ 11: FIRST QUARTER MOON: A First Quarter Moon happens about a week after a New Moon and also a week before a Full Moon. The moon will rise around midday and set around midnight. The First Quarter Moon appears as a half-circle and can be found in the southern skies. Continued Photo of a First Quarter Moon Another photo of a First Quarter Moon Information on: Other Phases of the Moon Partial Solar Eclipse 2004 Partial Solar Eclipse 2005 Local Circumstances for Hybrid Solar Eclipse of April 08 2005 Photos of: Phases of a Lunar Eclipe Waning Cresent Moon Old Cresent Moon Waxing Gibbous Waxing Cresent Full Moon Full Moon Full Moon Double Full Moon New Moon New Moon New-Old Moon First Quarter Moon Calendar Dates for: New Moon Dates First Quarter Dates Full Moon Dates Last Quarter Moon Dates Blue Moon Sep/ 12: STEVEN BIKO DIES: September 12, 1977 Steven Biko, leader of South Africa's "Black Consciousness Movement," dies of severe head trauma on the stone floor of a prison cell in Pretoria. More Information Sep/ 12: Events that occurred on this day: 1861 Siege of Lexington, Missouri, begins 1898 A woman is poisoned by her husband's lover 1846 Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning elope 1912 Lincoln's Coast-To-Coast Memorial 1918 Cannonball's Run 1940 Lascaux cave paintings discovered 1942 The Laconia is sunk 1947 Screen Actors Guild adopts oath 1953 JFK marries Jacqueline Bouvier 1953 Khrushchev elected Soviet leader 1959 Situation deteriorates in South Vietnam 1963 Leave It to Beaver ends 1966 NYSE Head Steps Down 1972 U.S. intelligence agencies report 100,000 troops in the South 1972 Hopalong Cassidy rides off into his last sunset 1974 Violence in Boston over racial busing 1988 The Minivan Cometh 1990 German occupation rights are relinquished 1992 Anthony Perkins dies 1996 Another Strong Day for The Dow 1997 Charge It! Sep/ 12: Grandparents' Day First Sunday After Labor Day The first Grandparents Day was proclaimed in 1973 in West Virginia by Governor Arch Moore. More Information Sep/ 13: ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE ACCORD: September 13, 1993 After decades of bloody animosity, representatives of Israel and Palestine meet on the South Lawn of the White House and sign a framework for peace. More Informaton Sep/ 13: Events that occurred on this day: 1759 Britain victorious on the Plains of Abraham 1847 General Winfield Scott storms the Chapultepec fortress 1862 The Union discovers "Lost Order" 1899 Danger On The Roads 1916 Selling The Super Six 1916 Children's author Roald Dahl is born 1931 Eddie Cantor Show debuts 1945 British troops arrive to disarm the Japanese 1940 Italy invades Egypt 1964 Attempted coup against Khanh government fails 1965 Louis Armstrong wins Grammy 1968 Large operation begins in the DMZ 1971 Massacre at Attica Prison 1977 Diesel Debut 1976 New book says war with Russia is greatest U.S. threat 1990 A Soviet serial killer is charged with the murder of 53 1996 Blades and Batteries 1996 Inflation In Check 1998 George Wallace dies Sep/ 14: NAPOLEON ENTERS MOSCOW: September 14, 1812 One week after winning a bloody victory over the Russian army at the Battle of Borodino, Napoleon Bonaparte's Grande Armýe enters the city of Moscow, only to find the population evacuated and the Russian army retreated again. More Information Sep/ 14: Events that occurred on this day: 1814 Key composes "The Star-Spangled Banner" 1847 Scott captures Mexico City 1862 Battles of South Mountain/Crampton's Gap 1901 Westerner becomes president of the U.S. 1901 Big Business Mourns McKinley 1920 First radio dance music 1927 Last Dance In A Bugatti 1944 Americans launch Operation Stalemate 1959 Soviet probe reaches the moon 1960 Creation Of OPEC 1964 Steinbeck wins the Medal of Freedom 1965 My Mother The Car 1965 S. Vietnamese forces and U.S. advisers conduct parachute assault 1966 Operation Attleboro is launched 1966 Minimum Wage Goes Up 1967 AT&T and the FTC Get Signals Crossed 1974 A song about crime hits the charts 1974 Eric Clapton first tops the charts 1975 American canonized as saint 1982 Death Of A Princess 1982 Princess Grace dies 1992 Germany Slashes Rates Sep/ 15: TIDE TURNS IN BATTLE OF BRITAIN: September 15, 1940 The Battle of Britain reaches its climax when the Royal Air Force (RAF) downs 56 invading German aircraft in two dogfights lasting less than an hour. More Information Sep/ 15: Events that occurred on this day: 1858 The first transcontinental mail service 1862 Confederates capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia 1890 Agatha Christie is born 1909 The Imaginary Patent 1909 Kettering's Career Ignites 1916 Tanks introduced into warfare at the Somme 1935 Nuremberg race laws imposed 1946 Greed Is Good 1950 U.S. forces land at Inchon 1954 Marilyn Monroe's skirt scene filmed 1959 Khrushchev arrives in Washington 1964 NLF calls for general military offensive 1963 Four black schoolgirls killed in Birmingham 1966 NYSE Relaxes Rules 1972 South Vietnamese forces retake Quang Tri City 1984 Bosom Buddies debuts 1990 A Bible school instructor abducts a teenage girl 1993 New Dangers On The Road 1997 Nobody Doesn't Like... Sep/ 16: MAYFLOWER DEPARTS ENGLAND: September 16, 1620 The Mayflower sails from Plymouth, England, bound for the New World with 102 passengers. More Information Sep/ 16: Events that occurred on this day: 1810 Mexican War of Independence begins 1832 Confederate General Custis Lee is born 1845 Mormons commit an act of "blood atonement" 1893 Settlers race to claim the land nobody wanted 1903 Royce's Engine 1908 William C. Durant founded the General Motors Corporation (GM) 1920 Wall Street Explodes 1924 Lauren Bacall's birthday 1940 United States imposes the draft 1943 James Alan McPherson is born 1949 Road Runner debuts 1950 United Nations essay contest angers Soviets 1960 U.S. Ambassador in Saigon warns that situation is worsening 1969 Nixon announces withdrawal of troops from Vietnam 1976 Tax Reform Act Finalized 1977 Maria Callas dies 1982 Massacres at Sabra and Shatila 1997 America's Air 1997 Steve Jobs Returns Sep/ 17: CAMP DAVID ACCORDS SIGNED: September 17, 1978 At the White House in Washington, D.C., Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin sign the Camp David Accords, laying the groundwork for a permanent peace agreement between Egypt and Israel after three decades of hostilities. More Information Sep/ 17: Events that occurred on this day: 1787 U.S. Constitution signed 1820 John Keats leaves for Italy 1862 Antietam: The bloodiest day in American history 1868 Cheyenne and Sioux decimate frontiersmen at Beecher's Island 1868 Mint Gets a Name 1884 A California judge sets a record for trying criminal cases 1903 Scenic Detours 1932 Sir Malcolm Campbell set speed record, reaching 76.27 mph 1934 Olivia de Havilland debuts 1939 Soviet Union invades Poland 1950 Martin and Lewis debut on The Colgate Comedy Hour 1957 Louis Armstrong cancels trip to Russia 1965 The Smothers Brothers debuts 1968 LBJ Goes After Chrysler 1970 PRG presents a new peace plan 1972 Hanoi releases three POWs 1976 Space Shuttle unveiled 1986 Turbo Power 1996 UAW Fights Ford Downsizing Sep/ 18: HAMMARSKJýLD DIES IN PLANE CRASH: September 18, 1961 United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjýld dies when his plane crashes under mysterious circumstances near Ndola in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). More Information Sep/ 18: Events that occurred on this day: 1634 Anne Hutchinson arrives in the New World 1789 U.S Takes First Loan 1846 The struggling Donner Party 1862 McClellan lets Lee retreat from Antietam 1873 Robber Barons Cause Panic 1904 Over The Mountains 1917 Aldous Huxley is hired at Eton 1925 NYSE Honors One of Its Own 1945 MacArthur in Tokyo 1955 Gotta Have My V-8 1955 Toast of the Town becomes The Ed Sullivan Show 1959 A serial killer is executed 1960 Castro arrives in New York 1964 Goodbye To The Mother Road! Route 66 1964 North Vietnamese Army begins infiltration 1969 "March Against Death" to be held in Washington 1970 Jimi Hendrix dies 1974 Doris Day wins lawsuit 1975 Patty Hearst captured 1997 Turner's Gift Stuns U.N. Sep/ 18: FULL MOON: A Full Moon is opposite the Sun, which means that the moon rises around sunset and sets at around sunrise. It occurs two weeks after New Moon, a week after First Quarter Moon, and a week before Last Quarter Moon. If you use the same reasoning as we do with "quarter" Moons, you would call this the "Half Moon," since we see only half the surface of the Moon. more info.... Information on: Other Phases of the Mooon Photos of: Full Moon Full Moon Double Full Moon New Moon Full Moon Calendar Dates for: New Moon Dates First Quarter Dates Full Moon Dates Sep/ 19: PERN DEPOSED IN ARGENTINA: September 19, 1955 After a decade of rule, Argentine President Juan Domingo Pern is deposed in a military coup. More Information Sep/ 19: Events that occurred on this day: 1778 Young Nation Gets a Budget 1827 Jim Bowie stabs a Louisiana banker with his famous knife 1862 Battle of Iuka, Mississippi 1863 The Battle of Chickamauga begins 1864 Third Battle of Winchester (Opequon Creek), Virginia 1881 President Garfield succumbs to shooting wounds 1887 Birth Of A Ratings Man 1893 New Zealand first in women's vote 1900 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid pull off their first robbery together 1901 NYSE Pays Tribute to McKinley 1919 Beuck And Buick 1932 24-Hour Racing 1941 Germans bombard Leningrad 1946 Vic and Sade cancelled 1956 Groucho Marx's game show cancelled 1959 Khrushchev barred from visiting Disneyland 1960 "The Twist" hits No. 1 1966 Pressure mounts against continued U.S. involvement in Vietnam 1969 Nixon cancels draft calls for November and December 1973 Paul Theroux departs on a four-month train trek 1994 U.S. forces land in Haiti 1996 Traders Fear Inflation Sep/ 20: FIRST CANNES FILM FESTIVAL: September 20, 1946 The first annual Cannes Film Festival opens at the resort city of Cannes on the French Riviera. br> More Informatoin Sep/ 20: Events that occurred on this day: 1519 Magellan sets out 1565 First European battle on American soil 1806 Lewis and Clark reach first white settlement 1837 Panic Closes NYSE 1863 Second day of the Battle of Chickamauga 1878 Upton Sinclair is born 1925 The Freshman with Harold Lloyd premieres 1943 British launch Operation Source 1945 War Production Halts 1963 Kennedy proposes joint mission to moon 1968 U.S. officials defend use of defoliants 1972 U.S. mine waters in northern Quang Tri 1975 David Bowie's first chart-topper 1979 The Chrysler Comeback Kid 1984 Vehicles Of Terror 1984 Marvin Gaye's father accepts plea bargain 1995 AT&T Surprises the Street Sep/ 21: THE GREAT NEW ENGLAND HURRICANE: September 21, 1938 Without warning, a powerful Category 3 hurricane slams into Long Island and southern New England, causing 600 deaths and devastating coastal cities and towns. More Information Sep/ 21: Events that occurred on this day: 1792 Monarchy abolished in France 1820 Union General John Reynolds is born 1866 H.G. Wells is born 1904 Nez Perce leader Chief Joseph dies in Washington 1921 Morality clause added to contracts 1931 Bank Reserves in Jeopardy? 1941 Paying for the War 1942 The Superfortress takes flight 1945 The Ford Dynasty 1947 The Grand Prix Returns 1949 Mao Zedong outlines the new Chinese government 1954 Sabrina debuts 1959 A Car With No Name 1961 5th Special Forces Group is activated 1967 Thai troops arrive in Saigon 1970 Bad News for the Economy 1983 A 13-year-old's dead body turns up 1985 Dire Straits tops the charts 1989 Powell becomes Joint Chiefs' chairman Sep/ 21: Gustav Holst's 130th Birthday (1874) Gustav Holst's 130th Birthday. One of the greatest composers, teachers and friends. The life of Gustav Holst presents a fascinating perspective on music and musicians in society during the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century. More Informatoin on Gustav Holst Photo of Gustav Holst Photo of Holst, The Planets Photo of Holst, Later years Sep/ 22: Events that occurred on this day: 1554 Coronado dies, without finding cities of gold 1598 Playwright Ben Jonson indicted for manslaughter 1776 American Patriot executed for spying 1828 Shaka Zulu assassinated 1862 Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation announced 1893 America's First Automobile 1914 U-boat devastates British squadron 1935 Will Rogers' last episode 1945 Patton questions Germany's "denazification" 1953 Highway Madness In L.A. 1961 President Kennedy signs Peace Corps legislation 1964 Goldwater attacks Johnson's Vietnam policy 1971 Medina acquitted of all charges 1980 The "Midtown Slasher" kills his first victim 1980 Iran-Iraq War 1989 Buying And Selling 1989 Irving Berlin dies 1995 Turner Sells Out 1997 IBM Makes Shareholders Happy Sep/ 22: DEMPSEY LOSES ON LONG COUNT: September 22, 1927 Jack Dempsey, the "Manassa Mauler," misses an opportunity to regain the heavyweight boxing title when he fails to return to a neutral corner after knocking down champ Gene Tunney in a title match in Chicago. More Information Sep/ 22: Fall Equinox The Fall Equinox, or Mabon, is celebrated as the final harvest of the season. This holiday was pivotal in ancient times, since a good final harvest was crucial to surviving the winter months ahead. This is the time of year where we truly reap what we have sown and we prepare for the long winter that lays before us. The day and night are again equal in time. More Information Sep/ 23: CHAGALL'S CEILING UNVEILED: September 23, 1964 The Paris Opyra unveils a stunning new ceiling painted as a gift by Belorussian-born artist Marc Chagall, who spent much of his life in France. More Information Sep/ 23: Events that occurred on this day: 1642 First commencement exercises at Harvard University 1779 John Paul Jones victorious 1780 British agent John Andr‚ is captured 1806 Lewis and Clark return 1846 Eighth planet discovered 1862 Leo Tolstoy marries Sophie Andreyevna Behrs 1863 Lincoln to send relief to Union force 1875 Billy the Kid is arrested for the first time 1883 Treasury Gets New Leader 1897 Death Calls On The Automobilist 1912 Mack Sennett releases Keystone comedy 1930 Name That Tune 1939 The Irish Hill Climbing Tradition 1939 Sigmund Freud Died 1943 Mussolini re-establishes a fascist regime in northern Italy 1949 Truman announces Soviets exploded nuclear device 1952 Richard Nixon 1961 Saturday Night at the Movies debuts 1965 S. Vietnam executes three accused VC agents 1966 Rolling Stones concert interrupted by fans 1969 Chicago 8 trial opens in Chicago 1972 Demise Of The Crystal Palace 1976 Carter Wins Points on Fiscal Issues 1981 A two-month manhunt for a murdering writer ends Sep/ 23: Ray Charles Robinson was born In Albany on September 23, 1930, the same year that Hoagy Carmichael composed "Georgia on My Mind." A few months after his birth his mother, Aretha Williams, moved with RC (as everybody called the young Charles) to Greenville, a small town in north Florida. Additional information on the life of Ray Charles Sep/ 24: MUHAMMAD'S HEGIRA: September 24, 622 On this day in 622, the prophet Muhammad completes his Hegira, or "flight," from Mecca to Medina to escape persecution. More Information Sep/ 24: Events that occurred on this day: 1789 The First Supreme Court 1827 General Henry Slocum is born 1869 Gould's Grand Scheme 1890 The Mormon Church officially renounces polygamy 1908 Built To A "T" 1936 Jim Henson is born 1941 Japanese gather preliminary data on Pearl Harbor 1948 Honda Starts Its Engines 1953 U.S.will not "cringe" before Soviet weapons 1961 I Love Lucy's last episode 1963 McNamara and Taylor assess Vietnam 1967 Political instability continues in S. Vietnam 1971 A game warden is reported missing 1974 Strict Standards 1989 Broadway dims lights 1996 Stephen King releases two books at once 1996 Avis Hits the Street 1997 U.S. Blamed for Asian Flu Sep/ 25: Events that occurred on this day: 1725 Birth Of A Steam Pioneer 1789 Bill of Rights passes Congress 1864 President Davis visits General Hood in Georgia 1867 Cattle pioneer Oliver Loving dies of gangrene 1897 William Faulkner is born 1913 Chaplin signs with Keystone 1936 A Brush With Fate 1942 Gestapo headquarters targeted in Norway 1944 Future Wall Street Star is Born 1959 Eisenhower and Khrushchev meet for talks 1959 Little Augie Carfano is murdered 1963 Annette Funicello's first beach film 1964 Political instability continues in S. Vietnam 1969 Congressional opponents of Nixon Vietnam policy 1981 O'Connor takes seat on Supreme Court 1987 Tribute To A Racer 1996 AT&T Sells Satellites 1996 Back in the Wild Blue Yonder 1997 Salomon Lands Under Travelers Umbrella Sep/ 25: CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL INTEGRATED: September 25, 1957 Under escort from the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division, nine black students enter all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. More Information Sep/ 25: Yon Kippur 10 days after New Year is Yon Kippur, the Day of Atonement. This festival marks the end of ten days of repentance which began at Rosh Ha-Shana. It is the holiest day of the Jewish year, called the "Sabbath of Sabbath" in the bible. More Information Sep/ 26: BERNSTEIN'S WEST SIDE STORY OPENS: September 26, 1957 On September 26, 1957, West Side Story, composed by Leonard Bernstein, opens at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway. More Information Sep/ 26: Events that occurred on this day: 1580 Drake circumnavigates the globe 1820 Frontiersman, Daniel Boone dies in Missouri 1864 Battle at Pilot Knob, Missouri 1888 T.S. Eliot is born 1910 Losing Control Of A Giant 1914 Consumers Get Ally 1920 Ford's Texas Ranger 1931 Hoover's Conference on Unemployment 1944 Allies slaughtered by Germans in Arnhem 1945 First American soldier killed in Vietnam 1956 Ike's Attack Rattles Market 1957 West Side Story opens 1960 First Kennedy-Nixon debate 1969 The "Chicago Seven" go on trial 1969 Nixon responds to critics 1982 KITT's Debut 1987 Whitney Houston hits No. 1 1989 Anti-censorship law approved by Soviet legislature 1990 X rating abolished 1996 Shannon Lucid returns to Earth Sep/ 26: T. S. Eliot is Born September 26, 1888 - January 4, 1965 T. S. Eliot was a poet, critic, and editor. He was born Thomas Stearns Eliot in St. Louis, Missouri, on September 26, 1888. Afflicted with a congenital double hernia, he was in the constant eye of his mother and five older sisters. Died January 4, 1965, in London and his ashes were interred in the church of St. Michael's in East Coker. More Information on T. S. Eliot: Life and Career Biographical Timeline Publications Statements Calendar of T. S. Eliot's Death Quotes by T. S. Eliot Quote 1 Quote 2 Quote 3 Quote 4 Quote 5 Quote 6 Poems by T. S. Eliot: Aunt Helen Unreal City Spleen The Waste Land Photos of: T. S. Eliot T. S. Eliot T. S. Eliot Sep/ 27: SYLVIA PANKHURST DIES: September 27, 1960 Sylvia Pankhurst, British suffragette and international socialist, dies. More Information Sep/ 27: Events that occurred on this day: 1540 Jesuit order established 1864 Unarmed Yankees massacred in Centralia 1869 Wild Bill Hickok proves too wild for Kansas 1925 Fighting With The Dragon 1928 A Ford Cornerstone Is Laid 1935 Judy Garland signs with MGM 1939 Poland surrenders 1940 The Tripartite Pact is signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan 1959 Khrushchev ends trip to the United States 1964 Warren Commission report released 1967 Antiwar sentiment increases 1969 Thieu comments on Nixon's Vietnamization policy 1983 A Chorus Line breaks record 1985 Hurricane on Wall Street 1989 Zsa Zsa Gabor storms out of the courtroom 1989 Sony Buys Columbia 1990 International Cooperation? 1991 Oona O'Neill Chaplin dies 1995 A New Ben Franklin 1996 F. Scott Fitzgerald stamp is issued Sep/ 28: WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR INVADES ENGLAND: September 28, 1066 Claiming his right to the English throne, William, duke of Normandy, invades England at Pevensey on Britain's southeast coast. More Information Sep/ 28: Events that occurred on this day: 48 Pompey the Great assassinated 1542 Cabrillo encounters California 1542 Cabrillo discovers San Diego Bay 1634 John Milton's drama, Comus, performed 1863 McCook and Crittenden blamed for Chickamauga 1942 General Arnold fights for unique bombers 1959 Khrushchev and Eisenhower offer views on summit meeting 1960 Treasury Chief Predicts Smooth Sailing 1968 Battle for Thuong Duc begins 1968 "Hey Jude" breaks records 1972 Weekly casualty figures contain no U.S. fatalities 1978 Rotary Speed 1981 Japan, Europe Get the Blues 1982 UAW-Ford Partnership 1988 A cult leader kills one of his followers 1988 Fire Engine, Fire Engine 1989 Marcos dies in exile 1991 Miles Davis dies Sep/ 29: Events that occurred on this day: 1547 Miguel de Cervantes is born 1804 Hillegas Serves as First Treasurer 1862 Encounter between Union generals fatal 1864 Battle of New Market Heights 1888 Mercedes-Benz, U.S.A. 1907 Gene Autry, is born in Texas 1913 The Sad Death Of An Inventor 1930 Dracula filming begins 1932 Katherine Hepburn's film debut 1939 Nazis and communists divvy up Poland 1941 Babi Yar massacre begins 1952 Working for the Weekend 1953 Russians want the American dream 1965 Hanoi announces that downed pilots will be treated as war criminals 1969 Charges dropped against Green Berets 1983 Hall Of Fame Addition 1986 Rare Cooperation for Tax Reform 1988 American woman climbs Everest 1994 Texas student kills his ex-girlfriend Sep/ 29: LORD NELSON BORN: September 29, 1758 Horatio Nelson, Britain's most celebrated naval hero, is born in Burnham Thorpe, England. More Information Sep/ 30: MUNICH PACT SIGNED: September 30, 1938 British and French prime ministers Neville Chamberlain and ýdouard Daladier sign the Munich Pact with Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. More Information Sep/ 30: Events that occurred on this day: 1399 Henry IV proclaimed 1864 Battle of Poplar Springs Church 1868 First volume of Little Women is published 1889 Wyoming legislators write 1st state constitution to grant women the vote 1901 Regulating Chaos Around The World 1918 Will Rogers' first film opens 1930 Louis Armstrong arrives in New York 1937 The Last Duesenberg 1938 Hitler appeased at Munich 1949 Berlin Airlift ends 1954 USS Nautilus commissioned 1955 Death Of The Rebel 1955 James Dean dies 1962 Riots over desegregation of Ole Miss 1964 First large scale antiwar demonstration staged at Berkeley 1968 Humphrey announces halt of bombing N. Vietnam 1976 Congress Stands Up to Ford 1982 Cyanide-laced Tylenol kills six 1986 Dow Takes a Tumble 1990 Read My Lips? 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