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| A Time Capsule of Significant Events in History for Virtually Everyday of the Year! You will definitely want to share this page with your friends and relatives. Sit back and take a day-by-day journey through history of the events (both inspiring and tragic) that have impacted and shaped our lives. Bookmark This Page! This invaluable resource page is brought to you by: nServices.com Scroll to: September l October Go to: January l February l March l April l May l June July l August l November l December |
| September on this day... | ||
| Day | Year | Event |
| 1 | 1878 | 1st female telephone operator starts work (Emma Nutt in Boston). |
| 1939 | WW II starts, Germany invades Poland, takes Danzig. | |
| 1945 | Japan surrenders ending WW II (US date, 9/2 in Japan). | |
| 1975 | Gunsmoke goes off the air. | |
| 1982 | Maximum speedometer reading mandated at 85 MPH. | |
| 2 | 1901 | VP Theodore Roosevelt advises, "Speak softly & carry a big stick". |
| 1945 | V-J Day; formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri (WWII ends). | |
| 3 | 1752 | This day never happened nor the next 10 as England adopts Gregorian Calendar. People riot thinking the govt stole 11 days of their lives. |
| 1929 | The Dow, which peaked at 381, would eventually fall to 41 on October 28th, 1929 (the crash/great depression). It wouldn't match its 1929 high until 1954. | |
| 1967 | Final episode of "What's My Line?," hosted by John Charles Daly. The Dow, which had peaked at 381 on September 3, 1929, would eventually fall to 41. It wouldn't match its 1929 high until 1954. | |
| 1969 | Ho Chi Minh North Vietnamese president, dies. | |
| 1970 | Vince Lombardi football coach, dies in Washington DC at 57. | |
| 4 | 1886 | Geronimo is captured, ending last major US-Indian war. |
| 1888 | George Eastman patents 1st roll-film camera & registers "Kodak". | |
| 1957 | Ford Motor Co introduces the Edsel. | |
| 5 | 1836 | Sam Houston elected president of the Republic of Texas. |
| 1882 | 10,000 workers march in 1st Labor Day parade in NYC. | |
| 1885 | 1st gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer (Ft Wayne, Ind). | |
| 1958 | 1st color video recording on magnetic tape presented, Charlotte NC. | |
| 1975 | Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme attempts to assassinate Ford in Sacramento. | |
| 6 | 1901 | Pres William McKinley assassinated by Leon Czologosz in Buffalo, NY. |
| 1966 | "Star Trek" premiers on NBC TV. | |
| 7 | 1936 | Buddy Holly birthday, singer (Peggy Sue, That'll Be the Day). |
| 8 | 1892 | 1st appearance of "The Pledge of Allegiance" (Youth's Companion). |
| 1900 | 6,000 killed when a hurricane & tidal wave destroys Galveston, Texas, most deadly in US history. | |
| 1921 | 1st Miss America crowned (Margaret Gorman of Washington DC). | |
| 1930 | 1st appearance of the comic strip "Blondie". | |
| 1966 | "That Girl" starring Marlo Thomas premiers on ABC-TV. | |
| 1974 | Pres Gerald Ford pardons former Pres R Nixon of all federal crimes. | |
| 9 | 1850 | California becomes 31st state. |
| 1850 | Territories of New Mexico & Utah created. | |
| 1908 | Orville Wright makes 1st 1-hr airplane flight, Fort Myer, Va. | |
| 1956 | Elvis Presley appears on national TV for 1st time (Ed Sullivan). | |
| 1966 | John Lennon meets Yoko Ono at an avante-garde art exposition. | |
| 10 | 1953 | Swanson sells its 1st "TV dinner". |
| 1955 | "Gunsmoke" premiers on CBS TV. | |
| 1990 | Hard Rock Cafe opens in Las Vegas Nevada. | |
| 11 | 1875 | 1st newspaper cartoon strip. |
| 1950 | 1st typesetting machine to dispense with metal type exhibited. | |
| 1950 | Dick Tracy TV show sparks uproar concerning violence. | |
| 2001 | Horrific terrorist attack on the United States in New York and the Pentagon. | |
| 12 | 1966 | "The Monkees," premier on NBC. |
| 13 | 1961 | "Car 54 Where are You?" premiers on TV. |
| 1963 | "The Outer Limits" premiers. | |
| 1965 | Today Show's 1st totally color broadcast. | |
| 14 | 1899 | Henry Bliss becomes 1st automobile fatality (NY). |
| 1948 | Groundbreaking ceremony for the UN world headquarters. | |
| 1948 | Milton Berle starts his TV career on Texaco Star Theater. | |
| 1965 | "F-Troop" premiers. | |
| 1972 | "Waltons" TV program premiers. | |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight premiers on TV. | |
| 1982 | Grace Kelly princess of Monaco, dies at 52 in a car crash. | |
| 15 | 1949 | "The Lone Ranger" premiers on ABC-TV. |
| 1965 | "Lost in Space" premiers. | |
| 1982 | 1st issue of "USA Today" published by Gannett Co Inc. | |
| 16 | 1908 | General Motors founded by William C Durant. |
| 1983 | Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes a US citizen. | |
| 1984 | "Miami Vice" premiers. | |
| 17 | 1920 | National Football League organized in Canton Ohio. |
| 1928 | Hurricane hits Lake Okeechobee Florida drowning 1,800-2500. | |
| 1963 | "The Fugitive" premiers on ABC TV. | |
| 1964 | "Bewitched" premiers on ABC TV. | |
| 1967 | "Mission Impossible" premieres on CBS-TV. | |
| 1972 | "M*A*S*H," premiers on TV. | |
| 1976 | NASA publicly unveils space shuttle Enterprise in Palmdale, Calif. | |
| 18 | 1793 | Washington lays cornerstone of Capitol building. |
| 1965 | "Get Smart" premiers on TV. | |
| 1970 | Jimi Hendrix rock guitarist, dies at 27 in London. | |
| 19 | 1849 | 1st commercial laundry established, in Oakland, California. |
| 1970 | "Mary Tyler Moore" show premiers on TV. | |
| 20 | 1877 | Chase National Bank opens in NYC (later merges into Chase Manhattan). |
| 21 | 1957 | "Perry Mason" with Raymond Burr premiers on CBS-TV. |
| 1970 | "Monday Night Football" on ABC premiers (Browns beat Jets 31-21). | |
| 1974 | Walter Brennan actor, dies at 80. | |
| 22 | 1862 | President Lincoln, says he will free slaves in all states on Jan 1, 1863. |
| 1964 | "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." premiers on NBC-TV. | |
| 1973 | Henry Kissinger, sworn in as America's 1st Jewish Secretary of State. | |
| 1989 | Irving Berlin composer, dies at 101. | |
| 23 | 1939 | Sigmund Freud created psychoanalysis, dies at 83. |
| 1962 | ABC's 1st color TV series-The Jetsons. | |
| 24 | 1954 | Tonight Show premiers on NBC (Johnny takes over 8 years later). |
| 1964 | "The Munsters" premiers on TV. | |
| 1968 | "60 Minutes" premiers on TV. | |
| 1976 | Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst sentenced to 7 years for her part in a 1974 bank robbery. Released after 22 months by Pres Carter. | |
| 1979 | CompuServe system started. | |
| 25 | 1911 | Ground breaking begins in Boston for Fenway Park. |
| 1926 | Henry Ford announces the 8 hour, 5-day work week. | |
| 1926 | NHL grants franchises to Chicago Black Hawks & Detroit Red Wings. | |
| 26 | 1820 | Daniel Boone frontiersman, dies in Missouri at 85. |
| 1960 | 1st of 4 TV debates Nixon & Kennedy took place (Chicago). | |
| 1962 | TV comedy series "The Beverly Hillbillies" premiers on CBS. | |
| 27 | 1989 | Sony purchases Columbia Pictures for $3.4 billion cash. |
| 28 | 1964 | Harpo Marx comedian (Marx Bros), dies at 75. |
| 1982 | 1st reports appear of death from cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules. | |
| 29 | 1953 | Milton Berle Show premiers on TV. |
| 30 | 1941 | 3,721 Jews are buried alive at Babi Yar ravine (near Kiev) Ukraine. |
| 1955 | James Dean killed in an auto collision at 24 near Cholame Calif. | |
| 1960 | Flintstones premiers (1st prime time animation show). | |
| 1968 | 1st Boeing 747 rolls out. | |
| October on this day... | ||
| Day | Year | Event |
| 1 | 1893 | 3rd worst hurricane in US history kills 1,800 (Mississippi). |
| 1908 | Henry Ford introduces the Model T car (costs $825). | |
| 1955 | "Honeymooners" premieres on TV. | |
| 1958 | Inauguration of NASA. | |
| 1962 | Barbra Streisand signs her 1st recording contract (with Columbia). | |
| 1962 | Johnny Carson hosts his 1st Tonight Show, Joan Crawford guests. | |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show premiers on TV. | |
| 1968 | "Night of the Living Dead" premieres in Pittsburgh. | |
| 1971 | Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida opens. | |
| 1982 | EPCOT Center opens in Orlando Florida. | |
| 2 | 322 BC | Aristotle dies of indigestion. |
| 1950 | The comic strip "Peanuts" 1st appears, in 9 newspapers. | |
| 1955 | "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" premiers on TV. | |
| 1959 | Rod Serling's "Twilight Zone" premieres on CBS. | |
| 1985 | Rock Hudson actor (MacMillian & Wife), dies at 59 of aids. | |
| 3 | 1863 | Lincoln designates last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day. |
| 1913 | Federal Income Tax signed into law (at 1%). | |
| 1922 | 1st facsimile photo sent over city telephone lines, Washington, DC. | |
| 1955 | "Captain Kangaroo" and "Mickey Mouse Club" premieres on TV. | |
| 1961 | "Dick Van Dyke Show" and "Mr Ed" (talking horse) premieres on TV. | |
| 4 | 1957 | "Leave It to Beaver," debuts on CBS. |
| 1970 | Janis Joplin rock singer, dies at 27. | |
| 1977 | Pier 39 opens in San Francisco. | |
| 5 | 1970 | PBS becomes a network. |
| 6 | 1981 | Anwar Sadat assassinated Hosnai Mubarak becomes Egytian president. |
| 7 | 1849 | Edgar Allen Poe poet, dies in Balt at 40. |
| 1957 | "American Bandstand" premieres. | |
| 1968 | Motion Picture Association of America adopts film rating system. | |
| 8 | 1955 | Worlds most powerful aircraft carrier, Saratoga (US), launched. |
| 9 | 1936 | Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity to LA. |
| 1973 | Elvis & Priscilla Presley divorce after 6 years. | |
| 1990 | Radio stations around the world play "Imagine" honoring John Lennon. | |
| 10 | 1886 | 1st dinner jacket worn to autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, NY (the tuxedo). |
| 1978 | Pres Carter signs a bill authorizing the Susan B Anthony dollar. | |
| 1985 | Orson Welles actor (Citizen Kane), dies at 70. | |
| 1985 | Yul Brynner actor (King & I), dies of cancer at 70. | |
| 11 | 1975 | "Saturday Night Live" premieres with guest host George Carlin. |
| 1981 | Unknown rocker Prince opens for Rolling Stones at LA Coliseum. | |
| 1983 | Last hand-cranked telephones (US) went out of service as 440 telephone customers in Bryant Pond, Maine, were switched over to direct-dial. | |
| 1991 | Redd Foxx comedian, dies at 68 from a heart attack. | |
| 12 | 1918 | 1st use of iron lung (Boston's Children Hospital). |
| 13 | 1792 | Washington lays cornerstone of the Executive Mansion (White House). |
| 1974 | Ed Sullivan TV host (Ed Sullivan Show), dies at 73. | |
| 14 | 1977 | Bing Crosby dies of a heart attack at 74, in Madrid, Spain. |
| 15 | 1878 | Edison Electric Light Company incorporated. |
| 1939 | LaGuardia Airport opens in NYC. | |
| 1949 | Billy Graham begins his ministry. | |
| 1951 | "I Love Lucy" debuts on CBS TV. | |
| 16 | 1869 | Hotel in Boston becomes the 1st to have indoor plumbing. |
| 17 | 1919 | Radio Corporation of America (RCA) created. |
| 1931 | Al Capone convicted of tax evasion, sentenced to 11 years in prison. | |
| 1933 | Albert Einstein arrives in the US, a refugee from Nazi Germany. | |
| 18 | 1867 | US takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia ($7.2 million). |
| 1967 | Walt Disney's "Jungle Book" is released. | |
| 1968 | Circus Circus opens in Las Vegas. | |
| 19 | 1951 | Pres Harry S Truman formally ends state of war with Germany. |
| 1978 | Gig Young kills his bride of 3 weeks & then commits suicide at 64. | |
| 1982 | Automaker John DeLorean arrested on cocaine charges (Not guilty). | |
| 20 | 1964 | Herbert Hoover 31st president of US, dies in NY at 90. |
| 1968 | Jacqueline Kennedy marries Aristotle Onassis. | |
| 21 | 1960 | JFK & Nixon clashed in 4th & final presidential debate (NYC). |
| 22 | 1938 | 1st Xerox copy made. |
| 1939 | 1st TV NFL game-Eagles vs Dodgers. | |
| 23 | 1921 | Green Bay Packers play 1st NFL game, 7-6 win over Minneapolis. |
| 1941 | Walt Disney's "Dumbo" released. | |
| 24 | 1836 | The match is patented. |
| 1931 | George Washington Bridge connecting NY to NJ opens. | |
| 1939 | Nylon stockings go on sale for 1st time (Wilmington Delaware). | |
| 1940 | 40 hour work week goes into effect (Fair Labor Standards of 1938). | |
| 1971 | Texas Stadium opens-Cowboys beat Patriots 44-21. | |
| 1989 | Rev Jim Bakker is sentenced to 50 years for fraud. | |
| 25 | 1924 | 1st appearance of Little Orphan Annie comic strip. |
| 1960 | 1st electronic wrist watch placed on sale, NYC. | |
| 1961 | Peter Jensen co-inventer (loud speaker), dies at 75. | |
| 26 | 1881 | Shootout at the OK corral, in Tombstone, Az. |
| 27 | 1925 | Water skis patented by Fred Waller. |
| 28 | 1636 | Harvard University (Boston) established. |
| 1929 | The stock market crash and beginning of the great depression. | |
| 1886 | Statue of Liberty dedicated by Pres Grover Cleveland is celebrated by the 1st confetti (ticker tape) parade in NYC. | |
| 1965 | Gateway Arch (630' high) completed in St Louis, Missouri. | |
| 29 | 1618 | Sir Walter Raleigh is executed in London. |
| 1945 | 1st ball point pen goes on sale, 57 years after it was patented. | |
| 30 | 1938 | Orson Welles panics a nation with broadcast of "War of the Worlds". |
| 31 | 1952 | 1st thermonuclear bomb detonated-Marshall Islands. |
| 1959 | Lee Harvey Oswald announces in Moscow he will never return to US. | |
