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The History of September 1, 2009

1799  The Bank of Manhattan Company opened in New York City, NY. It was the forerunner of Chase Manhattan.

1807 Former U.S. vice president Aaron Burr was found innocent of treason.

1810  The first plow with interchangeable parts was patented by John J. Wood.

1862  Confederates captured Lexington, Kentucky.

1862  In Virginia, the Battle of Chantilly took place. Confederate General Robert E. Lee attacked retreating Union troops in the middle of an intense thunderstrom.

1878  Emma M. Nutt became the first female telephone operator in the U.S. The company was the Telephone Dispatch Company of Boston.

1894  A forest fire in Hinckley, MN, killed more than 400 people.

1905  Alberta and Saskatchewan became the eighth and ninth provinces of Canada.

1906  Jack Coombs of the American League’s Philadelphia Athletics pitched 24 innings against the Boston Red Sox.

1922  The first daily news program on radio was “The Radio Digest,” on WBAY radio in New York City, NY.

1923  A devastating earthquake struck the Japanese cities of Tokyo and Yokohama. Nearly 150,000 people were killed and more than two million left homeless.

1932  New York City Mayor James “Gentleman Jimmy” Walker resigned following charges of graft and corruption in his administration.

1939 World War II began when Nazi Germany invaded Poland.

1942  A federal judge in Sacramento, Calif., upheld the wartime detention of Japanese-Americans as well as Japanese nationals.

1945  The U.S. received official word of Japan’s formal surrender that ended World War II. In Japan, it was actually September 2nd.

1956  Elvis Presley shared his success with his family by purchasing his mother a pink Cadillac.

1967  An Arab summit lifted an oil embargo against Western states. The embargo had been imposed during the Six-Day war.

1969  A coup in Libya toppled the monarchy of King Idris and brought Muammar al-Qaddafi to power.

1970  The last episode of “I Dream of Jeannie” aired on NBC-TV. The show premiered was on September 18, 1965.

1972  American Bobby Fischer won the international chess crown in Reykjavik, Iceland, defeating Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union

1972  David Bowie released “John, I’m only Dancing” in the U.K. The song was not released in the U.S. until 1976.

1979  U2 released their first record “U2-3″ in Ireland.

1983  A Korean Air Lines Boeing 747 was shot down by a Soviet jet fighter, killing all 269 people aboard.

1985  A joint U. S.-French expedition located the wreck of the Titanic 560 miles off the coast of Newfoundland.

1995  Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum was opened with a seven-hour concert with dozens of stars.

1995  Illinois Congressman Mel Reynolds announced his resignation. He had been convicted of having sex with an underage campaign volunteer.

1997  The Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon raised $50,475,055 to support Muscular Dystrophy Association research and services.

1998  Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals hit his 56th and 57th home runs of the season, breaking the National League record set by Hack Wilson in 1930.

2004 Chechen terrorists took about 1,200 schoolchildren and others hostage in Beslan, Russia. Commandos stormed the school on Sept. 3.

2004  In Colorado, the sexual assault charge against Kobe Bryant was dropped after the victim decided not to participate.

2007   Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, announced that he would resign in the wake of fallout over his guilty plea in a Minnesota airport gay sex sting. (Craig later reversed his decision, saying he would serve out the rest of his term.)

2008    Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, John McCain’s choice to be his running mate on the Republican ticket, revealed that her 17-year-old daughter, Bristol, was pregnant.

Famous Birthday

Lydia Sigourney 1791 – Author

Engelbert Humperdinck 1854 – German composer, his name was borrowed by singer Arnold Dorsey

Edgar Rice Burroughs 1875 – Writer (Tarzan of the Apes)

Richard Arlen (van Mattimore) 1898 – Actor (”Road to Nashville”, “Island of the Lost Souls”)

Don Wilson 1900 – Announcer, Actor (”The Jack Benny Show”)

Johnny Mack Brown 1904 – Actor (Ghost Rider, Texas Kid)

Walter Reuther 1907 – Labor union leader

Arleen Whelan 1916 – Actress (Never Wave at a WAC)

Richard Farnsworth 1920 – Actor (Lassie, The Grey Fox, Legend of the Lone Ranger)

Yvonne De Carlo (Peggy Yvonne Middleton) 1922 – Actress (The Munsters, Salome, McLintock!)

Vittorio Gassman 1922 – Actor (Sharkey’s Machine, War and Peace)

Rocky Marciano (Rocco Marchegiano) 1923 – Boxer, the only heavyweight champion to have won every fight in professional career

George Maharis 1928 – Actor (Route 66, Return to Fantasy Island)

Boxcar Willie (Lecil Martin) 1931 – Singer, songwriter, known as “The Singing Hobo”

Ann Richards 1933 – Texas Governor

Conway Twitty (Harold Lloyd Jenkins) 1933 – Singer, songwriter

Seiji Ozawa 1935 – Orchestra leader (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra)

Guy Rodgers 1935 – Basketball player

Ron O’Neal 1937

Al Geiberger 1937 – Golfer, recorded a score of 59 in a PGA Tour

Lily Tomlin 1939 – Actress, comedian

Rico Carty (Ricardo Adolfo Jacobo) 1939 – Baseball player

Dave White 1940 – Singer, songwriter (Danny & The Juniors)

Don Stroud 1943 – Actor (Dillinger and Capone, Amityville Horror, The Buddy Holly Story), son of Clarence Stroud

Archie Bell 1944

Leonard Slatkin 1944 – Orchestra director

Barry Gibb 1946 – Singer, songwriter, musician (The Bee Gees)

Greg Errico 1946 – Musician (Sly and The Family Stone)

Dennis Partee 1946 – Football player

Ed Podolak 1947 – Football player

Garry (Lee) Maddox 1949 – Baseball player

Bruce Foxton 1955 – Musician (100 Men, The Jam)

Gloria Estefan (Gloria Maria Milagrosa Fajardo) 1957 – Singer (Miami Sound Machine)

Boney James 1961

Scott “Bam Bam” Bigelow 1961 – Wrestler, actor

Spigg Nice (Lost Boyz) 1970

Scott Speedman 1975

Price of Goods 30-years Ago

Milk:       $1.50/gal
Eggs:       $1.32/doz
Car:       $6,847
Gas:       $0.88/gal
House:       $71,800
Stamp:       $0.15/ea
Avg Income: $22,316/yr
Min Wage:      $2.90/hr
DOW Avg:        839

Quote of the Day

If people behaved the way nations do, they would all be put in strait jackets.
- Tennessee Williams

Stacy Hart is a blogger for Night Time Live with Jason Spiess.  Hart has 16-years of freelance writing experience.  Hart blogs about life, entertainment, food and drinks.  Night Time Live with Jason Spiess can be heard from 7-10pm on KFGO-AM on nights the Minnesota Twins aren’t on.

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