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September 5 in History

September 5 in History September 5th is… National Be Late For Something Day Cheese Pizza Day 1666 – Great Fire of London ended; 10,000 buildings, including St Paul’s Cathedral, were destroyed, but only six people are known to have died. 1698 – Peter the Great decreed a tax on beards. When a citizen had more

September 4 in History

September 4 in History September 4th is… Macadamia Nut Day National Newspaper Carrier Day National Spice Blend Day National Wildlife Day 1682 – English astronomer Edmund Halley discovered the comet now named after him. 1781 – The city of Los Angeles was founded. 1833 – Barney Flaherty (age 10) was hired by the New York ...

September 3 in History

September 3 in History September 3rd is… Cabernet Day Welsh Rarebit Day U.S. Bowling League Day 1189 – Richard The Lionheart was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey. 1192 – King Richard settled peace with Muslim general Saladin, allowing Christian pilgrims and merchants access to Muslim-held Jerusalem. 1752 – September 3-13 never happened for ...

September 2 in History

September 2 in History September 2nd is… Blueberry Popsicle Day Espresso Martini Day National V-J Day 44 BC – Cicero started the first of his Philippics (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. 1192 – The Treaty of Jaffa was signed between Richard I of England and Saladin, leading to the end of the Third Crusade. 1666 ...

September 1 in History

September 1 in History September 1st is… National Burnt Ends Day Cherry Popover Day National Chicken Boy’s Day Ginger Cat Appreciation Day No Rhyme (Nor Reason) Day Words that don’t have a proper rhyming word include Bulb, Chimney, Dangerous, Discombobulate, Husband, Marathon, Month, Opus, Orange, Ninth, Pint, Purple, Rhythm, Silver, Spirit, Walrus, Wolf, and Woman. ...

September Days, Dates and Information

September is… Autumnal Equinox Baby Safety Month Better Breakfast Month Chicken Month National Courtesy Month Classical Music Month Happy Cat Month Honey Month Library Card Sign-Up Month Mushroom Month Papaya Month Piano Month Rice Month Save A Tiger Month Save the Koala Month Self Improvement Month Service Dog Month International Square Dancing Month Whole Grains ...

August 31 in History

August 31 in History August 31st is… National Diatomaceous Earth Day National Eat Outside Day National Matchmaker Day National South Carolina Day Trail Mix Day 1803 – Lewis and Clark started their expedition to the west by leaving Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1888 – Mary Ann Nichols was murdered, the first of Jack the Ripper’s confirmed victims. ...

August 30 in History

August 30 in History August 30th is… National Beach Day National Grief Awareness Day Toasted Marshmallow Day 1835 – Melbourne, Australia, was founded. 1836 – The city of Houston, named after former General Sam Houston, was founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen. 1945 – Hong Kong was liberated from Japan by British ...

August 29 in History

August 29 in History August 29th is… According to Hoyle Day Cabernet Sauvignon Day Chop Suey Day Lemon Juice Day 1758 – The first American Indian reservation was established at Indian Mills, New Jersey. 1831 – Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction, opening the door to electric generators. 1885 – Gottlieb Daimler patented the world’s first ...

August 28 in History

August 28 in History August 28th is… National Bow Tie Day Cherry Turnovers Day National Power Rangers Day National Red Wine Day National Thoughtful Day Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day 1609 – Henry Hudson discovered Delaware Bay. 1789 – William Herschel discovered another Saturn moon, Enceladus. 1810 – The French Navy accepted the surrender of a ...

August 27 in History

August 27 in History August 27th is… Banana Lovers Day National Just Because Day Pots De Creme Day 410 – The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ended after three days. 1813 – French Emperor Napoleon I defeated a larger force of Austrians, Russians, and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden. 1859 – Petroleum was ...

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