Events in History! Sept.-Oct.

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	"MAS*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.