On This Day September 1st

OTD

September 1st is the two hundredth-forty-third day of the year, and there are 122 days remaining until the end of the year.

 

Event

 1449 – Tumu Crisis: The Mongols capture the Emperor of China.

1532 – Lady Anne Boleyn is made Marquess of Pembroke by her fiancé, King Henry VIII of England.

1610 – Claudio Monteverdi's musical work Vespro della Beata Vergine (Vespers for the Blessed Virgin) is first published,

1772 – The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.

1804—The German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding discovered 3 Juno, one of the largest asteroids in the Main Belt, in 1804.

1873 – Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father, Mpande.

1878 – Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when Alexander Graham Bell recruits her to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.

1897 – The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming North America's first underground rapid transit system.

1939 – J. Robert Oppenheimer and his student Hartland Snyder published the Oppenheimer–Snyder model, proving for the first time in contemporary physics how black holes could develop.

1974 – The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in one hour, 54 minutes, and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour (2,310.353 km/h).

 

Birthdays

1145 – Ibn Jubayr, Arab geographer and poet (d. 1217)

1566 – Edward Alleyn, English actor and significant figure of the Elizabethan theatre; founder of Dulwich College and Alleyn's School (d. 1626)

1608 – Giacomo Torelli, Italian stage designer, engineer, and architect (d. 1678)

1795 – James Gordon Bennett Sr., American publisher, founded the New York Herald (d. 1872)

1854 – Engelbert Humperdinck, German playwright and composer (d. 1921)

1875 – Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author (d. 1950)

1905 – Father Chrysanthus, Dutch arachnologist (d. 1972)

1923 – Rocky Marciano, American boxer (d. 1969)

1931 – Boxcar Willie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)

1946 – Barry Gibb, English singer-songwriter and producer

1957 – Gloria Estefan, Cuban-American singer-songwriter and actress.

1973 – Zach Thomas, American football player

 

Holiday Spotlight

No Rhyme Nor Reason Day

The National No Rhyme Nor Reason Day is based on an old saying from 1460, first found in John Russell's "The Boke of Nurture" and then in Shakespeare's plays. Idioms, like "It’s raining cats and dogs," have a figurative meaning. Poets have used rhymes for centuries, and their use increased dramatically during the 6th and 7th centuries by Arabic and Irish writers.

 

Holidays And Observance.

Bowling League Day  

Building and Code Staff Appreciation Day

Chicken Boy Day

Emma M. Nutt Day

Ginger Cat Appreciation Day

National Cherry Popover Day

National No Rhyme Nor Reason Day

National Tofu Day (UK)

Pet Rock Day  

Pink Cadillac Day

Save Japan's Dolphins Day

Toy Tips Executive Toy Test Day

U.S. Bowling League Day  

Wattle Day  

World Letter Writing Day

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