Today's Trivia and What Happened on September 1

Why did the housewife return her vacuum cleaner?

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It was just collecting dust.

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Quote: I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong. - Samuel Goldwyn

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HL7442, the aircraft that was shot down HL7442, the aircraft that was shot down

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Korean Air Lines Flight 007 Disaster

September 1, 1983

The South Korean airliner is shot down by a Soviet Su-15 interceptor killing all 269 aboard, including U.S. Congressman Larry McDonald and many Americans. The airliner was en route from Alaska to Seoul, when it deviated from its planned route and flew through Soviet prohibited airspace around the time of a U.S. aerial reconnaissance mission. The Soviet Air Force treated the unidentified aircraft as an intruding U.S. spy plane and proceeded to destroy it with air-to-air missiles after firing warning shots, which were likely not seen by the pilots. The Korean airliner eventually crashed in the Sea of Japan.
It is believed the aircraft deviated from its designated route because the crew placed the autopilot in the wrong mode of operation.
The Soviets found the wreckage under the sea on September 15, and found the flight recorders in October, but this information was kept secret until 1993.
This incident was a precipitating factor in another incident that almost led to World War III.

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This Land Is Your Land

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This Land Is Your Land

September 1, 1945

Woody Guthrie's This Land Is Your Land is published. Guthrie wrote the lyrics in 1940 after he was tired of hearing Kate Smith's recording of Irving Berlin's God Bless America played on the radio. It became one of the United States' most famous folk songs.
𝅘𝅥𝅯𝅘𝅥𝅯"This land is your land, and this land is my land
From California to the New York island
From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me"

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World War II Begins

September 1, 1939

Germany invades Poland, starting World War II. Great Britain and France would declare war on Germany two days later.

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Passenger Pigeon Goes Extinct

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Passenger Pigeon Goes Extinct

September 1, 1914

What is believed to be the last living passenger pigeon dies at the Cincinnati Zoo. The last confirmed wild passenger pigeon was shot in 1901.
Passenger pigeons were hunted by Native Americans, but the hunting of the pigeons intensified in the 1800s after the arrival of Europeans, who commercialized their meat as cheap food. Widespread deforestation also contributed to their extinction.
The name passenger pigeon name is derived from the French word "passager", meaning "passing by", due to the migratory habits of the species.

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Emma Nutt (left) and Emma and Stella alongside male operators Emma Nutt (left) and Emma and Stella alongside male operators

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First Woman Telephone Operator

September 1, 1878

Emma M. Nutt is hired is by Alexander Graham Bell for the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company. A few hours after Nutt started, her sister Stella became the world's second female telephone operator. Emma worked as a telephone operator for over 30 years.
To be hired as an operator, a woman had to be unmarried, between the ages of seventeen and twenty-six, and have arms long enough to reach the top of the tall telephone switchboard. At the time, African-American and Jewish women were not allowed to become operators.

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First Cable Streetcar

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First Cable Streetcar

September 1, 1873

Andrew Hallidie's cable streetcar begins regular service on Clay Street Hill, San Francisco.

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First Pullman Sleeping Car

September 1, 1859

George Pullman introduces his sleeper on a train ride from Bloomington Illinois to Chicago. Although sleeper cars had been around since the 1830s, Pullman Cars were known for their luxury and comfort.

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First Railroad Bridge Across the Mississippi River

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First Railroad Bridge Across the Mississippi River

September 1, 1854

The cornerstone is laid for a bridge between Rock Island, Illinois and Davenport, Iowa. It was completed two years later.

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First Arrest of a U.S. Vice-President

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First Arrest of a U.S. Vice-President

September 1, 1807

Former Vice-President Aaron Burr is acquitted of treason against the United States. President Thomas Jefferson had ordered his arrest. Burr had previously served as vice president under Jefferson. Burr was accused of trying to create an independent country in the center of North America including the Southwestern U.S. and parts of Mexico. Burr claims he was just trying to farm 40,000 acres (160 km2) in the Texas Territory that had been leased to him by the Spanish Crown. He had organized an armed militia of about 60 men. Historians still debate Burr's true intentions.
During his vice-presidency in 1804, Burr killed former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in a duel.

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Robinson Crusoe

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Robinson Crusoe

September 1, 1651

According to the book, the fictional character Robinson Crusoe embarks on his first sea voyage, from Hull to London. Daniel Defoe's story was based on the real-life adventures of Alexander Selkirk.

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Hurricane Katrina - Heck of a Job Brownie

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Hurricane Katrina - Heck of a Job Brownie

September 1, 2005

FEMA director Michael Brown states that he was unaware that people were trapped in the New Orleans Convention Center (Apparently he didn't have access to a TV set). The following day U.S. President George W. Bush would commend him on his performance, "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job."

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Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame Photo Credit: Jason Pratt

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Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame

September 1, 1995

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame museum is dedicated. It is located in Cleveland, Ohio, which was the location of Alan Freed's Moondog Coronation Ball, often credited as the first major rock and roll concert.
The first group of inductees, which had been inducted on January 23, 1986, included Alan Freed, Elvis Presley, James Brown, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Ray Charles, Chuck Berry, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, and Jerry Lee Lewis.

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Office of Public Health

September 1, 1992

Office of Public Health in Jonesboro, Louisiana is closed due to rats.

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Chess

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Chess

September 1, 1992

Bobby Fischer spits on a Treasury Department letter informing him that his planned Yugoslavian chess match with Boris Spassky would be in violation of U.S. law.

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Titanic by Willy Stöwer Titanic by Willy Stöwer

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The Titanic

September 1, 1985

The remains of the "unsinkable" RMS Titanic are located by ocean researchers. The Titanic sank in 1912 after striking an iceberg in the North Atlantic during her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK, to New York City.

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Pioneer 2

September 1, 1979

Pioneer 2 flies past Saturn discovering an eleventh moon and two new rings.

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Mark Spitz

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Mark Spitz

September 1, 1972

Swimmer Mark Spitz wins the fourth and fifth of his seven 1972 Olympic gold medals. Seven was the most Olympic gold medals ever won by a single athlete in a single Olympiad up to that time. That record was broken by Michael Phelps in 2008.

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Chess Match of the Century

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Chess Match of the Century

September 1, 1972

Bobby Fischer becomes the first American to win the world chess championship when he defeats Boris Spassky of the USSR. He was the first American to compete in the tournament.

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Libyan Arab Republic Photo Credit: Stevan Kragujević

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Libyan Arab Republic

September 1, 1969

The Libyan Arab Republic is proclaimed, after Muammar Gaddafi led a successful revolution against King Idris.

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Clown College

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Clown College

September 1, 1968

The first U.S. school committed exclusively to training circus clowns is established in Venice, Florida by Irvin Feld of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College trained around 1,400 clowns in the "Ringling style" until its 1997 closing.

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First U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship

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First U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship

September 1, 1946

Patty Berg wins the first U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship, winning $5,600 in war bonds.
It was the only U.S. Women's Open to have been played in match play scoring.

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1923 Great Kantō Earthquake

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1923 Great Kantō Earthquake

September 1, 1923

An earthquake destroys Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 140,000 people. It had a magnitude of 7.9 on the moment magnitude scale. The ensuing tsunami with waves up to 33 ft (10 m) high struck the coast of Sagami Bay, Bōsō Peninsula, Izu Islands, and the east coast of Izu Peninsula within minutes. Over 570,000 homes were destroyed, leaving an estimated 1.9 million homeless.

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First U.S. Municipal Subway

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First U.S. Municipal Subway

September 1, 1897

Boston's Tremont Street Subway opens to traffic. Construction had begun in 1895.
It is the oldest subway tunnel in North America and the third oldest still in use worldwide to exclusively use electric traction.
It now forms the central part of the Green Line, connecting Boylston Street to Park Street and Government Center stations.

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First White Women to Cross the American Continent

September 1, 1836

Narcissa Prentiss Whitman and Eliza Hart Spalding, accompanied by their husbands, reach their destination - Fort Walla Walla, Washington.

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Santa Fe Trail

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Santa Fe Trail

September 1, 1822

Captain William Becknell departs from Arrow Rock, Missouri. He would arrive in Santa Fe, New Mexico on November 16 establishing a route more suited to wagons. This route became known as the Santa Fe Trail.

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Birthdays

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Yvonne De Carlo (Margaret Yvonne Middleton)

Born September 1, 1922 d. 2007

Canadian-born American actress. TV: The Munsters (1964-66, Lily Munster). Film: The Ten Commandments (1956, Moses' wife) and McLintock (1963, McLintock's housekeeper).
De Carlo's husband was injured while working as a stuntman in the John Wayne movie How the West Was Won (1963), resulting in the amputation of his leg. John Wayne offered her the role of his housekeeper in McLintock to help her out financially.

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Edgar Rice Burroughs

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Creator of Tarzan

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Born September 1, 1875 d. 1950

American novelist. Creator of Tarzan (1914).

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Gloria Estefan (Gloria Fajardo)

Born September 1, 1957

Cuban-born singer, with The Miami Sound Machine. Music: Anything For You (1988, #1) and Coming Out Of The Dark (1991, #1).

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Barry Gibb

Born September 1, 1946

British-Australian singer, with the Bee Gees. Music: Stayin' Alive (1977) and Night Fever (1977, #1).

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Lily Tomlin (Mary Jean Tomlin)

Born September 1, 1939

American actress, comedian. TV: Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (the telephone operator and 5-year-old Edith Ann - and that's the truth, pthhhhh).

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Conway Twitty (Harold Lloyd Jenkins)

Born September 1, 1933 d. 1993

American Grammy-winning country singer. Music: After The Fire is Gone (1971, Grammy). In 1982 he opened Twitty City, a nine-acre tourist attraction outside of Nashville.

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Rocky Marciano (Rocco Francis Marchegiano)

Born September 1, 1923 d. 1969

Italian-American boxer. He was the undefeated (49-0) world heavyweight champion (1952-56). He is the only undefeated heavyweight champion.

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Eleanor Hibbert

Born September 1, 1906 d. 1993

British historical novelist. Writings: Widow of Windsor and The Bride of Pendorric. Her books, written under names including Victoria Holt, Jean Plaidy, Philippa Carr, have sold over 100,000,000 copies.

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Richard Arlen (Sylvanus Richard Mattimore)

Born September 1, 1899 d. 1976

American actor. Film: Star of the first Oscar-winning film (Wings, 1927).

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Jimmy Hatlo

Born September 1, 1897 d. 1963

American cartoonist. Creator of They'll Do It Every Time (1929) and Little Iodine (1943).

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Magnus Konow

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Magnus Konow

Born September 1, 1887 d. 1972

Norwegian sailor. He tied the record for longest span of Olympic competition (40 years, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1928, 1936, 1948). He is one of only four athletes who have competed in the Olympics over a span of 40 years, along with fencer Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier, sailor Durward Knowles, and sailor Paul Elvstrøm.

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James "Gentleman Jim" Corbett

Born September 1, 1866 d. 1933

American boxer. World heavyweight boxing champ (1892, the first to win under the Marquess of Queensberry rules). He is considered to be the first scientific boxer.

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Engelbert Humperdinck

Born September 1, 1854 d. 1921

German composer. Opera: Hänsel and Gretel (1893).

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Jim O'Rourke

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Jim O'Rourke

Born September 1, 1850 d. 1919

American baseball player. He made the first hit of the first National League game (1876), for Boston.

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Elizabeth Harrison

Born September 1, 1849 d. 1927

American educator. Leader in the U.S. kindergarten movement. She organized a series of annual conferences in Chicago (1890s), which led to the founding of what is today the National Parent Teachers Association (PTA).

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Alfred Ely Beach

Born September 1, 1826 d. 1896

American inventor, publisher of Scientific American (1846 et seq.). He built New York City's first underground transit system (1870, A 10-passenger car that was pushed and pulled through a tunnel by a giant fan).

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James Gordon Bennett Sr.

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James Gordon Bennett Sr.

Born September 1, 1795 d. 1872

Scottish-born American publisher. Founder of the New York Herald (1835).

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Deaths

Ethel Waters

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First Black Person on Television

Ethel Waters

Died September 1, 1977 b. 1896

American actress, singer. She became the first black performer on television when NBC broadcast The Ethel Waters Show (1939). She was first black star of a TV dramatic series (1950-51, Beulah) and the first black actress nominated for an Emmy (1961, for an episode of Route 66). She was the second black actress nominated for an Academy Award. The song Stormy Weather was composed for her by Harold Arlen.

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Toto (Terry)

Died September 1, 1945 b. 1933

American female Cairn Terrier, actor. Toto of The Wizard of Oz (1939). Known for doing her own stunts, she broke a foot when she was accidentally stepped on by a Winkie guard during the filming of The Wizard of Oz. She appeared in 16 films, including as Rags in the Shirley Temple movie Bright Eyes (1934). Originally named Terry, she changed her name to Toto after the filming of The Wizard of Oz.

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Jimmy Buffett

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Jimmy Buffett

Died September 1, 2023 b. 1946

American singer, songwriter. His fans were commonly known as parrotheads. Music: Margaritaville (1977) and Cheeseburger in Paradise (1978).

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Shelley Berman

Died September 1, 2017 b. 1925

American stand-up comic, popular in the 1950s and '60s. He was the first stand up comedian to perform at Carnegie Hall. TV: Curb Your Enthusiasm (Larry David's father).

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Dean Jones

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Dean Jones

Died September 1, 2015 b. 1931

American singer, actor. Film: That Darn Cat (1965), The Love Bug (1968), and The Shaggy D.A. (1976).

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Jerry Reed (Jerry Hubbard)

Died September 1, 2008 b. 1937

American Grammy-winning country musician, actor. Music: Lord, Mr. Ford (1973, #1) and She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft). Film: Smokey and the Bandit (1977).

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Rand Brooks

Died September 1, 2003 b. 1918

American actor. TV: The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (Corporal Boone). Film: Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick Lucky Jenkins in 12 movies.

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Charles Austin Beard

Died September 1, 1948 b. 1874

American historian, known for his economic interpretation of history, co-author with his wife of The Rise of American Civilization (1927).

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William Clark

Died September 1, 1838 b. 1770

American soldier, explorer, governor of the Missouri Territory. He and Meriwether Lewis explored the American West (1804-06) establishing a route to the Pacific.

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Louis XIV (Louis Dieudonné)

Died September 1, 1715 b. 1638

King of France (1643-1715), became king at the age of 5. His successor, great-grandson Louis XV, also became king at age 5.

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Jacques Cartier

Died September 1, 1557 b. 1491

French explorer, discovered the St. Lawrence River (1534) and claimed possession of Canada for France.

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Adrian IV

Died September 1, 1159 b. ????

English-born religious leader, 169th Pope (1154-59). He was the first English pope.

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