Volume 02, Issue 15

September 1

• A tax was imposed on beards in Russia, 1689
• The first U.S. federal tax on tobacco was effected, 1862
• Aaron Burr was acquitted of treason, 1807
• Germany invaded Poland, starting World War II, 1939
• Emma Nutt became the world’s first female telephone operator,1878

September 4

• Barney Flaherty became the first newsboy in the United States, 1833
• On that same date in 1888, George Eastman patented his famous Kodak camera

September 7

• National Grandparents’ Day made official by President Jimmy Carter, 1978

September 16

• The Mayflower set out from Plymouth, England, 1620. They arrived in Massachusetts on December 26.

September 18

• Dag Hammarskjold died in a plane crash, 1961

September 23

• William McGuffey born, creator of the Readers, 1800

October 4

• Sputnik launched, and the Space Age opened, 1957

October 7

• Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland U. in football, 222 to 0, 1916

October 21

• Nelson’s English fleet defeated the French and Spanish (Trafalgar), 1805
• Edison perfected the first practical incandescent light, 1879

October 28

• Harvard founded, 1636
• Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty, 1886

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