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  1. #: (C) Copyright 1990-1991 The Software Construction Co., All Rights Reserved.
  2. #:
  3. #: Monthly stuff
  4. 9:National Courtesy Month.
  5. #: Events depending on weekdays
  6. M(9/14):National Boss/Employee Exchange Day (Monday after Labor Day).
  7. #: Normal events
  8. 9/1/1689 :Graduated Tax on Beards imposed in Russia.
  9. 9/2/1752 :Gregorian Calendar adopted (Sep. 3 became Sep. 14).
  10. 9/3/1895 :1st professional football game.
  11. 9/4      :Newspaper Carrier Day.
  12. 9/5      :Be Late for Something Day.
  13. 9/6/1776 :1st submarine attack.
  14. 9/7/1888 :Jesse James' last holdup.
  15. 9/8/1921 :1st Miss America crowned (Margaret Gorman).
  16. 9/9/1926 :NBC created (by RCA).
  17. 9/10/1846:Sewing machine patent granted (Elias Howe).
  18. 9/11/1949:NY Yankees drew 11 walks (3rd inning).
  19. 9/12/1913:1st US policewoman (A.S. Wells, LAPD).
  20. 9/13/1789:US received its first loan.
  21. 9/14/1957:Little Rock, AR, school crisis.
  22. 9/15/1789:Congress declared Great Seal of the US the official seal of US.
  23. 9/16/1853:1st US-made Steinweg (now Steinway) sold.
  24. 9/17/1908:First airplane fatality (Thomas E. Selfridge, Ft. Myer, VA).
  25. 9/18/1851:1st issue of The New York Times published.
  26. 9/19/1859:"Dixie" first sung (NYC).
  27. 9/20/1873:NY Stock Exchange closed for 10 days.
  28. 9/21/1969:Last episode of "The Prisoner" aired.
  29. 9/22/1949:1st Soviet atomic bomb exploded.
  30. 9/23/1952:VP candidate Richard Nixon delivered "Checkers" speech.
  31. 9/24/1929:1st "blind" takeoff and landing demonstrated (James Doolittle).
  32. 9/25/1890:Yosemite National Park created.
  33. 9/26/1789:1st Postmaster General appointed (Samual Osgood).
  34. 9/27/1892:Book matches patented.
  35. 9/28/1850:Flogging in US Navy and on merchant vessels abolished.
  36. 9/29/1936:Radio used for the 1st time for a presidential campaign.
  37. 9/30     :Ask a "Stupid" Question Day.
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