September 24 in Pop Culture History
1789 – The United State’s Post Office was formed.
1869 – Stock market panic due to crashing gold prices caused by an attempt to corner the market by Gould and Fisk.
1948 – The Honda Motor Company was founded in Japan.
1954 – Tonight Show premiered on NBC, hosted by Steve Allan.
1957 – MLB’s Brooklyn Dodgers played their last game at Ebbets Field.
1964 – The Munsters premiered …
September 24 in Pop Culture History
1789 – The United State’s Post Office was formed.
1869 – Stock market panic due to crashing gold prices caused by an attempt to corner the market by Gould and Fisk.
1948 – The Honda Motor Company was founded in Japan.
1954 – Tonight Show premiered on NBC, hosted by Steve Allan.
1957 – MLB’s Brooklyn Dodgers played their last game at Ebbets Field.
1964 – The Munsters premiered …
September 23 in Pop Culture History
1551 (Tornado) Grand Harbour at Valletta, Malta
1642 – Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusettes, had its first graduating class.
1846 – German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle discovered the planet Neptune.
1913 – Mark Sennet presented the first Keystone Cops film, although some say it was Hoffmeyer’s Legacy, in 1912.
1938 – A time capsule, to be opened in 6939, was buried at World’s Fair in …
September 23 in Pop Culture History
1551 (Tornado) Grand Harbour at Valletta, Malta
1642 – Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusettes, had its first graduating class.
1846 – German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle discovered the planet Neptune.
1913 – Mark Sennet presented the first Keystone Cops film, although some say it was Hoffmeyer’s Legacy, in 1912.
1938 – A time capsule, to be opened in 6939, was buried at World’s Fair in …
September 22 in Pop Culture History
1776 – Nathan Hale was hanged by the British as a spy for the colonies during the Revolutionary War. In fairness to the British, this war hero was spying on them.
1789 – The U.S. Post Office was established by congress.
1911 – Pitcher Cy Young beat Pittsburgh 1-0 for his final career victory – number 511.
1920 – A Chicago Grand Jury convened to investigate charges that 8 …
September 22 in Pop Culture History
1776 – Nathan Hale was hanged by the British as a spy for the colonies during the Revolutionary War. In fairness to the British, this war hero was spying on them.
1789 – The U.S. Post Office was established by congress.
1911 – Pitcher Cy Young beat Pittsburgh 1-0 for his final career victory – number 511.
1920 – A Chicago Grand Jury convened to investigate charges that 8 …
September 21 in Pop Culture History
1776 – Nathan Hale was captured by the British and accused of spying.
1897 – The New York Sun published it’s editorial – Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.
1915 – Cecil Chubb bought Stonehenge for £6,600 as a gift for his wife. He donated to the UK in 1918 because she didn’t like it. His wife, Mary Chubb wanted curtains.
1937 – J. R. R. Tolkien’s The …
September 20 in Pop Culture History
1498 (Earthquake & Tsunami) Nankaido, Japan
1960 – The Flintstones debuted on ABC
1969 – #1 Hit September 20, 1969 – October 17, 1969: The Archies – Sugar, Sugar
1973 – An estimated 90 million people watched ‘The Battle of the Sexes.’ Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in a televised tennis match at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas.
1975 – #1 Hit September 20, 1975 – September 26, …
September 19 in Pop Culture History
1876 – Melville Bissell patented the first carpet sweeper.
1921 – The greatest rainfall recorded in United States history during 18 consecutive hours (measured at an unofficial weather-monitoring site) fell at Thrall, Williamson County, Texas, 36.40 inches fell from a Hurricane.
1928 – Mickey Mouse’s first screen appearance – Steamboat Willie at the Colony Theater NYC.
1934 – Bruno Haptmann was arrested for kidnapping Charles Lindbergh’s baby.
1952 – …
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September 18 in Pop Culture History
844 (Earthquake) Damascus, Syria
1793 – George Washington laid the cornerstone for the Capitol building in Washington D.C.
1848 – Baseball ruled that a 1st baseman can tag base for out instead of the runner
1850 – Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act, which required the return of escaped slaves to their owners.
1851 – The first edition of The New York Daily Times (now The New York Times) …
September 17 in Pop Culture History
1303 (Earthquake) China
1849 – Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery in Maryland.
1859 – Joshua Norton declared himself “Emperor of these United States” and subsequently “Protector of Mexico”, renaming himself Norton!
1895 – The second U.S. battleship, but first named after a state, the USS Maine was commissioned.
1908 – Thomas Selfridge, a passenger in a plane piloted by Orville Wright, became the first airplane fatality when the craft …
