On September 30, 1847, Congressman George Perkins Marsh delivered a speech on agricultural conditions in New England to the Agricultural Society of Rutland County, Vermont. Continue reading.

On September 30, 1882, the first centrally located electric lighting plant using the Edison system in the West and the first hydroelectric central station in the United States began operation on the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin. Continue reading.

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A bit of September 30th history…

1791 - Mozart’s opera “Magic Flute” premiers in Vienna

1791 - The National Constituent Assembly in Paris is dissolved; Parisians hial Robespierre and Petion as incorruptible patriots

1880 - American amateur astronomer, Henry Draper, takes 1st ever photo of the Orion Nebula

1946 - 22 Nazi leaders are found guilty of war crimes and are sentenced to death or prison at Nuremberg war trials

1962 - Mexican-American Labor Leader Cesar Chavez founds the United Farm Workers (pictured)

1980 - Ethernet specifications published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation

2004 - 1st images of a live giant squid in its natural habitat are taken

2019 - 315 billion ton iceberg, D28, calves from Amery ice shelf, Antarctica 

On September 29, 1789, the final day of its first session, the United States Congress passed "An act to recognize and adapt to the Constitution of the United States, the establishment of the troops raised under the resolves of the United States in Congress assembled." Continue reading.

In October 1941, John F. Kennedy was appointed an ensign in the United States Naval Reserve, joining the staff of the Office of Naval Intelligence. Continue reading.

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A bit of September 29th history…

1885 - 1st practical electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England

1911 - Italy declares war on Turkey, starting the Italo-Turkish War - 1st conflict to feature aerial bombardment (pictured - yes, bombs were thrown out of those)

1916 - American oil tycoon John D Rockefeller becomes the world’s 1st billionaire

1936 - Radio used for 1st time for a presidential campaign

1950 - Telephone Answering Machine created by Bell Laboratories

2017 - Mysterious sonic attacks on US diplomats prompt US to warn citizens not to travel to Cuba and pull some embassy staff 

On September 28, 1542, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo of Portugal, sailing under the Spanish flag, sailed into San Diego Bay. While exploring the northwest shores of Mexico, Cabrillo became the first European to reach California. Continue reading.

On Saturday, September 28, 1912, William Christopher (W. C.) Handy's "Mister Crump," retitled "The Memphis Blues," went on sale at Bry's Department Store in Memphis. Continue reading.

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A  bit of September 28th history…

48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt

1066 - William the Conqueror invades England, landing in Sussex

1858 - Donati’s comet becomes 1st to be photographed

1887 - The Yellow River in China floods, killing between 900,000 and 2 million people; one of the deadliest natural disasters in history (pictured)

1920 - Black Sox Scandal: 8 White Sox players indicted for throwing the 1919 World Series

1980 - Carl Sagan’s 13 part “Cosmos” premiers on PBS

1982 - 1st reports appear of deaths from cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules

1987 - “Star Trek: The Next Generation” debuts

2008 - SpaceX launches the 1st ever private spacecraft, the Falcon 1 into orbit

2019 - Elon Musk unveils SpaceX spacecraft Starship, designed to travel to Mars and land back on Earth (pictured below) 

Professional golf’s all-time leading tournament winner Kathy Whitworth was born on September 27, 1939, in Monahans, Texas. Continue reading.

On September 27, 1514, the Spanish crown granted the explorer Juan Ponce de León a contract to settle the islands of Bimini and Florida (de León thought the latter was an island). Continue reading.

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A bit of September 27th history…

1066 - William the Conqueror’s troops set sail for England

1779 - John Adams negotiates Revolutionary War peace terms with Great Britain 

1822 - French scholar Jean-Francois Champollion announces he has deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics using the Rosetta Stone(pictured)

1825 - George Stephenson’s “Locomotion No 1″ becomes the 1st steam locomotive to carry passengers on a public rail line - England

1905 -  E=mc² is introduced in Einstein’s published paper “Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon its Energy Content”

1912 - W.C. Handy publishes “Memphis Blues”, considered the 1st blues song

1962 - “Silent Spring” is published about the impacts of pesticide use in the US on the environment

1964 - Findings of the Warren Commission into the assassination of President Kennedy are released, finds Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone

2015 - A “Supermoon” coincides with a lunar eclipse creating a “Blood Moon” over much of the earth (pictured below) 

Jonathan Chapman, born in Leominster, Massachusetts, on September 26, 1775, came to be known as "Johnny Appleseed." Continue reading.

On September 26, 1777, British troops marched into Philadelphia and occupied the city. Continue reading.

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