Earthquake in Japan Killed 150,000 (1923)

Germany Invaded Poland, Starting WWII (1939)

Titanic Wreckage Located (1985)

Great Fire of London (1666)

Theodore Roosevelt Said "Speak Softly & Carry a Big Stick" (1901)

Victory over Japan (V-J) Day (1945)

Treaty of Paris Ended American Revolution (1783)

Wizard of Oz Published (1900)

First Pictures Taken of Mars's Surface (1976)

Los Angeles Founded (1781)

Little Rock 9 Prevented from Integrating (1957)

Nat'l Be Late for Something Day

Tragedy at Munich Summer Olympics (1972)

Mother Teresa Died (1997)

Pres. William McKinley Shot (1901)

Yellow Star of David Required for All German Jews (1941)

Suicide Prevention Week

Labor Day

Babe Ruth Hit First Home Run (1915)

Buddy Holly's Birthday (1936)

Int'l Literacy Day

Texas Hurricane Killed 8,000 (1900)

Star Trek Debuted on TV (1966)

Pres. Ford Pardoned Former Pres. Nixon (1974)

Name "United States of America" Adopted (1776)

California Admission Day (1850)

Rickshaw Invented (1869)

20 Black Students Entered Ala. Public School (1963)

Patriot Day

O. Henry's Birthday (1862)

Massive Terrorist Attack on Three American Cities (2001)

Henry Hudson Began Exploration of Hudson River (1609)

First African-American Woman in Space (1992)

Grandparents Day

Int'l Chocolate Day

Milton Hershey's Birthday (1857)

Roald Dahl's Birthday (1916)

Star-Spangled Banner Composed (1814)

Ivan Pavlov's Birthday (1849)

First Peacetime Draft Established (1940)

Baseball Season Cancelled Due to Players' Strike (1994)

Agatha Christie's Birthday (1890)

Alexander Fleming Discovered Penicillin (1928)

The Nuremberg Law Enacted in Germany (1935)

Int'l Day for Preservation of Ozone Layer

Stepfamily Day

Mexican Independence Day (1810)

General Motors Founded (1908)

U.S. Constitution Completed & Signed (1787)

23,000 Killed at Battle of Antietam (1862)

First Deaf Miss America Crowned (1994)

Constitution Week

Rosh Hashanah Begins at Sundown

Nat'l Play-Doh^® Day

Fugitive Slave Act Passed (1850)

First Issue of The New York Times Published (1851)

Jimi Hendrix Died (1970)

William Golding's Birthday (1911)

Upton Sinclair's Birthday (1878)

Chester A. Arthur Inaugurated (1881)

Int'l Day of Peace

"Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" Editorial Published (1897)

Stephen King's Birthday (1947)

Autumn Begins

Elephant Appreciation Day

Emancipation Proclamation Issued (1862)

Iran-Iraq War Erupted (1980)

Neptune Discovered (1846)

Sigmund Freud Died (1939)

F. Scott Fitzgerald's Birthday (1896)

Dr. Seuss Died (1991)

Native American Day

Bill of Rights Created (1789)

Polygamy Renounced by Mormon Church (1890)

First Female Supreme Court Justice Sworn In (1981)

Johnny Appleseed's Birthday (1774)

First Televised Presidential Debate (1960)

Banned Books Week

Yom Kippur

Ancestor Appreciation Day

Samuel Adams's Birthday (1722)

First Skyscraper Opened in NYC (1932)

Typhoon in Japan Killed 5,000 (1959)

Tomato Proven Safe (1820)

Black Sox Scandal Indictments Given (1920)

Miles Davis Died (1991)

Louis Pasteur Died (1895)

Int'l Translation Day

Nuremberg Trials Found 22 Guilty (1946)