August 31, 1911
Anthony Fokker's demonstrates aircraft "Snip"
September 1, 1785
Mozart publishes 6th string quartet opus 10 in Vienna
September 2, 1902
"A Trip To The Moon", the first science fiction film, released
My score: 4
August 31, 1897
Thomas Edison patented his movie camera (Kinetograph)
September 1, 1913
George Bernard Shaw's "Androcles & the Lion" premieres in London
September 2,
1192 Sultan Saladin and King Richard the Lionheart of England sign treaty over Jerusalem, at end of the Third Crusade
My score: 5
Thomas Edison patented his movie camera (Kinetograph)
September 1, 1913
George Bernard Shaw's "Androcles & the Lion" premieres in London
September 2,
1192 Sultan Saladin and King Richard the Lionheart of England sign treaty over Jerusalem, at end of the Third Crusade
My score: 5
August 31, 1994
Pentium computer beats world chess champ Gari Kasparov
September 1, 1804
Juno, one of the largest main belt asteroids discovered by German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding
September 2, 2012
A decades-long ban on veiled female news presenters is lifted from State television in Egypt
My score: 2
Pentium computer beats world chess champ Gari Kasparov
September 1, 1804
Juno, one of the largest main belt asteroids discovered by German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding
September 2, 2012
A decades-long ban on veiled female news presenters is lifted from State television in Egypt
My score: 2
August 31- 2016 – Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff is impeached and removed from office.
September 1 - 2004 – The Crisis in Beslan commences when armed terrorists take schoolchildren and school staff hostage in North Ossetia (Russia); by the end of the siege three days later more than 385 people are dead (including hostages, other civilians, security personnel and terrorists).
September 2 - 2013 – The Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens at 10:15 PM at a cost of $6.4 billion, after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake damaged the old span
Score 8
September 1 - 2004 – The Crisis in Beslan commences when armed terrorists take schoolchildren and school staff hostage in North Ossetia (Russia); by the end of the siege three days later more than 385 people are dead (including hostages, other civilians, security personnel and terrorists).
September 2 - 2013 – The Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens at 10:15 PM at a cost of $6.4 billion, after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake damaged the old span
Score 8
August 31, 1886 - First major earthquake recorded in eastern US, at Charleston SC, 110 die (2)
September 1, 1951- US, Australia and New Zealand sign the ANZUS mutual defense treaty (3)
September 2, 1944 - Holocaust diarist Anne Frank sent to Auschwitz concentration camp (4)
My score - 4
September 1, 1951- US, Australia and New Zealand sign the ANZUS mutual defense treaty (3)
September 2, 1944 - Holocaust diarist Anne Frank sent to Auschwitz concentration camp (4)
My score - 4
August 31, 1990
East and West Germany sign the Treaty of Unification (Einigungsvertrag) to join their legal and political systems.
September 1, 1904
Helen Keller graduates with honors from Radcliffe College.
September 2, 1948
Christa McAuliffe, the first civilian passenger on a space mission. During that mission, she and the six other crew members on the space shuttle Challenger perished in an explosion shortly after launch.
My score 5
East and West Germany sign the Treaty of Unification (Einigungsvertrag) to join their legal and political systems.
September 1, 1904
Helen Keller graduates with honors from Radcliffe College.
September 2, 1948
Christa McAuliffe, the first civilian passenger on a space mission. During that mission, she and the six other crew members on the space shuttle Challenger perished in an explosion shortly after launch.
My score 5
August 31, 1935 FDR signs an act prohibiting export of US arms to belligerents
September 1, 1614 Jews expelled from Frankfurt-on-Main, Germany
Set II
Score: 7
September 2, 1732 Pope Clement XII renews anti-Jewish laws in Rome
Set III
Score: 1
September 1, 1614 Jews expelled from Frankfurt-on-Main, Germany
Set II
Score: 7
September 2, 1732 Pope Clement XII renews anti-Jewish laws in Rome
Set III
Score: 1
August 30, 1998 North Korea reportedly launches Kwangmyongsong, its first satellite.
September 01, 1952 – The Old Man and the Sea, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Ernest Hemingway, is first published.
September 02, 1945 – World War II: Combat ends in the Pacific Theater: The Japanese Instrument of Surrender is signed by Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and accepted aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
My score: 4(Set 3)
September 01, 1952 – The Old Man and the Sea, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Ernest Hemingway, is first published.
September 02, 1945 – World War II: Combat ends in the Pacific Theater: The Japanese Instrument of Surrender is signed by Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and accepted aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
My score: 4(Set 3)
August 31, 1994
The last Russian troops leave Estonia and Latvia.
September 1, 1985
Wreck of the Titanic found
September 2, 1996
Michael Jackson earns his 12th and final solo #1 with “You Are Not Alone”
Score: 4
The last Russian troops leave Estonia and Latvia.
September 1, 1985
Wreck of the Titanic found
September 2, 1996
Michael Jackson earns his 12th and final solo #1 with “You Are Not Alone”
Score: 4
August 31, 1942
U boats sunk 108 ships this month (544,000 tons)
September 1, 1666
Great London Fire begins in Pudding Lane. 80% of London is destroyed
September 2, 1930
1st non-stop airplane flight from Europe to U.S. (37 hours)
My History Score: 7 (Set 7)
U boats sunk 108 ships this month (544,000 tons)
September 1, 1666
Great London Fire begins in Pudding Lane. 80% of London is destroyed
September 2, 1930
1st non-stop airplane flight from Europe to U.S. (37 hours)
My History Score: 7 (Set 7)
31st August 2012 Angola holds Parliamentary elections
1st Sept 1987 15 yr old Michael Chang is youngest man to win U.S. Tennis Open match
2nd Sept 1993 Day of Peace in South Africa
My history score 5
1st Sept 1987 15 yr old Michael Chang is youngest man to win U.S. Tennis Open match
2nd Sept 1993 Day of Peace in South Africa
My history score 5
“If you’re silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it” - Zora Neale Hurston.