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Sept. 1
1666 Great London Fire begins in Pudding Lane. 80% of London is destroyed 1774 Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm 1799 Bank of Manhattan Company opens in NYC (forerunner to Chase Manhattan) 1858 1st transatlantic cable fails after less than 1 month 1859 1st pullman sleeping car in service 1859 RC Carrington & R Hodgson make 1st observation of solar flare 1862 Severe action at Chantilly, Virginia 1863 RR & ferry connection between SF & Oakland inaugurated 1864 Confederate Army General John Hood orders the evacuation of Atlanta after 4 month siege 1864 Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention 1865 Joseph Lister performs 1st antiseptic surgery 1870 Napoleon III captured at Sedan 1905 Alberta & Saskatchewan become 8th & 9th Canadian provinces 1906 Alberta adopts Mountain Standard Time 1911 M Fourny sets world aircraft distance record of 720 km 1916 Keating-Owen Act (child labor banned from interstate commerce) 1918 US troops land in Vladivostok, Siberia, stay until 1920 1939 Physical Review publishes 1st paper to deal with "black holes" 1939 WW II starts, Germany invades Poland, takes Danzig 1945 Japan surrenders ending WW II (US date, 9/2 in Japan) 1948 UN's World Health Organization forms 1950 West Berlin granted a constitution 1951 US, Australia & New Zealand sign ANZUS treaty 1961 USSR tests nuclear bombs in central Asia 1971 Qatar declares independence from Britain 1974 The SR-71 Blackbird sets the record for flying from New York to London in the time of 1 hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour 1977 1st TRS-80 Model I computer sold 1979 LA Court orders Clayton Moore to stop wearing Lone Ranger mask 1979 Pioneer 11 makes 1st fly-by of Saturn, discovers new moon, rings 1980 Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope ends near Thunder Bay, Ontario 1985 US-French expedition locates wreckage of Titanic off Newfoundland
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Today's Featured Article - Show Coverage: Godfrey, Illinois Country Days - by Cindy Ladage. Except for last fourth of July's Old Gold show in Springfield, Illinois, I don't remember when it was so hot. Nevertheless, the heat didn't keep vendors and visitors alike from enjoying the third annual Country Day's Event. Jane Elliott said the event was originally a one man show. "Barry Seiler, owner of Country Town Farm Supply store used to invite people up to the Johne Deere store. He would give hats and a free meal for everyone that brings a tractor." Elliott said while this
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