On this day in history.

[AdmiralAdama]

August 31 - 1980 - Poland's Solidarity labour movement was born with an agreement signed in Gdansk that ended a 17-day strike.

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[scifan57]

August 31st, 1888; Mary Ann Nichols became the first known victim of Jack the Ripper.

 

[AdmiralAdama]

August 31 - 1945 - Singer / songwriter Van Morrison was born.

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[scifan57]

On August 31st,1789 the US treasury is founded.

 

[AdmiralAdama]

September 1 - 1859 - The Pullman (passenger train) sleeping car was placed into service.

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[AdmiralAdama]

September 1 - 1979 - The U.S. Pioneer 11 became the first spacecraft to visit Saturn.

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[scifan57]

September1, 1983; Korean Airlines flight 007 was shot down by the Soviet Union while flying through Russian airspace.

 

[AdmiralAdama]

September 1 - 1985 - The Titanic was found by Dr. Robert Ballard and Jean Louis Michel in a joint U.S. and French expedition. The wreck site is located 729 kilometres southeast of the Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, coast.

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[AdmiralAdama]

September 2 - 1938 - The first railroad car to be equipped with fluorescent lighting was put into operation on the New York Central railroad.

(Two railway lines ran through the town I grew up in. The New York Central, later Penn Central, and the Chesapeake & Ohio. Two American owned and operated railways, traversing southern Ontario, Canada. The two Canadian railways, Canadian Pacific and Canadian National were not near us.)

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[Richard Brown]

2nd Sept 1666, the Great Fire of London started on the premises of a baker in Pudding Lane.

A monument to the fire was designed by Sir Christopher Wren. It stands close to where the great fire started. I have noticed that the Monument has been reopened to the public after restoration works were completed. This links to pages about the Monument. http://www.themonument.info/history/

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[AdmiralAdama]

September 2 - 1969 - NBC-TV canceled "Star Trek." The show had debuted on September 8, 1966.

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[AdmiralAdama]

September 2 - 1902 - "A Trip To The Moon," the 1st science fiction film released.

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[AdmiralAdama]

September 2 - 1972 - Rod Stewart's 1st #1 hit (You Wear it Well)

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[scifan57]

September 3rd, 1939; Britain and France declare war on Germany.

 

[AdmiralAdama]

September 3 - 1976 - The U.S. spacecraft Viking 2 landed on Mars. The unmanned spacecraft took the first close-up, color photos of the planet's surface.

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