--Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan established, September 1, 1905.
--German troops invaded Poland, starting World War II in Europe, September 1, 1939.
September 2
--U.S. Department of the Treasury established, September 2, 1789.
--Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii born September 2, 1838.
--Japan's surrender in World War II first celebrated as Victory over Japan (V-J) Day, September 2, 1945.
September 3
--First Labor Day celebrated as a legal public holiday, September 3, 1894.
--Louis H. Sullivan, American architect, born September 3, 1856.
--Great Britain signed Treaty of Paris, ending the Revolutionary War in America, September 3,1783.
September 4
--Marcus Whitman, American missionary, born September 4, 1802.
--Daniel H. Burnham, American architect, born September 4, 1846.
September 5
--First Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia, September 5, 1774.
--Jesse James, American desperado, born September 5, 1847.
September 6
--Massachusetts Bay Colony established, September 6, 1628.
--Jane Addams, founder of Hull House, born September 6, 1860.
--President McKinley shot by an assassin, September 6, 1901.
September 7
--American financier J. P. Morgan, Jr., born September 7, 1867.
--Queen Elizabeth I of England born September 7, 1533.
--Blitz of London in World War II began, September 7, 1940.
September 8
--First permanent white settlement in what is now America founded in St. ---Augustine, Fla., September 8,1565.
--Antonin Dvorak, Czech composer, born September 8, 1841.
--Robert A. Taft, senator from Ohio, born September 8, 1889.
--Italy announced its surrender in World War II, September 8, 1943.
September 9
--California became the 31st state, September 9, 1850.
September 10
--Oliver Hazard Perry defeated the British in the Battle of Lake Erie, September 10, 1813.
--Elias Howe patented his sewing machine, September 10, 1846.
--Arthur H. Compton, American physicist, born September 10, 1892.
September 11
--Battle of Brandywine in Revolutionary War, September 11, 1777.
--William Sydney Porter, American short-story writer who used the pseudonym O. Henry, born September 11, 1862.
September 12
--Henry Hudson entered the river named for him, September 12, 1609.
--H. L. Mencken, American editor, born September 12, 1880.
--Russians launched first rocket to the moon, September 12, 1959.
September 13
--Walter Reed, American surgeon, born September 13, 1851.
--John J. Pershing, American general, born September 13, 1860.
--Composer Arnold Schoenberg born September 13, 1874.
DENNIS WHITE
September 14
--Great Britain and its American colonies adopted the Gregorian calendar, September 14, 1752.
--Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner" during the attack on Fort McHenry, September 14, 1814.
--U.S. forces under Gen. Winfield Scott took control of Mexico City, September 14, 1847.
--American illustrator Charles Dana Gibson born September 14, 1867.
--President McKinley died in Buffalo, N.Y., of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt succeeded him, September 14, 1901.
--Congress passed the Selective Service Act, providing for the first peacetime draft in U.S. history, September 14, 1940.
--The Soviet space probe Luna 2 became the first manmade object to reach the moon as it crashed onto the lunar surface, September 14, 1959.
--Mary Ann Fischer of Aberdeen, S.D., gave birth to four girls and a boy, the first surviving quintuplets in the United States, September 14, 1963.
--Lebanon's president-elect, Bashir Gemayel, was killed by a bomb, September 14, 1982.
September 15
--Novelist James Fenimore Cooper born September 15, 1789.
--Mexico's War of Independence began, September 15, 1810.
--William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, September 15, 1857.
--Orchestra conductor Bruno Walter born September 15, 1876.
--British Army became the first to use military tanks, September 15, 1916.
September 16
--Pilgrims sailed from England in the Mayflower, September 16, 1620.
--Selective Service Act establishing military draft passed by U.S. Congress, September 16, 1940.
September 17
--Constitution of the United States signed, September 17, 1787.
--Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, German soldier in the Revolutionary War in America, born September 17, 1730.
--Constitution Day and Citizenship Day in the U.S. September 17.
September 18
--Samuel Johnson, English author and dictionary maker, born September 18, 1709.
--Quebec surrendered to the British, September 18, 1759.
--Washington laid cornerstone of the Capitol, September 18, 1793.
--Chile declared its independence from Spain, September 18, 1810.
CORA MAC (WHITE) DOWLER
September 19
--First Battle of Freeman's Farm in the Revolutionary War began, September 19, 1777.
--George Washington's Farewell Address published, September 19, 1796.
--Battle of Chickamauga in Civil War began, September 19, 1863.
--President James A. Garfield died of assassin's shot, September 19,1881.
September 20
--Sister Elizabeth Kenny, Australian nurse who developed a method of treating poliomyelitis, born September 20, 1886.
September 21
--Great hurricane swept the Atlantic Coast, September 21, 1938.
September 22
--Revolutionary War patriot Nathan Hale put to death as a spy by British, September 22,1776.
--President Abraham Lincoln issued preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, September 22, 1862.
September 23
--Augustus, first Roman emperor, born September 23, 63 B.C.
--Thomas Osborne, American prison reformer, born September 23, 1859.
--John Paul Jones, commanding the Bonhomme Richard, defeated the British ship Serapis in the Revolutionary War, September 23, 1779.
--American writer Walter Lippmann born September 23, 1889.
September 24
--John Marshall, chief justice of the United States, born September 24, 1755.
--F. Scott Fitzgerald, American writer, born September 24, 1896.
September 25
--Columbus sailed on second voyage to America, September 25, 1493.
--Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa sighted the Pacific Ocean, September 25, 1513.
--Publick Occurrences, first American newspaper, appeared in Boston, September 25, 1690.
--Amendment 12 to the U.S. Constitution, changing details of presidential elections, proclaimed, September 25, 1804.
--William Faulkner, American novelist, born September 25, 1897.
September 26
--T. S. Eliot, American-born poet, born September 26, 1888.
--George Gershwin, American composer, born September 26, 1898.
September 27
--Samuel Adams, American patriot, born September 27, 1722.
--Thomas Nast, American cartoonist, born September 27, 1840.
--The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched at Glasgow, September 27, 1938.
September 28
--William the Conqueror landed in England, September 28, 1066.
--Georges Clemenceau, French statesman, born September 28, 1841.
September 29
--Horatio Nelson, British naval hero, born September 29, 1758.
--Henry H. Richardson, American architect, born September 29, 1838.
September 30
--Pompey, Roman general, born September 30, 106 B.C.
