Saturday, September 1, 2012

September 1 - Book Break





Book Break




This Day In History
1532
Lady Anne Boleyn is made Marquess of Pembroke by her fiancé, King Henry VIII of England.
1715
King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years – the longest of any major European monarch.
1772
The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.
1804
Juno, one of the largest main belt asteroids, is discovered by German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding.
1897
The Boston subway opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
1902
A Trip to the Moon, considered one of the first science fiction films, is released in France.
1914
The last passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
1958
Iceland expands its fishing zone, putting it into conflict with the United Kingdom, beginning the Cod Wars.
1972
In Reykjavík, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky to become the world chess champion.
1974
An SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) 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.
1979
Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 13,000 mi.
1985
A joint American–French expedition locates the wreckage of the RMS Titanic.


Famous Birthdays
1145
Ibn Jubayr, geographer, traveler and poet from Al-Andalus (d. 1217)
1653
Johann Pachelbel, German composer (d. 1706)
1795
James Gordon Bennett, Sr., American newspaper publisher (d. 1872)
1854
Engelbert Humperdinck, German composer (d. 1921)
1875
Edgar Rice Burroughs, American writer (d. 1950)
1920
Richard Farnsworth, American actor (d. 2000)
1922
Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-born actress (d. 2007)
1933
Conway Twitty, American singer (d. 1993)
1942
C. J. Cherryh, American writer
1946
Barry Gibb, English singer (Bee Gees)
1951
Timothy Zahn, American science fiction author
1957
Gloria Estefan, Cuban-American singer
1981
Clinton Portis, American football player

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