September 6 - First Day

First Day

Overheard

[W & D have just cleaned up some blocks.]
E: I didn't help. I'm busy right now.

This Day In History

1492

Christopher Columbus sails from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic for the first time.

1522

The Victoria, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition, returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the world.

1620

The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England, on the Mayflower to settle in North America. (Old Style date; September 16 per New Style date.)

1847

Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden Pond and moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in Concord, Massachusetts.

1870

Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.

1962

Archaeologist Peter Marsden discovers the first of the Blackfriars Ships dating back to the 2nd century AD in the Blackfriars area of the banks of the River Thames in London.

1991

The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

1995

Cal Ripken Jr of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record that stood for 56 years.

Famous Birthdays

1620

Isabella Leonarda, Italian composer (d. 1704)

1711

Henry Muhlenberg, German-born founder of the U.S. Lutheran Church (d. 1787)

1757

Marquis de Lafayette, French soldier and statesman (d. 1834)

1857

Zelia Nuttall, American archeologist and historian (d. 1933)

1869

Walford Davies, English composer, Master of the King's Music (d. 1941)

1892

Sir Edward Victor Appleton, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)

1937

Sergio Aragonés, Spanish-born illustrator

1942

Mel McDaniel, American country music artist (d. 2011)

1954

Carly Fiorina, Former CEO of Hewlett-Packard

1958

Michael Winslow, American actor and comedian

1962

Chris Christie, American Politician

1968

Christopher Brookmyre, Scottish writer
1972
Dylan Bruno, American actor
China Miéville, English writer
Anika Noni Rose, American actress and singer