[etni] fw: september 1

From: "Avraham J. Roos" - avrahamroos@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: september 1

Here a list of dates I collected from several "This Day in History"
sites. Have a good year all of you!

September 1st

September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). There are 121 days remaining until the end of the secular year.

What happened on September 1?

1267 - Ramban (Nachmanides) arrives in Jerusalem to establish Jew community

1614 - Jews of Frankfort on the Main were expelled

1666 - Great London Fire begins in Pudding Lane. 80% of London is destroyed

1739 - 35 Jews sentenced to life in prison in Lisbon Portugal

1836 - Reconstruction begins on Synagogue of Rabbi Judah Hasid in Jerusalem

1870 - Napoleon III captured at Sedan

1875 =96 Born: Edgar Rice Burroughs, novelist who created Tarzan, the Ape Man

1904 - Helen Keller graduates with honors from Radcliffe College

1923 - An earthquake levels the Japanese cities of Tokyo and Yokohama, killing 300,000

1938 - Mussolini (Italy) canceled civil rights of Italian Jews and expelled all foreign-born Jews

1939 - World War II: Nazi Germany attacks Poland, beginning the war.

1939 - Physical Review publishes 1st paper to deal with "black holes"

1941 - Wearing the yellow star became obligatory for all Jews in the Reich

1945 - Japan surrenders ending WW II

1950 - First Porsche

1969 - Qaddafi leads coup in Libya

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

1985 - Wreck of the Titanic found

1989 - Air Bags in Cars Required in USA

1998 - The movie "Titanic" went on sale across North America

2004 - Chechen terrorists took about 1,200 schoolchildren and others hostage in Beslan, Russia. Commandos stormed the school on Sept. 3.


In the Harry Potter books September 1, the day on which the Hogwarts Express departs from Platform 9=BE, always falls on a Sunday; this means that the first day of lessons is always a Monday.

I gave our staff this list on the first staff meeting but you could use it in class as well.

Have fun!

Avraham Roos

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