1
Lughnasadh (Ireland)

National Day (Switzerland)

World Scouting Day (Intern'l.)

Abolition of Slavery (UK 1833)

Sister's Day (US)

2
Basil, Fool for Christ Day (Russ. Ortho.)

Cinema Day (Azerbaijan)

James Baldwin born (1924)

Declaration of Independence signed (US 1776)

3
Nautilus at the North Pole (1958)

Fiesta de la Colmena (Spanish beehives)

Flag Day (Venezuela)

NBA formed (USA 1949)

4
Romans destroy 2nd Temple (Jerusalem 70 AD)

Dom Pérignon makes champagne (1693)

Coast Guard (USA 1790)

5
John Peter Zenger (NY) acquitted of libel on the grounds of Truth (1735, the beginning of Press Freedom in the US)

Carnival (Bogota, Columbia)

6
Transfiguration(Christianity)

Hiroshima Peace Ceremony (Shinto)

USA's oldest tree (4,862 years) is sacrificed for science (USA 1964)

7
1st Program Controlled Calculator (1944)

Independence Day (Côte d'Ivoire)

Youth Day (Kiribati)

Explorer 6 1st photos of Earth (1959)

US War Dept (1789)

8
US signs the UN Charter (1945)

Father's Day (Taiwan)

Napoleon (1815) and Nixon (1974) exiled

Millionth US patent (1911 tubeless tire)

9
National Women's Day (So. Africa)

Day of World's Indigenous Peoples (UN)

National Peacekeeper's Day (Canada)

Thoreau publishes Walden (1854)

10
MCOR 7 pm City Hall
 
Biodiesel Day (Intern'l.)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg sworn in to High Court (1993)

Greenich Royal Observatory (0° long.) begun (1675)

NEW MOON

11
Meso-American Long Count Calendar begins (3114 BCE)

15 Guinea Special (1968 last steam locomotive run in Britain)

Hedy Lamarr invents Wi-Fi (1942)

Ramadan begins (Islam)

12
Youth Day (UN)

Edison makes phonograph (1877)

Asp bites Cleopatra (30 BCE)

Singer invents sewing machine (USA 1851)

IBM PC on sale (1981)

13
Lefthander's Day (Intern'l.)

Hachigatsu Bon (Shinto)

Michael Phelps sets Olympic record most gold medals (2008)

Women's Day (Tunisia)

Li'l Abner begins (1932)

Zeppelin patents the dirigible (1889)

14
World Lizard Day (Intern'l.)

Krishna Janmashtami (Hindu)

Independence Day (Pakistan)

Genealogy: Scanners PLANO

Social Security Act passes (USA 1935)

15
VJ Day (1945)
 
Assumption (of Mary) Day (Christianity)

Flooding of the Nile (Egypt)

Mother's Day (Costa Rica)

Independence Day (India)

Malcolm slays Macbeth (Scotland 1057)

16
Xicolatada (Palau-de-Cerdagne, France)

Klondike Gold Rush (1896)

Gozan no Okuribi (Japan)

Children's Day (Paraguay)

1st color cartoon (1930)

Qi Xi (China)

17
Independence Day (Gabon & Indonesia)

1st CD sold (1982)

Klondike Gold Rush (1896)

Kind of Blue (Miles Davis) released (1959)

Genealogy: In & Out of the Box PLANO

18
Helium found (1868)

19th Amendment-Women's Suffrage-ratified (1920)

National Science Day (Thailand)

Bureau of Immigration (USA 1894)

Lewis Meriwether (b. 1774)

19
National Aviation Day (US)

Independence Day (Afghanistan 1919)

Apple Spas (Russia)

World Humanitarian Day (UN)

St. Isaac's (St. Petersburg, Russia 1768)

Daguerrotype (France 1839)

MCOR Annual Reception PLANO

20
Feast of Asmá (Bahá'í)

St. Stephen's Day (Hungary)

8-hour work day proposed (1866)

Father's Day (Nepal)

NFL founded (USA 1920)

1812 Overture premieres (Moscow 1882)

21
"Count" Basie born (1904)

American Bar Assoc. (1878)

Burroughs patents adding machine (USA 1888)

1st US Eagle Scout (1912)

22
1st Eagle Scout awarded (1912)

UFW formed (1966)

Flag Day (Russia)

Storm Botnet sends 57 M e-mails (2007)

St. Columbia sees Nessie (Scotland 565)

23
Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition Day (Intern'l.)

Umhlanga Day (Swaziland)

1st DAY OF SCHOOL PLANO

Flag Day (Ukraine)

Damn the torpedoes Day (1864)

1st Earth photo from Moon (1966)

24
Bank Panic of 1857 (US)

Raksha Bandhan (Hindu)

Mt. Vesuvius buries Pompeii (79)

Gutenberg Bible finished (1456)

Goths sack Rome (410)

FULL MOON

25
Voyager at Neptune (1989)

Independence Day (Belarus)

La Tomatina Festival (Spain)

Galileo demos telescope (Venice 1609)

Nat'l. Park Service (1916)

26
19th Amendment in effect (1920) thus Women's Equality Day (US)

1st telegraph new dispatch (1858)

Krakatoa begins to blow itself away (1883)

Lavoisier (O₂) (b. 1743)

27
LBJ Day (TX)

Petroleum Day (Texas)

Independence Day (Moldavia)

Loudest sound recorded from natural event (180 dB Krakatoa 1883)

Mars comes nearest Earth in Human History (<34.7 M miles 2003) No invasion follows.

28
I have a Dream Rally (DC, 1963)

Assumption (Eastern Orthodox)

1st radio commercial (1922 WEAF NY)

Peace Palace opens in The Hague (1913) Now houses Intern'l. Court

Notting Hill Carnival (UK)

29
1st Day of Anc. Egyptian calendar (month of Thoth)

Faraday finds electromag-netic induc-tion (1831)

Katrina (2005)

Intern'l. Day Against Nuclear Tests (UN)

Beheading of John the Baptist (Christianity)

30
Day of the Disappeared (Intern'l.)

Red Phone installed (1963)

Festival of St. Rose of Lima (Peru)

Children's Day (Afghanistan)

Day of the Disappeared (Intern'l.)

Rutherford (atomic nucleus) is born (1871)

31
Edison patents Kinetograph (movie camera, 1897)

Day of Our Language (Moldova)

Hiawatha and Diganawidah bring Peace to the Iroquis (1142)

Independence Day (Malaysia, Kyrgyzstan, Trindad & Tobago)

Laylat al-Qadr (Islam)

1
First Parkash (Sikhism)

New Liturgical Year (Eastern Orthodox)

Liberty Bell in Philadelphia (1752)

Ecclesiastical Year Begins (Orthodox Christian)

Knowledge Day (Russia)

2
Onam Festival (India)

Feast Day of San Esteban Del Ray (Acoma Pueblo)

Janmashtami (Hindu)

Treasury Dept (b. 1789)

Porgy & Bess finished (1935)

3
Flag Day (Australia)

Dow @ 381 just before Depression (1929)

eBay founded (1995)

Chung Yuan (China, Japan)

Dalton codifies atoms (1803)

4
Newsboy Day (US)

Google founded (1998)

1st live TV transcontinental transmission (1951)

Immigrant's Day (Argentina)

LA (b. 1781)

Kodak (b. 1888)

5
1st Labor Day Parade (1882)

Laylat al Qadr (Islam)

Peter the Great taxes beards (1698)

Teacher's Day (India)

1^st Continental Congress (1774)

6
Stillbirth Remembrance Day (US)

1st ship to circumnavigate the World (1522)

Independence Day (Swaziland)

LABOR DAY (US & Canada)

NEW MOON

7
US gives up Panama Canal (1977)

1st TV transmission (1927)

Threatened Species Day (Australia)

Freddie Mac & Fannie May nationalized (2008)

TV (1927)

8
Literacy Day (Intern'l.)

Nativity of the Virgin (Christianity)

Star Trek premieres (1966)

Fiestas de Santa Fe (NM)

Ford pardons Nixon (1974)

David on exhibit (Florence, 1504)

Pledge of Allegiance (1892)

9
Kiku no Sekku (Japan)

Independence Day (Tajikistan)

Rosh Hashanah begins at sunset (Judaism)

Admission Day (California)

Chong Yang (China)

NBC (1926)

10
Teacher's Day (China)

John Smith, President of Jamestown (1608)

Simón Bolivar, President of Peru (1823)

Suicide Prevention Day (WHO)

Eid-al-Fitr (Islam)

Switzerland joins UN (2002!)

11
Patriot Day (US)

Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan (1609)

Emergency # Day (USA)

Cleanup Day (USA)

New Year (Rastafarian)

Ganesh Chathuri (Hinduism)

Teacher's Day (Argentina)

12
Switzerland becomes federal (1848)

Lascaux Cave paintings discovered (1940)

Grandparent's Day (USA)

TI's Jack Kilby shows 1st integrated circuit (1958)

Henry reaches The Hudson (1609)

Paryushana (Jainism)

13
Israel and Palestine agreement (1993)

Chocolate Day (Intern'l.)

Programmer's Day (Russia)

Star-Spangled Banner (1814)

Ulysses flies under Sun (1994)

14
Feast of the Cross (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox)

Luna 2 hits Moon (USSR, 1959)

NO MCOR MTG THIS MONTH

PLANO International Art Show opens (7 pm, Courtyard Theater)

15
Peace Day (UN)

Democracy Day (UN)

Independence Day (Honduras, Guatamala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Costa Rica)

Aloha Week (Hawai'i)

Nat'l Hispanic Heritage Month begins

16
O₃ Day (UN)

Independence Day (Mexico)

GM founded (1908)

Mayflower Day (US)

Malaysia Day (Malaysia)

OK land rush (1893)

17
Constitution Day (US)

Citizenship Day (US)

Nat'l. Football League (1920)

1st Black Miss America (1983)

PLANO Balloon Festival

Camp David Accords (1978)

18
Yom Kippur begins at sunset (Judaism)

NSA created (1947)

NY Times (1851)

1st Women US Senator (1948)

Oktoberfest (Germany)

PLANO Balloon Festival

19
Talk Like A Pirate Day (Intern'l.)

Moscow Day (Russia)

Navrati (Hindu)

PLANO Balloon Festival

:-) (1982)

Bailout (2008)

20
DC abolishes Slave Trade (1850)

1st auto in US (1891)

Youth Day (Thailand)

Keiro no hi (Japan)

Battle of Châlons, largest in the ancient world (451)

Galileo's trial (1633)

AAAS formed (1848)

21
Peace Day (Intern'l)

Sandra Day O'Connor approved by Senate for Supreme Court (1981)

Independence Day (Armenia 1991)

The Hobbit (1937)

22
One Web Day (Intern'l.)

American Business Women's Day

Emancipation Proclamation (1862)

Car-Free Day (Europe)

I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country (USA 1776)

Mid-autumn Festival (China)

AUTUMNAL EQUINOX

23
Shunbun no hi (Shinto)

Eurpides born (480 BCE)

New Year's Day (Eastern Orthodox)

Maritime Day (Intern'l.)

Sukkot begins (Judaism)

Book Club PLANO

FULL MOON

24
Heritage Day (So. Africa)

Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (1996)

Post Office begun (1789-1 July 1971)

F. Scott Fitzgerald (b. 1896)

25
Nat'l. Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims (USA)

US Army escorts black children to Little Rock Central HS (1957)

William Faulkner (b. 1897)

Transatlantic phone service (1956)

26
Nixon - JFK debate (1960)

Last Beatle album (1969)

Stanislav Petrov avoids WWIII (1983)

Gold Star Mother's Day (USA)

European Day of Languages (EU)

Tomatoes safe to eat (1820)

27
World Tourism Day (UN)

$100 bill redesigned (US, 1995)

Meskel (Ethiopian Orthodox)

Independence Day (Mexico)

E=mc² published (1905)

Google founded (1998)

28
Dusserah (Hindu)

Confucius' birthday and Teacher's Day (Taiwan)

1st 'Round the World Flight (US, 1924)

Rabies Day (Intern'l.)

Fleming finds penicillin (1928)

1st private spacecraft (2008)

29
Inventors' Day (Argentina)

Michaelmas (UK)

Henry Robinson opens 1st dating service (1650)

Last Day of Sukkot (Judaism)

Scotland Yard on the case (1829)

30
Translation Day (Intern'l.)

Agriculture Day (São Tomé & Principe)

UFW formed (1962)

Shmini Atzeret (Judaism)

St. Geronimo Day (Apache)