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Today in History: September 1

1676 Nathaniel Bacon leads an uprising against English Governor William Berkeley at Jamestown, Virginia, resulting in the settlement being burned to the ground. Bacon's Rebellion came in response to the governor's repeated refusal to defend the colonists against the Indians.

1807 Aaron Burr is arrested in Mississippi for complicity in a plot to establish a Southern empire in Louisiana and Mexico.

1821 William Becknell leads a group of traders from Independence, Mo., toward Santa Fe on what would become the Santa Fe Trail.

1864 Confederate forces under General John Bell Hood evacuate Atlanta in anticipation of the arrival of Union General William T. Sherman's troops.

1882 The first Labor Day is observed in New York City by the Carpenters and Joiners Union.

1894 By an act of Congress, Labor Day is declared a national holiday.

1905 Alberta and Saskatchewan become Canadian provinces.

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

1939 Germany invades Poland, beginning World War II in Europe.

1942 A federal judge in Sacramento, Cal., upholds the government's detention of Japanese-Americans and Japanese nationals as a war measure.

1951 Australia, New Zealand and the United States sign the ANZUS Treaty, a mutual defense pact.

1972 America’s Bobby Fischer beats Russia’s Boris Spassky in Reykjavik, Iceland, to become world chess champion.


Born on September 1

1875 Edgar Rice Burroughs, novelist who created Tarzan, the Ape Man.

1923 Rocky Marciano, world heavyweight boxing champion who retired undefeated.

1939 Lily Tomlin, multiple-award-winning actress, comedian, writer, producer (Laugh-In, Nashville, The Magic School Bus).

1957 Gloria Estefan, sincere, songwriter, actress; among top-selling 100 artists worldwide ("Words Get in the Way," "Anything for You").


JOTD
I once dated a girl with a twin. People asked me how I could tell them apart

It was simple.
Jill painted her nails purple and Bob had a cock.