Born On This Day:

• Henry III France, 1551
• Joseph Pasternak, 1901
• William Golding, 1911
• Clifton Daniel, 1912
• Lurleen Wallace, 1926
• Duke Snider, 1926
• Steve Ross, 1927
• Adam West, 1928
• Rosemary Harris, 1930
• Mike Royko, 1932
• David McCallum, 1933
• Brian Epstein, 1934
• Mama Cass Elliott, 1943
• Paul Williams, 1944
• Jeremy Irons, 1948
• Twiggy Lawson, 1949
• Joan Lunden, 1951
• Trisha Yearwood, 1964

Died On This Day:

• President James Garfield, 1881
• Condé Nast, 1942
• Will Cuppy OD/suicide, 1949
• Gram Parsons, 1973
• Hermes Pan, 1990
• Orville Redenbacher, 1995
• Ken Norton, 2013
• Jackie Collins, 2015

Today's Events:

• 1356 - English under Edward the Black Prince beat French in Battle of Poitiers. (100 Yrs War)
• 1783 - Montgolfier brothers send up first balloon with live creatures on board - sheep, rooster, duck.
• 1825 - Ludwig van Beethoven makes last public appearance at String Quartet in B flat in Vienna.
• 1870 - Germans siege Paris.
• 1873 - Another 'Black Friday' as Jay Cooke & Co. of Philadelphia fails provoking financial panic.
• 1876 - The carpet sweeper patented by American inventor Melville Bissell.
• 1881 - V.P. Chester A. Arthur becomes President on death of James Garfield who was shot July 2.
• 1888 - World's first beauty contest in Belgium won by Creole from Guadaloupe-Bertha Soucaret.
• 1893 - New Zealand becomes first nation to let women vote after bill signed by Gov. Lord Glasgow.
• 1955 - Juan Peron deposed by military coup in Argentina after 10 year rule.
• 1982 - The first 'smiley,' :-) sent by IBM researcher Scott Fahlman.
• 1985 - 7.8 earthquake (with 7.3 aftershock) devastates Mexico City-20,000 dead.

Feast Day of Saint:

• Januarius (Gennaro)
• Emily de Rodat
• Theodore of Canterbury (died today AD 690)

Holiday:

• Day of Thoth, Egyptian form of Mercury
• National Holiday in St. Kitts and Nevis

Non-Specific Holiday:

• JANAM (OR JANMA) ASHTAMI, Hindu Birthday Festival of Krishna
• ANANT CHATURDASI, Hindu Eternal Anniversary of 14th day of Month Bhaedra
• LABOR DAY (U.S. and Canada) First Monday in September.
• CH'UNG YANG, Festival of High Places in China (ninth day of the ninth moon)
• BIRTHDAY OF KRSNA. (Hindu)
• CHUSOK (Korea) on day of full moon of eighth lunar month.
• ROSH HASHANA (Jewish New Year) first and second days of lunar month Tishri.
• YOM KIPPUR (Jewish Day of Atonement) tenth day of lunar month Tishri.
• SUKKOTH (Jewish Feast of Tabernacles) 15th day of lunar month Tishri - five days after Yom Kippur
• SIMCHAT TORAH (Jewish Rejoicing of the Law) 23rd day of Tishri
• DURGA-PUJA (Hindu festival of Goddess Durga)
• PITRA PASKSHA and AMAVASYA, Hindu Feast of the Dead.
• LAKSHMI PUJA, Hindu Festival of the Goddess of Fortune
• CHUNG CH'IU CHIEH (Chinese mid-autumn festival) 15th day of 8th lunar month.
• OWARA KAZE NO BON, HACHIMAN & DOBUROKU MATSURI harvest festivals in Japan
• NATIONAL GRANDPARENTS' DAY - first Sunday after Labor Day in USA
• NATIVE AMERICAN DAY - fourth Friday in September in US
• RAMADAN, Muslim Holy Month