On This Day (September 3...)

2007: The Toronto Maple Leafs commence their 80th season!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On This Day (October 2...)

1535: Jacques Cartier discovers Mount Royal

1950: The comic strip "Peanuts" first appears (9 newspapers print it).

1959: Rod Serling's "Twilight Zone" premieres on CBS.

1967: Thurgood Marshall is sworn as 1st African-American Supreme Court Justice.

1980: Larry Holmes retains WBC Heavyweight title, defeating Muhammad Ali.

On This Day (October 1...)

1903: 1st baseball World Series, Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Boston Pilgrims (Red Sox).

1948: California Supreme Court voids state statute banning interracial marriages.

1952: 1st ultra high frequency (UHF) television station, Portland, OR.

1958: NASA inagurated.

1961: Roger Maris sets record of 61 HRs. Hits it off of Tracy Stallard.

1964: Free Speech Movement launched at U of California, Berkley.

1968: "The Night of the Living Dead" premieres in Pittsburgh.

1977: Pele' retires (1,281 goals in 1,363 games).

1982: EPCOT Center opens in Orlando Florida.

On This Day (September 30...)

September 30, 1452: The first book is published: Johann Guttenberg's Bible.

September 30, 1960: Also on this day The Flintstones make debut on television.

September 30, 1962: Also on this day, James Meredith registers for classes at University of Mississippi, the 1st African American to do so.

September 30, 1968: Debut of Boeing’s 747.

On This Day (September 29...)

September 29, 1954: Willie Mays makes his famous over-the-shoulder catch of Vic Wertz' 460' fly ball to center field in the first game of the World Series at The Polo Grounds.

September 29, 1962: Also on this day, Canada launches its first satellite, the Alouette 1.

September 29, 1988: Also on this day, UN peacekeeping forces win the Nobel Peace Prize

On This Day, September 28...

1967: Walter Washington is elected 1st mayor of Washington, DC

1972: Also on this day, Paul Henderson scores the game-winning goal in the Summit Series.

1978: Also on this day, Pope John Paul I is found dead after only 33 days as Pope.

1991: Also on this day, jazz musician Miles Davis dies of pneumonia at the age of 65.

On This Day...

September 26, 1960: The first televised political debate is broadcast on television between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy.

September 26, 1969: Also on this day, The Beatles’ Abbey Road album is released.

September 26, 1988: Also on this day, Ben Johnson is stripped on his 100m Olympic Gold medal after testing positive for setroids.