September 29th is
Inventor’s Day
MAGS Day *
National Biscotti Day
International Coffee Day
World Heart Day
VFW Day
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WORLD FESTIVALS AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS
Haiti – Manman Aloumandia
(Voudin Mama Aloumandia)
Paraguay – Boquerón Battle Day
(Paraguayan Victory in Chaco War)
Spain – St. Michael’s Day
United Kingdom – Michaelmas
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On This Day in HISTORY
1547 – Miguel de Cervantes is born, Spanish author of Don Quixote
1578 – Spanish settlers found Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras, on the site of existing settlement of the Pech, Tolupans and Twahkas
1789 – The U.S. War Department establishes a regular army of several hundred men
1829 – First appearance of London’s Metropolitan Police Force, re-organized by Sir Robert Peel, is jeered by political opponents, and dubbed “Bobbies” after Sir Robert
1885 – First practical public electric tramway opens in Blackpool, England
1902 – David Belasco opens his first Broadway theatre in NYC
1923 – League of Nations ‘British Mandate for Palestine’ goes into effect, legitimizing temporary British rule of the newly formed territory, along with the ‘French Mandate’ for Syria and Lebanon
1938 – The Munich Agreement settles the Sudetenland dispute in Germany’s favor
1935 – Jerry Lee Lewis, Rock’n’Roll Hall of Famer, is born
1951 – Memphis Archaeological and Geological Society chartered dedicated to the preservation of paleoindian Chucalissa Indian Village site – celebrated as MAGS Day*
1954 – The re-make of A Star Is Born with Judy Garland and James Mason has its world premiere in Hollywood
1955 – Arthur Miller’s A View From the Bridge opens at New York’s Coronet Theatre
1962 – President Kennedy nationalizes the Mississippi National Guard when officials defy federal court orders to enroll James Meredith at University of Mississippi
1963 – My Favorite Martian debuts on CBS-TV
1969 – The Dmitri Shostakovich 14th Symphony premieres
1975 – WGPR in Detroit MI becomes first black-owned-and-operated TV station
1983 – U.S. Congress uses the War Powers Act for the first time to authorized President Reagan to keep Marines in Lebanon for 18 more months, and A Chorus Line becomes Broadway’s longest-running show: 3,389 performances
1984 –“Let’s Go Crazy” by Prince is the #1 single and Elizabeth Taylor is voted “the world’s most beautiful woman” in a Harris poll
1988 – NASA shuttle Discovery launches, the first manned space flight since the Challenger disaster
1990 – Millie’s Book by Barbara Bush becomes “non-fiction” #1 best-seller
1993 – Bosnian Parliament overwhelmingly rejects an international peace plan unless Bosnian Serbs return land they took by force
1994 – U.S. House votes to end lobbyists buying meals/entertainment for its members
2008 – Dow Industrial Average drops 777 points, its largest one-day point decline, after U.S. House of Representatives votes down $700 billion bank bailout plan, then Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual declare bankruptcy
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Visuals
- Coffee with biscotti
- International flags
- Miguel de Cervantes with sanity quote
- London Metropolitan Police ‘Bobbies’
- Belasco Theatre in New York City
- News headline – Dow drops 777 points
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