September 1: What Happened on This Day in History (High_school Level)?

(Page last edited 10/12/2017)

1. In 1705, Tsar Peter I of Russia instituted a beard tax. Those who paid the tax were required to carry a "beard token."
2. In 1752, the Liberty Bell arrived in Philadelphia in August. The bell was mounted on a stand to test the sound, and at the first strike of the clapper, the bell's rim cracked.
3. In 1785, the "Haydn" Quartets by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, dedicated to the composer Joseph Haydn, were published in Vienna.
4. In 1859, the first Pullman sleeping car was in service, costing more than five times the price of a regular railway car. They were marketed as "luxury for the middle class".
5. In 1901, construction begins on NY Stock Exchange. The new building was in neoclassic design and submitted by architect George B. Post.
6. In 1914, Martha, the last passenger pigeon, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
7. In 1939, WW II starts and Germany invades Poland.
8. In 1945, Japan surrendered, ending the eight year war of World War II.
9. In 1975 Jerry Lewis' tenth Muscular Dystrophy telethon was aired.
10. In 1977, the first TRS-80 Model I computer was sold.
11. Famous Birthdays: Nick Noble (American soccer player), Conway Twitty (country singer), Elisabeth Richeza of Poland,(Queen of Poland d. 1335), "Boxcar" Willie (singer), Rocky Marciano (heavyweight champion boxer -1952-56)

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