September 1

Today in History
• 1267 - Rabbi Moses Ben Nachman establishes a Jewish community in Jerusalem
• 1535 - French navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Hochelaga (Montreal)
• 1715 - King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years
• 1752 - Liberty Bell arrives in Philadelphia
• 1821 - 1st colonies along Santa Fe Trail
• 1858 - 1st transatlantic cable fails after less than 1 month
• 1859 - 1st Pullman sleeping car in service
• 1878 - 1st female telephone operator starts work, Emma Nutt


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• American Chess Day
• Emma M Nutt Day
• National Child Identity Theft Awareness Day
• National Food Bank Day
• National Monterey County Fair Day
• National No Rhyme Nor Reason Day
• National Tofu Day
• Pink Cadillac Day

Birthdays
• 1454 - Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus
• 1577 - Piet Heyn, Dutch privateer who captured a Spanish silver fleet and became a folk hero
• 1638 - Catherine of Braganza, Portuguese Roman Catholic Queen of Charles II of England
• 1825 - Edward Augustus Wild, American homeopathic doctor
• 1835 - Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American industrialist, steel tycoon
• 1844 - Karl Benz, German inventor, engine designer and automobile manufacturer
• 1846 - Carrie Nation, American temperance advocate who smashed hotels with a hatchet
• 1881 - John XXIII, Italian priest and 261st Pope (1958-63)