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THE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2020 On This Date 1798 – The first bank robbery in the United States took place. Thieves Humor of the Day stole $162,821 from Carpenter’s “In one respect, at least, Hall in Pennsylvania, the equivalent the Martians are a happy of over two million dollars today. people—they have 1914 – Martha, the last surviving no lawyers.” passenger pigeon, died in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo, marking the ~ Edgar Rice Burroughs extinction of the species. In the early 1800s, the pigeons could be seen in huge flocks, often a mile wide and 300 miles long, containing up to a Happy Birthday! billion birds. Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875–1950) 1985 – The wreck of the Titanic was was a writer best seen for the first time since it sank in known for his Tarzan 1912. The expedition team was led and John Carter by American Robert Ballard. serial novels, both of which have been made into successful major motion pictures. Tarzan was an incredibly popular character, and Burroughs was one of the first authors to effectively commercialize a character Did You Know? from a book. With the success of Tarzan, Burroughs and his family moved to If you stand in front of a honeybee’s a ranch outside of Los Angeles, hive, the bees will bump you before California, which later became the they sting you to warn you to get suburb of Tarzana. His ashes are out of the way. buried under a tree in the town. ©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles (U.S.) THE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2020 On This Date 31 BC – The forces of Mark Antony Quote of the Day and Cleopatra were decisively defeated in the naval Battle of “My driving abilities from Actium by the Roman forces of Mexico have helped me Octavian. This marked the end of the get through Hollywood.” Roman Republic and the beginning of the Roman Empire. ~ Salma Hayek 1666 – The Great Fire of London began. The worst fire in the city’s history, the blaze destroyed most of Happy Birthday! the civic buildings, the old St. Paul’s Cathedral, 87 parish churches, and Salma Hayek, born in 1966, is a about 13,000 houses. Mexican American actress and filmmaker. Hayek started acting in 1945 – The Japanese government Mexican telenovelas. In the early formally surrendered at a ceremony 1990s, she moved to aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Hollywood, where, Tokyo Bay. The concession signified within a few years, the end of World War II. she made a name for herself in a rapid succession of hit Daily Trivia films, such as From Dusk Till Dawn, Desperado, and Wild The reason firehouses have circular Wild West. She produced and starred stairways is from the days when the in the 2002 biopic Frida, for which engines were pulled by horses. The she earned a Best Actress Academy horses were stabled on the ground Award nomination. Her more recent floor and figured out how to walk projects include Beatriz at Dinner up straight staircases. (2017) and Like a Boss (2020). ©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles (U.S.) THE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2020 On This Date 1752 – September 3 did not happen in Britain, nor did the next 10 dates. Quote of the Day The Roman-era Julian calendar had become 11 days out of step from the “Form follows function.” solar cycle. In response, Britain and ~ Louis Sullivan its colonies adopted the Gregorian calendar, which moved September 3 up to September 14. People rioted in the streets, thinking the government had stolen 11 days of their lives. Happy Birthday! 1935 – For the first time, a vehicle Louis Sullivan (1856–1924) was an reached a land speed of over 300 miles American architect who is credited per hour. The driver was Malcolm with creating some of the first Campbell, and the record was set at modern skyscrapers. His buildings, the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. which include office buildings, banks, 1976 – The unmanned U.S. spacecraft schools, and churches, Mars Viking 2 landed on Mars after can be found in cities nearly a year en route. across the East Coast and Midwest. Known Daily Trivia as the “father of The VW Beetle was not skyscrapers,” Sullivan mass-produced until was Frank Lloyd after World War II. Wright’s mentor and an important inspiration of Chicago’s famous Prairie School architects. Sullivan’s sleek, crisp, modern design was unique in that he also incorporated organic or geometric ornamental details to break up the otherwise sparse style. ©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles (U.S.) THE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2020 On This Date 1682 – Astronomer Edmond Halley Quote of the Day first observed the comet that was “What we do during our eventually named after him. Halley’s Comet is seen only about every working hours determines 75 years, so you would be lucky to what we have; what we see it twice in a lifetime. do in our leisure hours determines what we are.” 1888 – George Eastman received a patent for the first roll film camera and ~ George Eastman registered the name Kodak. Within a few years, “being Kodaked” came to mean “being photographed.” Happy Birthday! 1899 – Donald A. Smith funded the Mitzi Gaynor, born in 1931, is an Royal Victoria College for women American actress who reigned as at McGill University. Smith, a a top leading lady of Hollywood wealthy businessman, was a strong musicals in the 1950s. She trained believer in education for women. as a ballerina as a Daily Trivia child and began her career as a chorus While many believe that Hydrox girl. Gaynor sang, cookies are an Oreo cookie knockoff, acted, and danced Hydrox actually came first—in 1908, in various films, but four years before the Oreo. is best known for her starring roles in the filmsThere’s No Business Like Show Business (1954) and South Pacific (1958). From 2009 to 2014, she toured her acclaimed one-woman show, Razzle Dazzle! My Life Behind the Sequins. ©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles (U.S.) THE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2020 On This Date 1877 – Crazy Horse, an Oglala Sioux chief, was Quote of the Day killed. He was one of the Sioux leaders “All human beings are also who helped defeat dream beings. Dreaming George Armstrong ties all mankind together. Custer at the Battle ~ Jack Kerouac of Little Bighorn. 1914 – The First Battle of the Marne began. It was the first significant Allied victory of World War I, saving Paris and derailing Germany’s plan Happy Birthday! for a quick victory over France. At Frank Shuster (1916–2002) was best one point, 600 Paris taxicabs were known as a member used to drive French troops from the of the comedy duo capital to the battlefront. Wayne and Shuster. The two began 1957 – Jack Kerouac’s famous novel performing routines On the Road was published by Viking at their high school Press in New York. It is considered talent shows and a defining work of the postwar Beat later at the University of Toronto. and Counterculture generations. During World War II, they joined the Canadian Army as entertainers on the CBC Radio series The Army Did You Know? Show. The pair performed together for more than 60 years. They appeared Sweden is so efficient that only on The Ed Sullivan Show over one percent of its garbage ends 66 times. Shuster’s two children are up going to a landfill. both entertainers. ©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles (U.S.) THE SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2020 On This Date 1522 – Ferdinand Magellan’s ship, the Vittoria, arrived in Spain, Proverb of the Day thus completing the first world “When the axe came to circumnavigation. Natives of the Spice the forest, the trees said: Islands had killed Magellan about ‘The handle is one of us.’” halfway through the voyage. ~ Armenian proverb 1620 – The Mayflower departed from Plymouth, England, for the New World. They sighted present- day Cape Cod two months later. Happy Birthday! 1775 – George Washington issued his Address to the Inhabitants of Arsinée Khanjian, born in 1958, is Canada, asking Canadians to support an Armenian Canadian actress and the American War of Independence. film producer. She’s known for her work in independent films. Khanjian 1991 – With the collapse of the Soviet also regularly appears in movies Union, Leningrad, the northernmost made by her husband, director Atom large city in the world, changed its Egoyan, such as 2005’s Where name back to Saint Petersburg. the Truth Lies. Some of her most Daily Trivia prominent roles include The Sweet Hereafter (1997), Felicia’s Journey Infants are born with about 300 bones, (1999), and Ararat (2002), for but because some fuse together as which she won a Genie Award. She we grow, adults have only 206. remains active on the Canadian stage and television and lives in Toronto with her husband and their son, Arshile. ©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles (U.S.) THE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2020 Quote of the Day “When the subject is strong, On This Date simplicity is the only way to treat it.” 1672 – Louis de Buade, the Count of Frontenac, arrived in Quebec to serve ~ Jacob Lawrence as governor general of New France. 1936 – The last known Tasmanian tiger died in captivity. However, Happy Birthday! scientists recently completed gene Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000) was sequencing, raising the possibility an artist, storyteller, and educator of cloning the species in the future. who specialized in painting scenes from the lives of African Americans. Born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Lawrence studied at the Harlem Community Art Center and eventually became a professor at the University 2014 – The wreckage of Sir John of Washington in Seattle.