# Today in History **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 10, 2016, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530 "2016-07-10T04:53:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 96
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1905 "2021-08-27T21:44:14Z")
**August 27, 1927** : Five Canadian women file a petition to the Supreme Court of Canada, asking, “Does the word ‘Persons’ in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?” ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1906 "2021-08-28T00:19:39Z")
August 27, 1949 A violent mob of white people prevented an outdoor concert headed by Paul Robson from taking place in Peekskill, New York. (The concert was held eight days later.) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1907 "2021-08-28T07:28:59Z")
**August 28, 1898** : Caleb Bradham’s beverage “Brad’s Drink” is renamed “Pepsi-Cola”. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2021, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1908 "2021-08-29T10:13:02Z")
**August 29, 2005** : Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing up to 1,836 people and causing $125 billion in damage. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1909 "2021-08-29T14:33:24Z")
August 28th, 2014 (sorry), The biggest scandal of the Obama administration rocks a nation already teetering on the abyss: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51410247101_623c5675a8_b.jpg "Obama tan suit") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/68782016@N08/51410247101/) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1910 "2021-08-30T08:28:04Z")
**August 30, 1967** : Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1911 "2021-08-31T14:17:31Z")
**August 31, 1997** : Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1912 "2021-08-31T16:04:27Z")
**August 31, 1740:** John Frederick Oberlin, Alsatian pastor and peacemaker, considered the Gandhi of his day, was born. Oberlin College (my alma mater) was later named after him, although he never visited the United States. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1913 "2021-09-02T19:21:57Z")
**September 2, 1752** : Last Julian calendar day in Britain and British colonies (no Sept 3-Sept 13th). ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2021, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1914 "2021-09-03T07:40:50Z")
**September 3, 1910** : Birth of Kitty Carlisle, American actress, singer, socialite, and game show panelist (d. 2007). ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2021, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1915 "2021-09-05T06:46:14Z")
**September 5, 1972** : The Munich massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called “Black September” attacks and takes hostage 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. Two die in the attack and the remaining are murdered the following day. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1916 "2021-09-07T03:14:42Z")
**September 6, 1995** : Cal Ripken, Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record that had stood for 56 years. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1917 "2021-09-07T09:39:39Z")
**September 7, 1921** (100 years ago today): In Atlantic City, NJ, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held. Sixteen-year-old [Margaret Gorman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Gorman) is crowned the “Golden Mermaid.” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1918 "2021-09-08T09:07:24Z")
**September 8, 1966** : The TV series Star Trek premieres with its first-aired episode, “The Man Trap”. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1919 "2021-09-09T15:09:43Z")
**September 9, 1947** : First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1920 "2021-09-10T00:03:47Z")
**September 9, 1971:** John Lennon’s _Imagine_ was released. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1921 "2021-09-10T01:08:13Z")
Pretty sure that was the same date I declared ‘Imagine’ to be overwrought, treacly shit. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1922 "2021-09-10T05:03:26Z")
**September 10, 1960** : At the Summer Olympics in Rome, Abebe Bikila becomes the first sub-Saharan African to win a gold medal, winning the marathon in bare feet. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1923 "2021-09-10T05:59:56Z")
> **[How a 1897 Massacre of Pennsylvania Coal Miners Morphed From a Galvanizing...](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-1897-massacre-pennsylvania-coal-miners-morphed-galvanizing-crisis-forgotten-history-180971695/)** > > The death of 19 immigrants may have unified the labor movement, but powerful interests left their fates unrecognized until decades later September 10, 1897: At least 19 striking immigrant mine workers are shot and killed in Pennsylvania by a sheriff’s posse. The striking miners carry no weopons and many are shot in the back attempting to flee the gunfire. Dozens more suffer injuries. Sheriff James Martin and the deputies would later be acquitted of wrongdoing. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1924 "2021-09-10T18:12:05Z")
September 10th, 1992: Nirvana releases the song “Smells Like Teen Spirit”. For those of you keeping score at home, that is 30 years ago. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530.md?page=95) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530.md?page=97)