August 30
1967 - Thurgood Marshall was confirmed as a Supreme Court Justice.
30 B.C. - Queen Cleopatra commits suicide
1984 - The first lift off for the space shuttle Discovery and during this voyage three communications satellites were deployed.
1993 - David Letterman premiered on CBS-TV’s late show.
August 31
1881 - The first tennis championships in the United States were played.
1920 – In Detroit, MI, the first news program to be broadcast on radio was aired on station 8MK.
1969 – Boxing’s great Rocky Marciano died in an airplane crash in Iowa.
1997 - Princess Diana of Wales died in an early morning car crash in Paris. She was 36 years old.
1998 - The "Titanic" makes movie history in North America by being the first to earn more than $600 million.
September 1
1810 - John J. Wood patented the first plow with interchangeable parts.
1939 - World War II began when Germany invaded Poland.
1970 – On this day, the last episode of "I Dream of Jeannie" aired on NBC. The show premiered was on September 18, 1965.
1985 – In a joint expedition by United States and France, The Titanic was found by Dr. Robert Ballard and Jean Louis Michel. The luxury liner had been missing for 73 years.
September 2
1789 - The United States established the U.S. Treasury Department.
1897 - The first issue of "McCall’s" magazine was published - previously known as "Queens Magazine" and "Queen of Fashion."
1963 – The people wanted more: "The CBS Evening News" was lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.
1986 - Cathy Evelyn Smith received a 3-year prison sentence for involuntary manslaughter in connection with the overdose death of John Belushi.
September 3
1783 - The Treaty of Paris ended The Revolutionary War between the U.S. and Great Britain.
1967 – Swedish motorists stopped driving on the left side of the road and began driving on the right side.
1994 – Two Alaskan teenagers were exiled by an American Indian Tribal panel. The teenagers were sent to an uninhabited island for one year for beating and robbing a pizza deliveryman.
September 4
1609 – An English navigator by the name of Henry Hudson began exploring the island of Manhattan.
1888 - George Eastman patented his roll-film camera and registered the name "Kodak." The camera took 100 exposures per roll.
1967 – After 98 shows, "Gilligan's Island" aired for the last time on CBS-TV
1972 – At Munich, Germany, swimmer Mark Spitz captured his seventh Olympic gold medal in the 400-meter medley relay event. Spitz was the first Olympian to win seven gold medals.
2003 – 22 year old Keegan Reilly became the first parapalegic climber to reach the peak of Japan's Mount Fuji.
September 5
1882 - The very first United States Labor Day parade was held in New York City.
1914 – As a professional player in the International League, Babe Ruth hit his first home run.
1975 - A Secret Service agent foiled an assassination attempt against U.S. U.S. President Gerald R. Ford. Lynette A. "Squeaky" Fromme was a follower of Charles Manson, who was incarcerated at the time. 17 days later, Sara Jane Moore attempted to assassinate Ford.
1983 - "Sports Illustrated" became the first national weekly magazine to use four-color process illustrations on every page.
1997 – 87 year old Mother Teresa died in Calcutta, India.
