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What Happened in September 1875

Historical Events

  • Sep 1 A murder conviction effectively forces the violent Irish anti-owner coal miners, the "Molly Maguires", to disband
  • Sep 9 Lotta's Fountain (Kearny & Market) dedicated
  • Sep 10 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Willie Park Sr. wins his 4th title; beats fellow Scot Bob Martin by 2 strokes
  • Sep 11 1st newspaper cartoon strip
  • Sep 29 US-Spanish relations decline in wake of Cuban rebellion

Famous Birthdays

  • Sep 1 Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author (Tarzan of the Apes, Mars Saga), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1950)
  • Sep 3 Ferdinand Porsche, German automotive engineer (Volkswagen Beetle, Mercedes-Benz SS) and founder of the Porsche car company, born in Maffersdorf, Bohemia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1951)
  • Sep 10 Paul Scheinpflug, composer
  • Sep 12 Matsunosuke Onoe [Tsuruzo Nakamura], Japanese actor (Araki Mataemon, Yajîkita: zenpen), born in Naka-ku, Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan (d. 1926)

Person of interestJames Cash Penney

Sep 16 James Cash Penney, American department store founder (J C Penney), born in Hamilton, Missouri (d. 1971)

Department Store Founder James Cash Penney
Department Store Founder
James Cash Penney
  • Sep 17 Vyacheslav Gavrilovich Karatigin, composer (d. 1925)
  • Sep 18 Tomas Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (founder of Villa Lo Burgos), born in Osorno, Chile (d. 1945)
  • Sep 22 Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis, composer

Famous Deaths

  • Sep 15 Louise Farrenc, French composer, dies at 71
  • Sep 24 William Walker, American composer (The Southern Harmony), dies at 66
  • Sep 28 Aleksei K. Tolstoi, Russian poet and writer, dies at 58 [OS]

What Happened in 1875

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