Events in History
- Sep 1 1st transatlantic cable fails after less than 1 month
Historic Event
Sep 8 Abraham Lincoln supposedly says in a speech "You may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can’t fool all of the people all the time"
Birthdays in History
Bonar Law
Sep 16 Andrew Bonar Law, British Prime Minister (Conservative: 1922-23), born in Kingston, Colony of New Brunswick (now Canada)
Deaths in History
- Sep 5 Moritz Gottlieb Saphir, Austrian satirical writer and journalist, dies at 63
Dred Scott
Sep 17 Dred Scott, US ex-slave who sought to sue for his freedom, dies of tuberculosis at 62 or 63