Events in History
- Sep 1 A wildfire destroys the town of Hinckley, Minnesota, killing 438 people
- Sep 2 -3] Amsterdam Municipal theater opens
- Sep 2 Forest fires destroy Hinckley Minnesota: about 600 die
- Sep 4 In NYC, 12,000 tailors went on strike protesting against sweat shops
- Sep 10 London taxi driver George Smith is the first to be fined for drunk driving
- Sep 14 Hottentotten uprising in Southwest Africa fails
- Sep 15 Japan defeats China in Battle of Ping Yang
- Sep 27 Aqueduct racetrack opens in NY
- Sep 28 Simon Marks & Tom Spencer open Penny Bazaar in Manchester
Birthdays in History
- Sep 2 Joseph Roth, Austrian-Jewish journalist and writer (Hotel Savoy), born in Brody, Austria-Hungary (d. 1939)
- Sep 11 Tom Howard, American photo-journalist, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1961)
- Sep 13 Anton Roosjen, Dutch politician and NCRV-chairman, born in Aalsmeer, Netherlands (d. 1978)
- Sep 13 J. B. Priestly, English novelist and scriptwriter (The Good Companions, An Inspector Calls), born in Bradford, United Kingdom (d. 1984)
- Sep 15 Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist (d. 1977)
- Sep 19 Kees Rijnsdorp, Dutch writer (Kings Children), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1982)
- Sep 23 Kornelis Heiko Miskotte, Dutch theologist (Edda & Thora), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1976)
- Sep 27 Lothar von Richthofen, German pilot, born in Kleinburg, Germany (d. 1922)
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