- 1628: Salem, Mass., was founded.
                     - 1741: The German-born English composer George Frederick Handel
                       finished his "Messiah" oratorio, after working on it non-stop for
                       23 days.
                     - 1752: Britain and its colonies adopted the Gregorian calendar. The
                       error between it and the Julian calendar was rectified by
                       eliminating 11 days, making yesterday Sept. 2.
                     - 1812: Napoleon entered Moscow in his disastrous invasion of Russia
                       and the retreating Russians set the city on fire. It burned until
                       Sept. 19 and much of it was destroyed.
                     - 1814: Francis Scott Key, witnessing the British bombardment of Fort
                       McHenry, wrote the poem which eventually became "The Star-Spangled
                       Banner."
                     - 1854: Allied armies, including those of Britain and France, landed
                       in the Crimea to oppose the Russians, who had sparked the Crimean
                       War by invading Turkey in July 1853.
                     - 1868: Golf's first recorded hole-in-one was scored by Scotsman Tom
                       Morris at Prestwick's 166-yard 8th hole, during the Open
                       Championships.
                     - 1886: George Anderson patented the typewriter ribbon.
                     - 1901: President William McKinley died from his wounds after an
                       assassination attempt Sept. 6. He was succeeded in office by
                       Theodore Roosevelt.
                     - 1921: Margaret Gorman was crowned the first Miss America.
                     - 1930: In Germany, the National Socialist (Nazi) Party won a
                       stunning election triumph, becoming the second largest party in the
                       Reichstag (parliament).
                     - 1940: Congress passed the Selective Service Act.
                     - 1959: The Soviet Union's Luna-2 became the first spacecraft to land
                       on the Moon.
                     - 1960: Representatives of oil-producing countries finished a meeting
                       in Baghdad which led to the formation of the Organization of
                       Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
                     - 1975: Pope Paul VI declared Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton the
                       first U.S.-born saint; in Amsterdam, Rembrandt's priceless painting
                       "The Nightwatch" was slashed with a kitchen knife by an unemployed
                       teacher.
                     - 1982: Grace Kelly, Academy Award-winning actress/Princess of
                       Monaco, died after a car crash. She was 53.

                     *Happy Birthday*
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                     - Larry Brown, 58, NBA player/NBA coach, 3-time Coach of Year
                     - Jerry Coleman, 74, MLB second baseman/sportscaster
                     - Dan Cortese, 30, actor/TV host, "Melrose Place, "MTV Sports
                     - Mary Francis Crosby, 39, actress, "Eating"
                     - Faith Ford, 34, actress, "Murphy Brown"
                     - Walter Koenig, 62, actor/writer, "Star Trek"
                     - Clayton Moore, 84, actor, "The Lone Ranger" star
                     - Sam Neill, 51, actor, "The Piano"
                     - Harry Sinden, 66, NHL player/NHL coach, came out of retirement in
                       1972 to coach Team Canada in eight-game match with USSR
                     - Nicol Williamson, 60, actor, "Excalibur"