Hello.
Welcome to your weekend. We’re glad you are here.
As we get ready to flip into a new month, many folks look to savor the last moments of true summer on this Labor Day weekend. Whether you are traveling or sticking close to home, camping or heading to adventure, playing or working this weekend we thank you for making us part of it all. We appreciate you.
Hey, we also know how hectic life can get sometimes. Which is why we like to start each Saturday morning with a simpler, slower, “scroll down memory lane.”
It’s a way to look back at events that happened on these days in history before we head out to make new history today. So, grab your favorite sippin’ drink and let’s scroll!
Tomorrow is Sunday, September 1st, the 245th day of the year.
On this day:
In 1752, just ten months after Pennsylvania sent its request, the Liberty Bell arrived in Philadelphia. Weighing about a ton, the Bell measured roughly 12 feet around the bottom lip and seven-and-a half-feet around its crown.
In 1838, explorer William Clark died at the age of 65. He made up half the exploration team of Lewis and Clark.
In 1890, the first triple header in baseball was played thanks to Tom Oyster Burns. The Brooklyn Bridegrooms swept the Pittsburgh Alleghenys.
In 1939, Hitler invaded Poland from the west. Two days later, France and Britain declared war on Germany, beginning World War II.
In 1941, the Nazi regime decreed that all Jews in Germany over the age of six must wear a yellow star of David.
In 1952, Ernest Hemingway’s novel, “The Old Man and the Sea,” was first published. It was the last major work of fiction written by Hemingway that was published during his lifetime.
In 1971, the Pittsburgh Pirates fielded an all-Black lineup of African-American and Latino players.
In 1972, Bobby Fischer defeated Boris Spassky to become world chess champion.
In 1985, French and American scientists discovered the wreckage of the Titanic. The ship sank in 1912.
In 1989, new cars were required to have an air bag on the driver side because of new regulation laws.
In 1989, Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti died of a heart attack at the age of 51. His death was sudden, and came only eight days after he imposed a lifetime ban from baseball on Pete Rose for gambling.
In 1997, the minimum wage in the United States increased to five-dollars and 15-cents an hour.
In 1997, a source inside the Paris prosecutor’s office revealed that Princess Diana’s driver Henri Paul, was legally intoxicated at the time of the crash that claimed the lives of the princess, her companion Dodi Al Fayed and Paul.
In 2004, a sexual assault charge against L.A. Lakers star Kobe Bryant was dropped by the Eagle County District Attorney’s offices in Colorado after the victim said she was unwilling to testify.
In 2005, legendary blues singer Fats Domino resurfaced after he was reported missing in the devastation left by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. The singer and his family members were taken to a medical center in Baton Rouge and then taken in by JaMarcus Russell, the starting quarterback at Louisiana State University who helped Domino and his clan by running multiple errands for groceries and prescriptions.
In 2015, the United States Olympic Committee chose Los Angeles as the U.S. candidate to bid for the 2024 Summer Games.
In 2018, a memorial service for former Senator John McCain was held at Washington National Cathedral.
In 2020, the K-pop group BTS became the first all Korean group pop act to top the Billboard 100 singles chart with their song “Dynamite.”
In 2021, soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo broke the world record for goals scored in men’s international football. He hit his 110th and 111th goals for Portugal in a World Cup qualifying game against the Republic of Ireland.
In 2021, the law banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy went into effect in the state of Texas, making it the most restrictive in the country.
In 2023, singer Jimmy Buffet died at the age of 76. He was best known for his song “Margaritaville.” In 1985 he opened his first successful “Margaritaville” retail store, and continued to open cafes, resorts, and even themed cruises with the same name.
That brings us here to this day. Whatever plans you have for your own Labor Day weekend here’s hoping there are moments along the way to record on the pages of your own personal history books.
Thanks for stopping by!
