On This Day

September 1st

1807 Aaron Burr aquitted of charges of plotting to set up an empire. 1849 California Constitutional Convention held in Monterey. 1863 Railroad & Ferry connection with Oakland inaugurated. 1878 1st woman telephone operator starts work (Emma Nutt in Boston). 1939 Germany invades Poland, starts World War II. 1952 Sutro Baths purchased by George Whitney.          Labor Day, a legal holiday (First Monday of September)

Birthdays

1875 Edgar Rice Burroughs, novelist, Ah-ee-ah-ee-ah!