On This Day

September 6th


1716 1st lighthouse in US built, in Boston.
1869  the 1st westbound train arrives in San Francisco.
1873 Regular Cable Car service begins on Clay Street.
1876 Southern Pacific line from Los Angeles to San Francisco completed.
1966 Star Trek appears on TV for the first time (on NBC)
         the National Holiday of Swaziland.
         Labor Day, a legal holiday (First Monday of September)

Birthdays

1766 John Dalton, developed the atomic theory of matter
1811 James Melville Gilliss, founded Naval Observatory in Washington