On This Day September 11th
1853 1st electric telegraph in use, Merchant's Exchange to Pt Lobos.
1910 1st commercially successful electric bus line opens, in Hollywood.
1926 Aloha Tower dedicated (in Honolulu).
1929 Mayor Rolph inaugurates new pedestrian traffic light system.
1972 BART begins service with a 26 mile line from Oakland to FremontBirthdays
1862 O Henry, pen name of William Sidney Porter, short story writer.
1885 D.H. Lawrence, Taos pioneer
1913 Bear Bryant, keeps the Crimson Tide winning...