On This Day

September 15th

1821 Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatamala, Honduras & Nicaragua all gain their independence. 1937 WPA extends the L-Taraval streetcar to the Zoo (at Sloat Blvd). 1957 San Francisco Seals (Pacific Coast League) play their last game.          Independence Day, for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatamala, Honduras and Nicaragua.          Felt Hat Day, when men of fashion put away their straw hats.

Birthdays

1789 James Fenimore Cooper, 1st major American novelist. 1857 William Howard Taft, 27th President (1909-1913) 1881 Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti, car builder 1890 Dame Agatha Christie 1894 Jean Renoir, cineaste.