September 2017 Vol.1 Iss.9
Fun, Fashion,& Food SBM Lips & Lashes Collection with Roll the Rack
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Faith Bennett
Founder, Publisher, Editor New (School) Year, Fashionistas and Happy Fashionisters! Can you believe it’s the 2017-2018
school year already?! This Fashion Week Season will be Social Butterfly’s third! She made her debut on the runway in 2015, made sure Pittsburgh was present in 2016, and is so excited to present the addition of The Jr Runway this year. We hope that you will join us on the 23rd at CAPA in the Cultural District! Pirate Parrot already sent in his RSVP! He’ll be there for Photo Ops with Social Butterfly. Our Opening Act will be a performance by Pittsburgh Aerial Silks. The Runway will represent every age category, because when you live in a college town, September is the other New Year for EVERYBODY! Struttin’ the Runway will be collections from Cookie Couture Clothing; Precious and Posh; Cut n Sew Studio; Lips and Lashes / Feelers and Flutters by Social Butterfly; and Bare It Boutique. There will also be a See Now/Buy Now Pop Up Marketplace, following the trend at Fashion Weeks around the world: Fun, Fashion, and Food. Now do you understand why we’re so excited?! Who doesn’t love a party for the New Year?!?! While we remain excited for what is ahead, we know that not everyone starts the year with the same opportunities or stability. It is a great honor for the Social Butterfly Magazine Jr Runway and Happy New School Year Party to benefit Foster Love Project, which supports foster families during transition, provides supplies, coordinates resources, and offers respite. Check out their website to see how you can help!
Our Social Soles this month is an interview with Kiya Tomlin. She shares how she got started; what steered her career path; how her business has grown; who’s shoes she would walk in, if given the opportunity; and what is next for Uptown Sweats! This Issue looks back in celebration of the past year since last Fashion Season, (Special Shout Out to all the businesses we’ve worked with!) and looks forward in anticipation to what comes next. Check out Social Samplings. Lots coming up for the Burgh! You gotta see our Collage of Fashion Shows we attended in 2016-2017. We couldn’t fit them all here, so make sure to check our Social Seen Photo Vault for the rest. We attended every type of show - from Puppy Fashion - to the Earth Day Ecolution Fashion Show. To see more trending – Follow our YouTube channel to keep up with episodes of Roll the Rack, and for even more fun: Semi- DIY, Montage Madness, Behind the Scene, and Play Story. Social Butterfly Fall Season too! There’s something for everyone! Our Social Butterfly Collections (including our Yinz Pins, are available on our .com!) Check it all out – We have very active Social Media Lives! Flip through our Special Social Calendars, and mark yours up (Even more on our website)! September is National Sewing Month! There is always a reason to commemorate or celebrate. We post our faves every day across platforms. Social with us daily, so you don’t miss a thing! Cheers! To (y)our New (School) Year ahead…
Faith
This Portable Planner includes a selection of our 14 Special Social Calendars for September. Check our website for even more ways to commemorate each day! Check back next month for October!
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Social Calendar of Special Days • Social Animal Calendar • Social Eater/Drinker Calendar • Social Famous Calendar Social Festivals Calendar • Social Sports Calendar (This Day in Sports) • Social Music Calendar Social Wellness & Awareness Calendar • Social Psychology Calendar • Social Kids Calendar • Social Garden Calendar Social Spirits Calendar (Religious Observances) • Social Services Calendar (Military Observances) Social History Calendar (This Day in History)
Renaissance Festival Pittsburgh
Gatorade – Steelers 5K
September 2-4, 9-10, 16-17, 23-24, 2017
September 4, 2017 @ 8:00 AM
Location: 112 Renaissance Lane,
Location: Heinz Field - 100 Art Rooney Ave,
West Newton, PA 15089
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
y-OWL-ga September 7 & 21, 2017 @ 6:30 PM
BRITSBURGH 2017 A Festival of Britain in Pittsburgh
Location: Humane Animal Rescue Wildlife Center
September 5-10, 2017 Location: Multiple locations across Pittsburgh
6000 Verona Rd, Verona, PA 15147
21+ Gaming Night
Annie & Valentino's Wedding
September 8, 2017 @ 6:00 – 10:00 PM
September 8, 2017 @ 6:00-10:00 PM
Location: Carnegie Science Center
Location: Westin Convention Center Pgh
1 Allegheny Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15212
1000 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Oakland Pop-Up Fashion Boutique
Traxxas Monster Truck Destruction Tour
September 8 & 22, 2017 @ 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
September 8-9, 2017
Location: Forbes Digital Plaza
Location: Pittsburgh's Pa Motor Speedway
3815 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
170 Kelso Rd, Imperial, PA 15126
Kennywood Car Show
The 11th Annual Steel City Big Pour
September 9, 2017 @ 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
September 9, 2017
Location: Kennywood
Location: Construction Junction
4800 Kennywood Blvd, West Mifflin, PA 15122
214 North Lexington St, Pittsburgh, PA 15208
48th Annual Mexican War Streets House & Garden Tour September 10, 2017 @ 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM Location: Starts at Monterey Street at West North Avenue on the North Side of Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Foster Love Project’s Community Open House & Family Extravaganza September 11, 2017 @ 5:00 - 8:00 PM Location: Foster Love Project - 2865 Espy Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15216
Not Your Parents’ Garden Party
Steelers Kickoff Concert
September 14, 2017 @ 7:00 – 11:00 PM
September 15, 2017 @ 5:30 – 10:00 PM
Location: Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens
Location: Stage AE - 400 N Shore Dr,
1 Schenley Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Maker Date 2017
Art On Fire Celebration and Auction
September 15, 2017 @ 6:00 – 10:00 PM
September 15, 2017 @ 6:00 – 11:00 PM
Location: Ace Hotel Pittsburgh 120 South Whitfield St, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Location: Coterie Company 437 Grant St, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Animal Friends’ Comics Group Black Tie & Tails September 15, 2017 @ 6:30 – 11:00 PM | September 16, 2017 @ 6:30 – 10:30 PM Location: Animal Friends - 562 Camp Horne Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15237
Night of 1,000 Marilyns September 16, 2017 @ 8:00 PM – 12:00 AM Location: The Andy Warhol Museum 117 Sandusky St, Pittsburgh, PA 15212
The Pittsburgh Pancakes & Booze Art Show September 16, 2017 @ 8:00 PM – 2:00 AM Location: Spirit - 242 51st St., Pittsburgh, PA15201
Gemini Children's Theater's production of "Cinderella" September 16 – October 1, 2017 on Saturdays & Sundays @ 1:00 PM & 3:30 PM Location: Ryan Arts and Culture Center - 420 Chartiers Avenue, McKees Rocks, PA 15136
3rd Annual Pgh Chinese Cultural Festival
8th Annual Running of the Wieners
September 17, 2017 @ 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM
September 17, 2017 @ 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Mellon Park - Mellon Park Rd.
Location: The Waterfront - 149 W Bridge St,
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
Homestead, PA 15120
Diamond Horseshoe Ball 2017 September 22, 2017 @ 6:30 PM Location: : Omni William Penn Hotel 530 William Penn Pl, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Gallery Crawl September 22, 2017 @ 5:30 – 10:30 PM Location: Cultural District of Downtown Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Sewickley Art & Music Festival
Lu-Seal's 8 Pound Party
September 22-23, 2017
September 23, 2017 @ 2:00 – 5:00 PM
Location: Broad Street in the
Location: Grist House Craft Brewery
Sewickley Business District
10 E Sherman St, Pittsburgh, PA 15209
Social Butterfly Magazine Junior Runway & Happy New (School) Year Party! September 23, 2017 @ 4:00 – 7:00 PM Location: CAPA - 111 9th St, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
2017 Jam on Walnut: The Hobbs Sisters + No Bad JuJu September 23, 2017 @ 7:00 PM Location: Walnut Street, Shadyside, Pittsburgh, PA
Chillin’ on the Mon! 2017 Yoga, Beer & Wine Fest
The Pittsburgh Pierogi Festival
September 24, 2017 @ 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Location: Kennywood - 4800 Kennywood
Location: 200 Railroad St, Monongahela, PA 15063
Blvd. West Mifflin, PA 15122
September 24, 2017 @ 1:00 – 6:00 PM
The Silver Theater Project
Pittsburgh Zine Fair
September 24, 2017 @ 6:00 – 10:30 PM
September 24, 2017
Location: The Glitter Box Theater
Location: Union Project
460 Melwood Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
801 N Negley Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Pittsburgh Underwear Bike Ride September 28, 2017 @ 8:30 – 11:00 PM Location: 46th and Butler Pittsburgh, PA
Thrival Innovation + Music Festival September 29-30, 2017 Location: Multiple Locations in Pittsburgh, PA
Savor Pittsburgh 2017 September 28, 2017 Location: Petersen Events Center 3719 Terrace St, Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Pgh's 6th Annual James Bond Soirée September 30, 2017 @ 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM Location: Perlé Champagne Bar 25 Market Square, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
For the extended list and more information on each event go to: www.socialbutterflymagazine.com/social-sampling-of-events
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National Farm Animals Awareness Week
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National Biscuit and Gravy Week
September 3 - 9
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International Chocolate Day Kids Take Over the Kitchen Day National Peanut Day Snack a Pickle Time
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International Banana Festival
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International Buy a Priest a Beer Day
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National Date Nut Bread Day
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1957 Gloria Estefan [Fajardo], Cuban-American singer
2006 Bob O'Connor, mayor of Pittsburgh, PA
2000 "The Backstreet Boys" lead vocalist Brian Littrell (25) weds actress Leighanne Wallace (31) at Peachtree Christian Church in Atlanta, GA
1960 Actress Tammy Grimes (26) divorces actor Christopher Plummer (30) after 4 years of marriage
1965 Lennox Lewis, heavyweight boxer 1966 Salma Hayek, Mexican/-American actress
1973 J. R. R. Tolkien, British author (The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings), dies of an ulcer at 81
2007 Actor Tobey Maguire (32) weds jewelry designer Jennifer Meyer (30)
2010 Pop singer Cheryl Cole divorces England soccer player Ashley Cole after 3 1/2 years
1955SteveJones,rockguitarist(SexPistols) 1986 Shaun White, snowboarder
1970 Vince Lombardi, football coach (Packers)
1974 Carmit Bachar, American musician (Pussycat Dolls)
2006 Steve Irwin, Australian naturalist & TV personality (The Crocodile Hunter)
1946 Freddie Mercury, British singer-songwriter (Queen - We are Champions)
1988 Gert Froebe, actor 1997 Mother Teresa [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], Albanian born Indian nun
1976 Naomie Harris, American actress 1987 Ramiele Malubay, American singer
1984 Ernest Tubb, singer (Grand Ole Opry)
1998 "Sex and The City" actress Kim Cattrall (42) weds audio designer Mark Levinson 1987 Actor Steven Seagal weds actress Kelly LeBrock 1992 Rock singer John Mellencamp (40) weds model Elaine Irwin Mellencamp (23) in Indiana
1980 Lawyer Kathleen St. Johns divorces best-selling author Michael Crichton (37) after nearly 2 years of marriage
1997 "Desperate Housewives" actress Felicity Huffman weds "Fargo" actor William H. Macy 1984 Actress-singer Janet Jackson (18) weds fellow R&B singer James DeBarge (21)
1949 Actress Janet Leigh (22) divorces Stanley Reames after 4 years of marriage
1936 Buddy Holly [Charles Holley], American musician
2010 Barbara Holland, American writer (b. 1933)
2012 "How I Met Your Mother" actress Cobie Smulders weds "Saturday Night Live" actor Taran Killam
2009 90s pop sensation singer Peter Andre divorces glamour model Katie Price after 3 years
1979 Pink [Alecia Beth Moore], American singer
1991 Alex North, music composer 1993 Lorin "Whitey" Harrison, surfer
2012 "Gossip Girl" actress Blake Lively (25) weds "Green Lantern" actor Ryan Reynolds (35)
1966 Adam Sandler, actor, comedian 1987 Joshua Herdman, English actor
1993 David Tendlar, animator (Betty Boop) 2014 Denny Miller, American actor
1961 Baseball player Ted Williams marries model Lee Howard (divorced 1967)
1988 Jordan Staal, Canadian ice hockey player
2007 Jane Wyman, American actress 2012 Lance LeGault, American actor
1985 Shaun Livingston, American basketball player
1981 Frank McHugh, actor (Dawn Patrol, Going My Way)
1944 Barry White, singer 1973 Paul Walker, American actor
1992 Anthony Perkins, actor (Psycho) 2003 Johnny Cash, American country singer
2016 The Munsters actor Butch Patrick (63) weds Leila Murray
1977 TV's Rhoda gets divorced
1953 American Senator John F. Kennedy (36) weds Jacqueline Bouvier (24) 1998 "Spice Girls" singer Melanie Brown weds Jimmy Gulzar 2014 Paper Crown fashion designer Lauren Conrad (28) weds musician William Tell (34)
1974 Singer-composer Quincy Jones Jr (28) divorces actress Ulla Andersson (41) after 5 years of marriage
1857 Milton S. Hershey, American chocolate tycoon 1977 Fiona Apple, American singer
1996 Tupac Shakur, American rapper and actor (Juice, Bullet), dies of internal bleeding after a drive by shooting at 25
2013 Singer-songwriter John Legend (34) weds model Chrissy Teigen (27)
1962 Actress Janet Leigh (35) divorces actor Tony Curtis (37) after after 10 years of marriage
1947 Sam Neill, New Zealand actor 1989 Jesse James, American actor
1982 Grace Kelly, princess of Monaco, dies in a car crash at 52
1951 Actor Peter Sellers weds actress Anne Howe 1957 Country music legend Patsy Cline (25) weds linotype operator Charles Dick (23)
1961 Dan Marino, NFL quarterback (Miami Dolphins), born in Pittsburgh, PA
2004 Johnny Ramone, American lead guitarist of the punk rock band The Ramones
1990 101 year old Sam Ackerman weds 95 year old Eva
1956 David Copperfield [Kotkin], American magician
1992 Duke Robbins, entertainer 1996 Gene Nelson, actor/dancer
1994 "Stone Temple Pilots" lead singer Scott Weiland (26) weds Janina Castenada
1994 Princess Christina separates
1923 Hank Williams, American country singer
1985 Laura Ashley, Welsh fashion designer, businesswoman & co-founder of Laura Ashley
2004 Pop star Britney Spears (22) weds rapper-dancer Kevin Federline (26)
1969 Actor Rod Taylor (39) divorces model Mary Hilem after 5 years of marriage
1971 Lance Armstrong, American road cyclist (7 Tour de France wins)
1949 Frank Morgan, actor (Wizard of Oz) 2012 Steve Sabol, American filmmaker
1998 "Full House" actor John Stamos (35) weds supermodel Rebecca Romijn (25)
1972 Actor Phil Hartman (23) divorces Gretchen Lewis after 2 years of marriage
1974 Jimmy Fallon, American actor and comedian
1995 Orville Redenbacher, American popcorn magnate
2002 "The Monkees" lead vocalist Micky Dolenz (57) weds Donna Quinter in Calabasas, CA
1983 Actor James Woods (36) divorces costume designer Kathryn Morrison after 3 yrs of marriage
1948 George R. R. Martin, American fantasy & sci-fi author
1863 Jacob Grimm, German philologist, folklorist & editor of "Grimm's Fairy Tales"
1996 Supermodel Christie Brinkey marries for 4th time to Peter Cook
1995 Actor and host Wayne Brady (23) divorces Diana Lasso after almost 2 years of marriage
1947 Stephen King, American sci-fi and horror author
2016 John D. Loudermilk, American country singer and songwriter
2007 "Desperate Housewives" actor Ricardo Chavira weds longtime girlfriend Marcea Dietzel
2000 Actress Patsy Kensit divorces Oasis singer Liam Gallagher after 3 years of marriage
1958 Andrea Bocelli, Italian tenor 1987 Tom Felton, English Actor
1989 Irving Berlin [Israel Isidore Baline], American composer & lyricist
1996 Actor-comedian Jim Carrey weds "Dumb and Dumber" actress Lauren Holly in Malibu
1915 Film producer Samuel Goldwyn divorces first wife Blanche Lasky after 5 years of marriage
1930 Ray Charles [Robinson], American singer & pianist (Georgia)
2006 Etta Baker, American blues guitarist 2008 Peter Leonard, Australian journalist
2005 "King of Queens" actor-comedian Patton Oswalt (36) weds writer Michelle McNamara
1936 Jim Henson, muppeteer (Sesame Street, Muppet Show)
1991 Theodore Geisel (Dr. Seuss), children's author
1954 "Roman Holiday" actress Audrey Hepburn (25) weds actor Mel Ferrer (37)
1968 Will Smith [The Fresh Prince], American actor & rapper
1974 Coco the Clown, [Nikolai Poliakoff], dies at 73
1948 Olivia Newton-John, singer 1981SerenaWilliams,Americantennisstar
1820 Daniel Boone, frontiersman 2008 Paul Newman, American actor
1984 Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter
2011 Johnny "Country" Mathis, American country singer
1986 Fashion designer Calvin Klein (43) weds socialite Kelly Rector
2016 Actress Naomi Watts and actor Liv Schreiber announce their separation after 11 years
2008 Actress and singer Scarlett Johansson (23) weds film actor Ryan Reynolds (31) 2008 American tennis player Mardy Fish (26) weds "Deal or No Deal" model Stacey Gardner
1937 Martha Raye divorces Bud Westmore
1987 Hilary Duff, actress and singer (Lizzie McGuire)
1991 Miles Davis, jazz trumpeter 2016 Gloria Naylor, American author
2012 "Fall Out Boy" lead singer Patrick Stump (28) weds longtime girlfriend Elisa Yao
2011 "House M.D." actress Olivia Wilde divorces Italian prince Tao Ruspoli after 8 yrs of marriage
1935 Jerry Lee Lewis, American country singer (Whole Lotta Shakin')
1988 Charles Addams, cartoonist (Addams Family)
1978 Actress Meryl Streep (29) weds sculptor Don Gummer (31)
1938 Jazz musician Louis Armstrong divorces pianist Lil Armstrong after more than 14 yrs
1984 T-Pain, American rapper/ singer
2012 Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian figure skater
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To see more photos from this years Fashion events check out our Social Seen Photo Vault!
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OCT 2016 ISSUE: 1. FashionAFRICANA presents Costumes of The Wiz Live! Opening Gala; 2. ModCloth IRL; 3. Social Butterfly Magazine Fashion Week Downtown DEC 2016 ISSUE: 4. David Alan Fashion Show; 5. Jr. League of Pittsburgh 2016 American Girl Fashion Show JAN 2017 ISSUE: 6. Fashion Alley MAR 2017 ISSUE: 7. Third Thursday: A Celebration of Iris van Herpen; 8. Portraitour APR 2017 ISSUE: 9. FRIENDS of Pittsburgh Opera Operatically Emphatic; 10. Material Worlds Fashion Show MAY 2017 ISSUE: 11. Ecolution Fashion Show; 12. Pittsburgh South Asian Bridal Show
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London Fashion Week (London, England)
September 16 – October 3 Oktoberfest - Beer Festival in Munich, Germany. This festival is now held all over the World September 21 – 24
London Fashion Week Festival (London, England)
September 20 – 25
Milan Fashion Week – Milano Moda Donna (Milan, Italy)
September 26 – October 3 Paris Fashion Week – Women’s RTW (Paris, France)
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1978 Reggie Jackson is 19th player to hit 20 HR in 11 straight years 1996 Michelle McGann wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic
1902 Pittsburgh Pirates, win earliest pennent (full season) 1904 St Louis Olympics closes
1938 1940 Olympic site changed from Tokyo Japan to Helsinki Finland 1967 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Ladies' World Series of Golf
1972 US swimmer Mark Spitz becomes 1st athlete to win 7 olympic gold medals
1978 NY Yankee pitcher Ron Guidry wins his 20th (on way to 25-3 season) 1988 Mike Tyson crashes a silver BMW into a tree near Catskills NY
1918 Due to WW I, 15th World Series begins a month early 1989 Chris Evert's last US Open match, she is defeated by Zina Garrison 1987 John McEnroe is fined $17,500 for tirades at US Tennis Open 1990 Pete Sampras ends Ivan Lendl's bid for 9th straight US Open final 1972 Summer Olympics resume in Munich Germany after massacre 1982 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic 1981 Bob Lemon named NY Yankee manager for 2nd time 1982 Pittsburgh Pirates retire Willie Stargell's # 1960 Ljudmila Shevcova runs female olympic record 800m (2:04.3) 1964 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Valhalla Golf Open
1969 Carol Mann wins LPGA Molson's Canadian Golf Open 1970 White Sox use record 41 players in doubleheader & lose both games
1973 93rd Women's U.S. Open: Margaret Court beats Evonne Goolagong Cawley (7-6, 5-7, 6-2)
1978 2nd game of Boston Massacre; Yanks beat Red Sox 13-2 2013 Sebastian Vettel wins the 2013 Italian Formula One Grand Prix
1904 Boston Herald again refers to NY baseball club as Yankees, when it reports "Yankees take 2," Yankee name not official till 1913
1958 Pirate Roberto Clemente ties record of 3 triples in a game 1971 NHL great Gordie Howe retires
1918 Players on both sides threaten to strike the World Series unless they are guaranteed $2,500 to the winners & $1,000 each for the losers
1960 Abebe Bikila runs Olympic/World record marathon (2:15:16.2) 1972 20th Olympic games close at Munich, German FR 2012 132nd Women's U.S. Open: Serena Williams beats Victoria Azarenka (6-2, 2-6, 7-5)
1862 3rd British Golf Open: Tom Morris Sr shoots a 163 at Prestwick Golf Club 1912 Netherland Olympic Committee forms 1995 Ohio's Governor Voinovich proclaims "Cleveland Indians Day"
2014 South African athlete Oscar Pistorius is found not guilty of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp (and is later found guilty of culpable homicide)
1885 Highest score (35) recorded in any 1st-class soccer match is set 1895 Defender (US) beats Valkyrie III (England) in 10th America's Cup
1953 Brooklyn Dodgers clinch NL pennant earlier than any other team, defeating Milwaukee Braves 105-49
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1918 Ty Cobb pitches 2 innings against Browns 1980 Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope ends in Thunder Bay, Ontario
1973 ABC announces it obtained TV rights for 1976 Olympics 1960 Dutch 1st Chamber condemns soccer-law 1965 Willie Mays's 500th HR (off Don Nottebart), Giants 11th straight win 1999 John Elway's #7 jersey is retired by the Denver Broncos 1969 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Wendell-West Golf Open 1996 NY Met Todd Huntley sets record of 41 HRs by a catcher
1997 Karrie Webb wins LPGA SAFECO Classic 2009 129th Women's U.S. Open: Kim Clijsters beats Caroline Wozniacki (7-5, 6-3)
1960 Maurice Richard announces his retirement. He finishes his career with 544 goals, an NHL record at the time
2004 NHL commissioner Gary Bettman announces a lockout of the players union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office
1940 Leo Durocher suspended from Ebbetts Field for "inciting a riot" 1975 Pirates beat Cubs 22-0, Rennie Stennett is 3rd to go 7 for 7 1973 Buff Bill O.J. Simpson rushes 250 yards (2 TDs), beating Patriots 31-13 2012 NHL locks out its players after the expiry of the collective bargaining agreement 1947 Jackie Robinson is named Rookie of Year by Sporting News 2004 Barry Bonds hits his 700th career home run 1848 Baseball rules 1st baseman can tag base for out instead of runner 1990 Atlanta is chosen to host 1996 (centennial) Summer Olympics
1991 John Hart becomes general manager of Cleveland Indians 1997 Seve Ballesteros & Nick Faldo elected to World Golf Hall of Fame
1955 Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits record 5th grand slam of season
1988 US Olympic diver Greg Louganis hits his head on diving board
1932 Chicago Cubs clinch the NL pennant 1933 Pittsburgh Steelers (as Pirates) play 1st NFL game, lose 23-2
1988 Greg Louganis wins Olympic gold medal in springboard diving 1992 Colleen Walker wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
1969 58th Davis Cup: USA beats Romania in Cleveland (5-0)
1982 NFL players begin a 57 day strike
1920 Chicago grand jury convenes to investigate charges that 8 White Sox players conspired to fix the 1919 World Series
1991 Pat Bradley wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic 1993 Nolan Ryan, 46, pitches his last game
1950 Patty Berg wins LPGA Sunset Hills Golf Open 1952 1st closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event
1992 1st female to play in a NHL exhibition game (Manon Rheaume, goalie) for Tampa Bay Lightning - gives up 2 goals on 9 attempts in 1 period
1980 Braves join every NL team with 1,000,000+ attendance for this season 1927 NHL's Toronto St Patricks become Maple Leafs 1930 Portsmouth beats Brooklyn in 1st NFL game played under floodlights 1992 Scott Stevens is named 5th Captain in NJ Devils history 1926 NHL grants franchises to Chicago Black Hawks & Detroit Red Wings
1988 Florence Griffith Joyner runs Olympic record 100m in 10.54s 1988 Kathy Guadagnino wins LPGA Konica San Jose Golf Classic
1975 Phillies & NY Mets play a doubleheader that ends at 3:15 AM 1993 Cubs bat out of order against Pirates in 2nd inning
1993 Indians win their last game at Cleveland Stadium, beating Brewers 6-4 1997 Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey Jr hits his 56th HR of 1997
1935 Chicago Cubs win 21st consecutive game & clinch NL pennant 1936 1st baseman Walter Alston plays in his only major league game
1991 1st scheduled NHL exhibition game in St Petersburg Fla, is cancelled due to poor ice conditions (NY Islanders vs Boston Bruins)
1955 1st World Series color TV broadcast on NBC-TV (Yanks beat Dodgers)
1984 Cleve Indians down 0-10 to Minnesota Twins, win 11-10 1986 Record 23,000 start in a marathon (Mexico City)
1977 Muhammad Ali beats Earnie Shavers in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1994 1st phase of O.J. Simpson murder trial jury selection ends (304 chosen)
1659 Peter Stuyvesant of New Netherlands forbids tennis playing during religious services (1st mention of tennis in US)
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KIYA TOMLIN
Interview by Kiley Fischer with Introduction by Faith Bennett
Owner | Designer Uptown Sweats
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he Social Soles interview series is based on the saying, “You don’t really know someone until you have walked in her shoes.” We thought it would be interesting to begin each interview asking our guest to bring a pair of shoes that are significant to her. They can be the pair she walked in each day while attending undergrad classes; The ones she wore the day she first met her future husband – an event that would change the course of her career; The shoes she wore when she first stepped down in Pittsburgh; A pair of killer heels, or a comfy pair of kicks; A pair we would have never guessed...What shoes will she bring? We associate shoes with memories: good and bad. The question steers the path of the conversation. This route will show us a side usually not seen in the one we are talking with. A more personal side. We are excited to see in which direction we are lead – by the choice in footwear and the memories stirred. September is Fashion Week Season, and as we plan our own Jr. Runway and Happy New School Year Party, (Everyone knows the (other) New Year is in September, when you live in a college town!) we wanted to get some fashion inspo from a Pittsburgh Icon. She may be from New Jersey, but the contributions that she and her family have made to Pittsburgh, allows us to lay claim! Let’s start this year off right, Fashionistas and Fashionisters!... Come. Let’s take a fierce and fashionable walk… Social Butterfly Magazine: Kiya, thank you so much for having us over today. Let's jump right in tell me about your shoes. Kiya Tomlin: These shoes are Dolce & Gabbana crocodile skin that I actually bought second-hand online. I feel like these shoes are my "I mean business" shoes because they are just like a standard black pump so they're acceptable for business-type things, but then they're sexy and they have a steel toe. SBM: They definitely have a really fierce vibe. Kiya: Definitely. I think a combination of that and knowing I got them on bargain, they are favorites. SBM: That's a double accomplishment! Kiya: Exactly! SBM: As far as "I mean business," how did all of this start? For you, was fashion always something you were interested in? Kiya: Oh, yeah. I've always been interested in fashion, mainly just because I was small - I was very short and I couldn't find things I wanted to wear. Back then they didn't have really cool things like Justice, what my daughter's into. You had Sears and JC Penney's. I was old enough to be wearing the more fashionable teen styles, but they didn't make
them in children's sizes then, so I started to sew and that was my hobby. It grew from there. SBM: What were some of the first things you created for yourself? Kiya: After the obligatory stuffed duck when you learn how to sew, the first thing I made was a jumpsuit. It was a pattern and it was my first piece of clothing, but I didn't like the cut of it so I wanted to taper the legs and I wanted to change the neckline and I wanted to do all this stuff that I really had no business doing being my second project ever - but I did it. I made it with tapered legs and all. SBM: That's so cool! Did you teach yourself how to sew? Kiya: My mom taught me, but she didn't really know how to sew either. She was pulling information from her 8th grade Home Ec class, so she was rusty, she had an instruction manual and she kind of remembered a little bit about how to use the machine. We basically learned together. SBM: That had to be a great bonding experience with your mom. How did things kind of evolve from there? Kiya: That just became my love. That's what I did all the time. Aside from being small, we didn't really have a lot of money, so it wasn't like I could
just be out shopping and get what I wanted. If I wanted something, I had to make it. That was fine - usually I didn't want it exactly how it was on the rack anyway. It was usually something kind of kooky or crazy that I wanted that you wouldn't have been able to buy. I just did that and as I got older, friends thought it was cool and they would ask me to make stuff for them. I would do prom dresses for friends and homecoming dresses and even when I went off to college I took my sewing machine with me. I did an entire maternity wardrobe for my college gymnastics coach, I did the little white sorority dresses, I did costumes for an entire sorority step team. I just loved to do it. (Laughs) In terms of it being a business, at that point I never really thought of it that way. I just thought of it as a hobby. I think part of the reasons was there wasn't really any information about it. There was no Project Runway or those kind of business-y type shows. I think it scared me that there was no path, like for other careers... So I went to school to study medicine. You do your four-year undergrad, you take the MCAT exam, then you apply to med school. There was a definite path whereas with fashion, there really is none. It scared me that you're kind of just out there. SBM: When did that kind of divide happen? What changed your mind? Kiya: I got married right after college and I was still on track to go to med school, but I didn't realize my husband wanted to coach, I thought he was just getting a graduate degree and coaching so it would pay for school. When I realized he wanted to coach, which is still fine, I thought,
"Okay, coach, high school basketball coach, that's a regular job." I didn't really realize what professional coaching, college coaching, what types of hours and the type of movement it required. Once I saw that, and that he loved to do it, he was already doing it, he was establishing himself in it - whereas I hadn't really started on the med school track - I kind of reconsidered. "Do I really want to do it badly enough that I'm willing to digest those challenges that we would face?" It was the morning of the MCAT test. I was signed up, I went to bed knowing I was going to take it in the morning, and when I woke up the next morning, I was kind of like, "Mmm. I don't think I'm gonna take it." It was weird because it wasn't like nerves, like, "Oh my gosh, I'm nervous," because I was ready. But it was, "Mmm, I don't feel like taking it today. I think I'll pass and take it next time it comes around if I want to take it." I never thought twice about it. SBM: That would have to be such a juggling act, too. Like ayou were saying, it really is a different life. Kiya: Yeah. At that time when I made that decision, he would leave the house at 5 in the morning and be home around 1 the next morning. Part of
me thinks, "Oh, well I'll have a doctor's life so it's not like I'll be sitting at home missing him," but another part of me was like, "Well, we kind of wanted to have a family at some point. I don't know where that would fit into that lifestyle." After I decided not to do med school, I was trying to make myself. I did a couple different jobs, but the one constant that I always did was I sewed and designed. I had gone home to New Jersey and I was visiting with my best friend's mom, and in talking about what was I doing and where was I going, she was like, "Figure out what you love to do and find a way to make money doing it." I knew what I loved to do - I did it every free minute. I just had to find a way to do it that worked with our lifestyle. It's not like I could run off to New York and get a job working for Donna Karan, it had to be mobile and I had to be flexible. I thought, "I guess I'll work from home." I did that, taking custom stuff wedding gowns primarily. SBM: Oh wow. Those had to have been amazing. Kiya: I love wedding gowns, I love doing wedding gowns. The little girl princess in me thinks that is the ultimate - if you can do wedding gowns and make a bride happy, you are gold. But the stress of a wedding wears on you. After a couple of years, I decided I didn't want to do weddings anymore unless you are a very good friend, it's at least your Continue on Page 28 ď‚„
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second marriage, and it's super casual, then I will consider it. (Laughs) SBM: (Laughs) How did everything start here with Uptown? Kiya: When I decided that I was ready to move my home studio out of the house, I was still doing custom stuff. But now that I was working out of the house, I suddenly had to get out of my pajamas. I couldn't wear the crappy stuff I'd wear working at home. Me loving fashion, I had a closet full of really cool stuff I was excited to wear, but after a month of getting dressed and going to work in my nice stuff and dry cleaning and ironing, I was really missing my pajamas and my nasty sweats. (Laughs) By this time I had kids and was multitasking and I thought, "You know what I need is a uniform. Mark Zuckerberg has his hoodie that he wears every day. My husband has his nasty gray sweats that he wears every day. I need that one thing that looks nice that I don't have to think about and I can meet with clients and look professional. I can run my kids, I can climb on top of cutting tables and scootch around on the floor hemming stuff. I'm gonna make a dress out of sweats. I've not seen one aside from the oversized hoodie dresses. I'm gonna make a dress I can wear to work." So I made this dress out of gray standard sweatshirt fabric. I didn't even finish it - the hem was raw, the zipper wasn't in all the way (laughs) - but I would wear it around town running my kids because it was like a prototype and people would stop me and be like, "Where'd you get your dress? I love your dress!" I'm like, "Huh. I may be onto something." I figured I'd make a couple and keep them in the store that way when my custom clients come in, "Oh look, they like my custom work, they like this dress, it's a little side income." Or, for people that don't need custom because custom's really expensive but they still have somewhere they're going to,
they'll want something. I have that side item. I knew I didn't want to sew them myself. I was doing my custom, I'm not a factory, let me see how I go about getting these produced somewhere else. I'd never worked that way. In learning how to do that, I came across the realization that you can't have just one dress so I designed a couple more dresses. You can't just make 10 of them, you have to make whatever the factory's minimum was. You have to get the fabric. As I was on this journey, I realized that I actually liked it. I kind of liked it a little more than I liked the custom because I thought it was cool to do all the fun design work and then send it off and it comes back in boxes in multiples instead of me sitting there sewing one little thing by myself. That kind of took over. The balance went from doing a couple little sweatshirt dresses and custom to a bunch of sweatshirt dresses and a little bit of custom. That's how I got into it. When I first started the sweatshirt line, I was wholesaling it out to other stores and this was just my studio space so I could get out of the house. I liked the sunlight, there weren't many people walking by. I don't even know if I had my name on the window - I was just kind of squatting here. (Laughs) As we worked more and more here and I realized I wasn't really set up to do wholesale - it took a lot more attention than I expected to work with each separate boutique and I didn't have the staff or the interest - I thought, at least in Pittsburgh I'll pull the stuff out. I'm here every day, the neighborhood's getting more active, I'll sell the stuff here. SBM: That has to be helpful too, again, with that balance. Having your family and everything happening. Kiya: Oh yeah. It's really convenient. My daughter cyber schools so two days she cybers at home and two days she cybers at her gymnastics gym. When she's cybering from home, she comes here.
It's cool - she's actually learning the business and I can put her to work on a few things. My assistant Brittney will take her out to lunch when they go to pick up lunch. I think it's a really cool experience for her to kind of grow up taking naps on the fabric bolts and under the sewing machine. SBM: Well and you get a different bond, too, because she's getting this experience, but you also get to spend more time with her. Kiya: Yes. It's been really cool and I've enjoyed it. She's already looking forward to taking over the business and she wants to do a children's line. She asks me, "When's the children's line coming?" and I tell her I don't do children's wear. She's insisting, so I did tell her for 2018 she can do five children's pieces and we'll produce them. SBM: That's so cool! Kiya: (Nods) In between classes she'll work on her designs, draping them on the mannequins over at our factory space. SBM: She's really picking up a lot. Kiya: Yeah! Oh yeah! She knows how to sew, too - I didn't teach her, I send her over to Catherine's Cut and Sew Studio over in Morningside. She's not on the industrial machines yet, but she can drape and pin on her home machine. SBM: How old is she? Kiya: She's 10. (Smiles) It keeps her busy and I enjoy it because I don't enjoy playing Polly Pockets or Barbies, so to have her enjoy what I enjoy makes spending time together and playing together much more fun for me. (Laughs) It's a little selfish, but (laughs.) I feel bad because I did do the action figure thing with my boys when they were little. I don't know. I just enjoy action figures more than Polly Pockets - there's more going on. You can only fight the Polly Pockets for so long and then what are we encouraging? Cat fights? (Laughs)
SBM: I love that. She has the vibe for a kid's line, too. She knows what her friends are wearing and what they like. Kiya: And she gets the Uptown brand because she sees it every day. She sat in on our staff meeting on Monday and she'll give me input. She'll say, "I don't like it, Mom. Why don't you do this?" Sometimes I listen, sometimes I don't. (Laughs) SBM: I love that it's really a huge family thing. Kiya: It really is. My boys used to go to school at Obama right over here and since they didn't want to take the bus home or walk, they would walk over and I'd make them take out the trash for me and if anything needed moving or lifting, they'd do that. They feel a little ownership and a little disappointed that they aren't on payroll. (Laughs) I'm like, "Food is payroll. The ride home is payroll." (Laughs) They're 15 and 16 so they're not over there anymore. I lost my trash men. It's fun. Fortunately for me my husband has a good job so I don't have to struggle to put a roof over my head or food on the table for the kids, so I do have that level of comfort. I started the business because I knew at some point, the kids would leave and I had seen the women around me that were on the same track as me, living the same lifestyle as me, that once the kids left they really struggled with "what do I do now? Who am I?" So I was like, "I don't want to do that. I'll start this little business and kind of do it as I see it's fun and then once the kids are gone, I'll be like full force. I'll be up and running. It won't be starting from scratch." It took off a lot faster than I expected. (Laughs) I didn't really expect to be working full time and traveling, but it's been great. What has been really awesome is for my kids to see it - to see the highs and the lows and to see that I don't know everything, but gosh darn it, I'm going to figure it out. For them to be able to have opinions and for me to listen to their opinions and to have opinions about business and to explain. I'm taking a webinar on online marketing and how to sell more product online. For me to be able to come home and be like, "Hey, this is what I learned today," for them to have input and say, "That's cool, Mom." For them to see me pursue something and chase my dreams, the amount of work I put into it. That's a normal experience for them so when they get older and go out on their own, they know you gotta work hard and no, things don't always come easy and sometimes you screw up and you gotta get back up and do it. If there's something you love and you want to do it, you can do it. "My mom did it." That's been pretty cool. SBM: They're not oblivious to what you're doing. It's not just, "Mom's at the office." It's life for them. Kiya: My oldest son - this was a couple of years ago - I was going somewhere to an event. He said, "Mom, what are you wearing?" I was already dressed and I said, "This." He said, "No, I mean what are you wearing?" I was like, "I'm wearing this outfit." He said, "You should be wearing Uptown." I said, "(sighs, quietly) Oh, you're right." I love my stuff, but I love other designers, too.
He said, "Uh-huh. You gotta represent because other people are gonna be like, 'Is that yours?' and you're gonna say, 'no' and they're gonna say, 'Well, why not? Is your stuff not good enough?'" I said, "Yeah, you're right." That kind of stuff is fun. SBM: (Nods) What are some of your favorites or your inspirations? Kiya: It's funny because I'm not artsy like, "I'm inspired by the wind and the sun and architecture!" (Laughs) I think coming from custom design, what inspires me are body types. When you're doing custom, that's why people are coming to you. They can't find something that fits the way they want it to fit out in a store. I am very interested in body types and what design features best play up different shapes. When I design my collection, I do design like, "I have this concept, how do I make it fit a pear shape, but also fit an apple shape?" I can't get something that fits everybody, but I do try to design so there's something for everyone. That's definitely a driving factor. Also, just what I want. What I don't see out there that I wish I had. Another thing that is inspiring to me is looking at couture runways. I buy all the runway magazines and look on the websites to what the couture designers are doing, and to me that stuff is art and it's beautiful and it's talented, but it's not wearable. I'm trying to pull concepts and details from that kind of work and make them wearable and not just wearable but comfortable. I'm in my sweats, but I have this cool detail. SBM: I feel like there's a lot of places that if you don't fit this one body shape, you're out of luck. Kiya: Yes. SBM: It's neat that it's something you really do think about and consider. Kiya: It's true. When you think of J Crew, you're (she makes a straight line with her hands) long and lean. If you think of Apple Bottom, you're curvy. I try to design for the spectrum of shapes. It helps that my fabric has stretch to it. (Laughs) SBM: Talking about how it's kind of exploded for you here, what's the reception been like and what kind of feedback have you gotten since you opened the space? Kiya: The coolest thing is when people get it, when they really get the concept. It's sometimes hard to find my peeps (laughs) the people who appreciate and understand and want and need what I have. People who are like, "I want to wear my sweats all day every day, but I want to look really chic." I think that's just cool that people are getting it. Uptown is about getting dressed and being fabulous, but feeling like you're in your athleisure but looking like you just stepped off the runway. SBM: What's next, moving forward this year? Kiya: More of the same. I feel like I've been methodical about learning what I'm doing and learning how to do it better, so I'm really just interested in doing it better. What's new is I have a factory space so we can manufacture at least some of the collection here in town versus in New York. To be able to be
present on site to control production, to control fabric waste, control the quantity, that's really important to me. By doing it locally, I can do smaller runs and I can see how they sell and if they're not selling, we stop it. In New York, I have to make a certain quantity and then I have this quantity to know it didn't sell and then what do I do with it? I don't want to do that. One thing that's been really cool about bringing the manufacturing here is being able to see the fabric waste. I don't know what they're doing with my fabric waste in New York - when I had them send the leftover fabric, I was shocked. By having more control over that, it's really helpful for the health of the business and the environment. We can create other things to use that fabric waste. For example, the turban I'm wearing was scrap fabric. We lay stuff out and we can say, "We'll make some turbans and we'll donate them to the Hillman Cancer Center or we'll sell them." That's next - figuring out how to run a small factory. It's fun! I'll tell ya, I love learning. Had my husband not cut me off from going to school for free wherever we were when he was coaching college when he got into the NFL, I'd still be in school. I just love learning. I love taking that webinar, I'm doing a workshop at Pitt's entrepreneurial program. I'm loving learning to get better. It's fulfilling. SBM: What's the biggest thing you've learned about yourself? Kiya: I'm tough, man. I can do anything. I feel very Super Womanish, and I like it. I know "you can't have it all, we can't have it all"‌ we can try. I think that's fun. (Laughs) SBM: So if those awesome heels could talk, what would they say? Kiya: I imagine them to be like The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. I'd be interested to see who owned them before me and I bet it was some badass chick who was all about kicking butt in business. I envision her strutting into a corporate meeting in these shoes and some awesome blazer and telling the boys to sit down and shut up. (Laughs) I like to think I carry on and am inspired by that. I'm feeling a bit of her soul. Maybe when this arthritis in my toe overtakes me and I can no longer wear them, some other badass chick'll get 'em. (Laughs) SBM: (Laughs) So at that point when you pass them on, who's shoes would you want to walk in if you could walk in anyone's? Kiya: Oh, man. I'd be interested to walk in Beyonce's shoes. I think that she is probably the hardest working woman in the entertainment industry and I'm sure she's the brilliant mind behind her very successful career. I'd be interested to walk in her shoes for - well, I could probably only do a half a day. (Laughs) To see more from Kiya Tomlin and Uptown Sweat see her Website and follow on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter! SocialButterflyMagazine.com
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Emma M. Nutt Day
1535 French navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Hochelaga (Montreal) 1807 Aaron Burr acquitted of charges of plotting to set up an empire
44 BC Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion
1864 Union General William T. Sherman captures and burns Atlanta during US Civil War
1189 Richard the Lionheart is crowned in Westminster. 1777 Flag of the United States flown in battle for the 1st time 1651 Battle of Worcester: Oliver Cromwell destroys English royalists 1833 New York Sun begins publishing (1st daily newspaper) 1571 Catholic rebellion in Scotland 1781 Los Angeles is founded by 44 Spanish speaking mestizos
1807 Robert Fulton begins operating his steamboat 1833 1st newsboy hired
1666 Great Fire of London ends, leaving 13,200 houses destroyed & 8 dead 1793 French Revolution: the "Reign of Terror" begins
1862 General Lee crosses Potomac & enters Maryland 1882 10,000 workers march in 1st Labor Day parade in NYC
1620 The Mayflower departs Plymouth, England with 102 Pilgrims and about 30 crew for the New World
1916 1st true supermarket, the "Piggly Wiggly" is opened 1952 Canadian TV begins in Montreal
Google Commemoration Day Grandma Moses Day
1813 "Uncle Sam" 1st used to refer to the US 1936 Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) begins operation
1776 Congress officially renames the country as the United States of America (Was the United Colonies)
1862 Robert E. Lee splits his army & sends Jackson to capture Harpers Ferry 1957 US President Eisenhower signs 1st civil rights bill since Reconstruction
1608 John Smith elected president of Jamestown colony council, Va 1776 George Washington asks for a spy volunteer, Nathan Hale volunteers
1942 RAF drops 100,000 bombs on Dusseldorf 1997 Discovery buys Travel Channel for $20 million
Smithsonian Day - August 10 1497 John Cabot tells King Henry VII of his trip to "Asia"
1585 English Queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: Aid for Netherlands 1793 Louvre palace officially opens in Paris as The Museum Central des Arts
1649 Oliver Cromwell kills 3,000 royalists in Ireland 1773 Benjamin Franklin writes "There never was a good war or bad peace"
2001 Hijacked planes crash into New York’s World Trade Towers, the Pentagon, and a field in Shanksville, Pa killing 2,941 people
1759 British soldiers capture the town of Quebec. 1912 Dutch Olympian Committee forms (NOC)
1928 Katharine Hepburn's NY stage debut in "Night Hostess" 1944 US Army troops entered Germany for 1st time
Roald Dahl Day - September 13 122 Building begins on Hadrian's Wall, Northern England
1789 1st loan to US government (from NYC banks) 1965 Today Show's 1st totally color broadcast
1752 Britain (and American colonies) adopt the Gregorian calendar (no Sept 3-Sept 13th)
1872 Britain pays US$15½m for damages during Civil War 1899 Henry Bliss becomes 1st automobile fatality in the US (NY)
1762 Battle of Signal Hill, the last battle of the North American theatre of the Seven Years' War
1928 Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin while studying influenza
Anne Bradstreet Day National Mexican Independence Day Trail of Tears Commemoration Day
1830 Oliver Wendell Holmes writes "Old Ironsides" 1847 Shakespeare Birthplace Trust buys bard's birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon 1848 Slavery abolished in all French territories
1787 US constitution adopted by Philadelphia convention 1691 Massachusetts Bay Colony granted new charter 1778 1st treaty between the US & Indian tribes signed (Fort Pitt) 1849 Harriet Tubman 1st escapes slavery in Maryland with 2 of her brothers 1755 Fort Ticonderoga, New York opens 1789 1st loan is made to pay salaries of the presidents & Congress
1793 US President George Washington lays cornerstone of Capitol building 1846 Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning exchange last letters before eloping
1778 The Continental Congress passes the first budget of the US.
1941 Nazis force German Jews, 6 & over to wear Jewish stars
1814 "Star Spangled Banner" published as a song, lyrics by Francis Scott Key, tune by John Stafford Smith
1884 Equal Rights Party nominates female candidates for US President and Vice President
1885 Dutch demonstrate for general voting right
1966 Jimmy Hendrix changes spelling of his name to Jimi
National Centenarian's Day Native American Day
1598 Playwright and poet Ben Jonson is indicted for manslaughter as the result of a duel.
1780 British Major John Andre reveals Benedict Arnold's plot to betray West Point
1980 Big Thunder Mountain Railroad opens 1999 NASA announces that it has lost contact w/ the Mars Climate Orbiter
1924 Boston, Massachusetts, opens its airport 1955 US President Eisenhower suffers a heart attack on vacation in Denver
1957 President Eisenhower orders US troops to desegregate Little Rock schools 1995 Volcano Mount Ruapehu (North Island, NZ) erupts
1775 American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen captured 1780 Benedict Arnold joins the British
1897 1st British bus service opens 1926 Henry Ford announces 8 hour, 5-day work week
1680 Tax revolt in Gorinchem due to tax on cereal 1772 New Jersey passes bill requiring a license to practice medicine
1783 Fayette County, Pennsylvania created 1890 US stops minting $1 & $3 gold coin & 3 cent piece
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1864 Jesse James' gang surprise attack train: 150 killed 1892 Book matches are patented by Diamond Match Company
1982 NASA launches Intelsat V satellite, no. 505 1701 Divorce legalized in Maryland 1971 UK passes the Misuse of Drugs Act banning the medicinal use of cannabis 2015 NASA scientists announce the discovery of flowing water on Mars 1885 The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England
1915 1st transcontinental radio telephone message is sent 1962 JFK authorized use of federal troops to integrate U of Mississippi
1888 "Jack the Ripper" murders 2 more women, Liz Stride & Kate Eddowes, in Whitechapel, London
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