| Oh cool! $ calendar Sep 13* Rosh Chodesh Tishrei (Beginning of the month of Tishrei) Sep 13* First Day of Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year; 5768; sabbatical) Sep 13 Barry Day commemorates the death of Commodore John Barry, USA Sep 13 Chiang Kai-Shek becomes president of China, 1943 Sep 13 Building of Hadrian's Wall begun, 122 Sep 13 British defeat the French at Abraham near Quebec City, 1788 Sep 13 58� C (136.4� F) measured at el Azizia, Libya, 1922 Sep 13 Walter Reed born, 1851 Sep 14 Francis Scott Key writes words to "Star Spangled Banner", 1814 Sep 14* Rosh Hashanah (sabbatical) Sep 14 Battle of San Jacinto in Nicaragua Sep 14 Frodo & Bilbo's birthday Sep 14 The US Selective Service Act establishes the first peacetime draft, 1940 Sep 14 Salem, Massachusetts, is founded, 1629 Sep 14 Benjamin Franklin is sent to France as an American minister, 1778 |