JD Vance Hardly Seems Troubled With the Prospects That His Work May Help to Bring About the End Times

Perhaps having religious people who are convinced that the end times are inevitable, and thus are not bothered by the idea of using their political power to help bring this idea of a rapture into fruition was not the major motivation for the Founding Fathers when they instituted the separation of church and state.

But it feels like further confirmation that this was a good idea. 

There really is nothing scarier than when we get nutcases in office who outright feel as if they are doing their God's work by helping to bring about the destruction of life on Earth as we know it. In a recent issue, Vice-President JD Vance proved to be just such an individual.

Look at how nonchalant he is about the topic of his work possibly helping to bring about the end times in a recent interview (see link to article by Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling of The New Republic below):

“Do I think we are in the end times? I don’t know,” Vance said in the interview released Monday, noting that it would be bad for him spiritually if he were to spend too much time thinking about that query. “While I’m fascinated by it, I think that focusing on it too much can be very bad.  

“I think there are things about the world that make feel like not shocked if the Antichrist was walking among us,” Vance added.  

In another portion of the interview, Vance claimed he’s focused on “doing as much of God’s work as possible,” shrugging that “if that leads to the end times, OK.”

While this may be an unpopular decision, I actually do not want someone in the highest offices in the White House who is devoutly religious and who apparently believes that the power of his political office is best used in serving his God or guiding his religious work. In this case, I do not believe that JD Vance should put his religion ahead of the interests of the people he is supposed to represent with his high-ranking political office, which would of course be the American people. The notion that we have someone who almost seems to shrug away concerns that what he is doing may help contribute to literal end times on Earth - most likely a nuclear holocaust or other disastrous ending - is more than a little alarming to me. 

To be sure, he does put on at least a pretense of seeming to not be so fixated by it as to actively seek it. Still, I am tired of discussions with these very high-ranking political officials focusing on their religious beliefs, to the point that we, the public, should have to endure it. Former President George W. Bush belonged to a faith that felt that anyone who did not believe what they believed was going to go to Hell. Also, he claimed that God wanted him to be president, and that God was on his side (as opposed to hoping to be on God's side, which is not the same thing). Then Christian Evangelicals put in Trump and seem to believe that he is almost a divine figure, when his every word and action seems to suggest that he is a closer to being the Antichrist whom Vance seems fixated on. Then of course, here's Vance, sounding casual about the possibility that pursuing what he believes to be God's work might help to bring about end times, then that would be okay with him.

Call me crazy, but I don't actually believe that these people are good Christians. In fact, I believe that they are misinformed about what Christ actually taught and misguided in their actions and intentions. And now, with the world seemingly spinning crazily out of control, it feels like it is religious nutcases like these, or like some extremists in the Middle East (not excluding Netanyahu) who are helping bring us closer to end times than ever before, each with their own unique vision, and each also absolutely convinced that his is the correct version.

What times we live in.

The portion of the JD Vance interview used above was taken from this article by Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling of The New Republic:

JD Vance Says He’s OK With Bringing About the End Times by Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / September 1, 2026:

The vice president gave a bizarre interview with an evangelist podcaster.

https://newrepublic.com/post/214990/jd-vance-says-he-ok-bringing-end-times

JD Vance Says He’s OK With Bringing About the End Times | The New Republic

September 4th: This Day in History

 

Once again, it should be reiterated, that this does not pretend to be a very extensive history of what happened on this day (nor is it the most original - the links can be found down below). If you know something that I am missing, by all means, shoot me an email or leave a comment, and let me know!

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

On this day in 422, St Boniface I ended his reign as Catholic Pope. In 476 on this day,  Romulus Augustulus, the last Roman emperor in the West, was deposed. Conrad II the Sailor was chosen to be German King on this day in 1024. The Battle at Montaperti was fought on this day in 1260, pitting Guelfen vs Ghibellijnen. King Pedro III of Aragonorth annexed Sicily on this day in 1282. The Peace of Atrecht was reached on this day in 1414 between John the Fearless & Armagnacs. On this day in 1479, King Alfonso I of Portugal recognized Isabella as Queen of Castile. There was a Catholic coup in Scotland on this day in 1571. Navigator Henry Hudson reached the island of Manhattan on this day [or Sep 11] in 1609. On this day in 1682, English astronomer Edmund Halley saw the comet that would soon become his namesake. On this day in 1870, the Third French republic was proclaimed as the French overthrow disgraced and defeated Emperor Napoleon III. In 1781 on this day, the city of Los Angeles, California, was founded by Spanish settlers. The original name was "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula," which translates as "The Town of the Queen of Angels." In 1884 on this day, Great Britain ended its policy of penal transportation to New South Wales in Australia. On this day in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War, General Franco's troops conquered Irun & Talavera de la Reina. On this day in 1944 during World War II, the British 11th Armoured Division liberated the city of Antwerp, Belgium. On this day in 1951, American President Harry S. Truman inaugurated transcontinental television service in the U.S. when AT&T carried his address to the opening session of the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference in San Francisco. On this day in 1957, Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, called out the National Guard to stop nine black students who had attempted to enter Little Rock's Central High School in an attempt to integrate. French President Charles De Gaulle visited the German Federal Republic (West Germany) on this day in 1962. In 1968 on this day during the Biafran War (also known as the Nigerian Civil War), Nigerian troops conquered Aba Biafra. In 1970 on this day, Salvador Allende won the presidential election in Chile. On this day in 2012, Pauline Marois became the first female premier of Québec.

Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:

• On this day in 422, St Boniface I ended his reign as Catholic Pope. In 476 on this day,  Romulus Augustulus, the last Roman emperor in the West, was deposed. Conrad II the Sailor was chosen to be German King on this day in 1024. The Battle at Montaperti was fought on this day in 1260, pitting Guelfen vs Ghibellijnen. King Pedro III of Aragonorth annexed Sicily on this day in 1282. The Peace of Atrecht was reached on this day in 1414 between John the Fearless & Armagnacs. On this day in 1479, King Alfonso I of Portugal recognized Isabella as Queen of Castile. There was a Catholic coup in Scotland on this day in 1571. 

• Navigator Henry Hudson reached the island of Manhattan on this day [or Sep 11] in 1609.

•  On this day in 1618, "Rodi" avalanche destroyed Plurs, Switzerland, with about 1,500 killed 

• On this day in 1682, English astronomer Edmund Halley saw the comet that would soon become his namesake.

• 1695 - French garrison of castle Names surrenders for Willem III

• 1778 - City of Amsterdam signs trade agreement with US rebels

• In 1781 on this day, the city of Los Angeles, California, was founded by Spanish settlers. The original name was "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula," which translates as "The Town of the Queen of Angels." 

1781 - Los Angeles founded by 44 in Bahia de las Fumas, (Valley of Smokes)

1786 - -5] Orange troops plunder Hattem/Elburg

1805 - 1st edition of Batavian State-Current published

1807 - Robert Fulton begins operating his steamboat

1813 - 1st US relig newspaper (Religious Remembrancer (Christian Observer))

1833 - 1st newsboy hired (Barney Flaherty, 10 years old-NY Sun)

1842 - Work on Koln cathedral recommences after 284-year hiatus

1854 - English/French assault on Petropavlovsk Kamchatka

On this day in 1862 during the American Civil War, Confederate General Robert E. Lee invaded the North with 50,000 Confederate troops.

1862 - North Beach & Mission Railway Company organized in SF

1862 - Maryland Campaign (Antietam Campaign)

1864 - Bread riots in Mobile, Alabama

1866 - 1st Hawaiian daily newspaper published

Le Drapeau Tricolore (Tricour Flag) which was a product of the French Revolution, and which remains the national flag of France to this day.

• On this day in 1870, the Third French republic was proclaimed as the French overthrow disgraced and defeated Emperor Napoleon III. 

Monuments to Thomas Edison at Menlo Park in Edison,  NJ 

• Thomas Edison's Pearl Street electric power station began operations in New York City on this day in 1882. It was the first display of a practical electrical lighting system.  

1882 - 1st district lit by electricity (NY's Pearl Street Station)

Flag of Australia

• In 1884 on this day, Great Britain ended its policy of penal transportation to New South Wales in Australia.

1885 - 1st cafeteria opens (NYC)

1886 - Apache Chief Geronimo surrenders ending last major US-Indian war

1888 - George Eastman patents 1st roll-film camera & registers "Kodak"

1893 - English author Beatrix Potter 1st tells the story of Peter Rabbit

1894 - In NYC, 12,000 tailors went on strike protesting sweat shops

1894 - Soccer team Veendam 1894 forms

1899 - 8.3 earthquake shakes Yakutat Bay Alaska

• 1904 - Dali Lama signs treaty allowing British commerce in Tibet

1906 - NY Highlanders win 5th straight doubleheader

1908 - Caledonia & Hillhurst Football Clubs play for Central Alberta Rugby Football League championship

1911 - Garros sets world altitude record of 4,250 m (13,944 ft)

1912 - 1st accident (collision) in Londoner Underground: 22 injured person

1914 - British, French and Russian government sign Pact of London, against Germany

• 1914 - General von Moltke ceases German advance in France

1916 - Christy Mathewson & Mordecai Brown final baseball game

1918 - Jhr Ch Ruys de Beerenbrouck becomes 1st Dutch Catholic premier

1918 - US troops land in Archangel, Russia, stay 10 months

1919 - 39th US Mens Tennis: William M Johnston beats Wm T Tilden (64 64 63)

1919 - British intervene in Petrograd

• 1919 - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.

1920 - Last day of Julian civil calendar (in parts of Bulgaria)

1922 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 2000m (5:26.3)

1923 - A Charlot & N Cowards revue "London Calling," premieres in London

1923 - NY Yankee Sad Sam Jones no-hits Phila A's, 2-0

1923 - Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USS Shenandoah.

1927 - Charles Lindbergh visits Boise, Idaho, on his cross-country tour

1930 - Cambridge Theater opens in London

1933 - 1st airplane to exceed 300 mph (483 kph), JR Wendell, Glenview, Il

1933 - Coup on Cuban president De Cespedes by Fulgencio Batista

1934 - Bradman scores 149* Aust v Eng XI, 104 mins, 17 fours 4 sixes

Flag of Spain

• On this day in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War, General Franco's troops conquered Irun & Talavera de la Reina.

1936 - Largo Caballero becomes Spanish premier

1937 - Doris Kopsky, becomes 1st NABA woman cycling champion (4:22.4)

1938 - Vainio Muinonen wins 2nd European marathoner (2:37:28.8)

1939 - Dutch 2nd Chamber affirms Neth's in a State of War

1939 - German submarine U-30 sinks British passenger ship Athenia

1939 - German troops move into Danzig

1939 - Netherlands & Belgium declare neutrality

• 1939 - Polish ghetto of Mir is exterminated

1939 - RAF bombs Wilhelmshafen

1940 - CBS begins broadcasting TV as station W2XAB

1940 - Gerbrandy becomes premier of Dutch government in exile

1940 - Nazi collaborator Mussert puts the fate of Netherlands in Hitler's hands

1941 - NY Yankees, win earliest AL pennent (full season)

1941 - US destroyer Greer fires on German submarine U-652

1941 - Yanks beat Red Sox 6-3 & clinch their 12th & earliest pennant

1942 - Transport nr 28 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany

1943 - British 8th army lands at Taranto South Italy

1944 - 2,087 Jews transported for Westerbork to KZ-Lower Theresienstadt

1944 - 64th US Mens Tennis: Frank Parker beats Wm F Talbert (64 36 63 63)

• On this day in 1944 during World War II, the British 11th Armoured Division liberated the city of Antwerp, Belgium.  

• 1944 - Finland breaks diplomatic contact with Nazi Germany

1944 - US 1st Army frees Namen

1945 - Ruben Fine wins 4 simultaneous rapid chess games blindfolded

1945 - US regains possession of Wake Island from Japan

1948 - "Angel in the Wings" closes at Coronet Theater NYC after 308 perfs

1948 - Queen Wilhelmina abdicates Dutch throne

1949 - Marie Robie sinks 393 yd hole-in-one (1st hole in Furnace Brook)

1950 - 1st helicopter rescue of American pilot behind enemy lines

1950 - D McI Hodgson of St Ann Bay, Nova Scotia catches a 997 lb tuna

1950 - Heavy typhoon strikes Japan, kills about 250

1950 - Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.

1951 - 1st transcontinental TV broadcast, by Pres Harry Truman

1951 - 71st US Mens Tennis: F A Sedgman beats Elias V Seixas Jr (64 61 61)

1951 - NBC extends to become a 61 station coast-to-coast network

Bust of American President Harry Truman

On this day in 1951, American President Harry S. Truman inaugurated transcontinental television service in the U.S. when AT&T carried his address to the opening session of the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference in San Francisco.

1953 - WATR (now WTXX) TV channel 20 in Waterbury, CT (NBC) begins

1953 - WGEM TV channel 10 in Quincy-Hannibal, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 - Yanks become 1st team to win 5 consecutive championship

1954 - 1st passage of McClure Strait, fabled Northwest Passage completed

1954 - Peter B Cortese of US achieves a one-arm deadlift of 370 lbs; 22 lbs over triple his body weight, at York, Pennsylvania

1956 - The IBM RAMAC 305 is introduced, the first commercial computer that used magnetic disk storage.

1957 - Ford Motor Co introduces Edsel

• On this day in 1957, Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, called out the National Guard to stop nine black students who had attempted to enter Little Rock's Central High School in an attempt to integrate.

1960 - -12] Hurricane Donna, kills 148 in Caribbean & US

1961 - Carol Burnette-Richard Hayes Show premieres on CBS radio

1961 - US authorizes Agency for International Development

• 1962 - Beatles record "How Do You Do It" at EMI

French President Charles De Gaulle

• French President Charles De Gaulle visited the German Federal Republic (West Germany) on this day in 1962.

1963 - Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board.

• 1964 - Eduardo Frei elected president of Chile

1964 - Longest bridge in Europe opens (Scottish Forth Road Bridge)

1964 - NASA launches its 1st Orbital Geophysical Observatory (OGO-1)

    

• 1965 - Beatles' "Help!," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks

1965 - KREZ TV channel 6 in Durango, CO (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting

1965 - Rock group Who's wan is vandalized with $10,000 in equipment stolen

1966 - Houston Oilers holds Denver Broncos to no 1st downs winning 45-7

1966 - Jim Hogan wins Europe marathon (2:20:04.6)

1967 - 6.5 earthquake of Kolya Dam India, kills 200

1967 - Jerry Lewis' 2nd Muscular Dystrophy telethon

1967 - Train crash at Arnhem Neth, kills 5

Flag of Nigeria

The flag of the short-lived Republic of Biafra, in present-day Nigeria

• In 1968 on this day during the Biafran War (also known as the Nigerian Civil War), Nigerian troops conquered Aba Biafra.

1970 - -5) 29.0 cm rainfall at Workman Creek, Arizona (state record)

1970 - George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord" single

1970 - Russian ballerina Natalia Makarova gets political asylum

Flag of Chile

• In 1970 on this day, Salvador Allende won the presidential election in Chile.

1971 - Alaskan 727 crashes into Chilkoot Mountain, kills 109 (Alaska)

• 1972 - US swimmer Mark Spitz becomes 1st athlete to win 7 olympic gold medals

1972 - USSR performs underground nuclear test

• 1972 - Thieves steal 18 paintings from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in what was at the time the largest art theft in North America.

1973 - William E Colby, becomes 10th director of CIA

1974 - Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation

1975 - The Sinai Interim Agreement relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict is signed.

1976 - Palestinians hijack KLM DC-9 to Cyprus

1977 - "Godspell" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 527 performances

1977 - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Rail Muscular Dystrophy Golf Classic

1978 - Jerry Lewis' 13th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $29,074,405

1978 - NY Yankee pitcher Ron Guidry wins his 20th (on way to 25-3 season)

1978 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic

1979 - India need 438 to win v England, game ends at 8-429

1979 - Iran army conquerors Baneh

1980 - Yes performs its last concert (Madison Square Garden)

1981 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1982 - Arson fire engulfs apt-hotel in LA, 25 die

1982 - USSR performs underground nuclear test

1983 - "Joseph & the Amazing Dreamcoat" closes at Royale NYC after 747 perfs

1983 - 83rd US Golf Amateur Championship won by Jay Sigel

1983 - Greg LeMond becomes only American to win cycling's Road Championship

1983 - Scott Michael Pellaton sets barefoot waterski speed rec (119.36 mph)

1984 - Nigerian singer Fela Kuti sentenced to 2 years

1985 - Igor Paklin of USSR set a new high jump world record at 7-11 12

1985 - NY Mets Gary Carter's 2 HRs ties record of 5 HRs in 2 games

1986 - 189.42 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange

1991 - Rte 35 Theater in Hazlit, last drive-in in NJ, closes

1991 - Panel of 8 baseball experts vote to drop asterisk next to Roger Maris HR record & determine an official no hitter must go at least 9 innings

1992 - "Scared Silent" is 1st non news program to be seen on 3 networks simultaneously. (CBS, NBC & PBS), about child abuse hosted by Oprah

1993 - Jim Abbott pitches 4-0, no-hit win over Indians at Yankee Stadium

1993 - Miklos Horthy appointed Hungarian admiral

1993 - Mats Wilander defeats Mikael Pernfors 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 1-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 in 4 hrs 1 min US Open Tennis match concluding at 2:26 AM

1994 - Bulgarian government of Berov falls

1994 - Cleveland Browns is 1st team in NFL to score a 2-point conversion

1994 - Kansai International airport officially opens

1995 - Jerry Lewis' 30th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $47,800,000

1995 - Mary Beth Zimmerman wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic

1995 - The Fourth World Conference on Women opens in Beijing with over 4,750 delegates from 181 countries in attendance.

1996 - 13th MTV Awards: Alanis Morrisett & Smashing Pumpkins wins

1997 - 14th MTV Awards

The flag of New Zealand

• 2010 - Canterbury earthquake: a 7.1 magnitude earthquake which struck the South Island of New Zealand at 4:35 am causing widespread damage and several power outages.

2012 - 42 people are killed and 25 injured as a passenger bus falls down a ravine in Morocco

2012 - 25 people are killed at a funeral suicide bombing in Nangarhar, Pakistan

 

• On this day in 2012, Pauline Marois became the first female premier of Québec.

• 2012 - Carpet that can help prevent falls in elderly by warning them after detecting unusual footsteps is developed

0476 - Romulus Augustulus, the last emperor of the western Roman Empire, was deposed when Odoacer proclaimed himself King of Italy.   1609 - English navigator Henry Hudson began exploring the island of Manhattan.   1781 - Los Angeles, CA, was founded by Spanish settlers. The original name was "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula," which translates as "The Town of the Queen of Angels."   1825 - New York Governor Clinton ceremoniously emptied a barrel of Lake Erie water in the Atlantic Ocean to consummate the "Marriage of the Waters" of the Great Lakes and the Atlantic.   1833 - Barney Flaherty answered an ad in "The New York Sun" and became the first newsboy/paperboy at the age of 10.   

1882 - Thomas Edison's Pearl Street electric power station began operations in New York City. It was the first display of a practical electrical lighting system.  

 1885 - The Exchange Buffet opened in New York City. It was the first self-service cafeteria in the U.S.   1886 - Geronimo, and the Apache Indians he led, surrendered in Skeleton Canyon in Arizona to Gen. Nelson Miles.   1888 - George Eastman registered the name "Kodak" and patented his roll-film camera. The camera took 100 exposures per roll.   1894 - A strike in New York City by 12,000 tailors took place to protest sweatshops.   1899 - An 8.3 earthquake hit Yakutat Bar, AK.   1917 - The American expeditionary force in France suffered its first fatalities in World War I.   1921 - The first police broadcast was made by radio station WIL in St. Louis, MO.   1923 - The first American dirigible, the "Shenandoah," began its maiden voyage in Lakehurst, NJ.   1944 - During World War II, British troops entered the city of Antwerp, Belgium.   1948 - The Dutch Queen Wilhelmina left her throne for health reasons.   1949 - The longest pro tennis match in history was played when Pancho Gonzales and Ted Schroeder played 67 games in five sets.   1951 - The first live, coast-to-coast TV broadcast took place in the U.S. The event took place in San Francisco, CA, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference. It was seen all the way to New York City, NY.   1953 - The New York Yankees became the first baseball team to win five consecutive American League championships.   1957 - The Arkansas National Guard was ordered by Governor Orval Faubus to keep nine black students from going into Little Rock's Central High School.   1957 - The Ford Motor Company began selling the Edsel. The car was so unpopular that it was taken off the market only two years.   1967 - "Gilligan's Island" aired for the last time on CBS-TV. It ran for 98 shows.   1967 - Michigan Gov. George Romney said during a TV interview that he had undergone "brainwashing" by U.S. officials while visiting Vietnam in 1965.   1971 - "The Lawrence Welk Show" was seen for the last time on ABC-TV.   1972 - Swimmer Mark Spitz captured his seventh Olympic gold medal in the 400-meter medley relay event at Munich, Germany. Spitz was the first Olympian to win seven gold medals.   1981 - The Soviet Union began war games with about 100,000 troops on the Polish border.   1983 - U.S. officials announced that there had been an American plane, used for reconnaissance, in the vicinity of the Korean Air Lines flight that was shot down.   1986 - South African security forces halted a mass funeral for the victims of the riot in Soweto.   1989 - A reconnaissance satellite was released by the Air Force's Titan Three rocket. The Titan Three set over 200 satellites into space between 1964 and 1989.   1993 - Pope John Paul II started his first visit to the former Soviet Union.   1993 - Jim Abbott (New York Yankees) pitched a no-hitter. Abbott had been born without a right hand.   1995 - The Fourth World Conference on Women was opened in Beijing. There were over 4,750 delegates from 181 countries in attendance.   1998 - In Mexico, bankers stopped approving personal loans and mortgages.   1998 - The International Monetary Fund approved a $257 million loan for the Ukraine.   1998 - While in Ireland, U.S. President Clinton said the words "I'm sorry" for the first time about his affair with Monica Lewinsky and described his behavior as indefensible.   1999 - The United Nations announced that the residents of East Timor had overwhelmingly voted for independence from Indonesia in a referendum held on August 30. In Dili, pro-Indonesian militias attacked independence supporters, burned buildings, blew up bridges and destroyed telecommunication facilities.   2002 - The Oakland Athletics won their AL-record 20th straight game. The A's gave up an 11-run lead during the game and then won the game on a Scott Hatteberg home run in the bottom of the ninth inning.   2003 - Keegan Reilly, 22, became the first parapalegic climber to reach the peak of Japan's Mount Fuji.

1781 The city of Los Angeles was founded by Spanish settlers. 1888 George Eastman patented his roll-film camera and registered the Kodak trademark. 1951 President Harry S. Truman inaugurated transcontinental television service in the U.S. when AT&T carried his address to the opening session of the Japanese Peace Convention in San Francisco. 1972 U. S. swimmer Mark Spitz won a record seventh gold medal at the Munich Summer Olympics.

The following links are to web sites that were used to complete this blog entry:

http://www.historyorb.com/today/events.php

http://on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/alldays/sep04.htm

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory

Some Unusual Flowers Seen During My Daily Walk

Bizarre weather we have been having in recent days. Yesterday stayed in the upper 60's for most of the day here, which is probably still well below average for this time of the year. Yet, it felt warmer than the temperature read. Then today, it returned to feeling like a hot and humid summer day after the earlier clouds and light rain.

Unusual, even for the turbulence of these times when seasons begin to change.

Anyway, I saw these flowers during my walk. Decided to take a picture, and it seemed like it would be worth sharing here.

Enjoy.

Chickenhawk Trump Administration Apparently is Seriously Considering Nuking Iran

“I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.” 

― William Sherman

Often times, we hear the loudest voices in favor of war, such as this war in Iran, from people who themselves never fought in a war. They are wildly enthusiastic about sending others off to war. But then somehow, they themselves are exempt from serving.

This current war in Iran is a perfect example. Let us remember that Trump promised not to get into exactly this kind of war. And Trump himself is a great example of a typical American chickenhawk. Five deferments from the Vietnam conflict after receiving an elite military education. One, famously, was for heel spurs. Then promising not to get the United States in another war before breaking that promise by attacking Iran. Supposedly, the White House held a meeting to determine whether the use of nuclear weapons could be used, allegedly to either delay or outright cancel the upcoming elections by declaring a national emergency after the attack. 

Do anyone really even doubt anymore that Trump & Co. are capable of such a thing? Do you imagine that he will think first (or at all) about the human costs, or feel remorse after launching such a strike? 

No. With Trump, it's easy to figure out: he thinks only of his self-interest. And yeah, if he thinks that launching nuclear attack on Iran will help to keep him in power - or gain still more power - than you better believe that he will launch it. 

This man, who was too cowardly to fight the war he received an elite military education for, and who also promised to keep the United States out of wars, apparently now is seriously thinking about nuking Iran. 

You know, I am not a big fan of war. But I am particularly disgusted with chickenhawks like Trump and company. Men who never actually fought a war, but are quick to recruit young people to go off and fight - and die - in wars of their making, which are for their own narrow profit in some manner or another. This so-called leader has insulted members of the military and gold star families before. Remember when he turned his back on a Navy warship simply because it bore the name of a recently deceased political rival, in an act so disrespectful on so many levels that it could be it's own article?

Yeah, that's the guy who launched this damn war in Iran. And now, he just might launch a nuclear strike against Iran?

Absolutely disgusting.

That is why I started this post with the quote from a man who knew war intimately, and clearly had no good things to say about it. 

Man, I wish the people of the United Stats would wake up already.

What times we live in.

September 3rd: This Day in History

  

Once again, it should be reiterated, that this does not pretend to be a very extensive history of what happened on this day (nor is it the most original - the links can be found down below). If you know something that I am missing, by all means, shoot me an email or leave a comment, and let me know!

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

In 36 BCE, in the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeated Sextus Pompeius, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate. On this day in 301, San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, was founded by Saint Marinus. In 1189 on this day, England's King Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) crowned in Westminster. 30 Jews were massacred at his coronation. The Battle at Nurnbergwas fought on this day in 1632, when the Duke Wallenstein beat Sweden. On this day in 1650, the Battle at Dunbar was fought between England and Scotland. The Battle at Worcester was fought on this day in 1651, with Oliver Cromwell destroying the English royalists. Richard Cromwell succeeded his father as English Lord Protector on this day in 1658. On this day in 1709, the first major group of Swiss/German colonists reached the Carolinas. England, France, Hannover & Prussia signed the Covenant of Hannover on this day in 1725. The Revolutionary War of Independence between the U.S. and Great Britain officially ended on this day in 1783 with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. On this day in 1791 during the days of the Revolution, the French Constitution was passed by the National Assembly. In 1798 on this day, the week-long Battle of St. George's Caye began between Spanish and British off the coast of Belize. Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery disguised as a sailor on this day in 1838. On this day in 1861 during the American Civil War, Confederate forces entered Kentucky, thus ending its neutrality. In 1900 on this day, the British annexed Natal in what is now modern day South Africa. Boer General Jan Smuts entered Kiba Drift in the Cape Colony on this day in 1901 during the Anglo-Boer War. On this day in 1918 during the so-called Great War (better known as World War I), the Allies forced the Germans back across the Hindenburg Line. Civil war broke out in China on this day in 1924, as Gen Tsi moved to Shanghai. On this day in 1939, Great Britain formally declared war on Germany. France followed six hours later, and they were quickly joined by Australia, NZ, South Africa & Canada. In 1944 on this day during the Holocaust, the last transport from Westerbork to Auschwitz took place. Former Beatle John Lennon left the United Kingdom for New York City on this day in 1971, never returning to Great Britain. On this day in 1984 during apartheid white minority rule, South Africa adopted a new constitution.

Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:

• In 36 BCE, in the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeated Sextus Pompeius, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate. 

• On this day in 301, San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, was founded by Saint Marinus. 

• On this day in 590, St Gregory I began his reign as Catholic Pope. 

• In 1189 on this day, England's King Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) crowned in Westminster. 30 Jews were massacred at his coronation. 

• The Battle of Ain Djaloet was fought on this day in 1260, Palestine defeated Mongol army. 

• Utrecht surrendered to Habsburgs army on this day in 1483. 

• In 1543 on this day, Cardinal Beaton replaced Earl Arran as Regent for Mary of Scotland. 

The Battle at Nurnbergwas fought on this day in 1632, when the Duke Wallenstein beat Sweden. 

On this day in 1650, the Battle at Dunbar was fought between England and Scotland. 

English Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell

• The Battle at Worcester was fought on this day in 1651, with Oliver Cromwell destroying the English royalists. Richard Cromwell succeeded his father as English Lord Protector on this day in 1658. 

• Ottoman troops broke through defenses of Vienna on this day in 1683. In 1697 on this day, King William's War in America ended with the Treaty of Ryswick. 

• On this day in 1709, the first major group of Swiss/German colonists reached the Carolinas. 

• England, France, Hannover & Prussia signed the Covenant of Hannover on this day in 1725. 

• Willem KH Friso was installed as Viceroy of Friesland on this day in 1731. 

• This day never happened in 1752, nor the next 10, as England adopted the Gregorian Calendar. People rioted believing the government stole 11 days of their lives. The American colonies also adopted the Gregorian calender (becomes Sept 14) on this day in 1752. 

Statue of a Continental Soldier of the American Revolutionary War of Independence in Trenton, New Jersey

• On this day in 1777, the Cooch's Bridge - Skirmish of American Revolutionary conflict in New Castle County, Delaware, during which the flag of the United States was flown in battle for the first time..

• In 1779 on this day, the Earl d'Orvilliers (French/Spanish Armada) sailed back to Brest. 

Early version of the American flag used during the Revolutionary War for Independence

• The Revolutionary War of Independence between the U.S. and Great Britain officially ended on this day in 1783 with the signing of the Treaty of Paris.  

The tricolore flag of France (above) which originated during the French Revolution. 

• On this day in 1791 during the days of the Revolution, the French Constitution was passed by the National Assembly. 

• In 1798 on this day, the week-long Battle of St. George's Caye began between Spanish and British off the coast of Belize.

1803 - English scientist John Dalton started using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.

1826 - USS Vincennes leaves NY to become 1st warship to circumnavigate globe

1832 - Rebellious slaves set fire to Paramaribo Suriname

1833 - NY Sun begins publishing (1st daily newspaper)

Bust of Abolitionist Frederick Douglass

• Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery disguised as a sailor on this day in 1838.

1849 - California State Constitutional Convention convenes in Monterey

1852 - Anti Jewish riots break out in Stockholm

• 1855 - Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under American General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan Massacre by attacking a Sioux village, killing 100 men, women, and children.

• On this day in 1861 during the American Civil War, Confederate forces entered Kentucky, thus ending its neutrality.

1864 - Battle of Berryville, VA

Abolitionist Frederick DouglassAbolitionist Frederick Douglass 

1864 - US, British, French & Dutch naval officer sails Staits of Simonoseki

1865 - Army commander in SC orders Freedmen's Bureau to stop seizing land

• 1874 - The congress of the state of México elevates Naucalpan to the category of Villa, with the title of "Villa de Juárez".

1878 - England's Princess Alice sinks; 645 die

1881 - 1st US Mens Tennis: Richard D Sears beats William E Glyn (60 63 62)

1881 - Anton Bruckner completes his 6th Symphony

1882 - French/Vietnamese/Chinese battle at Hanoi, 100s die

• 1888 - East Africa Company political & commercial rights

1888 - Queen Victoria grants William Mackinnons Imperial British

1890 - Oliver S Campbell wins US Tennis Open

1891 - 11th US Mens Tennis: Oliver S Campbell beats C Hobart (26 75 79 61 62)

1891 - Cotton pickers organize union & staged strike in Texas

1891 - John Stephens Durham, named minister to Haiti

1895 - 1st pro football game played, Latrobe beats Jeanette 12-0 (Penn)

The Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria, South Africa.

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• In 1900 on this day, the British annexed Natal in what is now modern day South Africa

Jan Smuts statue in London

• Boer General Jan Smuts entered Kiba Drift in the Cape Colony on this day in 1901 during the Anglo-Boer War.

1902 - Pittsburgh Pirates, win earliest pennent (full season)

1902 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Illustrious Client"

1903 - Resolute beats Shamrock III (England) in 13th America's Cup

1904 - St Louis Olympics closes

1906 - Phila Giants win Negro Championship Cup in Phila before 10,000 fans

1906 - Yanks win 2nd game on a forfeit over A's; 2nd forfeit win

1908 - James Barries "What Every Woman Knows," premieres in London

1911 - 31st US Mens Tennis: Wm A Larned beats Maurice E McLoughlin (64 64 62)

1912 - Arnold Schoenberg's "Funf Orchesterstucke," premieres

1912 - World's 1st cannery opens in England to supply food to the navy

1914 - British expeditionary army/general Lanrezacs army attacks the Marne

1914 - Cardinal Giacome della Chiesa becomes Pope Benedict XV

1914 - French troops vacate Reims

1914 - Prince Wilhelm von Wied leaves Albania

1916 - Allies turned back Germans in WW I's Battle of Verdun

1917 - 1st night bombing of London by German fighter planes

1917 - German troops over run Riga Latvia

1917 - Grover Cleveland Alexander pitches complete wins in a doubleheader

1917 - Utrecht soccer team Holland forms

1918 - 38th US Mens Tennis: R L Murray beats William T Tilden (63 61 75)

1918 - 5 soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot of 1917

• On this day in 1918 during the so-called Great War (better known as World War I), the Allies forced the Germans back across the Hindenburg Line.

1921 - 16th Davis Cup: USA beats Japan in New York (5-0)

1921 - KPB, Communist Party of Belgium forms

1923 - Dorothys Donelly's "Poppy," premieres in NYC

• Civil war broke out in China on this day in 1924, as Gen Tsi moved to Shanghai.

1924 - L Stallings & M Anderson's "What Price Glory?," premieres in NYC

1925 - 1st international handball match held

1925 - Dirigible "Shenandoah" crashed near Caldwell Ohio, 13 die

1928 - Baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb got his 4,191th & final career hit

1929 - Dow Jones hits a record peak of 381.17

1929 - Dow Jones Industrial Average reached all time high at the time (381.17), which was shortly followed by the Crash of 1929.

1930 - Hurricane kills 2,000, injures 4,000 (Dominican Republic)

1932 - Ellsworth Vines beats Henri Cochet for US Tennis title

1932 - Jimmie Foxx of A's hits 50th & 51st HRs to become 3rd to hit 50

1933 - Yevgeniy Abalakov reaches the highest point of the Soviet Union - Communism Peak (7495 m).

1934 - Tunisia began its move for independence

1935 - 1st automobile to exceed 300 mph, Sir Malcolm Campbell (301.337 mph)

1935 - Andrew Varipapa sets bowling record of 2,652 points in 10 games

1936 - 3rd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 7, Detroit 7 (76,000)

1938 - 1940 Olympic site changed from Tokyo Japan to Helsinki Finland

1939 - German U-boat sinks British passenger ship Athenia

• 1939 - Great Britain & France declare war on Germany after invasion of Poland

1939 - Yanks beat Red Sox on a forfeit, their 4th forfeit win

On this day in 1939, Great Britain formally declared war on Germany. France followed six hours later, and they were quickly joined by Australia, NZ, South Africa & Canada.

1940 - 1st showing of high definition color TV

1940 - 39.4 CM rainfall at Sapulpa Oklahoma (state record)

Dictator of Nazi Germany Adolf HitlerDictator of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler 1940 - Hitler orders invasion in England on Sept 21 (Operation Seelöwe/Sealion)

1940 - Neth government in exile of Gerbrandy forms London

1940 - Sicherheits police bans Free masons, Rotary & Red Cross

1940 - US gives Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for Newfoundland base lease

1941 - 1st use of Zyclon-B gas in Auschwitz (on Russian prisoners of war)

1941 - KYW TV channel 3 in Philadelphia, PA (NBC) begins broadcasting

1943 - British 8th army lands in South Italy (Messina)

1943 - General Castellano signs cease fire treaty in Sicily

1944 - 58th US Womens Tennis: P Betz beats Margaret Osborne duPont (63 86)

1944 - 68th & last transport of Dutch Jews (including Anne Frank) leaves for Auschwitz concentration camp

• 1944 - Canadian troops liberate Abbeville, France

1944 - Frank Parker beats Bill Talbert for US Tennis title

1944 - French troops liberate Lyon

  

• In 1944 on this day during the Holocaust, the last transport from Westerbork to Auschwitz took place.

1944 - Prince Bernhard appointed supreme commander of Neth Domestic Arm Force

1944 - Tank division of British Guards free Brussels

1945 - 65th US Mens Tennis: Sgt Frank A Parker beats Wm Talbert (14-12 61 62)

1945 - Japanese forces in Philippines surrender to Allies

1947 - Phila A's Bill McCahan no-hits Wash Senators, 3-0

1947 - Yanks get 18 singles to beat Red Soxs 11-2

1948 - W Gomulka deposed as general secretary of Polish Worker's party

1949 - Fire in Chiang-king, China, destroys 7,000 lives

Jewish Victim & Diarist of the Holocaust Anne FrankJewish Victim & Diarist of the Holocaust Anne Frank 1950 - "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.

1951 - TV soap opera "Search for Tomorrow" debuts on CBS

• 1953 - European Convention on Human Rights goes into effect

• 1953 - French minister Francois Mitterrand, resigns due to colonial policy

1954 - China begins artillery bombing on Quemoy & Amoy

1954 - Espionage & Sabotage Act of 1954 signed

1954 - Pope Pius X canonized a saint

1954 - The People's Liberation Army begin shelling the ROC-controlled islands of Quemoy.

1954 - The German U-Boat U-505 began its move from a specially constructed dock to its final site at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.

1955 - KTBS TV channel 3 in Shreveport, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting

1956 - Tanks are deployed against racist demonstrators in Clinton, Tennessee

1957 - Warren Spahn sets record for a lefty pitcher with 41st shut-out

1962 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Spokane Golf Open

US Attorney General Robert Francis KennedyUS Attorney General Robert Francis Kennedy 1964 - US attorney general Robert Kennedy resigns

1964 - Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B Johnson

1965 - Curt Flood's record of 568 straight chances without an error begins

1965 - Garcia Godoy forms government in Dominican Republic

1965 - Jim Hickman becomes 1st NY Met to hit 3 HRs in a game

1965 - Pope Paul VI publishes encyclical Mysterium Fidei

1965 - Preparing a move to Anaheim, Angels change their name from LA to Calif

1966 - 24th World SF Convention honors Gene Roddenberry

1966 - Donovan hits #1 with "Sunshine Superman"

1967 - Final episode of "What's My Line?," hosted by John Charles Daly

1967 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Ladies' World Series of Golf

1967 - Last broadcast of "What's My Line" on CBS TV

• 1967 - Nguyen Van Thieu elected President of South Vietnam under a new constitution

• 1967 - Sweden begins driving on right-hand side of road

1967 - WJPM TV channel 33 in Florence, SC (PBS) begins broadcasting

Vietnamese Politican Nguyen Van ThieuVietnamese Politican Nguyen Van Thieu 1968 - Chicago White Sox set AL record of 39 loses by 1 run

1970 - After NL record 1,117 consec games, Billy Williams asks to sit out

1970 - Bill Halley & Comets reject $30,000 for 15 date tour of Australia

1970 - Indonesian president Suharto visits Netherlands

 Ran into this image of John Lennon, and just thought it was cool, as well as appropriate for the day, given that Paul McCartney was in town (Syracuse, New York, June 2022). 

• Former Beatle John Lennon left the United Kingdom for New York City on this day in 1971, never returning to Great Britain. 

1971 - Manlio Brosio resigns as sect-gen of NATO

• 1971 - Qatar regains complete independence from Britain

1971 - Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg's doctor's office

1973 - General Walters, ends term as acting director of CIA

1973 - Jerry Lewis' 8th Muscular Dystrophy telethon

1974 - Giants John Montefusco makes his major league debut

1974 - NBA guard Oscar Robertson retires

1974 - US & German DR establish diplomatic relations

1975 - Chartered 707 crashes in Atlas Mts of Morocco, 188 die

1975 - Steve Garvey begins his NL record 1,207 consecutive game streak

NBA Player Oscar RobertsonNBA Player Oscar Robertson 1976 - Viking 2 soft lands on Mars (Utopia), returns photos

1977 - Japan's Sadaharu Oh hits 756th HR to surpass Hank Aaron's total

1977 - Last broadcast of "Mary Tyler Moore Show" on NBC-TV

1978 - Crew of Soyuz 31 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 29

1978 - Leonid Mossejev becomes European marathon champ (2:11:57.5)

1978 - Pope John Paul I officially installed as 264th supreme pontiff

1979 - Hurricane David, a strong Atlantic storm kills over 1,000

1979 - Iran army conquerors Mahabad

1979 - Jerry Lewis' 14th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $30,000,000

1979 - Jo Ann Washam wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic

1981 - Gerald P Remy of Boston gets 6 hits in a baseball game

1981 - Longest game in Fenway Park, suspended in 19, Mariners-7, Red Sox-7

1982 - Jorgensen government in Denmark resigns

1984 - 28 year old Chicagoan wins $40 million in Illinois state lottery

1984 - Bruce Sutter breaks NL record for saves in a season with his 38th

Actress Mary Tyler MooreActress Mary Tyler Moore 1984 - Cindy Hill wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic

1984 - Jerry Lewis' 19th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $32,074,566

Flag of South Africa during the apartheid era

• On this day in 1984 during apartheid white minority rule, South Africa adopted a new constitution.

1985 - 20th Space Shuttle Mission (51-I)-Discovery 6-returns to Earth

1985 - England regain Cricket Ashes by beating Australia at The Oval

1985 - NY Met Gary Carter hits 3 consecutive HRs in a game

1986 - Alan Ayckbourn's "Woman in Mind," premieres in London

1986 - Astros & Cubs use a record 53 players in an 18 inning game

1987 - Coup in Burundi suspends constitution

1988 - Dennis Eckersley sets A's record with his 37th save en route to 45

1989 - "Into the Woods" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 764 perfs

1989 - Iljushin-62 crashes down on residential area of Havana, 170 die

1989 - Chris Evert defeats 15-year-old Monica Seles for her 101st & last US Tennis Open singles victory

1990 - 9th no-hitter of 1990: Blue Jay Dave Steib beats Cleve 3-0

1990 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic

1990 - Helen Hudson sings national anthem in 26th park of year (San Diego)

1990 - Jerry Lewis' 25th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $44,172,186

1990 - White Sox reliever Bobby Thigpen sets save record at 47 en route to 57

1992 - Jerry Lewis' 27th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $45,759,368

1994 - Circulation of Neth Telegraph/News of the Day reaches 800,000

1995 - Carolina Panthers lose their 1st NFL game (Atlanta-23 Carolina-20 OT)

1995 - Jacksonville Jaguars lose their 1st NFL game (Houston-10, Jaguars-3)

1995 - NY Yankee Tony Fernandez hits for the cycle

1995 - Soyuz TM-22, launched into orbit

1995 - eBay founded.

1996 - Slowinski & Gage discovers 2^1257787-1 (34th known Mersenne prime)

• 1997 - A Vietnam Airlines Tupolev TU-134 crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.

2004 - The Beslan school massacre ends in the deaths of approximately 344 people, mostly teachers and children.

2012 - 3 people are killed and 19 wounded by a car bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan

2012 - Typhoon Bolaven kills 48 people in North Korea

2012 - New Zealand announces its withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan

1189 - England's King Richard I was crowned in Westminster.   1783 - The Revolutionary War between the U.S. and Great Britain ended with the Treaty of Paris.   1833 - The first successful penny newspaper in the U.S., "The New York Sun," was launched by Benjamin H. Day.   1838 - Frederick Douglass boarded a train in Maryland on his way to freedom from being a slave.   1895 - The first professional football game was played in Latrobe, PA. The Latrobe YMCA defeated the Jeannette Athletic Club 12-0.   1935 - Sir Malcolm Campbell became the first person to drive an automobile over 300 miles an hour. He reached 304.331 MPH on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.   1939 - British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, in a radio broadcast, announced that Britain and France had declared war on Germany. Germany had invaded Poland on September 1.   1943 - Italy was invaded by the Allied forces during World War II.   1951 - "Search for Tomorrow" debuted on CBS-TV.   1954 - "The Lone Ranger" was heard on radio for the final time after 2,956 episodes over a period of 21 years.   1966 - The television series "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" ended after 14 years.   1967 - The TV game show "What's My Line?" broadcast its final episode. The show aired over 17 years on CBS.   1967 - Nguyen Van Thieu was elected president of South Vietnam under a new constitution.   1967 - In Sweden, motorists stopped driving on the left side of the road and began driving on the right side.   1976 - The U.S. spacecraft Viking 2 landed on Mars. The unmanned spacecraft took the first close-up, color photos of the planet's surface.   1981 - David Brinkley left NBC News after 38 years to join with ABC.   1981 - Egypt arrested more than 1,500 opponents of the government.   1984 - Bruce Sutter (St. Louis Cardinals) set a National League record by earning his 38th save of the season.   1986 - Peat Marwick International and Klynveld Main Goerdeler of the Netherlands agreed to merge and form the world’s largest accounting firm.   1989 - The U.S. began shipping military aircraft and weapons, worth $65 million, to Columbia in its fight against drug lords.   1994 - Russia and China announced that they would no longer be targeting nuclear missiles or using force against each other.   1999 - Mario Lemieux's ownership group officially took over the National Hockey League's Pittsburgh Penguins. Lemieux became the first player in the modern era of sports to buy the team he had once played for.

1189 Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) was crowned king of England at Westminster Abbey. 1658 Oliver Cromwell, the lord protector of England, died. 1783 The Treaty of Paris officially ended the Revolutionary War between the United States and Great Britain. 1939 Great Britain and France declared war on Germany during World War II. 1967 Nguyen Van Thieu was elected president of South Vietnam. 1974 Frank Robinson was named the first African-American manager in major league baseball. 1976 The unmanned U.S. spacecraft Viking II landed on Mars and took the first pictures of the planet's surface. 1978 Pope John Paul I was installed as the 264th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church.

The following links are to web sites that were used to complete this blog entry:

http://www.historyorb.com/today/events.php

http://on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/alldays/sep03.htm

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory