Star Trek & Fans Celebrated 60th Anniversary of the Historical Franchise Yesterday

Missed this important anniversary yesterday. But it felt like something which I should acknowledge and post about.

Star Trek enjoyed it's historical 60th anniversary yesterday. Surely, the actors and producers who created it could not have known the loyal fan base which would follow for literally decades now.

And while I admittedly was never the biggest Trekkie, I admired the focus on teamwork and the hopeful message for a better future based on cooperation. Seems to me like we could use more Star Trek providing hope for a better future in this day and age in particular. 

As 'Star Trek' turns 60, its idealistic vision for the future is more vital than ever  8:49 0:10 8:49 Nothing stops William Shatner from reaching the stars ByChristopher Watson September 8, 2026:

https://abcnews.com/GMA/Culture/star-trek-turns-60-idealistic-vision-future-vital/story?id=136261818

As 'Star Trek' turns 60, its idealistic vision for the future is more vital than ever - ABC News

2026 NFL Season Preview

Alright, so it's that time again.

The nights are growing shorter and cooler. Kids are about to go back to school, or already have in much of the country. Pumpkin Spice is back. 

And a new NFL season is about to begin. Tonight, the season kicks off when the New England Patriots visit the Seattle Seahawks in a rematch of Super Bowl LX played last February.

Last year, two teams met in the Super Bowl who came as a surprise for most. Certainly, I was not expecting either the Seahawks or the Patriots to play in the big game, let alone against each other. Yet, it goes to show how unpredictable the NFL - and sports more generally - can be.

So now, a new season is upon us. And that means that it is also time for me to make my traditional picks for the coming NFL season, including how I suspect the playoffs will shape up (in a future post).

Here goes:

Okay, first of all, two franchises are returning to versions of their uniforms which were similar to other times in their history. The Washington Commanders are going back to the uniforms they used to have before their franchise name change some years ago. And the Tennessee Titans are going back to a uniform similar to what they had when they were still the Houston Oilers, before the move to Tennessee, which ultimately came with a name change and uniforms that never quite fit. In both cases, these "new" old uniforms feel like an improvement, and I applaud that. It feels a little bit like the Jets returning to the uniforms they had in the eighties, or the Bills and 49ers returning to the uniforms they had in the early eighties, as well. 

If we could only get the Giants to return to the uniforms that they had in the 1980's and 1990's, especially those white uniforms with the navy-blue helmets, the NFL might feel closer to being the league that I loved as a kid. 

Now, here are my predictions for the upcoming NFL season. I will break it down by conference and division. Then there will be predictions for the playoffs and, ultimately, the two teams who I will predict to make the coming Super Bowl, and which of those two teams will win it all.

Ready?

Since the Seahawks won it all last season, let's start with the NFC, particularly out West:

NFC West

This was far and away the best division in the league last year, with three legitimate contenders. Remember, the division title came down to the final weekend with a showdown between the Seahawks and the 49ers, which of course Seattle won. Two weeks later, they met again, and this time Seattle won in a romp, then beat the Rams to reach the Super Bowl, where they won again. This season, it feels like all three of those teams are again legitimate contenders, with only the Cardinals being left behind. While I feel that Seattle is a very good team, history tells us that they will likely struggle adjusting with the defending champion label. The 49ers are still solid, but I feel like the Rams are looking like the team with everything lined up in their favor. Here is my prediction for the NFC West

1. LA Rams

2. San Francisco

3. Seattle

4. Arizona

NFC North

While this was not the best division in the league last season, it feels like it still has some of the best teams and potential this year. And if the NFC West slips, maybe the NFC North will be the best division. Seriously, I feel like all four teams would have a chance at qualifying for the postseason in their best-case scenario. The Bears emerged with a very strong season last year, winning the division and then beating the Packers in the playoffs.  My guess is that they will struggle as favorite a bit this season. The Lions missed the playoffs last season, but a new offense and a still talented roster should allow them to be contenders yet again. The Packers tend to win more than they lose but it feels like this is a team that will be either 10-7 or 9-8, and likely squeak into the playoffs. And the unpredictable Vikings feel like the wildcard in the bunch, a team that could stun with a great season and even win the division title, or which could struggle to another losing season. Here are my picks for the NFC North:

1. Detroit

2. Chicago

3. Green Bay

4. Minnesota

NFC South

Absolutely nobody felt that this division was close to the best division last year, and nobody predicts this to be the best division this year, either. In fact, they are closer to being on the opposite end, as the worst division in the league. Carolina won the NFC South last season, but it felt almost like a technicality. They were able to win the division largely because of Tampa Bay's complete collapse. It was hardly even like the Panthers got hot themselves late in the season, as they also lost three of their final four regular season games. They sneaked past Tampa Bay because the Bucs lost seven of eight games in the second half of the season, knocking themselves out of contention. This year, they could bounce back although they are getting older. The Saints look like a team emerging to possibly contend, and the Falcons are unpredictable, although they do not quite feel like a serious contender. In truth, this division is so bad that any team can struggle, which also makes it feel like any team can win it just by not being quite as bad as the other teams. Still, somebody will emerge, right? Here are my predictions for the NFC South:

1. New Orleans

2. Tampa Bay

3. Carolina

4. Atlanta

NFC East

Despite some problems and an early exit from the postseason last season, the Eagles remain the cream of the crop here. Remember, they were the defending Super Bowl champs just one year ago, and the core of that team still exists. Expect them to have a strong season and to take the division. Dallas is talented, but too inconsistent. They may qualify for the playoffs, although they just as easily may fail to get anywhere near them. If they go, they likely will take the first exit on the road to the Super Bowl. The G-Men are improving and could make some noise, although I am not as confident as other fans that this year will mean a playoff spot. As for Washington, they were in the NFC Championship Game around 18 months ago, but do not look or feel like the same team. Then again, they took a lot of people - myself included, admittedly - by surprise then so maybe they can do it again. Here are my picks for the NFC East:

1. Philadelphia 

2. Dallas 

3. Washington

4. NY Giants

AFC West

Kansas City absolutely owned this division for nine straight seasons before it all came crashing down last year. They had been the model of consistency for the league, and it was looking decent last year, too, when the team was 5-3 after three straight wins. Maybe they would catch fire and go back to the playoffs, perhaps win another division title. Maybe even the Super Bowl? Then they lost a tough showdown at Buffalo, followed by a loss to the AFC West leading Broncos. KC won a game after that to reach 6-5, but that proved to be their last gas. They lost out the rest of the way. Mahomes was gone with an injury, and their once mighty offense looked, frankly, inept, scoring a total of 57 in their final five games combined. Yikes. Fortunately for them, the Raiders are in the same division, and even more inept, so the Silver & Black took their familiar last place in the division yet again. Last year was about Denver surprising everyone with a dominant run to be the top seed in the AFC, and the Chargers also showing a strong run into the playoffs. And while the Chargers got bounced right away by the Pats, it still felt like a promising sign. As for the Broncos, they felt like the new powerhouse team in the division. They went 14-3 last year, tied with the Seahawks and Broncos for best overall regular season record in the league. So how does this year look? A lot of it defends on how well Mahomes recovered, and that is not a certainty. It remains to be seen if he can recover and be the force he was until last season, or if this is the point where he begins to decline. Let's take a look at the AFC West:

1. Denver

2. Los Angeles Chargers

3. Kansas City

4. Las Vegas

AFC North

Pittsburgh managed to win a seriously weakened AFC North division last year. However, they had felt strictly like a middle of the road team on both offense and defense, and played like that once they reached the playoffs. Remember, they got bounced in a blowout right away to Houston. Now, they return with a new head coach. And while Aaron Rodgers, 42 and turning 43 in December, insists that the Steelers are legitimate Super Bowl contenders, it is difficult to imagine that they can really compete on that level. Especially if the Ravens bounce back, as I expect them to do. Also if Joe Burrow comes back for Cincinnati, they could be a force. As for the Browns, well, I hope that they enjoy success. But I wouldn't put money on it. Here are my picks for the AFC North:

1. Baltimore

2. Pittsburgh

3. Cincinnati

4. Cleveland

AFC South

This was a very strange division last season. The Texans and the Jaguars both had solid defenses, but neither advanced too far in the playoffs. The Colts absolutely raced out to an impressive 8-2 start and looked like an NFL powerhouse, then never won another game the rest of the year. The Titans were more predictable, remaining in the cellar from start to finish last season. So, how will the AFC South shape up this season? Well, I expect that Houston will be better right from the gates this time. Remember, they got off to a disastrous start last year and never fully recovered. This season, I expect them to be strong early and to keep that up. Let's take a look at my predictions for the AFC South:

1. Houston

2. Jacksonville

3. Indianapolis

4. Tennessee

AFC East

New England kind of took everybody by storm last year, didn't they? Almost nobody expected them to return to elite status as quickly and as completely as they wound up doing. Yet there they were, taking the division with an impressive 14-3 record. Then winning out in the AFC playoffs before being brought to hell in the Super Bowl against Seattle. This year, expect them to struggle a bit more as favorites, because they certainly should not take anybody by surprise anymore. I expect the Bills to return to the top of the AFC East, and to make another serious run at the Super Bowl. The Dolphins are in transition and will probably play like that. As for the Jets, well, they might be better than expected. But I wouldn't put any money on that. Here are my predictions for the AFC East:

1. Buffalo

2. New England

3. Miami

4. NY Jets 

Predictions for the NFL Playoffs for the 2026-27 season will come shortly.

Prediction for tonight's game:

New England at Seattle - The Pats never really got anything going in the Super Bowl meeting between these two teams. At least not until it was much too late and the outcome had long before been decided. Clearly, they will want revenge. But Seattle is a tough place to play, and the Seahawks will want to play at their best for their home fans, especially for such a huge showdown played immediately to kick off the entire season. Expect a better performance from the Pats, and a close game. However, I still feel like the Seahawks should win this one.  My pick: Seattle

Once Again, Trump Unnecessarily Creates an International Incident With a Social Media Posting of an Americentric Map

Another day, another ridiculous social media post from Trump that sets off global panic.

What a leader, eh?

Yesterday, Trump posted an image of a map with the American flag over literally all of North America. That included Greenland, Canada, Mexico, much of Central America, and the Caribbean. Hell, it even included Iceland, which is technically part of both North America and Europe.

Given Trum's past territorial expanding ambitions, as well as his by this point well-established mental instability, this caused an uproar. The American ambassador was called into Reykjavik to meet with government officials of Iceland. Much of the rest of the world - not just the countries impacted directly - were shocked and appalled, as well.

Also, just to prove his level of maturity, Trump posted an image of himself and Canadian Prime Minister Carney playing ie hockey. Carney had been evidently violently checked and was laying on the ground, clearly hurt and woozy, while Trump loomed over him urging him to get up, but referring to him as "Governor."

This man is frankly unhinged and needs to be removed from the levers of power immediately. 

Trump sets off global panic after map suggests large-scale US takeover by Alex Woodward in New York Tuesday 08 September 2026:

Officials in Mexico, Iceland and Denmark fire back after Trump posts trollish threat to annex all of North and Central America  

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-map-north-america-flag-renames-takeover-b3046691.html

Trump sets off global panic after map suggests large-scale US takeover | The Independent

Iceland summons U.S. ambassador over Trump's threat to take over Arctic nation byThe Associated Press · Posted: Sep 08, 2026:

Trump posted a map showing the U.S. flag over all of North America, Greenland and Iceland The Associated Press ·

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-map-iceland-canada-takeover-9.7336034

Iceland summons U.S. ambassador over Trump's threat to take over Arctic nation | CBC News

September 9th: 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

The Battle of Marathon took place between the invading Persian army and the Athenian Army on this day in 490 B.C.E.. The marathon race was derived from the events that occurred surrounding this battle.  In the year 1000 on this day, the Battle of Svolder took place during the Viking Age. The Treaty of Neuberg was agreed to on this day in 1379, which split the Austrian Habsburg lands between the Habsburg Dukes Albert III and Leopold III. On this day in 1493, the Battle of Krbava Field, which proved to be a decisive defeat of the Croats in the Croatian struggle against the Ottoman Empire invasion. The Battle of Flodden Fields was fought on this day in 1513, with the English defeating James IV of Scotland. On this day in 1543, Mary Stuart, then at nine months old, was crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling. Pope Paul IV refused to crown Ferdinand of Austria Emperor on this day in 1556. In 1561 on this day was the Sermon of Poissy. Lomaraal van Egmond & Philip van Hoorne were captured on this day in 1567. In 1591 on this day and going into September 10th, the Battle at Flores Azores was fought, with the Spanish beating the English. In 1675 on this day, New England colonies declared war on Wampanoag natives. On this day in 1776, Congress officially renamed the country as the United States of America (it had formerly been known as the United Colonies). Abraham Lincoln received his license to practice law on this day in 1836.  The territories of New Mexico & Utah were established on this day in 1850. On this day in 1862 during the American Civil War, Confederate General Robert E. Lee split his army & sent Jackson to capture Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. French Captain Alfred Dreyfus was wrongly sentenced on this day in 1899 in an infamous court case which would highlight the antisemitism in France at the time. On this day in 1914 during World War I, the German advance during the Battle of Marne stalled, thus saving Paris. The People's Democratic Republic of Korea, better known as North Korea, was established on this day in 1948. Uganda declared independence from Great Britain on this day in 1967. In 1994 on this day, space shuttle STS 64 (Discovery 20) launched into orbit on an 11-day mission.

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

• The Battle of Marathon took place between the invading Persian army and the Athenian Army on this day in 490 B.C.E.. The marathon race was derived from the events that occurred surrounding this battle.   

On this day in 701, St Sergius I ended his reign as Catholic Pope. In the year 1000 on this day, the Battle of Svolder took place during the Viking Age. The Treaty of Neuberg was agreed to on this day in 1379, which split the Austrian Habsburg lands between the Habsburg Dukes Albert III and Leopold III. 

• On this day in 1493, the Battle of Krbava Field, which proved to be a decisive defeat of the Croats in the Croatian struggle against the Ottoman Empire invasion. 

• The Battle of Flodden Fields was fought on this day in 1513, with the English defeating James IV of Scotland. 

On this day in 1543, Mary Stuart, then at nine months old, was crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling. 

Pope Paul IV refused to crown Ferdinand of Austria Emperor on this day in 1556.

In 1561 on this day was the Sermon of Poissy. Lomaraal van Egmond & Philip van Hoorne were captured on this day in 1567. 

• In 1591 on this day and going into September 10th, the Battle at Flores Azores was fought, with the Spanish beating the English. 

In 1675 on this day, New England colonies declared war on Wampanoag natives.

• 1683 - Expelled Polish & Lotharings reach Wienerwald

1739 - Slave revolt in Stono SC led by Jemmy (25 whites killed)

1753 - 1st steam engine arrives in US colonies

Independence Hall in Philadelphia, PA

• On this day in 1776, Congress officially renamed the country as the United States of America (it had formerly been known as the United Colonies).

1817 - Alexander Lucius Twilight, probably 1st black to graduate from US college, receives BA degree at Middlebury College

1830 - Charles Durant, 1st US aeronaut, flies a balloon from Castle Garden, NYC to Perth Amboy, NJ

   

Statue of Abraham Lincoln outside of the New York Historical Society

Lincoln Memorial Sculpture by Daniel French i Washington, D.C.

• Abraham Lincoln received his license to practice law on this day in 1836.  

1839 - John Herschel takes 1st glass plate photograph

1841 - Great Lakes steamer "Erie" sinks off Silver Creek NY, kills 300

Queen of Scotland Mary StuartQueen of Scotland Mary Stuart 

• The territories of New Mexico & Utah were established on this day in 1850.

1850 - California is admitted as the thirty-first U.S. state

1861 - Sally Tompkins is only Confederate Army female commissioned officer

A statue in Flemington, New Jersey, honoring veterans of the American Civil War.

• On this day in 1862 during the American Civil War, Confederate General Robert E. Lee split his army & sent Jackson to capture Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

1863 - Battle of Cumberland Gap, TN

• 1867 - Luxembourg gains independence

1875 - Lotta's Fountain (Kearny & Market) dedicated

1880 - President Hayes visits SF

1881 - Egyptian military coup under colonel Arab "El Wahid"

1886 - The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works is finalized.

1892 - E E Barnard at Lick discovers Amalthea, 5th Jupiter moon

1895 - American Bowling Congress forms (NYC)

1898 - Ottawa Football Club re-organizes into the Rough Riders

• French Captain Alfred Dreyfus was wrongly sentenced on this day in 1899 in an infamous court case which would highlight the antisemitism in France at the time.

1903 - 6 km long Engadin-railroad tunnel of Switzerland inaugurated

1904 - Mounted police 1st used in NYC

1904 - Boston Herald again refers to NY baseball club as Yankees, when it reports "Yankees take 2," Yankee name not official till 1913

Aviator Orville WrightAviator Orville Wright 

• 1908 - Orville Wright makes 1st 1-hr airplane flight, Fort Myer, Va

1908 - Russia takes part of Poland

1909 - Jack Johnson fights Al Kaufman to no decision in 10 for boxing title

1911 - 1st European airpost (Hendon to Windsor, England)

1912 - J Verdrines becomes 1st to fly over 100 mph (107 mph/172 kph)

1913 - Association for Study of Negro Life & History organizes in Chicago

1914 - -12] Belgian offensive from Antwerp

A war monument in Champlitte, France

• On this day in 1914 during World War I, the German advance during the Battle of Marne stalled, thus saving Paris.

1914 - Boston Brave George Davis no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 7-0

1914 - World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.

1915 - Association for study of Negro Life & History forms by Carter G Woodson

1918 - Dutch government of Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms

1919 - Boston's police force forms strike

1922 - St Louis Brown "Baby Doll" Jacobson hits 3 triples beating Tigers 16-0

1922 - Turkish troops conquer Smyrna/murder Greek citizens

1922 - William T Cosgrave replaces Irish premier Collins

1923 - Albin Stenroos runs world record 20 km (1:07:11.2)

1924 - Hanapepe Massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.

1926 - National Broadcasting Co created by Radio Corporation of America

1926 - Train disaster at Wassenaar Neth, 4 die

1926 - The U.S. National Broadcasting Company formed.

1927 - Tony Lazzeri Day at Yankee Stadium

1928 - Silvio Cator of Haiti, sets then long jump record at 26' ½"

1932 - Frank Crosetti ties record, striking out twice in 1 inning

1932 - Mine strikes at Belgian Borinage ended

• 1932 - Spanish Cortes grants Catalonia autonomy

1932 - Steamboat SS Observation explodes in NYC East River (71 killed)

1933 - 53rd US Mens Tennis: Fred Perry beats Jack Crawford (63 1113 46 60 61)

1934 - Armas Toivonen becomes 1st European marathoner (2:52:29.0)

1934 - G Kaufman & M Hart's "Merrily We Roll Along," premieres in NYC

1936 - Yankees sweep Indians, NY clinches pennant on earliest date in history

1939 - Nazi army reaches Warsaw

1940 - 28 German aircraft shot down above England

1940 - 60th US Mens Tennis: W D McNeill beats Robert L Riggs (46 68 63 63 75)

1942 - 1st bombing on continental US soil, Mount Emily Oregon (WW II)

1942 - Compulsory work for women, children & old males in Batavia

1942 - Japanese planes drop incendiary bombs on Oregon

1943 - 15 German JU-88's sink Italian flag ship Rome

1943 - Lt-Gen Bradley flies from Algiers to to Marrakech/Prestwick

1943 - Red Army occupies Bachmatsj

1943 - US, British & French troops land in Salerno (operation Avalanche)

1944 - Allied forces liberate Luxembourg

• 1944 - Bulgaria liberated from Nazi control (National Day)

1944 - Resistance fighter Jaap Musch arrested in Nijverdal Neth

1944 - US 113th cavalry passes Belg-Dutch borders

1944 - Very strong hurricane hits Netherland

1945 - Japanese in S Korea, Taiwan, China, Indochina surrender to Allies

1945 - Jimmie Foxx hits his 534th & final HR

1945 - Phila A's Dick Fowler no-hits St Louis Brown, 1-0

1945 - 1st "bug" in a computer program discovered by Grace Hopper, a moth was removed with tweasers from a relay & taped into the log

1948 - "Hilarities (of 1949)" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 14 perfs

1948 - Bkln Dodger Rex Barney no-hits NY Giants, 2-0

• The People's Democratic Republic of Korea, better known as North Korea, was established on this day in 1948.

1950 - "Texas, Li'l Darlin'" closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 293 perfs

1950 - "Where's Chartev?" closes at St James Theater NYC after 792 perfs

1950 - 1st use of TV laugh track-Hank McCune

1950 - Mass arrests of communists in France

1951 - 1st broadcast of "Love of Life" on CBS-TV

1951 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Carrollton Georgia Golf Open

1953 - KGTV TV channel 10 in San Diego, CA (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 - WFIE TV channel 14 in Evansville, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting

1954 - Earthquake strikes Orleansville Algeria: 1,400 killed

1954 - Indians becomes 1st Cleveland team to win 100 games in a season

1955 - Don Zimmer, hits 4,000th Dodger home run

Singer & Cultural Icon Elvis PresleySinger & Cultural Icon Elvis Presley 1955 - Elvis Presley's 1st appearance on Ed Sullivan's Show

1955 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA St Louis Golf Open

1956 - 70th US Womens Tennis: Shirley J Fry beats Althea Gibson (63 64)

1956 - 76th US Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats Lewis Hoad (46 62 63 63)

• 1956 - African Party for Liberation of Guinea-Bissau & Cape Verde forms

1956 - Elvis Presley appears on the Ed Sullivan Show for the 1st time

1957 - "Diana" by Paul Anka reaches #1

1957 - Nashville's new Hattie Cotton Elementary School dynamited

General Dwight Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States

• On this day in 1957, the first civil rights bill to pass Congress since Reconstruction was signed into law by U.S. President Eisenhower.  

1958 - Pirate Roberto Clemente ties record of 3 triples in a game

1958 - Race riots in Notting Hill Gate, London

1960 - 4th American Football League plays 1st game (Denver 13, Boston 10)

1961 - Maria Beale Fletcher (NC), 19, crowned 34th Miss America 1962

1962 - 76th US Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith Court beats Darlene Hard (97 64)

1962 - 82nd US Mens Tennis: Rodney G Laver beats Roy Emerson (62 64 57 64)

Baseball Player Roberto ClementeBaseball Player Roberto Clemente 1962 - Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Eugene Golf Open

1962 - Soviet economist Liberman plead for autonomous businesses

1962 - WNYS (now WIXT) TV channel 9 in Syracuse, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting

1963 - Alabama Gov George Wallace served a federal injunction to stop orders of state police to bar black students from enrolling in white schools

1964 - German DR government allows short visits to West Germany

1964 - John Osborne's "Inadmissable Evidence," premieres in London

1965 - Francois Mitterrand nominated for French presidency

1965 - Sandy Koufax pitches his 4th no-hitter, a perfect game vs Cubs (1-0)

1965 - Tibet is made an autonomous region of China

1966 - The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.

1967 - 1st successful Test flight of a Saturn V

1967 - Debra Dene Barnes (Kansas), 20, crowned 40th Miss America 1968

Flag of Uganda

• Uganda declared independence from Great Britain on this day in 1967.

1968 - 1st US Open, held as an "open" (Arthur Ashe-wins)

1968 - Arthur Ashe defeats Tom Okker to win US Tennis Open

36th US President Lyndon B. Johnson36th US President Lyndon B. Johnson 1968 - WGIQ TV channel 43 in Louisville, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting

1968 - WVPT TV channel 51 in Staunton, VA (PBS) begins broadcasting

1969 - Allegheny 853 collides with Piper Cherokee above Indiana, kills 82

1969 - Seaplane crashes at Indianapolis, kills 83

1969 - Smallest US Tennis Open single session-131 (men's doubles final only)

1969 - WCVN TV channel 54 in Covington, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting

1970 - Bowie Kuhn suspends Denny McLain for carrying a gun

1970 - Feyenoord wins soccer's World Cup

1971 - 1,000 convicts riot & seize Attica, NY prison

1971 - John Lennon & Yoko Ono appear on Dick Cavett Show (ABC-TV)

 Ran into this image of John Lennon while in Syracuse to see a Paul McCartney concert. 

• 1971 - John Lennon releases "Imagine" album

1971 - NHL great Gordie Howe retires

1972 - 86th US Womens Tennis: Billie Jean M King beats K Melville (63 75)

1972 - Terry Anne Meeuwsen (Wisc), 23, crowned 45th Miss America 1973

1973 - 93rd US Mens Tennis: John Newcombe beats Jan Kodes (64 16 46 62 62)

Musician and Beatle John LennonMusician and Beatle John Lennon 1973 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open

1974 - 88th US Womens Tennis: B J M King beats E Goolagong Cawley (36 63 75)

1975 - Viking 2 Mars probe launch

1977 - 1st TRS-80 computer sold

1977 - Tiger rookies Lou Whitaker & Allan Trammell debut together & will play together for 19 years

1978 - 3rd game of Boston Massacre; Yanks beat Red Sox 7-0

1978 - 92nd US Womens Tennis: Chris E L Mills beats Pam Shriver (75 64)

1978 - Balt Orioles pull their 7th triple play (5-4-3 vs Toronto)

1978 - Iraqi Ayatollah Khomeini calls for uprising in Irani army

1978 - Kylene Barker (Virginia), crowned 51st Miss America 1979

1979 - 31st Emmy Awards: Taxi, Lou Grant, Ron Leibman & Ruth Gordon

1979 - 93rd US Womens Tennis: Tracy Austin beats C E Lloyd Mills (64 63)

1979 - 99th US Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Vitas Gerulaitis (75 63 63)

1979 - Sally Little wins LPGA Columbia Savings Golf Classic

1979 - Sid Bernstein offers $½ billion for a Beatle reunion

Tennis Player John McEnroeTennis Player John McEnroe 1981 - Vernon E Jordan resigns as president of National Urban League

1982 - "Your Arms are Too Short..." opens at Alvin NYC for 69 performances

1982 - Columbia mated with SRBs & external tank in preparation for STS-5

1982 - Conestoga 1, 1st private commercial rocket, makes suborbital flight

1983 - Challenger returns to Kennedy Space Center via Sheppard AFB, Texas

1983 - Radio Shack announces their color computer 2 (Coco2)

1983 - Vitas Gerulatis bets his house that Martina Navratilova can't beat 100th ranked male tennis player

1984 - 104th US Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Ivan Lendl (63 64 61)

1984 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Portland Ping Golf Championship

Flag of South Africa during the apartheid era

• 1985 - President Reagan orders sanctions against South Africa

1985 - Race riot in Birmingham, England

1986 - Minn Tommy Krammer passes for 6 touchdowns vs Green Bay (42-7)

1986 - NYC jury indicts Gennadly Zakharov (Soviet UN employee) of spying

1987 - Gary Hart admits on "Nightline," to cheating on his wife

1987 - Largest US Tennis Open single night session (total) 21,016

NBA Legend Larry BirdNBA Legend Larry Bird 1987 - Larry Bird (Celtics), begins NBA free throw streak of 59

1987 - Nolan Ryan strikes out his 4,500th batter

1988 - Braves Bruce Sutter joins Fingers & Gossage to save 300 games

1988 - Chris Evert defaults at US Open due to a stomach flu

1988 - US swamps NZ at 27th America`s Cup: NZ set to appeal

1989 - 103rd US Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats M Navratilova (36 75 61)

1990 - 110th US Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi (64 63 62)

• 1990 - Liberia president Samuel K Doe is captured by Mr Johnson's forces

1990 - Oakland beats NY 7-3 to complete a 12-game sweep of Yankees this year

1990 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Ping-Cellular One Golf Championship

1990 - George Bush & Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Helsinki& amp; urge Iraq to leave Kuwait

1991 - Mike Tyson indicted for rape of Desiree Washington

1991 - Only 1,695 fans watch Boston Red Sox play Cleveland

1992 - 1st time Baltimore Orioles draw 3 million fans at home

1992 - 9th MTV Awards: Howard Stern appears as Fartman

Radio shock jock Howard SternRadio shock jock Howard Stern 1992 - Robin Yount, is 17th to get 3,000 hits

1993 - Croupier of casino in Bristol ,England, shoots a 4 a record eight times

1993 - PLO recognizes state of Israel

• 1993 - Ukraine premier Leonid Koetsjma, (Kuchma) resigns

Picture of the space shuttle at Expo Park in Los Angeles, California

• In 1994 on this day, space shuttle STS 64 (Discovery 20) launched into orbit on an 11-day mission.

1994 - Tu-22 crashes into Aeroflot Tu-134a at Zhukovsky, 7 killed

1995 - "Broadway Limited" last train ride (began in 1902)

1995 - 109th US Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Monica Seles (76 06 63)

1995 - Dean St Station in Brooklyn, is 6th MTA station to close since 1904

1997 - Sinn Fein accepts Mitchell Principles on para-military disarmament

2001 - Ahmed Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan.

2002 - Pitcher Randy Johnson reaches 300 strikeouts for the fifth consecutive season, extending his major league record

2004 - 2004 A bomb explodes outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta, killing 10 people.

2012 - 17 people are killed and at least 40 injured after two car bombs explode in Aleppo, Syria

2012 - 100 people are killed and 350 injured after a wave of attacks across Iraq

2012 - Armenia wins the 40th FIDE Chess Olympiad

Tennis Player Serena WilliamsTennis Player Serena Williams 2012 - Serena Williams wins her fourth women's tennis singles at the US Open

1850 - California became the 31st state to join the union.   1898 - In Omaha, NE, Tommy Fleming of Eau Claire, WI won the first logrolling championship.   1893 - U.S. President Grover Cleveland's wife, Frances Cleveland, gave birth to a daughter, Esther. It was the first time a president's child was born in the White House.   1904 - Mounted police were used for the first time in the City of New York.   1911 - Italy declared war on the Ottoman Turks and annexed Libya, Tripolitania, and Cyrenaica in North Africa.   1919 - The majority of Boston's police force went on strike. The force was made up of 1,500 men.   1919 - Alexander Graham Bell and Casey Baldwin's HD-4, a hydrofoil craft, set a world marine speed record.   1926 - The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) was created by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA).   1942 - Japan dropped incendiaries over NE in an attempt to set fire to the forests in Oregon and Washington. The forest did not ignite.   1943 - During World War II Allied forces landed at Taranto and Salerno.   1946 - Ben Alexander hosted "Heart’s Desire" for the first time on the Mutual Broadcasting System.   1948 - North Korea became the People's Democratic Republic of Korea.   1950 - Sal Maglie (New York Giants) pitched a fourth consecutive shutout. Only four other pitchers in the National League had ever accomplished this feat.   1957 - The first civil rights bill to pass Congress since Reconstruction was signed into law by U.S. President Eisenhower.   1965 - French President Charles de Gaulle announced that France was withdrawing from NATO to protest the domination of the U.S. in the organization.   1965 - Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitched the eighth perfect game in major league baseball history.   1971 - Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings retired from the National Hockey League (NHL).   1979 - Tracy Austin, at 16, became the youngest player to win the U.S. Open women’s tennis title.   1981 - Nicaragua declared a state of economic emergency and banned strikes.   1983 - The Soviet Union announced that the Korean jetliner the was shot down on September 1, 1983 was not an accident or an error.   1984 - Walter Payton of the Chicago Bears broke Jim Brown’s combined yardage record when he reached 15,517 yards.   1986 - Frank Reed was taken hostage in Lebanon by pro-Iranian kidnappers. The director of a private school in Lebanon was released 44 months later.   1986 - Ted Turner presented the first of his colorized films on WTBS in Atlanta, GA.   1986 - Gennadiy Zakharov was indicted by a New York jury on espionage charges. Zakharov was a Soviet United Nations employee.   1987 - Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer aired for the last time on CBS.   1993 - Israeli and PLO leaders agreed to recognize each other.   1994 - The U.S. agreed to accept about 20,000 Cuban immigrants a year. This was in return for Cuba's promise to halt the flight of refugees.   

1994 - The space shuttle Discovery blasted off on an 11-day mission.   1995 - Amtrak's Broadway Limited service made its final run between New York City, NY and Chicago, IL.   1997 - Sinn Fein, the IRA's political ally, formally renounced violence as it took its place in talks on Northern Ireland's future.   1998 - Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr delivered to the U.S. Congress 36 boxes of material concerning his investigation of U.S. President Clinton.   1998 - Four tourists who had paid $32,500 each were taken in submarine to view the wreckage of the Titanic. The ship is 2 miles below the Atlantic off Newfoundland.   1999 - The Sega Dreamcast game system went on sale. By 1:00pm all Toys R Us locations in the U.S. had sold out.   2008 - The iTunes Music Store reached 100 million applications downloaded.   2009 - The iTunes Music Store reached 1.8 billion applications downloaded.  

1776 The Second Continental Congress changed the name of the nation to the United States of America, from the United Colonies. 1850 California became the 31st state. 1893 President Grover Cleveland's daughter, Esther Cleveland, became the first president's child to be born in the White House. 1926 The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) was created by the Radio Corporation of America. 1948 The People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) was created. 1956 Elvis Presley appeared on television for the first time on The Ed Sullivan Show. 1976 Communist Chinese leader Mao Zedong died in Beijing at age 82.

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/sep09.htm

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

http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory

NOT a Joke: Trump Claims Moon For the United States

This is a picture of a magnet that was being sold at Strand's Book Store in New York City a few years ago. No, I did not buy it, but I liked it and took a picture, which I am sharing here now. 

Absolute lunacy.

Literally, in fact.

Wish this was satire.

Unfortunately, it's not. This is an actual 

Did Trump claim the moon as US territory? by Laerke Christensen Published Sept. 8, 2026:

The U.S. is bound by a U.N. treaty that says countries can't "claim" celestial bodies like the moon for themselves. 

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-moon-us-territory/

Did Trump claim the moon as US territory? | Snopes.com

Then there was this. Not sure if this is real or not. 

I could not find anything else on this, so it might not be real. Even then, it feels like the kind of thing which he would post, which says something in and of itself.

Laurie Reynolds 2͏h͏  · Guess what? Us Native Americans were here first up to 20,000 years first. So he can get the hell off our lands

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Back to School For Late Summer/Early Autumn 2026

By now, this day after Labor Day weekend, pretty much every kid in the United States is back to school. I remember as a kid that we usually were back on the Wednesday after Labor Day. So this is that season when kids are back at school, and most grownups are back at work.

Saw this sign a few days ago during my walk. In Hillsborough, the kids went back to school last week, on Wednesday, I believe.

Anyway, be safe now that schools are open again!

Former Trump Supporters & MAGA Now Expressing Buyer's Remorse Do Not Get to Pretend Innocence & Claim That He Tricked Them

This is a picture of a magnet that was being sold at Strand's Book Store in New York City a few years ago. No, I did not buy it, but I liked it and took a picture, which I am sharing here now. 

A lot of former MAGA members and Trump supporters are now beginning to cry foul at the nightmare that his second presidential term - often dubbed "Trump 2.0" - has unleashed. To that end, they often seem to say something like, "I never voted for this!"

Well, actually you did. 

When you voted for a con artist, possibly literally the most documented liar in history, and a man who has time and again proven to be unstable, unpredictable (not in any good sense) and volatile, then yeah, you actually did vote for this. 

Period. 

No "Oh, we couldn't have known" sentiments or other such nonsense. This was the man who had a difficult time criticizing outright Nazis and white supremacists. This is the same man who dismissed tens of millions of people from "shithole nations." The same man who posted a video of a Trump supporter yelling "White Power!" during the 2020 election before taking it down after a few hours. The same man who guided an insurrection in order to keep himself in power. The same man who in 2022 posted on his Truth Social that parts of the Constitution might need to be suspended. The same man who was prominently featured both in pictures and videos with Jeffrey Epstein, and who once praised him in a major magazine published all the way back in 2002 - well before the whole Epstein controversy blew up and became public knowledge - praising Epstein and saying that he loved beautiful women as much as Trump, only he seemed to like them young. And let's not forget Trump himself bragging about being given access to dressing rooms with naked models and women allowing him to grab them by the pussy. 

So no, you don't get to pretend that he turned out to be just another typical lying politician, after all. You can't claim that his lies bother you now, when you voted for him because you claimed that he was a refreshing change from the typical lying politicians. 

You don't get to pretend some kind of innocence when you and people like you put this creep and monster into office in the first place. 

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