This Day In History

September 1st

1810  The first plow with interchangeable parts was patented by John J. Wood on this day.
1887   Emile Berliner filed for a patent for his invention of the lateral-cut, flat-disk gramophone
1923   The worst earthquake in Japan's history hit Kanto and killed over 57,000 people.
1939   German Nazi troops invade Poland and is the beginning of World War II

1854  Opera Composer Engelbert Humperdinck (not to be confused with Arnold Dorsey who borrowed his name)
1875  Writer Edgar Rice Burroughs
1923  Boxer Rocky Marciano (birth name Rocco Marchegiano)
1931  Country Singer Boxcar Willie (birth name Lecil Martin)
1933  Singer Conway Twitty (birth name Harold Lloyd Jenkins)
1939  Actress Lily (Mary Jean) Tomlin
1946  Musician Barry Gibb
1957  Singer Gloria Estefan (birth name Gloria Fajardo)

Top Hits Courtesy of...

1955

• Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets

• Love is a Many-Splendored Thing - Four Aces

• The Longest Walk - Jaye P. Morgan

• The Yellow Rose of Texas - Mitch Miller

1963

• My Boyfriend's Back - The Angels

• Candy Girl - Four Seasons

• Blowin' in the Wind - Peter, Paul and Mary

• Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh - Allan Sherman

1971

• How Can You Mend a Broken Heart - The Bee Gees

• Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver

• Signs - Five Man Electrical Band

• Good Lovin' (Makes It Right) - Tammy Wynette

1979

• My Sharona - The Knack

• The Devil Went Down to Georgia - The Charlie Daniels Band

• Lead Me On - Maxine Nightingale

• Heartbreak Hotel - Willie Nelson and Leon Russell

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