~ September 28 ~ World Rabies Day!

~ September 27 ~ 1905: Albert Einstein’s paper "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?" is published, introducing the equation E=mc².

~ September 26 ~ 1964: "Gilligan’s Island" premieres.

~ September 25 ~ 1997: The episode "Ambush" of the TV series "ER" is performed & broadcast live.

~ September 24 ~ 2007: Alleged sitcom "The Big Bang Theory" premieres.

~ Septeber 23 ~ 1962: ABC airs its first full-color TV program: The premiere of "The Jetsons".

~ September 22 ~ 1987: "Full House" premieres.

~ September 21 ~ 1974: Barry White's "Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US.

~ September 20 ~ 2019: The planned date for the "Storm Area 51" raids, which began as a joke event on Facebook encouraging participants eager to uncover evidence of extraterrestrial beings in the facility to "Naruto run" en masse in order to "move faster than [Area 51 security's] bullets".

~ September 19 ~ 1952: Charlie Chaplin is barred for re-entering the US on suspicion that he is a dirty commie, and his lack of a birth certificate, along with the iconic facial hair, led to suspicion that he could even be Hitler in disguise.

~ September 18 ~ 1947: The US Air Force branch is formed. As such, this day is observed annually as "Air Force Birthday". 🎂🥳🥂

~ September 17 ~ 1683: Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek is the first to report the existence of bacteria.

~ September 16 ~ 1993: "Frasier", starring Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde Pierce, premieres.

~ September 15 ~ 1949: "The Lone Ranger" premieres on ABC-TV.

~ September 14 ~ Holy Rood Day, a.k.a. The Feast of the Cross, a.k.a Roodmas.

~ September 13 ~ 1985: Super Mario Bros is released.

~ September 12 ~ Chocolate Milkshake Day! Have a frosty one!

~ September 11 ~ 9: The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends with the Roman Empire suffering the greatest defeat in its history.

~ September 10 ~ 1984: The daily syndicated version of this popular American television game show first aired on the aforementioned date and was hosted by Alex Trebek.

~ September 9 ~ 1789: The Bill of Rights is approved by the United States House of Representatives.

~ September 8 ~ 1966: Gene Roddenberry's "Star Trek" premieres. 🖖 Happy Star Trek Day! Live long and prosper. 🖖

~ September 7 ~ 1996: Rapper and actor Tupac Shakur is shot multiple times in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. He dies 6 days later.

~ September 6 ~ 1634: The Battle of Nördlingen comes to a decisive end.

~ September 5 ~ 1666: The Great Fire of London ends.

~ September 4 ~ 1990: The 40th Anniversary of the "Beetle Bailey" comic strip.

~ September 3 ~ 1978: John Paul I is elected as the 264th Pope. He dies 33 days later.

~ September 2 ~ 1944: Future US President George H. W. Bush bails out of a burning plane during a mission in the Pacific.

~ September 1 ~ 2012: The #1 Hit on the Billboard Hot 100 is Taylor Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together".

~ August 31 ~ 1939: Nazi Germany mounts a false flag attack on the Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day, thus starting World War II in Europe.

~ August 30 ~ Happy 82nd Birthday, Robert Crumb!

~ August 29 ~ Lemon Juice Day!

~ August 28 ~ 1859: The Carrington Event, the strongest geomagnetic storm on record to strike the Earth, wreaks havoc on the telegraph network and other electrical systems.

~ August 27 ~ HEY EVERYONE LISTEN UP! I wanna wish a Happy Birthday to Pee Wee Butts (1919-1972, American baseball player and coach).

~ August 26 ~ 1682: English astronomer Edmond Halley makes his first observation of the comet that would be named in his honour.

~ August 25 ~ 1823: American fur trapper Hugh Glass is mauled by a grizzly bear while on an expedition in South Dakota.

~ August 24 ~ 1869: American Cornelius Swartwout is the first to patent a design for a stove-top waffle iron. In honor of this, today is Waffle Day in America.

~ August 23 ~ 1998: "That '70s Show" premieres.

~ August 22 ~ 1950: The first patent for cruise control is granted to American inventor Ralph Teetor.

~ August 21 ~ 1772: King Gustav III of Sweden completes a coup d'état by adopting a new constitution and installing himself as an Enlightened Despot, ending fifty years of parliamentary rule.

~ August 20 ~ 1882: Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture premieres in Moscow, Russia.

~ August 19 ~ 1934: The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.

~ August 18 ~ 1973: Drummer Gene Krupa performs for the last time.

~ August 17 ~ 1835: Massachusettsan Springfieldianite Solymon Merrick patents the first wrench.

~ August 16 ~ 1940: The "Blood for Britain" program, pioneered by Charles R. Drew, officially begins. Its mission: Sending blood plasma from the US for Brits wounded in WWII.

~ August 15 ~ (For real this time) 1936: Carla de Vries, an American tourist watching a swimming event at the Berlin Olympics, requests Hitler's autograph and in a moment of impulsive fangirlishness, lunges forward and kisses Der Fuhrer on the cheek.

~ August 15 ~ 2024: An A.I. Jesus is temporarily installed in the confessional of Peter's Chapel, a Catholic church in Lucerne, Switzerland.

~ August 13 ~ 1997: "South Park" airs for the first time.

~ August 12 ~ 1960: "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss is first published.

~ August 11 ~ 3114 BCE: The traditionally accepted start date of the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, also known as the Mayan Calendar.

~ August 10 ~ 1948: Candid Camera makes its television debut.