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September 5, 2018
Your Local News Source for 48 Years
The
Portland Observer Newspaper
C alendar
September 2018
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
1
World War II began,
Hitler invaded
Poland, 1939
3
4
5
Syd Hoff born, 1912
Newspaper Carrier
Day
Google First Incopo-
rated (1998)
National Cheese
Pizza Day
First Continental
Congress Convened
(1774)
10
11
12
Swap Ideas Day
Elias Howe patented
the sewing ma-
chine. In 1846
Make Your Bed Day
World Trade Center
attack in 2001
O. Henry born, 1862
(writer)
17
18
Labor Day
Skyscraper Day
Treaty of Paris
Signed, 1783
Citizenship Day
National Apple
Dumpling Day
Constitution Day
24
National Bluebird of
Happiness Day
Supreme Court es-
tablished in 1789
The New York Times
was first published
in 1851
25
Balboa discovered
the Pacific Ocean in
1513
National Chocolate
Milk Shake Day
Jesse Owens Olym-
pian, born 1913
19
International Talk
Like a Pirate Day
Poet John Keats
Wrote ‘To Autumn’
in 1819
26
Johnny Appleseed
born John Chap-
man, in 1774
6
Read a Book Day
Pilgrims set sail
from Plymouth,
England (1620)
13
National Peanut Day
Positive Thinking
Day
20
First Railroad Sta-
tion Opened
7
Grandma Moses
born, 1860
(painter)
14
Francis Scott Key
wrote ‘Star Span-
gled Banner,’ 1814
21
Miniature Golf Day
World Gratitude Day
International Peace Day
H.G. Wells born,
1866
27
28
Crush A Can Day
First Steam Locomo-
tive Run (1825)
California Native
American Day
First Airport Opened
(1909)
SUNDAY
2
National Blueberry
Popsicle Day
U.S. Treasury Dept.
Established, 1789
8
9
International Litera-
cy Day
King Richard the
Lion-Hearted born,
1157
Rosh Hashanah
Grandparents Day
Teddy Bear Day
California became
the 31st state, 1850
15
16
Make A Hat Day
National Hispanic
Heritage Month
22
Dear Diary Day
Elephant Apprecia-
tion Day
U.S. Post Office
Opened In 1789
29
Stanley Berenstain
The U.S. Army was
established in 1789
Collect Rocks Day
Mayflower Day
Mexican Indepen-
dence Day
Stepfamily Day
23
First Day of Autumn
Good Neighbor Day
(4th Sunday)
30
Safety Pin Invented
(1849)