September 9

United States of America officially gets its name (1776); HBD actor Hugh Grant (1960); HBD actor Adam Sandler (1966); China founding father Mao Zedong dies (1976); Queen Elizabeth II becomes longest-reigning monarch of the UK at more than 63 years with crown (2015).

September 8

Michelangelo’s David statue unveiled to the public (1504); St. Augustine, Florida, becomes first permanent European settlement (1565); Singer Patsy Cline born (1932); HBD Bernie Sanders (1941); HBD Ruby Bridges, first Black student to attend an all-white school in Louisiana (1954).

September 10

Golfing legend Arnold Palmer born (1929); RIP Jane Wyman, actress and first wife of President Ronald Reagan (2007); Large Hadron Collider is tested for first time (2008); Hurricane Irma makes landfall in Florida, is responsible for 134 deaths and $77B in damage (2017).

September 7

Uncle Sam first used as nickname for the US (1813); First pilot death by airplane crash (1909); Rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly born (1936); HBD "I Will Survive" singer Gloria Gaynor (1943); Rapper Tupac Shakur is shot, dies six days later (1996).

September 3

Treaty of Paris signed, ending American Revolutionary War (1783); Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Marguerite Higgins born (1920); HBD author Malcolm Gladwell (1963); RIP football coaching legend Vince Lombardi (1970).

September 2

US Treasury Department is founded (1789); Japan surrenders, ending World War II (1945); Astronaut and teacher Christa McAuliffe born (1948); HBD Keanu Reeves (1964); Vietnamese president and revolutionary Ho Chi Minh dies (1969).

September 1

Lewis and Clark explorer William Clark dies (1838); Germany invades Poland (1939); HBD singer Gloria Estefan (1957); Bobby Fischer wins “Match of the Century” and becomes first American-born world chess champion (1972); Wreckage of the Titanic found at the bottom of North Atlantic (1985); HBD actress and singer Zendaya (1996).