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September, 2005

1  Birthday of Edgar Rice Burroughs, author (biography)

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3  Birthday of Loren Eiseley, scientist (biography)

4 Birthday of Richard Wright, author (biography)

5  Labor Day occurs on the first Monday in September and was first celebrated in the United States on September 5, 1882. The date was deliberately selected to fall between Independence Day and Thanksgiving. The holiday was suggested by Peter J. McGuire, a New York City carpenter and a founder of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and by Matthew Maguire, a Paterson, New Jersey machinist. They strongly believed that American workers should have a holiday similar to those of other countries. The first celebration was observed only in New York City with a parade of about 10,000 workers. The idea spread quickly and in 1894, President Grover Cleveland declared Labor Day a national holiday
(from the University of Kansas Medical Center)

Birthday of Werner Herzog, filmmaker (biography) and Louis XIV, King of France (biography)

6 Birthday of Jane Addams, social reformer (biography at about.com)

No School

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8  Birthday of Richard I, King of England (biography) and Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Civil War General (biography)

9  Birthday of Cesare Pavese, author (biography) and Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, musician (biography)

10  Birthday of Hilda Doolittle ("H.D."), poet (biography) and William Everson, poet (biography)

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12  Birthday of Jesse Owens, athlete (biography)

13  Birthday of Milton Hershey, businessman (biography) and John "Blackjack" Pershing, U.S. General (biography)

14 Birthday of Margaret Sanger, birth control advocate (biography at about.com)

15 National Hispanic Heritage Month. National Hispanic Heritage Month is a national observance authorized by Public Law 100-402 which states: The President is hereby authorized and requested to issue  annually a proclamation designating the 31-day period beginning September 15 and ending on October 15 as "National Hispanic Heritage Month" and calling upon the people of the United States, especially the educational community, to observe such month with appropriate ceremonies and activities. The observation was initiated in 1968 as National Hispanic Heritage Week but was expanded in 1988 to include the entire 31-day period.(from the University of Kansas Medical Center)

Middle School Back to School Night

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17  Birthday of Samuel Johnson, lexicographer (biography) and William Carlos Williams, poet (biography)

18  Birthday of Agnes de Mille, choreographer (biography)

19  Birthday of William Golding, author (biography)

20  Birthday of Upton Sinclair, author (biography) and Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, musician (biography)

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22  Birthday of Cheng Ning Yang, scientist (biography), and Bilbo Baggins, character from "The Hobbit" (more)

Elementary Back to School Night

23  Religious Freedom Week (23-10/2). Commemorates the anniversary of the Bill of Rights and the right of all people to practice the religion of their choice as stated by the First Amendment.

Birthday of Louise Nevelson, sculpter (biography) and John Coltrane, musician (biography)

24  Birthday of F. Scott Fitzgerald, author (biography)

25Birthday of William Faulkner, author (biography)

26  Birthday of Martin Heidegger, philosopher (biography) and Winnie Mandela, political figure (biography)

27  Birthday of Samuel Adams, revolutionary patriot (biography)

28  Birthday of Georges Clemenceau, French Prime Minister (biography) and John Sayles, filmmaker (biography) 

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High School Back to School Night

30  Birthday of Truman Capote, author (biography) and Elie Weisel, author (biography)