Also on August 29th, 2005 Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans.

On Aug. 30, 1991, the Supreme Soviet, the parliament of the U.S.S.R., suspended all activities of the Communist Party, bringing an end to the institution

Also on August 30, 1968, the Beatles' "Hey Jude" was released...

On August 31, 1888- Mary Ann Nichols, a prostitute, was found murdered in London's East End. She is generally regarded as the first victim of Jack the Ripper.

Also on August 31, 1969, Bob Dylan made his first paid appearance at England's Isle of Wight Pop Festival since his motorcycle accident three years earlier...

On Sept. 1, 1939 Germany invaded Poland starting WWII.

Also on September 1, 1956, Elvis Presley shared his success with his family by purchasing his mother a pink Cadillac...

On Sept. 2nd, Japan surrenders ending WWII

Also on September 2, 1965, the Rolling Stones appeared on the British TV show "Ready Steady Go!" Mick Jagger and Andrew Loog Oldham performed a parody of Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe..."

On Sept. 3, 1976, the unmanned U.S. spacecraft Viking 2 landed on Mars to take the first close-up, color photographs of the planet's surface.

Also on September 3, 1955, Bill Haley & the Comets refused their first offer to tour outside the U.S. because of a fear of flying...

On Sept. 4, 1957, Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus called out the National Guard to prevent nine black students from entering Central High School in Little Rock.

Also on September 4, 1959, "Mack the Knife" by Bobby Darin was banned by a radio station in New York City...

On September 5, 1964, "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" by Manfred Mann's was released...

Also on Sept. 5, 1972, Palestinian terrorists attacked the Israeli Olympic team at the summer games in Munich; 11 Israeli athletes and coaches, five terrorists and a police officer were killed.

On Sept. 6, 1901, President William B. McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y.

Also on September 6, 1963, Jerry Lee Lewis' contract with Sun Records expired...

The first "Prize Fight" was broadcast on the radio...1920.

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On Sept. 7, 1940, the German air force began its blitz on London during World War II.

Also on September 7, 1978, Keith Moon, drummer for The Who, died in London after overdosing on Hemenephirin at the age of 31. He was taking the prescription drug to help him with alcohol. He was replaced in The Who by Kenney Jones (from the Faces)...

On Sept. 8, 1974, President Ford granted an unconditional pardon to former President Nixon.

Also on September 8, 1988, Elton John sold some of his costumes and concert memorabilia at an auction in London for $6.2 million...

On Sept. 9th, 1850- California became the 31st state of the union.

Also on September 9, 1956, Elvis Presley made his first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show "Toast of the Town." He was shot from just the waist up during the performance. Elvis would make a total of three appearances on the show...

On September 10, 1966, the Rolling Stones appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show..."

Also on Sept. 10, 1919, New York City welcomed home Gen. John J. Pershing and 25,000 soldiers who had served in the United States 1st Division during World War I

On September 11, 1968, Larry Graham, of Sly and the Family Stone, was arrested for possession of cannabis. The groups TV appearance and hotel reservations were canceled as a result...

Also on Sept. 11th, 1941- Charles A. Lindbergh sparked charges of anti-Semitism with a speech in which he blamed "the British, the Jewish and the Roosevelt administration" for trying to draw the United States into World War II.

On Sept. 12th, 1959- "Bonanza" premiered on NBC.

Also on September 12, 1970, "Fire and Rain" by James Taylor was released. It was his first single...

On Sept. 13, 1993, at the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shook hands after signing an accord granting limited Palestinian autonomy.

Also on September 13, 1969, the Toronto Rock 'n' Roll Revival Festival took place...

On Sept. 14, 1959, the Soviet space probe Luna 2 became the first man-made object to reach the moon as it crashed onto the lunar surface.

Also on September 14, 1969, Genesis played their first gig for money in Surrey, England, at a cottage owned by a Sunday school teacher...

On Sept. 15th, 1978- boxer Muhammad Ali defeats Leon Spinks at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans to win the world heavyweight boxing title for the third time in his career, the first fighter ever to do so

Also on September 15, 1979, Bob Dylan released the album "Slow Train Coming." It was his first religiously themed album...

Sept 15 1835.......

Charles Darwin arrives in the Galapagos Islands aboard the HMS Beagle.


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Sept 16th 1977, 29-year-old former T Rex singer Marc Bolan was killed instantly when the car driven by his girlfriend, Gloria Jones, left the road and hit a tree in Barnes, London. Miss Jones broke her jaw in the accident. The couple were on the way to Bolan's home in Richmond after a night out at a Mayfair restaurant. A local man who witnessed the crash said, 'When I arrived a girl was lying on the bonnet and a man with long dark curly hair was stretched out in the road - there was a hell of a mess.'

Also on Sept. 16, 1810- Mexican War of Independence begins

Also on September 16, 1970, Jimi Hendrix made his final public appearance. He appeared with Eric Burdon and War at a club in London. The opening performance was Samuel Barber's "Antony and Cleopatra..."