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1 September 2010

• 12:00, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

• ... that Benjamin Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden (both pictured) made their debut as the band MGMT playing the theme to the movie Ghostbusters over and over for hours?
• ... that Lusia Harris, who was drafted in the seventh round of the 1977 NBA Draft, was the first and only woman ever drafted in the NBA?
• ... that a riot ensued when a Catholic rang the bell of St. Martin's Church, Biberach during a Protestant wedding?
• ... that Princess Anne of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg was the first Woman to attempt, and to perish in, a Transatlantic Airplane Flight?
• ... that the Woodlawn Preserve is one of the most biologically diverse habitats in Schenectady County, New York, due to the combination of swamp, wetlands, water bodies, and dune vegetation?
• ... that British Museum keeper John Thomas Smith wrote a life of the sculptor Joseph Nollekens that was noted for its "malicious candour"?
• ... that the winemaker of the eponymous Piemonte wine producer, Bruno Giacosa, is known as "the genius of Neive"?
• ... that in the early History of Baptists in Kentucky there were three church Associations and twelve churches recorded in Asplund's Register for 1785?
• ... that the American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter Walter Vinson co-wrote the blues standard, "Sitting on Top of the World"?
  • 06:00, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
  
• ... that Giora Romm assumed command of Israeli Air Force 115 Squadron a day before the Yom Kippur War broke out, making his debut flight in the A-4 Skyhawk (pictured) on a combat mission?
• ... that although Haile Fida was an important political advisor to Mengistu Haile Mariam, the military ruler of Ethiopia, in 1977 Mengistu had him arrested and later executed?
• ... that Lugu Lake is the highest lake in China's Yunnan Province?
• ... that with an area of over 40,000 square feet (Template:Rnd/b-0.1 m²), etnies Skatepark is the largest free to use Skatepark in California?
• ... that trade unionist Lt-col. David Watts Morgan CBE DSO JP was known by the miners he represented as "Dai Alphabet"?
• ... that death is directly mentioned in 19 of the 38 poems in Maya Angelou's first book of poetry, Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie?
• ... that while Romanian politician Viorel Hrebenciuc was pushing to have President Traian Băsescu removed from office, his son was dating the President's daughter Elena?
• ... that CBS News journalist Elaine Quijano originally trained as an engineer?
• ... that the iron furnace at Old Furnace State Park in Connecticut produced Horseshoes for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War?
  • 00:00, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
  
• ... that in 1838, Henriette d'Angeville (pictured), the first woman to climb Mont Blanc on her own strength, received a calling card from a Polish nobleman on her way to the summit, at 10,000 feet?
• ... that even though the Dollarway Road, Arkansas' first road, is now covered by Arkansas Highway 356, a portion of the road has been preserved by the National Register of Historic Places?
• ... that, in 1888, Henry Porter pitched the only No-hitter in the two-season existence of the Kansas City Cowboys Major League Baseball franchise?
• ... that the only production of Don Quixote in a non-German speaking country was in Moscow in 1911?
• ... that Wilson Industrial Park in Edmonton, Alberta, is named in honour of Herbert Charles Wilson, who served as the city's mayor in the late 19th century?
• ... that tomatoes were the first commercially available Genetically modified food?
• ... that Lacrosse Hall of Famer Kevin Lowe has scored overtime game-winning goals in both an NCAA Championship game and a Major League Lacrosse Steinfeld Cup Championship game?
• ... that the Albion River Bridge, the only Wooden bridge on California State Route 1, has been proposed for replacement by the California Department of Transportation?
• ... that when Luis Figo was taking a corner in a football match against FC Barcelona, the Boixos Nois threw a pig's head after him?