Browsing: September 4

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on September 4th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On September 4, 1882, the Pearl Street Station opened for business in New York City, the first commercial provider of electric power to customers. On September 4, 1886, after almost 30 years of raiding Mexican and white settlers and battling the U.S. Army, Apache war leader Geronimo finally surrendered in Arizona to U.S. Army General Nelson Miles. On September 4, 1888, George…

A Brief History On September 4, 1882, the Pearl Street Station opened for business in New York City, the first commercial provider of electric power to customers.  Built and operated by the Edison Illuminating Company, a new era began of providing the public with mass quantities of electric power. Digging Deeper In the century plus since 1882, the US has seen an electrical grid fed by over 11,000 utility type electric plants.  Coal originally fired most electric plants, but today natural gas provides over 38% of our electricity.  Coal accounts for 22%, while nuclear energy provides almost 19% of our…

A Brief History On September 4, 1998, a pair of Stanford University students founded what has become the premier internet search engine, Google, although Google is also heavily involved in other areas, such as software, AI, electronics, advertising, and cloud computing. Digging Deeper Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google, a company the BBC has called the “most powerful company in the world,” in the aptly named Menlo Park, California, an allusion to the site of Thomas Edison’s invention laboratory.  The 25 year old students, one from the USA and the other born in Moscow, Russia, were already college graduates…

A Brief History On September 4, 1944, the British 11th Armoured Division, part of the larger armies on the European continent commanded by Field Marshall Bernard Law Montgomery, liberated the Belgian city of Antwerp, one more city liberated of the German oppressors by the victorious Allies, many of whom were ably led by the dashing Monty.  Meanwhile, in the Pacific Theater of Operations, the Allied effort against Japan was split between Fleet Admiral Nimitz and General of the Army Douglas MacArthur.  MacArthur had been humiliated by being ousted from the Philippines in early 1942, but was well on the way…

A Brief History On September 4, 1972, The Price is Right, created by Bob Stewart, Mark Goodson, and Bill Todman, made its television debut with Bob Barker as host.  The show would go on to become the longest running American television game show, and Bob Barker, host from 1972 to 2007 (when Drew Carey took over) was the longest tenured US television game show host.  The remarkable show is still going strong, still with Drew Carey at the helm.  In 2007, TV Guide Magazine called The Price is Right the greatest game show of all time.  Considering the incredible array…