Friday, 9 September
1945: First bug in a computer program discovered by Grace Hopper. A moth is removed with tweezers from a relay and taped into the log.
Celebrate: Teddy Bear Day
Saturday, 10 September
1964: Rod Stewart records his first single, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl. You’d be hard pushed to get away with that these days.
Celebrate: Swap Ideas Day
Sunday, 11 September
1773: Benjamin Franklin writes “There never was a good war or bad peace.”
Celebrate: National Hot Cross Bun Day
Monday, 12 September
1983: Albert Rizzo treads water at sea for 108 hours, 9 minutes, thus demonstrating beyond all doubt the fundamental ennui inherent in the human experience.
Celebrate: National Chocolate Milkshake Day
Tuesday, 13 September
1994: Ulysses probe passes the Sun’s south pole, which is probably not as cold as the one we have on Earth.
Celebrate: Defy Superstition Day
Wednesday, 14 September
1741: Georg Friedrich Händel completes his oratorio, Messiah. You know, the punk rock one that goes Haaaaalelujah! Haaaaalelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Haleeeeluuuuja! Top class pre-going-out tune in Weekender land.
Celebrate: National Cream-filled Doughnut Day
Thursday, 15 September
1959: Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States. But the rotters wouldn’t let him go to Disneyland. Then he banged his shoe on a table, which was funny.
Celebrate: Felt Hat Day
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