• American Labor Day
  Resources from our Holidays Center
• Great Sites For Teaching About...Labor Day and U.S. Labor History
  Some of the best web sites about the holiday and the story of labor behind it

Richard Wright, American author (Native Son), born (1908)

• Ten Activities Celebrate Achievements of African Americans!
  With the assistance of the Web, you too can incorporate activities that reflect the positive impact black Americans have had on our nation's history.

Paul Harvey, radio news commentator (The Rest of the Story), born (1918)

• Education News
  Resources from our Education News Center

Daniel H. Burnham, architect and city planner, born (1846)

Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer (Peer Gynt Suite), died (1907)

• Making the Case for Music Education
• Energy In The Air: Sounds From The Orchestra

Los Angeles city founded (1781)

Roll film camera patented by Kodak (1888)

• Great Sites for Teaching About...Inventors and Inventions

Apache leader Geronimo surrendered ending last major US-Indian war (1886)

• Exploring Native Americans Across the Curriculum
  Blast stereotypes with across-the-curriculum activities for students of all ages.
• The American West
  This site has an enormous amount of information to cover and does it very well. The site focuses on the "old West" and includes information on cowboys, Native Americans, pioneers and pioneer towns, explorers and more.

King Louis XVI forced to sign French constitution, making him a civil servant (1791)

First transcontinental TV broadcast by President Truman (1951)

NASA launched its 1st Orbital Geophysical Observatory (OGO-1) (1964)

• Space Sciences
  Resources and tools from our Science Center.

Thomas Edison displayed the first practical electrical lighting system in New York City (1882)

• Great Sites for Teaching About...Inventors and Inventions

English astronomer Edmund Halley first observed the comet that was named after him (1682)

• The Space Place
  This site is filled with projects and activities related to current space missions and information.
• Earth and Sky
  Earth & Sky is a daily radio series that deals with science topics and issues. The scientific information concerns the natural world and covers discoveries, established ideas in science, listener questions and science news.
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Resources from our database.
• Meteor Showers
  Education World recommends some of the best web sites on meteors, comets, and amateur astronomy.

American swimmer Mark Spitz became the first athlete to win 7 Olympic gold medals (1972)

• Go for the Gold! Olympic Games Spark Classroom Activities!
  Capitalize on your students' Olympic interests with Internet-inspired activities. Included: A dozen activities -- and four Teaching Masters -- for use across the grades!

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

• States Step Up Efforts to Reduce School Segregation
  In response to a state Supreme Court ruling that children in Hartford’s urban schools were receiving an inferior and unequal education, Connecticut stepped up efforts to improve the education of urban schools.
• Civil Rights Movement