Labor Day/Labour Day ----------------------------------------Pierce Your Ears Day-----------------------------------------Victory Over Japan Day------------------------------------World Coconut Day ( I'll eat to that)------------------------------------------- 1752 U.K. adopts the Gregorian Calendar ----------------------------------------------------------- 1666 – The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral. -------------------------------------------------------Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth with 102 Pilgrims 1620----------------------------------------------------------------------1792 – During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1885 – Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1862 – American Civil War: United States President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George B. McClellan to full command after General John Pope's disastrous defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1864 – American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta, a day after the Confederate defenders flee the city, ending the Atlanta Campaign.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------