Family Day--------------------National Checkers Day--------------------------------National Great American Pot Pie Day---------------------------------------------North American Women's Equal Pay Day--------------------------------------------------First Day of Fall ---------------------------------------Happy Birthday 1215 Kublai Khan Mongolian emperor------------------------------------------------------------------John Andre reveals Benedict Arnold's plot to betray West Point 1780----------------------------------------------------------------------------------1641 – The Merchant Royal, carrying a treasure of over 100,000 pounds of gold (worth over £1 billion today), is lost at sea off Land's End.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1779 – American Revolution: John Paul Jones on board the USS Bonhomme Richard wins the Battle of Flamborough Head.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1897 – HAPPY BIRTHDAY Walter Pidgeon, Canadian-American actor and singer---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1851 – Dies today Émilie Gamelin, Canadian nun, founded the Sisters of Providence (b. 1800)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------