Sept 4, 1793 Quebec Quebec - Kent Edward, Duke funds first Sunday School at Quebec, a free school. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sept 4, 1760 Montreal Quebec - English troops occupy Ile Perrot; closing in on Montreal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sept 4, 1882 - Thomas Edison displayed the first practical electrical lighting system. The Pearl Street electric power station, Edison’'s steam powered plant, began operating and successfully turned on the lights in a one square mile area of New York City. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sept 4, 1885 - As you pile that delicious platter of stuff on your tray, grab an extra dessert just for the fun of it and enough packets of sugar to last a year ... keep in mind that on this day, the Exchange Buffet opened in New York City. It was the first self-service restaurant in the U.S. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Sept 4, 1888 - The name Kodak was registered by George Eastman of Rochester, NY. He patented his roll-film camera: U.S. Patent #388,850. (I've been to George's grave) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --