WEDNESDAY, Sept. 06, 2023

1869 ― First westbound train arrives in SF

1873 ― Regular Cable Car service begins on Clay Street

1876 ― Southern Pacific line from LA to SF completed

1899 ― Carnation processes its first can of evaporated milk

1909 ― Word received, Adm Peary reaches North Pole 5 months earlier

1914 ― First Battle of the Marne; Germans prevented from occupying Paris

1941 ― All Jews over age 6 in German territories ordered to wear a yellow star

1966 ― "Star Trek" premiers on NBC TV

1968 ― Swaziland gains independence from Britain (National Day)

1973 ― NY Times reports almost all superfectas run at Yonkers, Roosevelt & Monticello from Jan-Mar of 1973 were fixed

1991 ― USSR recognizes independence of the 3 Baltic republics