Kristee
Post 4 |
@feasting – It's probably because it happened in 1930. After that stock market incident in 1929, the big focus fell upon the Great Depression here in the U.S. I think that history books kind of leave out a lot of other things that happened in that year.
The first week in September is when a lot of people take their vacation. Labor Day sometimes falls on September 3.
It has been considered a holiday since the late 1800s, and I think it's a very good one. Working people deserve a break, even if it's only one day. |
feasting
Post 3 |
September 3 falls right smack in the middle of hurricane season, so there tends to be a lot of weather-related tragedy around this date. My grandmother told me about a terrible hurricane in the Dominican Republic on September 3 way back in 1930 that I had never even heard mentioned in my history classes.
It killed 8,000 people! I find it hard to fathom that this isn't something that is well known. However, hurricanes weren't even given names until the fifties. |
shell4life
Post 2 |
@healthy4life – I know what you mean. My baby boy was born on September 3, 2001, so that is what I associate this day with.
Even though a hurricane was brewing off the coast, my mind was on my baby. The things that happen in our personal lives are much more memorable than the things that affect the population as a whole somewhere else. |
healthy4life
Post 1 |
There was a lot of death and sadness on this day in 1984. I remember hearing about that typhoon, and watching the coverage on the news made me cry for the people.
Thankfully, I have my own September 3 memory from just a few years ago that makes this day a happy one for me. A litter of puppies was born in our barn, and we still have two of the dogs as our treasured pets. So, I tend to remember this more than the tragic events that occurred in the world's past on this date. |