Wednesday, September 2, 2026
57: ATM
57
years ago today (September 2, 1969) the first Automated Teller Machine (ATM)
was used in the United States.
It
was only 2 months since the Americans put the first Men on the Moon and it was
at a time when American Women had to have Male Permission for everything from Getting
their Own Passport to opening a Bank Account.
Unmarried
Women had to have their Father or Brother’s permission and Married Women had to
have their Husband’s permission.
Chemical
Bank (now part of JP Morgan) installed a prototype ATM in the US at its branch
in Rockville Centre, New York.
The first ATMs were designed to dispense a
fixed amount of cash when a User inserted a specially coded card.
A
Chemical Bank advertisement boasted "On Sept. 2 our Bank will open at 9:00
and never close again.”
ATMs
turned Banking from a 9 am to 3 pm chore (at a time when 99% of Americans used
cash to buy things) to a 24/7 service.
The
only catch was that ATMs only accepted Cards from their own Bank.
It
wasn’t until the late 1970s that you could use your Card in any ATM regardless
of which Bank owned it.
There
are currently 330,535 ATMs across the US and 4.2 Million around the World.
Travel Bubble
From the BBC:
“Zelensky
says airlines should avoid Russian airspace as Ukraine escalates drone
operations”
Ukraine's
president has told airlines that Russian airspace will be "effectively
closing" as his country escalates its drone strikes. "We want to warn
every airline that uses Russian airspace, every insurer, everyone who still
uses key Russian airports: the Russian sky is becoming completely
dangerous," Volodymyr Zelensky said. Ukraine has since formally notified
the UN of the risks to civilian aviation. Russian President Vladimir Putin said
the comments amounted to a "declaration of state terrorism".
Most
Western commercial airlines do not fly over Russia because of the ongoing
Russian invasion of Ukraine, but carriers in countries like Turkey and China
do. Explaining the elevated airspace risk in his nightly video address on
Tuesday, Zelensky said that "Ukraine does not threaten civilian aviation
as such - not a single civilian aircraft" and did not want the loss of
innocent lives.
"There
will simply be drones in Russia's skies on a scale that has to be taken into
account," he said. Zelensky directed the warning to airlines continuing to
operate flights to Russian airports, especially in major cities like St
Petersburg and Moscow. In a statement on X, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said
that Ukraine had officially notified the International Civil Aviation
Organization that Russian airspace was not safe for civilian aviation. "We
want to prevent unintended incidents," he said, adding: "The war is
returning home to Russia."
On
Wednesday afternoon, flight tracking website FlightRadar24 showed many planes
flying over Russia, including arriving and departing from the two main
airports, which had some delays, but few cancellations.
Several
airlines that fly through Russia told the BBC that they were carefully
monitoring the situation. Qatar Airways, which flies into Moscow and travels
through Russian airspace to get to the US west coast, said its flight planning
was "guided by rigorous and continuous monitoring of airspace security,
safety assessments, and geopolitical developments". Turkish low-cost
airline Pegasus cancelled its flights to Russia on Tuesday and Wednesday,
citing "technical and operational reasons", but said future flights
"are operating as scheduled". FlyDubai, an Emirati government-owned
carrier, told the BBC that it would "closely monitor the evolving
situation in the region and adjust our flight schedules and routings as
necessary".
Ukraine
has targeted energy facilities deep inside Russian territory and there have
been repeated attacks on depots belonging to Russia's two biggest online
retailers, Wildberries and Ozon.
Its
drone attacks have for months led to disruption at some of Russia's biggest
airports, especially in Moscow where at times all four major airports have been
forced to halt arrivals and departures.
Several
cancellations were reported on Wednesday. Ukraine does not have to target
airports to cause disruption. Under Russia's air defence "Kovyor"
(carpet) plan, flights are suspended if a drone is detected in the relevant
area. Aviation risk advisory firm Osprey Flight Solutions said in an alert to
clients that while the majority of Ukraine's drone and missile strikes were
likely to occur within 300km (186 miles) of the border, daily attacks deeper
inside Russia were almost certain to continue this year.
"There is also a realistic possibility
that the frequency of Ukrainian strikes will continue to increase in the short
term deep inside Russian territory," the alert added. "It is assessed
that miscalculation and/or misidentification is likely in areas related to the
Ukraine conflict." Speaking to reporters at the Shanghai Co-operation
Organisation summit in Kyrgyzstan, Putin said: "They are asking us to
resume negotiations... but you don't negotiate with terrorists." His
comments come as Russia's attacks on Ukraine continue, with heavy strikes
killing 12 people on Tuesday and further attacks on Odesa, Sumy and Kyiv on
Wednesday. Russia's military has said it is preparing to carry out
"massive" strikes on Ukrainian power stations.
The
Ukrainian capital and its surrounding region have come under attack for seven
days in a row. A few weeks ago, Zelensky said Russia was attacking Ukraine
every day, and Ukraine's military had "begun the process of bringing the
war back to Russia". At the weekend he said the same, that Russia had to
feel the war was "returning to where it came from". Putin
acknowledged that Ukrainian strikes had damaged infrastructure inside Russia,
while insisting that "only 10%" of oil refineries were left to
repair.
Chinese,
Turkish and Gulf state airlines are among those using Russian airspace, with
savings in time and fuel on routes between Asia and Europe. Other carriers have
largely avoided the eastern European region since the beginning of Russia's
full-scale invasion in February, 2022. Ukraine has closed its airspace to
civilian aircraft throughout that period. The risks of civil aviation during a
war are clear. A few months after war broke out in eastern Ukraine in 2014
between Russian-backed separatists and the Ukrainian military, a Russian-made
missile brought down a passenger plane, killing all 298 people on board. Last
year, the UN aviation agency ruled that Russia was responsible for the downing
of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in July 2014. The Kremlin
has always denied any responsibility for the air disaster. In 2024, Putin
apologised to the president of neighbouring Azerbaijan over the downing of a
commercial airliner in Russian airspace, in which 38 people were killed.He said
the "tragic incident" had occurred when Russian air defence systems
were repelling Ukrainian drones. A thin, grey banner promoting the News Daily
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^Anyone
(Russian or Foreigner) flying into, through or out of Russia should be very
worried that their plane will be hit by a Ukrainian Drone.
Ukrainian
Airspace has been closed since Russia started its War in February 2022.
Now
it's time for those in Russia to feel the effects of their War not through
Russian Government Controlled Media, but by bombings of Military Targets
disruptions in Air Travel, Fuel Rationing and Shortages throughout Russia.
Russians
don't care how many of their Boys and Men are being killed and wounded in
Ukraine (over a Million and counting) but they do care about not being able to
live in the safety bubble they created for themselves.
It's
time for Ukraine to burst that bubble. ^
Holiday travel
148
Million Americans are expected to travel this Labor Day Weekend (Friday
September 4th-Monday September 7th.)
131
Million Americans will drive by Car.
17
Million Americans will fly by Plane.
Bram Asscher
Bram Asscher
Abraham
“Bram” Asscher was born on August 28, 1924 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
He
was the Son of Eliazer Asscher (1878-1935) and Stephanie Fischer
(1895-unknown).
He
had an older Brother, Isaäc Jacques Asscher (1916), and a younger one, Jacob
(Jeannot, Jean) Asscher (1925).
His
Father was a Diamond Merchant and a Brother of Abraham Asscher (1880-1950), one
of the two Presidents of the German-Appointed Jewish Council (Dutch: Joodse
Raad and German: Judenrat) during the German Occupation of the Netherlands.
Bram’s
Father died in 1945 in Paris, France.
The
Germans invaded and occupied the Netherlands on May 10,1940.
The
Germans forced all Jewish Children to leave Dutch Schools and were only allowed
to attend a Jewish School.
Bram
went to the Jewish Lyceum in Amsterdam for the 1941-1942 School Year.
It
was in Class 4B2 that Bram met Margot Frank (the older Sister of Anne Frank.)
Margot
had been a Student at the Jeker School in Amsterdam, but the Anti-Jewish Laws
created by the Germans in the Netherlands forced her to the Jewish Lyceum.
In
March 1941 Bram’s Mother married Dirk Leendert Tollenaar, a Gentile (ie.
Non-Jewish.)
According
to the German Anti-Jewish Laws she was now in a Mixed Marriage and had an
Exemption from Deportation.
Her
Children, however, were considered to be Full Jews since both their Parents were
Jewish,
Bram’s
Oldest Brother Jacques fled German-Occupied the Netherlands in April 1941.
He
traveled by Train to Brussels, Belgium, Paris, France, then to Spain (which was
Neutral during World War 2) and to Portugal (which was Neutral during World War
2) where he went to the United States (which was Neutral during World War 2 from
September 1, 1939-December 8, 1941) to Canada and then arrived in Scotland, the
United Kingdom in 1942 in order to fight with the Free Dutch Military against
the Germans.
Together
with his Brother Jacob, Bram was transported to the Westerbork Transit Camp in
northern German-Occupied the Netherlands on September 29, 1943.
Bram
was in the “Free’ Section of Westerbork, but met up with Margot (who was in the
Punishment Section of Westerbork because she had been found in Hiding.)
Bram
was allowed to write 1 Letter to his Mother every 14 days.
On
August 25, 1944 Bram wrote his Mother that Margot, Anne and their Parents (who
Bram’s Mother also knew) were in the Punishment Section of Westerbork.
In
the Letter he wrote:
'Mama,
do you know that Margot is here? That friend of Trees. You remember her, don't
you? She's in the S with her Parents and Sister. Very sad!'”
Bram’s
Letter is one of the few Personal Sources that refer to the Frank Family at
Westerbork.
Also
in his letters from Westerbork, Bram often wrote about his Fiancée Trees Lek,
who was held at the Camp Vught together with her two Sisters, and her Parents,
who were with him in Westerbork.
On
September 3, 1944 Margot and her Family were deported on the last Cattle Car
Train from Westerbork to the Auschwitz Death Camp in German-Occupied Poland.
On
September 13, 1944 Bram and his Brother Jacob were deported from Westerbork to
the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp in Germany.
On
April 9, 1945 (9 days before Bergen-Belsen was liberated by the British) Bram and
his Brother (along with 2,500 other Prisoners) were forced out of the Camp and
made to walk 6 miles to the Train Station in Celle, Germany where they were put
on a Train headed to the Theresienstadt Ghetto in German-Occupied
Czechoslovakia.
On
April 13, 1945 the Train stopped near Magdeburg, Germany and was liberated by
the Allies.
After
the War, he returned to the Netherlands.
Margot
and Anne Frank and their Parents arrived at the Auschwitz Death Camp 3 days
after their left Westerbork.
Of
the 1,019 Passengers, 549—including all Children younger than 15—were sent
directly to the Gas Chambers and murdered.
The Men were separated from the Women. It was
the last time Margot and Anne saw their Father.
Margot was forced to haul rocks and dig rolls of sod by day; by night, they were crammed into overcrowded barracks. Being outside all day she regularly saw People walking to their deaths in the Gas Chambers.
In
October 1944 their Group was selected to leave Auschwitz and go to the Leibau
Labor Camp, but Anne had contacted Scabies and so went to the Camp’s Hospital
instead.
Margot and their Mother volunteered to stay in
Auschwitz to care for Anne.
On
October 28, 1944, after recovering from Scabies, Anne, Margot and Mrs. Van Pels
left Auschwitz and went to the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp in Germany.
Around
March 1945, Anne died from Typhus at 15 years old a few days after her Sister,
Margot who was 18 years old.
They
were both buried in an unknown Mass Grave.
25: Canada
25 Years ago (September 11, 2001) during the Terrorist Attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and in the Field in Pennsylvania Canada stood with the United States in many ways.
(Gander
International Airport in Newfoundland, Canada with 38 Airliners, totaling 6,122
Passengers and 473 Crew, as part of Operation Yellow Ribbon on 9-11-01.)
Not
only did the Canadian Military help protect American Airspace under NORAD, but Canadian
Airports took in Hundreds of Planes with Tens of Thousands of Passengers
including Thousands of Americans that were headed towards the United States from
Europe and Asia.
It
was called Operation Yellow Ribbon (French: Opération ruban jaune.)
After
the US FAA closed all of American Airspace at 9:45 Eastern Time Transport
Canada enacted Operation Yellow Ribbon under SitCen.
The
SitCen is Transport Canada's Emergency Operations Centre (EOC.)
As
Personnel staffed the SitCen, key Organizations such as Nav Canada, the
Department of National Defence, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP),
Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), Citizenship and Immigration
Canada (CIC), and Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA) were also involved
in SitCen Operations.
After
learning that the FAA had closed down U.S. Airspace, David Collenette, the
Canadian Transport Minister, gave orders that Canadian Airports be open only
for outgoing Police, Military, and Humanitarian Flights, and incoming U.S. Bound
International Flights that were passed the “point of no return” over the
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
This
was the first unplanned closure of Canadian Airspace.
SitCen
focused on keeping in contact with every plane (to make sure there were no more
Hijacked Planes), where to land all the Aircraft and how to deplane, screen and
clear Tens of Thousands of Passengers through Canadian Immigration and Customs.
Planes
were entering Canadian Airspace at a rate of 2 Planes every Minute.
238
Planes with 45,000 Passengers and Crew en-route to the United States were
re-routed to 17 Canadian Airports.
Gander
International Airport in Newfoundland, Canada is the first North American Airport
on the Transatlantic Flight Route.
Gander
Airport took in 38 Wide-Body Airplanes with 6,122 Passengers and Crew.
The
Total Population of Gander at the time was 9,000 People and there were only 500
Hotel Rooms in the City.
Canadian
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien stated that in the span of a few hours the
Population of Gander jumped by more than 50%.
The
People of Gander opened Schools, Community Centers and their Own Homes to house
these Stranded People (including American.)
The
People of Gander also donated Food, Clothes, Bedding, etc, to them.
Here
are the other Canadian Airports that also took in American-Bound Airplanes:
Halifax
International Airport in Nova Scotia handled 45 Flights
St.
John's International Airport in Newfoundland handled 27 Flights
Winnipeg
International Airport in Manitoba handled 15 Flights
Toronto
Pearson International Airport in Ontario handled 14 Flights
Calgary
International Airport in Alberta handled 13 Flights
Greater
Moncton International Airport in New Brunswick handled 10 Flights
Montréal–Mirabel
International Airport in Quebec handled 10 Flights
Stephenville
International Airport in Newfoundland handled 13 Flights
Canadian
Forces Base Goose Bay in Newfoundland handled 7 Flights
Montréal-Dorval
International Airport in Quebec handled 7 Flights
Edmonton
International Airport in Alberta handled 6 Flights
Hamilton
International Airport in Ontario handled 4 Flights
Whitehorse
International Airport in Yukon handled 2 Flights
Deer
Lake Airport in Newfoundland handled 1 Flight
Yellowknife
Airport in the Northwest Territories handled 2 Flights
Vancouver
International Airport in British Columbia (the only major Canadian Airport on
the West Coast capable of handling the large Aircraft used for Transpacific Flights
took in 34 Planes with 8,500 Passengers and Crew.
After
the Planes were diverted and landed and the Passengers and Crew were deplaned
and went through Canadian Immigration and Customs the Canadians then had to
house and feed all 45,000 Men, Women and Children.
Federal,
Provincial, Territorial and Local Canadian Governments worked with Canadian
Citizens to feed and house all 45,000 People for 5 days until they could go into the United
States,
Operation
Yellow Ribbon was the largest Emergency Operation in Civilian Aircraft History.
Canada
did not have to endanger their own Citizens by allowing these Planes and People
into their Country on 9-11.
They
did it because they are a good, kind and caring People.
25
years later we should remember what the Canadians did for us Americans.
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
Ber Months
We have now entered the - Ber
Months!
Or as we say up here:
Buuuuuurrrrrrrrrr!
The Cold is here.
85: Star of David
85 years ago today (September 1, 1941) the Germans required Jews in Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia to wear a Yellow Star of David with the German Word “Jude” for “Jew.”
(A Jewish Girl in German-Occupied
Croatia forced to wear a Star of David with the Ž for “Židov”, English: “Jew”
on it.)
Every Man, Woman and Child over
the age of 6 had to buy these Badges (using their own Clothing Ration Coupons)
and have them clearly visible on their outer clothing (including a coat) so
that they could easily be identified and discriminated against for being
Jewish.
When Germany invaded Poland on
September 1, 1939 they required Jews there to wear a White Armband with a Blue
Star of David for the same purpose.
(Jewish People in German-Occupied
Belgium forced to wear the Star of David with the J (for "Jude" in
German, "Juif" in French and "Jood" in Dutch.)
Parts of Poland had different Badges. In German-Occupied Warsaw Jews had to wear the Armband and in German-Occupied Lodz Jews had to wear the Yellow Star (because that part of Poland was illegally annexed into Germany.)
(A Jewish Man in German-Occupied
Poland forced to wear the Star of David Armband.)
In every European and North
African Country/Territory that Germany occupied during World War 2 the Jews
there had to wear similar Identifying Badges with the local name for “Jew” on
it (French: “Juif”, Dutch: “Jood”, Croatian: Ž for “Židov”, English: “Jew” for
the British Channel Islands which Germany occupied, etc.)
Failure to not wear the Armband
or the Star or to “hide it” and not have it clearly visible resulted in instant
death.
This requirement was on top of
every Jewish Man, Woman and Child having to carry an Identity Card with a large
“J” on it – since 1938 in Germany and every German Jewish Man, Woman and Child
having to add either “Israel” for Men or “Sara” for Women to their Names to be
“more easily recognizable as Jews” – since 1936.
The Germans wanted to first
identity the Jews and then to murder them.
Knowledge Day
Today
(September 1st) is Knowledge Day (День знань) in Ukraine.
It
is the first day of the new School Year. After almost 3 years of War here is
how this Knowledge Day is different from others.
For
Ukrainian Children Forced to Flee Ukraine: They have to go to a new School,
meet new Friends, learn a new Language in a new Country.
For
Ukrainian Children in Ukrainian-Held Ukraine: They have their classes in
bombed-out schools. They have to run to the Air Raid Shelter when the Russians
bomb them.
For
Ukrainian Children in Russian-Occupied Ukraine: They have their classes in
bombed-out schools. They have to run to the Air Raid Shelter when the bombs
fall. They are forced to use the Russian Language and learn the Russian Nazi
Curriculum. They are punished severely if they use the Ukrainian Language.
Millions
of Ukrainian Children have been killed or wounded by the Russians and those
that haven’t continue to be traumatized by Russian Bombs, Bullets and Soldiers
on a daily basis.
Holidays
Daily September 2026 Calendar with Holidays
September
Monthly Celebrations
Baby
Safety Month
Chicken
Month
Better
Breakfast Month
Classical
Music Month
Fall
Hat Month
Happy
Cat Month
Hispanic
Heritage Month
Honey
Month
International
Square-Dancing Month
Little
League Month
National
Blueberry Popsicle Month
National
Courtesy Month
Mushroom
Month
National
Piano Month
Self
Improvement Month
National
Sewing Month
World
Beach Month
Whole
Grains Month
Weekly
Events in September
National
Payroll Week – The first week of September.
National
Indoor Plant Week – The third week of the month.
September
Daily Holidays 2026 Calendars Special, Wacky Days
September
1
Emma
M. Nutt Day, the first woman telephone operator
National
Cherry Popover Day
National
Tofu Day (UK)
September
2
National
Beheading Day
Pierce
Your Ears Day
VJ
Day, WWII
September
3 Skyscraper Day
September
4
Bring
Your Manners to Work Day
Newspaper
Carrier Day
September
5
Be
Late for Something Day
Cheese
Pizza Day
International
Bacon Day
National
Tailgating Day –
World
Beard Day
September
6
Fight
Procrastination Day
National
Coffee Ice Cream Day
Read
a Book Day
September
7
Labor
Day
National
Salami Day
Neither
Rain nor Snow Day
September
8
Date
Nut Bread Day
International
Literacy Day
National
Ampersand Day
Pardon
Day
Star
Trek Day
September
9
International
Sudoku Day
National
Chrysanthemum Day
Teddy
Bear Day
September
10
National
TV Dinner Day
Sewing
Machine Day
Swap
Ideas Day
September
11
911
Remembrance
Make
Your Bed Day
No
News is Good News Day
Rosh
Hashanah – Begins at sundown.
September
12
Chocolate
Milk Shake Day
National
Day of Encouragement
National
Video Games Day
September
13
Defy
Superstition Day
Fortune
Cookie Day
Grandparent’s
Day
Kids
Take Over the Kitchen Day
National
Peanut Day
Pet
Memorial Day
Positive
Thinking Day
Uncle
Sam Day
September
14
International
Crab Fest Day
National
Cream-Filled Donut Day
National
Eat a Hoagie Day
September
15
Make
a Hat Day
Felt
Hat Day
National
Creme de Menthe Day
September
16
American
Legion Day
Collect
Rocks Day
Step
Family Day
Mayflower
Day
Mexican
Independence Day
Working
Parents Day
World
Play-Doh Day
September
17
Citizenship
Day
Constitution
Day
National
Apple Dumpling Day
September
18
Cheeseburger
Day
National
First Love Day
National
POW/MIA Recognition Day
World
Bamboo Day
September
19
International
Red Panda Bear Day
International
Talk Like A Pirate Day
National
Butterscotch Pudding Day
National
Dance Day
Oktoberfest
begins in Germany
September
20
Fried
Rice Day
National
Punch Day
National
Women’s Friendship Day
Pepperoni
Pizza Day
Wife
Appreciation Day
Yom
Kippur – It begins at sundown.
September
21
International
Peace Day
Miniature
Golf Day
World
Gratitude Day
September
22
Autumn
Equinox – Fall begins!
Business
Women’s Day
Elephant
Appreciation Day
Hobbit
Day
September
23
Checkers
Day / Dogs in Politics Day
International
Day of Sign Languages
September
24
National
Cherries Jubilee Day
National
Punctuation Day
UK’s
National Fitness Day
September
25
Chinese
Moon Festival
National
Comic Book Day
National
Quesadilla Day
Native
American Day
Sukkot–
The holiday beings at sundown.
World
Dream Day
September
26
Breakfast
in Bed Day
Hunting
and Fishing Day
International
Rabbit Day
Johnny
Appleseed Day
September
27
Crush
a Can Day
National
Chocolate Milk Day
September
28
National
Good Neighbor Day
National
Public Lands Day
September
29 Confucius Day
September
30 National Mud Pack Day
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