3rd » The first official game of polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers.
27th » The merchant sailing ship 'Ellen Southard' is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool; the United States Congress subsequently awards 27 gold Lifesaving Medals to the lifeboat men who went to rescue her crew.
Famous Birthdays on September in 1875
1st » Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author (d. 1950)
3rd » Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian-German engineer and businessman, founded Porsche (d. 1951)
7th » Edward Francis Hutton, American businessman and financier, co-founded E. F. Hutton & Co. (d. 1962)
12th » Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor and director (d. 1926)
16th » James Cash Penney, American businessman, founded J. C. Penney (d. 1971)
18th » Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (d. 1945)
22nd » Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Lithuanian painter and composer (d. 1911)
26th » Edmund Gwenn, English-American actor and singer (d. 1959)