It's the first Saturday of the month and we are nearing the end of summer. The NFL football season starts in less than a week so come enjoy a cup of coffee with us before you start out on your caching journey for the day.
Come on down and grab a cup of coffee and spend some time shooting the breeze with other local geocachers. You'll be able to trade travel bugs and just hang out for awhile while you recharge your batteries with your favorite type of morning beverage.
This event will be held at the Starbucks in Pomona at 517 E. Foothill. The event will start at 8:00 AM and end somewhere around 9:00 in the morning. That way, you'll still have plenty of time to do whatever you wanted to do for the rest of the day. There should be plenty of parking for this event and there's a nice outdoor patio if you want to bring your pooches to the event.
On this date in history:
September 3, 301 : San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus.
September 3, 1777 : American Revolutionary War: During the Battle of Cooch's Bridge, the Flag of the United States is flown in battle for the first time.
September 3, 1838 : Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery.
September 3, 1895 : John Brallier becomes the first openly professional American football player, when he was paid $10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12–0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association.
September 3, 1935 : Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph.
September 3, 1944 : Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from the Westerbork transit camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp, arriving three days later.
September 3, 1971 : Qatar becomes an independent state.
September 3, 1976 : The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
Birthdays on this date in history:
September 3, 1931: Albert DeSalvo, American serial killer (d. 1973)
September 3, 1942: Al Jardine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Beach Boys)
September 3, 1955: Steve Jones, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Sex Pistols, The Professionals, and Neurotic Outsiders)
September 3, 1965: Charlie Sheen, American actor and producer
September 3, 1967: Luis Gonzalez, Cuban-American baseball player
September 3, 1976: Jevon Kearse, American football player
Deaths on this date in history:
September 3, 1970: Vince Lombardi, American football player and coach (b. 1913)
September 3, 1991: Frank Capra, Italian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1897)
September 3, 2005: William Rehnquist, American lawyer and jurist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1924)
September 3, 2012: Sun Myung Moon, South Korean religious leader and businessman, founded the Unification Church (b. 1920)
September 3, 2014: Zeus, American dog (World's Tallest Dog) (b. 2008)
September 3, 2015: Judy Carne, English actress (b. 1939)