In 1789, the First U.S. Congress established the Department of
the Treasury on September 2nd to manage government finances, creating a permanent institution after the Continental Congress‘s
prior efforts to fund the Revolutionary War through the issuance
of paper money.

This new department was part of Alexander Hamilton’s vision for
the new government, which included establishing national credit,
funding the national debt, and formulating economic policy.

Alexander Hamilton (1757 – 1804)

View of the east entrance of the first Treasury
Building in Washington, 1804.

The first automatic teller machine (ATM) in the U.S. was
installed at a Chemical Bank branch in Rockville Centre,
New York, on September 2, 1969, a date that revolutionized
the banking industry by allowing customers to withdraw cash
outside of traditional banking hours.

Developed by Don Wetzel and his company Docutel, this
machine was initially a cash dispenser, with more complex
features like deposits and account balance information added
to later models in 1971.

       
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Beginning in the late 19th century, as the trade union and labor movements grew, trade unionists proposed that a day be set
aside to celebrate labor. "Labor Day" was promoted by the
Central Labor Union and the Knights of Labor, which organized
the first parade in New York City.

By the time it became an official federal holiday in 1894, thirty
states in the U.S. officially celebrated Labor Day.

P. J. McGuire, Vice President of the American
Federation of Labor, is frequently credited as
the father of Labor Day in the U.S.

(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Illustration of the first American Labor parade held in New
York City on September 5, 1882 as it appeared in the
September 16, 1882 issue of Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper.

                 
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Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison is a Northern Irish
singer-songwriter and musician whose recording
career started in the 1960s. He is 80 today.