September 1

On this day in Mahalo history @Buddawiggi was named the Mahaloian of the Week. http://www.mahalo.com/answers/Mahaloian/meet-the-mahaloian-of-the-week-buddawiggi Also on this day CEO Jason Calacanis upgraded the minimum tip amount on Mahalo Answers to M$0.50 giving users a 100% raise on their best answers. http://www.mahalo.com/answers/mahalo-answers-community/did-i-just-change-the-default-tip-amount-on-mahalo-answers-to-50

Also on this day in Mahalo history @lesliec announced an additional reason to participate in the Answer of the Day contest, all participants will be entered into a draw to win some Mahalo schwag.http://www.mahalo.com/answers/mahalo-contests/september-1-answer-of-the-day-contest-new-details-inside And of course on the day he become Mahaloian of the Week, @buddawiggi won the daily contest, with a little help from @robbrown http://www.mahalo.com/answers/mahalo-contests/september-1-answer-of-the-day-contest-new-details-inside

• Libya - Revolution Day
• Uzbekistan – Independence Day
• Russia – Knowledge Day

• 1981: Clinton Portis - Washington Redskins
• 1964: Brian Bellows - Minnesota North Stars
• 1957: Gloria Estefan - Singer
• 1939: Lily Tomlin - Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In

• 1988: Luis Walter Alvarez - Nobel Prize Winner

• 2007: Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls
• 1998: Aerosmith - I Don't Want to Miss a Thing
• 1988: George Michael - Monkey
• 1978: Frankie Valli - Grease
• 1968: The Rascals - People Got to be Free
• 1958: Domenico Modugno - Volare
• 1938: Tommy Dorsey - Tommy Dorsey Music Maestro Please Josh Hosler: Chart Topper Archive

• 2007: Halloween - Malcolm McDowell
• 2006: Crank - Jason Statham
• 2005: The 40 Year Old Virgin - Carell, Rogen
• 2004: Hero - Jet Li
• 2003: Freaky Friday - Lindsay Lohan, Curtis
• 1998: Blade - Wesley Snipes The Numbers: Historical Box Office Charts

• 2008: MLB - Chicago Cubs
• 2009: MLB - New York Yankees - .634

• 2008: Ryan Howard, PHI - 37 Home Runs
• 2009: Albert Pujols - STL - 41 Home Runs
• 2008: Tim Lincecum, SFG - 210 Strikeouts
• 2009: Tim Lincecum, SFG - 222 StrikeoutsMLB: Daily Stats

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• 2004: The Beslan school hostage crisis begins when a group of men demanding the end to the Second Chechen War take 1,100 people hostage inside a school in North Ossetia-Alania

• 1991: Uzbekistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.

• 1985: The Ship Titanic was discovered 600KM off the coast of Mistaken Point, Newfoundland, 4km deep in the Atlantic Ocean