1 September 1914 August 31, 2020 Author: Staff The last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo. Famous Words of Inspiration..."We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." John Adams — Click here for more from John Adams Related posts: 1 September 1914 1 September 1914 19 October 1914 18 October 1914 3 September 1812 29 July 1914 30 September 1949 21 September 1942 1 September 1902 1 September 1939 Categories: History Tags: 1 September