September 1. In Russia, St. Petersburg changes its name to Petrograd in 1914.

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September 1, 1914. Feeling the force of the Russian Revolution, St. Petersburg changes its name to the more politically correct Petrograd.The St. Petersburg Quadrille is published by Oliver Ditson of Boston, circa 1860.

September 1. In Russia, St. Petersburg changes its name to Petrograd in 1914.

September 1. 'Orator' Jim O'Rourke is born in 1850.

August 31. Ray Dandridge is born in 1913.