1956
Roger Baldwin, Wilbert Cantey, Herbert Maisel, and James McDermott—known as “The Four Horsemen of Aberdeen”—discovered and published in the September 1956 issue of the Journal of the American Statistical Association the first accurate basic strategy for blackjack, using only desk calculators. They were subsequently entered into the Black Jack Hall of Fame in 2008.
2000
The September 2000 issue of Amstat News was the first special issue and focused on careers. The September issue was also an additional issue produced at the ASA, making Amstat News a true monthly magazine.
2010
The ASA launched STATtr@k, a website geared toward individuals who are in a statistics program, recently graduated from a statistics program, or recently entered the job world.
Famous September Birthdays
Pao-Lu Hsu, Maurice Kendall, Albert Bowker, C. R. Rao, Warren Mitofsky, and Joseph Waksberg
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