SEPTEMBER 7
- TODAY IS BEER LOVERS DAY
- TODAY IS NEW HAMPSHIRE APPRECIATION DAY
- TODAY IS NATIONAL SALAMI DAY
- TODAY IS NATIONAL ACORN SQUASH DAY
BIRTHDAYS:
- QUEEN ELIZABETH I (1533-1603)
- GRANDMA MOSES (1860-1961)
- ELIA KAZAN (1909-2003)
- PETER LAWFORD (1923-1984)
- DANIEL INOUYE (1924-2012)
- BUDDY HOLLY (1936-1959)
- PEGGY NOONAN (1950, 67)
- JULIE KAVNER (MARGE SIMPSON) (1950, 67)
- CHRISSY HYNDE (1951, 66)
- CORBIN BERNSEN (1954, 63)
- DIANE WARREN (1956, 61)
- LESLIE JONES (1967, 50)
- ANGIE EVERHART (1969, 48)
- TOM EVERETT SCOTT (1970, 47)
- SHANNON ELIZABETH (1973, 44)
- OLIVER HUDSON (1976, 41)
- EVAN RACHEL WOOD (1987, 30)
ON THIS DAY:
- IN 1630, THE CITY OF BOSTON IS FOUNDED
- IN 1813, TROY POST INVENTS “UNCLE SAM”
- IN 1916, THE WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION ACT IS PASSED BY CONGRESS
- IN 1921, THE FIRST MISS AMERICAN PAGEANT IS HELD IN ATLANTIC CITY
- IN 1936, THE BOULDER DAM (NOW THE HOOVER DAM) BEGINS OPERATION
- IN 1943, ORSON WELLES MARRIES RITA HEYWORTH
- IN 1949, 22 YEAR OLD JANET LEIGH DIVORCES HER HUSBAND AFTER 4 YEARS
- IN 1963, THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME IS DEDICATED IN CANTON
- IN 1968, “THE BANANA SPLITS ADVENTURE HOUR” DEBUTS ON NBC
- IN 1970, THE POPULAR FRONT FOR THE LIBERATION OF PALESTINE HIJACKS FOUR PLANES
- IN 1977, PRESIDENT CARTER SIGNS THE PANAMA CANAL TREATY, GIVING CONTROL OF THE CANAL TO PANAMA BY 1999
- IN 1977, G. GORDON LIDDY IS RELEASED FROM PRISON AFTER FOUR YEARS
- IN 1978, KEITH MOON OVERDOSES AND DIES AT 31
- IN 1978, BULGARIAN DISSIDENT GEORGI MARKOV IS KILLED IN THE “UMBRELLA ASSASSINATION” WITH AN UMBRELLA DIPPED IN RICIN
- IN 1979, ESPN DEBUTS
- IN 1981, THE PEOPLE’S COURT FEATURING JUDGE WAPNER PREMIERES
- IN 1984, 18 YEAR OLD JANET JACKSON MARRIES JAMES DEBARGE (21)
- IN 1986, INSTANT REPLAY IS USED FOR THE FIRST TIME TO REVIEW AN NFL PLAY IN A CHICAGO BEARS VS. CLEVELAND BROWNS GAME
- IN 1986, DAN MARINO BECOMES THE FASTEST QUARTERBACK IN HISTORY TO REACH 100 CAREER TOUCHDOWNS
- IN 1993, THE EPICALLY BAD “CHEVY CHASE SHOW” DEBUTS ON FOX
- IN 1995, DISGRACED SENATOR BOB PACKWOOD RESIGNS
- IN 1996, TUPAC SHAKUR IS SHOT IN LAS VEGAS. HE DIES SIX DAYS LATER
- IN 1999, 50,000 ARE LEFT HOMELESS BY AN EARTHQUAKE IN ATHENS, GREECE
- IN 2003, WARREN ZEVON DIES
- IN 2006, SACHA BARON COHEN’S “BORAT” OPENS AT THE TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL
- IN 2008, THE GOVERNMENT TAKES CONTROL OF FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC
- IN 2013, 72 YEAR OLD PATRICK STEWART MARRIES SUNNY OZELL (35)
- IN 2016 THE 15TH SUMMER PARALYMPICS OPENS IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
- IN 2017 A 8.2 EARTHQUAKE HITS SOUTH-WEST PIJIJAPAN, MEXICO KILLING AT LEAST 90. IT WAS THE STRONGEST MEXICAN QUAKE IN A CENTURY
- IN 2017 CONSUMER CREDIT REPORTING AGENCY EQUIFAX REPORTS EARLIER CYBERATTACK COULD AFFECT 143 MILLION AMERICANS