Ever wonder what happened on "this day in history?"
Well here are some of the things that have shaped the future that happened on 9/7/?
On this day...
1714 Treaty of Baden-French retain Alsace, Austria gets right bank of Rhine
1800 Zion AME Church dedicated (NYC)
1822 Brazil declares independence from Portugal (National Day)
1860 Excursion steamer "Lady Elgin" drowns 340 in Lake Michigan
1863 Federal naval expedition arrives off Sabine Pass
1880 Geo Ligowsky patents device to throw clay pigeons for trapshooters
1889 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of The Engineer's Thumb" (BG)
1892 James J Corbett kayos John L Sullivan in round 21 at New Orleans
1896 1st closed-circuit auto race, at Cranston, RI
1896 A. H. Whiting won 1st closed-circuit auto race held
1903 Federation of American Motorcyclists organized in NY
1907 Sutro's ornate Cliff House in SF destroyed by fire
1914 New York Post Office Building opens to the public
1915 St Louis Dave Davenport no-hits Chicago (Federal League), 3-0
1923 Boston Red Sox Howard Ehmke no-hits Phila A's, 4-0
1927 Philo Farnsworth demonstrates 1st use of TV in SF
1934 Luxury liner "Morro Castle" burns off NJ, killing 134
1936 Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) begins operation
1939 Radio NY Worldwide-WRUL begins radio transmision
1940 German Air Force blitz London for 1st of 57 consecutive nights
1943 Fire in decrepit old Gulf Hotel kills 45 (Houston Texas)
1948 1st use of synthetic rubber in asphaltic concrete, Akron Oh
1952 Outfielder Don Grate throws a baseball a record 434'1" (Tenn)
1952 Whitey Ford becomes the 5th pitcher to hurl consecutive 1 hitters
1956 Bell X-2 sets Unofficial manned aircraft altitude record 126,000'+
1963 1st US TV appearance of the Beatles (Big Night Out-ABC)
1963 Pro Football Hall of Fame dedicated in Canton Ohio
1970 Donald Boyles sets record for highest paracute jump from a bridge, by leaping off of the 1,053' Royal George Bridge in Colorado
1973 Mike Storen becomes the American Basketball Assn's 4th commissioner
1976 US courts find George Harrison guilty of plagarism (He's So Fine)
1978 1st game of the Boston Massacre, Yanks beat Red Sox 15-3
1979 5 day MUSE concert against nuclear energy opens at MSG, NY
1980 32nd Emmy Awards shown despite boycott
1980 Earnest Gray becomes 2nd NY Giant to score 4 TDs (vs St Louis)
1981 Judge Wapner & the People's Court premier on TV
1983 Drury Gallagher sets fastest swim around Manhattan (6h41m35s)
1986 Desmond Tutu installed to lead south African Anglican Church
1988 Guy Lafleur, Tony Esposito & Brad Park inducted in NHL Hall of Fame
1988 NY Daily News reports boxer Mike Tyson is seeing a psychatrist
1988 Security & Exchange Comm accuses Drexel of violating security laws
1990 Miss America 1991 crowned
1991 Harry Hamlin weds Nicollette Sheridan
1991 Monica Seles wins the US Open
3114 -BC- Presumed origin of Mayan "long count" calendar system
Tom Ford
NO. 801
On this day...
1714 Treaty of Baden-French retain Alsace, Austria gets right bank of Rhine
1800 Zion AME Church dedicated (NYC)
1822 Brazil declares independence from Portugal (National Day)
1860 Excursion steamer "Lady Elgin" drowns 340 in Lake Michigan
1863 Federal naval expedition arrives off Sabine Pass
1880 Geo Ligowsky patents device to throw clay pigeons for trapshooters
1889 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of The Engineer's Thumb" (BG)
1892 James J Corbett kayos John L Sullivan in round 21 at New Orleans
1896 1st closed-circuit auto race, at Cranston, RI
1896 A. H. Whiting won 1st closed-circuit auto race held
1903 Federation of American Motorcyclists organized in NY
1907 Sutro's ornate Cliff House in SF destroyed by fire
1914 New York Post Office Building opens to the public
1915 St Louis Dave Davenport no-hits Chicago (Federal League), 3-0
1923 Boston Red Sox Howard Ehmke no-hits Phila A's, 4-0
1927 Philo Farnsworth demonstrates 1st use of TV in SF
1934 Luxury liner "Morro Castle" burns off NJ, killing 134
1936 Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) begins operation
1939 Radio NY Worldwide-WRUL begins radio transmision
1940 German Air Force blitz London for 1st of 57 consecutive nights
1943 Fire in decrepit old Gulf Hotel kills 45 (Houston Texas)
1948 1st use of synthetic rubber in asphaltic concrete, Akron Oh
1952 Outfielder Don Grate throws a baseball a record 434'1" (Tenn)
1952 Whitey Ford becomes the 5th pitcher to hurl consecutive 1 hitters
1956 Bell X-2 sets Unofficial manned aircraft altitude record 126,000'+
1963 1st US TV appearance of the Beatles (Big Night Out-ABC)
1963 Pro Football Hall of Fame dedicated in Canton Ohio
1970 Donald Boyles sets record for highest paracute jump from a bridge, by leaping off of the 1,053' Royal George Bridge in Colorado
1973 Mike Storen becomes the American Basketball Assn's 4th commissioner
1976 US courts find George Harrison guilty of plagarism (He's So Fine)
1978 1st game of the Boston Massacre, Yanks beat Red Sox 15-3
1979 5 day MUSE concert against nuclear energy opens at MSG, NY
1980 32nd Emmy Awards shown despite boycott
1980 Earnest Gray becomes 2nd NY Giant to score 4 TDs (vs St Louis)
1981 Judge Wapner & the People's Court premier on TV
1983 Drury Gallagher sets fastest swim around Manhattan (6h41m35s)
1986 Desmond Tutu installed to lead south African Anglican Church
1988 Guy Lafleur, Tony Esposito & Brad Park inducted in NHL Hall of Fame
1988 NY Daily News reports boxer Mike Tyson is seeing a psychatrist
1988 Security & Exchange Comm accuses Drexel of violating security laws
1990 Miss America 1991 crowned
1991 Harry Hamlin weds Nicollette Sheridan
1991 Monica Seles wins the US Open
3114 -BC- Presumed origin of Mayan "long count" calendar system
Tom Ford
NO. 801
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