History for September 7

History for September 7 - On-This-Day.com:
Elizabeth I (England) 1533, Grandma Moses (Anna Mary Robertson Moses) 1860, Taylor Caldwell 1900 


Michael DeBakey 1908, Elia Kazan 1909, David Packard 1912 


Buddy Holly (Charles Hardin Holley) 1936 - Singer, Richard Roundtree 1942, Gloria Gaynor 1949 


1813 - The nickname "Uncle Sam" was first used as a symbolic reference to the United States. The reference appeared in an editorial in the New York's Troy Post. 


1880 - George Ligowsky was granted a patent for his device that threw clay pigeons for trapshooters. 


1915 - Johnny Gruelle received a patent for his Raggedy Ann doll. (U.S. Patent D47789) 


1921 - Margaret Gorman of Washington, DC, was crowned the first Miss America in Atlantic City, NJ. 



1940 - London received its initial rain of bombs from Nazi Germany during World War II. 


1963 - The National Professional Football Hall of Fame was dedicated in Canton, OH. 


1966 - The final episode of the original "The Dick Van Dyke Show" was aired on CBS-TV. 


1971 - "The Beverly Hillbillies" was seen for the final time on CBS-TV. 


1977 - The Panama Canal treaties were signed by U.S. President Carter and General Omar Torrijos Herrera. The treaties called for the U.S. to turn over control of the canal's waterway to Panama in the year 2000. 


1979 - ESPN, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, made its debut on cable TV.