History for September 7

History for September 7 - On-This-Day.com:
Elizabeth I (England) 1533, Michael DeBakey 1908, Elia Kazan 1909


David Packard 1912, Peter Lawford 1923, Al McGuire 1928


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.


1888 - Edith Eleanor McLean became the first baby to be placed in an incubator.


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.


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.