On This Day:
Saturday September 7, 2013 This is the 250th day of the year, with 115 days remaining in 2013. Fact of the Day: post office The inscription on the New York Post Office Building at Eighth Avenue, "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds," is not the motto of the U.S. Postal Service. In fact, the U.S. Postal Service has no official motto. The sentence appears in the works of Herodotus, a fifth century BC Greek historian and writer, and describes the expedition of the Greeks against the Persians under Cyrus, which took place about 500 BC. The inscription was supplied by the architectural firm that designed the New York General Post Office.
Holidays Mozambique: Victory Day.
Andorra: National Holiday (for Our Lady of Meritxell).
Brazil: Independence Day.
Events 1664 - Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam and governor Peter Stuyvesant surrendered to the British, who renamed it New York, in honor of the Duke of York.
1776 - First submarine attack occurred when the submersible American Turtle tries to bomb British Admiral Richard Howe's flagship Eagle in New York Harbor during the Revolutionary War.
1813 - First printed reference to the U.S. by the nickname "Uncle Sam" occurred in the "Troy Post."
1822 - Brazil declared independence from Portugal.
1888 - First incubator for premature infant was used.
1892 - First heavyweight-title boxing match fought with gloves under Marquis of Queensbury rules ended when James J. Corbett knocked out John L. Sullivan in the 21st round.
1901 - Signing of the Peking Protocol ended the Boxer Rebellion in China.
1916 - U.S. Congress passed the Workman's Compensation Act.
1936 - Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam began operation.
1940 - Nazi Germany began its first blitz of London in World War II. Eight days later, the RAF staged a dramatic counterattack against the Luftwaffe, turning the tide in the Battle of Britain.
1950 - "Truth or Consequences" debuted on TV.
1963 - Professional Football Hall of Fame opened in Canton, Ohio.
1986 - Desmond Tutu became the archbishop of Cape Town as he is installed as first black to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa.
1998 - St. Louis Cardinals baseball player Mark McGwire equaled Roger Maris' single-season home-run record of 61.
1998 - Google was incorporated, co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were students at Stanford University.
2004 - Hurricane Ivan, a Category 4 storm hits Grenada, killing 39 and damaging most of its buildings.
2005 - The first presidential election was held in Egypt.
Births 1533 - Elizabeth I, Queen of England (1558-1603), daughter of Henry VIII by Anne Boleyn.
1860 - Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma Moses), American folk painter.
1860 - Dame Edith Sitwell, British poet.
1900 - American novelist Taylor Caldwell.
1908 - Michael E. DeBakey, American surgeon, artificial heart pioneer.
1909 - Elia Kazan (Elia Kazanjoglou), Turkish-born American producer, director, and screenwriter.
1914 - James Alfred Van Allen, American scientist who discovered and named the two radiation belts surrounding the Earth.
1923 - Peter Lawford, American actor.
1932 - John Paul Getty, Jr., American philanthropist.
1936 - Buddy Holly (Charles Hardin Holley), American rock-and-roll legend and songwriter.
1943 - Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Canada.
1950 - Julie Kavner, American actress.
1951 - Chrissie Hynde, American guitarist and singer.
Deaths 1943 - J. P. Morgan, Jr., American financier.
1969 - Everett M. Dirksen Senate Republican leader during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations.
1978 - Keith Moon, English rock drummer and member of the rock band The Who.
1984 - Liam O'Flaherty, Irish novelist and short-story writer.
2003 - The Great Antonio (born Anton Baričević), Croatian-born Canadian strongman and eccentric.
2003 - Warren Zevon, American rock and roll musician and songwriter.
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