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Sunday September 7, 2014 This is the 250th day of the year, with 115 days remaining in 2014. Fact of the Day: glassmaking The most important innovation in glassmaking was blowing, probably during the 1st century BC.
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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