On This Day September 7th

 OTD

September 7th is the two hundredth-fiftieth day of the year, and there are 115 days remaining until the end of the year.

 

Event

1228 – Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II lands in Acre, Israel, and starts the Sixth Crusade, which results in a peaceful restoration of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

1630 – Boston, Massachusetts, was founded in North America.

1695 – Henry Every perpetrates one of the most profitable pirate raids in history by capturing the Grand Mughal ship Ganj-i-Sawai. In response, Emperor Aurangzeb threatened to end all English trading in India.

1812—French invasion of Russia: The bloodiest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, the Battle of Borodino, was fought near Moscow, resulting in a French victory.

1864 – American Civil War: Atlanta is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.

1876 – In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.

1907 – Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.

1921—The first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

1940 – World War II: The German Luftwaffe begins the Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 nights.

1977 – The Torrijos–Carter Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The United States agreed to transfer canal control to Panama at the end of the 20th century.

2021 – Bitcoin becomes legal tender in El Salvador.

 

 Birthdays

 1500 – Sebastian Newdigate, Carthusian monk and martyr (d. 1535)

1533 – Elizabeth I of England (d. 1603)

1726 – François-André Danican Philidor, French chess player and composer (d. 1795)

1777 – Heinrich Stölzel, German horn player and composer (d. 1844)

1829 – August Kekulé, German chemist and academic (d. 1896)

1867 – J. P. Morgan Jr., American banker and philanthropist (d. 1943)

1870 – Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian pilot, explorer, and author (d. 1938)

1875 – Edward Francis Hutton, American businessman and financier, co-founded E. F. Hutton & Co. (d. 1962)

1897 – Al Sherman, Tin Pan Alley era songwriter (d. 1973)

1908 – Paul Brown, American football player and coach (d. 1991)

1917 – Jacob Lawrence, American painter and educator (d. 2000)

1926 – Don Messick, American voice actor (d. 1997)

1936 – Buddy Holly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1959)

1951 – Chrissie Hynde, American singer-songwriter and guitarist.

1963 – W. Earl Brown, American actor

 

 Holiday Spotlight

National Tailgating Day

National Tailgating Day was created by Luke Lorick in 2016. He is currently the president of the Tailgating Challenge and founded this holiday out of his love for tailgate parties. The best way to celebrate this holiday is to load up the truck or whichever vehicle is available with food, beverages, and other party essentials and head out to the tailgate venue. Football fans often arrive a few hours early, get hyped up about the game, enjoy a meal, and have a good time.

It is uncertain when the first tailgate party took place, but there are several contenders to claim this title. Some suggest that the first tailgaters were the spectators at the Battle of Bull Run in 1861. Onlookers arrived with bottles of claret and picnic baskets brimming with food to watch the two sides face each other.

Today, tailgating takes place before football matches. The consensus is that the first football game in the U.S. was between Rutgers and Princeton Universities on November 6, 1869. On the day of the event, fans reached the venue early to stir excitement and enjoy the company of their friends.

 

Holidays And Observance.

Aunt's Day

Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day

Google Commemoration Day

Grandma Moses Day

International Vulture Awareness Day

National Acorn Squash Day

National Attention Deficit Disorder Awareness Day

National Beer Lover's Day

National Clean Out Your Garage Day

National Feel the Love Day

National Grateful Patient Day

National Hummingbird Day

National Play Outside Day

National Tailgating Day

National Threatened Species Day

National Writing Date Day

Neither Snow nor Rain Day

Salami Day

Super Human Day

World Beard Day 

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