September 7

Today in History
• 1630 - City of Boston, Massachusetts, is founded
• 1800 - Zion AME Church dedicated (NYC)
• 1813 - "Uncle Sam" 1st used to refer to the US, by Troy Post of New York
• 1888 - Edith Eleanor McLean is 1st baby to be placed in an incubator
• 1902 - In Australia, the whole nation observes a "day of humiliation" and prays for rain
• 1914 - NY Post Office Building opens to public
• 1915 - Johnny Gruelle patents his Raggedy Ann doll
• 1923 - Interpol forms in Vienna


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Brazil Independence Day
• Buy a Book Day
• Google Commemoration Day
• Grandma Moses Day
• Indigenous Literacy Day
• International Day of Clean Air
• National New Hampshire Day
• Texas Energy Savings Day

Birthdays
• 786 - Emperor Saga, 52nd Emperor of Japan (809-823)
• 1533 - Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland (1558-1603)
• 1683 - Maria Anna of Austria, Archduchess of Austria and Queen consort of Portugal
• 1737 - Luigi Galvani, Italian anatomist and physicist ("animal electricity")
• 1815 - Howell Cobb, American politician (U.S. Secretary of Treasury)
• 1817 - Louise of Hesse-Kassel, Queen of Denmark
• 1818 - Thomas Talbot, American politician, 31st Governor of Massachusetts
• 1819 - Thomas A. Hendricks, 21st Vice President of the United States