TODAY’S HISTORY LESSON – SEPT 7
70 Roman army under General Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem
1571 At the Battle of Lepanto in the Mediterranean Sea, the Christian galley fleet destroys the Turkish galley fleet.
1630 The town of Trimountaine in Massachusetts is renamed Boston. It became the state capital.
1813 The earliest known printed reference to the United States by the nickname “Uncle Sam” occurs in the Troy Post.
1822 Pedro I, son of King Joao VI declares Brazil’s independence from Portugal (National Day)
1888 An incubator is used for the first time on a premature infant.
1901 The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ended with the signing of the Peking Protocol (Peace of Beijing).
1915 Johnny Gruelle received a patent for his Raggedy Ann doll. (U.S. Patent D47789)
1916 The U.S. Congress passes the Workman’s Compensation Act.
1940 Germany’s blitz against London begins during the Battle of Britain.
1948 1st use of synthetic rubber in asphaltic concrete, Akron Oh
1953 Nikita Krushchev elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1965 Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio.
1977 Panama and US sign Torrijos-Carter Treaties to transfer control of the Panama Canal from the US to Panama at the end of the 20th century.
1978 Secret police agent Francesco Gullino assassinates Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov in London by firing a ricin pellet from a specially designed umbrella.
1979 ESPN, the Entertainment and Sports Programing Network, debuts.
1983 In Ireland, voters approved a constitutional ammendment that banned abortion.
1989 Legislation was approved by the U.S. Senate that prohibited discrimination against the handicapped in employment, public accommodations, transportation and communications.
2008 US Government assumes conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the country’s two largest mortgage financing companies, during the subprime mortgage crisis.
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