The Federal Occupation of Fort Wagner
On September 7, 1863, during the American Civil War, Union forces occupied Fort Wagner and Battery Gregg on Morris Island, South Carolina, after Confederate defenders quietly evacuated the positions during ...
The Patent of Raggedy Ann
On September 7, 1915, American illustrator, cartoonist, and author Johnny Gruelle received U.S. Design Patent D47,789 for an ornamental doll design that became associated with Raggedy Ann. Filed on May ...
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Grandma Moses and the Art of Folk Memory
On September 7, 1860, Anna Mary Robertson Moses—known around the world as Grandma Moses—was born in Greenwich, New York. For most of her life, she worked within the demanding routines ...
Corbett vs. Sullivan: Boxing’s Modern Turning Point
On September 7, 1892, professional boxing entered a new era in New Orleans, Louisiana. Challenger James J. “Gentleman Jim” Corbett defeated reigning heavyweight champion John L. Sullivan by knockout in ...
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The First Submarine Attack in Warfare
On the night of September 6–7, 1776, in the opening months of the American Revolution, naval warfare entered unfamiliar territory in New York Harbor. Under the direction of inventor David ...
The Diplomatic Benefaction of J. P. Morgan Jr.
On September 7, 1867, international financier, banker, and philanthropist John Pierpont “Jack” Morgan Jr. was born in Irvington, New York. After his father’s death in 1913, he assumed control of ...
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The Transatlantic Maiden Voyage of the Lusitania
On September 7, 1907, the British ocean liner RMS Lusitania departed Liverpool on her maiden voyage to New York. Operated by the Cunard Line, the vessel had been built with ...
A Tactical Engagement North of Lucca
On September 7, 1944, a U.S. combat patrol advanced three miles north of Lucca, Italy—then the furthest point occupied by American troops—to engage a German machine-gun nest. In this photograph, ...
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Opening of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
On September 7, 1963, the Pro Football Hall of Fame was dedicated and opened to the public in Canton, Ohio. The occasion included the enshrinement of a 17-member charter class ...
The Poetic Incantations of Elinor Wylie
On September 7, 1885, influential American poet and novelist Elinor Wylie was born in Somerville, New Jersey. Raised in an elite, highly prominent political family—her grandfather, Henry Hoyt, had served ...
The Banknote Portrait of Thomas Hendricks
On September 7, 1819, statesman and lawyer Thomas A. Hendricks was born near Zanesville, Ohio. After relocating to Indiana as a child, he built a prominent Democratic political career, serving ...
The First Prayer at Congress: A Nation Kneels
On September 7, 1774, the First Continental Congress gathered at Carpenters’ Hall in Philadelphia for its third day of deliberations. Before turning to the political crisis with Britain, the delegates ...
The Philo T. Farnsworth Television Breakthrough
On September 7, 1927, a decisive step toward modern electronic television took place in a private laboratory at 202 Green Street in San Francisco. Twenty-one-year-old inventor Philo T. Farnsworth successfully ...
The Regional Origins of Uncle Sam
In September 1813, the Troy Post of upstate New York printed one of the earliest documented newspaper uses of “Uncle Sam” as a nickname for the United States government. Writing ...
The Hollywood Union of Welles and Hayworth
On September 7, 1943, Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth were married in a quiet civil ceremony in Santa Monica, California. The wedding, kept relatively private amid intense press interest, joined ...
Buddy Holly and the Dawn of Rock and Roll
On September 7, 1936, Charles Hardin Holley—known to the world as Buddy Holly—was born in Lubbock, Texas. In the brief period from 1957 until his death in 1959, Holly and ...
From Shawmut to Boston: A Colonial Renaming, 1630
On September 7, 1630, according to the Massachusetts Bay Colony’s court records (Old Style dating), colonial officials ordered that the English settlement they called “Trimountaine” be called “Boston.” The action ...
