1813 – “Uncle Sam” 1st used to refer to the US, by Troy Post of New York.
1915 – Johnny Gruelle patents his Raggedy Ann doll (US Patent D7789)
1916 – Workmen’s Compensation Act passed by US Congress.
1936 – Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam), on the Colorado River, between Nevada and Arizona begins operations.
1941 – US National Championship Men’s Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: 1939 champion Bobby Riggs beats Frank Kovacs 5-7, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3.
1948 – 1st use of synthetic rubber in asphalt concrete, Akron, Ohio.
1953 – US National Championship Women’s Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: In an all-American final Maureen Connolly becomes first female to achieve a Grand Slam; beats Doris Hart 6-2, 6-4.
1955 – New York Yankee Whitey Ford becomes 5th MLB pitcher to hurl consecutive 1 hitters.
1960 – US sweeps the medals in the men’s discus at the Rome Olympics; Al Oerter wins his 2nd of 4 career discus gold ahead of fellow Americans Rink Babka and Dick Gochran.
1963 – WCTI TV channel 12 in New Bern, NC (ABC) begins broadcasting.
1970 – White Sox use record 41 players in doubleheader & lose both games.
1974 – “Irene” closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 605 performances.
1977 – Watergate conspirator G. Gordon Liddy is released from prison after serving 4 years and 4½ months.
1986 – Dan Marino throws his 100th career touchdown pass, the fastest QB in NFL history to do so.
1991 – Brigham Young University quarterback Ty Detmer passes NCAA record 11,606 yards.
2001 – The US Federal Trade Commission approves Chevron’s bid to buy Texaco.
2008 – US Government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
2017 – Consumer credit reporting agency Equifax reports earlier cyberattack could affect 143 million Americans.
2021 – US records more than 40 million cases of COVID-19, daily cases at 161,000 (5 September), daily deaths at 1,560 with hospitalizations averaging 102,000 per day (NY Times figures)
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