Calendar for September 7th, 2012

2001: Labor Day

2001: Rosh Hashanah

Born 1533: Queen Elizabeth I of England

Died 1548: Catherine Parr (widow of Henry VIII of England)

Born 1860: Grandma Moses (painter)

1888: Edith Eleanor McLean was the first baby to be placed in an incubator

1899: First automobile parade, Newport, Rhode Island

Born 1909: Elia Kazan (director)

Born 1913: Anthony Quayle (actor)

1927: First international lifeboat race took place, New York City

Born 1936: Buddy Holly (singer)

Born 1949: Gloria Gaynor (singer)

Born 1951: Chrissie Hynde (singer)

Born 1951: Julie Kavner (actress)

Died 1959: Maurice Duplessis (former premier of Quebec)

Died 1978: Keith Moon (musician)

Born 1978: Devon Sawa (actor)

1979: The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) made its debut

Born 1987: Evan Rachel Wood (actress)

1998: Google Inc. was founded

Died 2002: Uzi Gal (invented the Uzi submachine gun)

Died 2008: Gregory Mcdonald (author)