On This Day September 7

1993
The Chevy Chase Show: The ex-Saturday Night Live comic makes his late-night host debut on Fox. It was cancelled after six weeks - Fox executives said it was so bad it was "embarrassing to watch."

1991
Tailhook: Navy officers at a Las Vegas Hilton force women down a gauntlet where they grabbed at them and ripped their clothes.

1978
Umbrella Assassination: Bulgarian dissident, Georgi Markov, while waiting at a bus stop is stabbed with an umbrella that inserted a ricin-filled pellet. He died several days later. It is believed that the KGB was behind the plot.

1974
Baseball:The tip of Graig Nettles's bat comes off during a Yankee baseball game, exposing its illegal cork center.

1970
Willie Shoemaker: The horse jockey legend becomes the all-time victory leader by winning his 6,033th race.

1968
The Banana Splits Adventure Hour debuts on NBC, starring Bingo, Drooper, Fleegle, and Snorky.

1921
First Miss America Pageant: It was won the following day by 15-year-old Margaret Gorman, still the youngest person to ever win. Her measurements were 30-25-32.

1916
Workmen's Compensation Act: The act providing compensation for injured federal employees is passed by Congress.

1896
First U.S. automobile track race: It was held in Cranston, Rhode Island and won by A.H. Whiting.

1881
Jesse James: The outlaw commits his last robbery. It was at Blue Cut, Missouri netting $3000 in cash and jewelry taken from the passengers.

1876
Jesse James: The notorious outlaw and his brother Frank barely escape an unsuccessful Minnesota bank robbery attempt. All of their gang members were either captured or killed.

1776
First submarine warfare: The American Turtle attacks HMS Eagle during the American Revolution.

1951
Julie Kavner, American Emmy-winning actress. TV: Rhoda (Brenda) and The Simpsons (voice of Marge).

1951
Georganne LaPiere, American actress. TV: General Hospital (Heather Grant). She is the real-life sister of singer Cher.

1948
Susan Blakely, model, actress, Julie Jordache of Rich Man, Poor Man - Book I.

1936 d. 1959
Buddy Holly (Charles Harden Holley), American rock 'n' roll pioneer. He died in a plane crash with the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens (The Day the Music Died).

1923 d. 1984
Peter Lawford, British-born American actor. TV: The Thin Man (Nick Charles).

1909
Elia Kazan (Elia Kazanjoglou), Greek-born Oscar-winning director. Broadway: A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), Death of a Salesman (1949), and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955). Film: Gentleman's Agreement (1947, Oscar) and On the Waterfront (1954). His The Arrangement was the best selling book of 1967.

1902 d. 1969
Roy Barcroft (Howard N. Ravenscroft), American cowboy actor, appeared in over 200 films - mostly low-budget westerns - and numerous movie serials and TV shows.

1860 d. 1961
Grandma Moses (Anna Robertson Moses), American artist, known for her bright pictures of American rural life. She began her painting career at age 78.

1840 d. 1903
Luther Childs Crowell, American inventor of the square bottomed paper grocery bag (1872).

1533 d. 1603
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, and for whom the Elizabethan Era is named.

1994 b. 1924
James Clavell, British-born American author, screenwriter. Film: The Fly (1958), The Great Escape (1963), To Sir With Love (1967), and Shogun (1975).

1978 b. 1947
Keith Moon, British singer, with The Who. Music: My Generation (1965) and Pinball Wizard (1969).

1954 b. 1885
Bud Fisher (Harry Conway Fisher), American cartoonist, created Mutt and Jeff (1907).

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