Today In History
Today is Thursday, Sept. 7, the 250th day of 2017. There are 115 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
› 1927: American television pioneer Philo T. Farnsworth, 21, succeeded in transmitting the image of a line through purely electronic means with a device called an “image dissector” at his San Francisco laboratory.
ON THIS DATE
› 1940: Nazi Germany began its eight-month blitz of Britain during World War II with the first air attack on London.
› 1957: The original animated version of the NBC-TV peacock logo, used to denote programs “brought to you in living color,” made its debut at the beginning of “Your Hit Parade.”
› 1963: The National Professional Football Hall of Fame was dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
› 1967: The situation comedy “The Flying Nun,” starring Sally Field as a novice nun who finds that she can fly, debuted on ABC.
› 1977: The Panama Canal treaties, calling for the U.S. to eventually turn over control of the waterway to Panama, were signed in Washington by President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos.
› 1979: The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) made its cable TV debut.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Jazz musician Sonny Rollins is 87. Actor Bruce Gray is 81. Singer Gloria Gaynor is 74. Singer Alfa Anderson (Chic) is 71. Actress Susan Blakely is 69. Rock musician Dennis Thompson (MC5) is 69. Actress Julie Kavner is 67. Rock singer Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders) is 66. Rock musician Benmont Tench (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) is 64. Actor Corbin Bernsen is 63. Actor Michael Emerson is 63. Pianist Michael Feinstein is 61. Actress-comedian Leslie Jones (TV: “Saturday Night Live”) is 50. Model-actress Angie Everhart is 48. Actress Diane Farr is 48. Country singer Butter (Trailer Choir) is 47. Actress Monique Gabriela Curnen is 47. Actor Tom Everett Scott is 47. Actor Devon Sawa is 39. Actor JD Pardo is 38. Actor Benjamin Hollingsworth (TV: “Code Black”) is 33. Actress Alyssa Diaz (TV: “Ray Donovan”; “Zoo”) is 32. Singer-musician Wes Willis (Rush of Fools) is 31. Actress Evan Rachel Wood is 30. Actor Ian Chen (TV: “Fresh Off the Boat”) is 11.