DAY IN HISTORY

Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Today is the 250th day of 2021 and the 50th day of summer.

TODAY’S HISTORY:

In 1822, Brazil declared independence from Portugal.

In 1927, inventor Philo T. Farnsworth transmitted the first image by electronic means, an innovation that would eventually enable broadcast television.

In 1979, cable sports network ESPN was launched with the premiere of the longrunning daily series “Sportscenter.”

In 2008, the U.S. government took control of the mortgage financing enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603), British monarch; Grandma (Anna Mary) Moses (1860-1961), artist; Paul Brown (1908-1991), football coach/executive; Elia Kazan (19092003), filmmaker; Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000), artist; Peter Lawford (1923-1984), actor; Buddy Holly (1936-1959), singer-songwriter; Chrissie Hynde (1951- ), singer-songwriter; Michael Emerson (1954- ), actor; Eazy-e (19631995), rapper; Toby Jones (1966- ), actor; Shane Mosley (1971- ), boxer; Evan Rachel

Wood (1987- ), actress.

TODAY’S FACT: Philo T. Farnsworth was the first to produce a televised image in 1927, but Vladimir Zworykin, who was developing the same technology for Westinghouse, was the first to obtain the patent.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1963, the Pro Football Hall of Fame was dedicated in Canton, Ohio, and a 17-member charter class was inducted.

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“I look back on my life like a good day’s work, it was done and I am satisfied with it. I was happy and contented, I knew nothing better and made the best out of what life offered.” — Grandma Moses

TODAY’S NUMBER:

354 — members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, as of 2021. Twenty-eight new members were inducted in 2021: the eight-member 2021 class and the 20 members of the 2020 class (commemorating the NFL’S 100th anniversary), whose enshrinement was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Current rules allow between four and eight individuals to be selected for enshrinement each year.

TODAY’S MOON: Between new moon (Sept. 6) and first quarter moon (Sept. 13).