September 7 is:
National ‘Neither Snow nor Rain’ Day celebrates the opening of the New York Post Office building on this day in 1914. This following inscription was inscribed on the building:
“Neither snow nor rain not heat nor gloom of night, stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.”
National Grandma Moses Day
National Acorn Squash Day
National Salami Day
National Beer Lover’s Day
Centuries ago in England, pub visitors used a novel innovation that enabled them to get their beer served quickly. They used mugs with a whistle baked into the rim, the whistle being used to summon the barmaid. It has been suggested this practice gave birth to the phrase “wet your whistle.”
A beer lover or enthusiast is called a cerevisaphile.
Birthday of Queen Elizabeth I (September 7, 1533), of England.
1776 – According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee made the world’s first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).
Mountain Meadows massacre (September 7-11, 1857): Mormon settlers slaughter most members of peaceful, emigrant wagon train.
Cunard Line’s RMS Lusitania set sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City on this date in 1907.
John B Gruelle patented Raggedy Ann doll on September 7, 1915.
1921 – In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, was held. Sixteen year old Margaret Gorman was crowned and won $100.00
1936 – The last surviving member of the thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in her cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania. (Its sex has never been confirmed). The thylacine was the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times. It is commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger (because of its striped back) or the Tasmanian wolf. Native to continental Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea.
September 7 – 1940: The World War II Battle of Britain began.