Blayton, Jesse B., Sr. (1879-1977) - Death
He died on September 7, 1977 in Atlanta.
Salami Day
• National Acorn Squash Day
• National Beer Lover's Day ?
• National Fight Procrastination Day was yesterday
• St. Gratus of Aosta, protector of vineyards.
• St. Regina, patron of shepherdesses.
• [Folic Acid Awareness Week] (Sept 7-14, 2025)
• National Waffle Week (Sept 7-13, 2025)
On this day in:
1630 The city of Boston, Massachusetts was founded by English Puritans fleeing religious persecution.
1822 A prisoner-powered treadmill for grinding corn began operation at New York City Prison. Up to 16 prisoners at a time walked on a paddle-wheel like treadmill, grinding about 50 bushells of corn per day. The trial project lasted only a few years.
1840 Luther Crowell was born (died Sept 16, 1903). He invented a machine to make square bottomed grocery bags. (U.S. Patent No. 123,811, Feb 20, 1872)
1883 A hard frost in Manitoba, Canada destroys most of the grain crop.
1912 David Packard was born. Founder with William Hewlett of the Hewlett Packard Company. Before they became famous for computers and printers etc., some of their early inventions were an automatic urinal flusher and a weight loss shock machine!
1936 The last Tasmanian Tiger died at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania, Australia. This dog-like marsupial was systematically exterminated as an undesirable predator of farm animals.
1971 The final episode of 'The Beverly Hillbillies' TV show is aired. (9 years and 216 shows).
1977 The Panama Canal treaties were signed in Washington DC, calling for the United States to turn over control of the canal to Panama on December 31, 1999.
1991 In Calgary, Alberta the worst hailstorm in Canadian history causes over $400 million dollars in damage.
2002 A new record for largest peanut butter and jelly sandwich was set in Oklahoma. 350 pounds of peanut butter and 144 pounds of jelly.
Not to be confused with the Reverend Paul Cuffee (1754-1812), who is honored on the liturgical Calendar of the Episcopal Church (USA).
On this day, Ghana becomes a free self-governing nation. This country will be the first of the British Commonwealth of Nations to be self-governing.
In 1930, Sonny Rollins, a powerful force in jazz, is born.
Reuben Earl Brigety II is a naval officer, educator, international humanitarian specialist, and diplomat. He was born in Jacksonville, Florida, on September 7, 1973, to Dr. Barbara and Dr. Rueben Brigety Sr. In 1965 his father became the first African American to graduate from the University of Florida’s College of Medicine.
Brigety is a distinguished midshipman graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, earning his bachelor’s degree in 1995. While in the Navy, he held several staff positions, including speechwriter and analyst in the Pentagon. He later won a scholarship to pursue a Master’s in International Relations at the University of Cambridge in England, which he earned in 1997 before returning to active duty. Upon deciding to return to pursue his doctoral degree in international affairs, Brigety received a discharge from the Navy in 2000 after which he returned to Cambridge where he earned his doctoral degree in 2003. During these early professional and educational endeavors, he honed his expertise in human rights issues and African affairs.
Dr. Brigety worked as a researcher for Human Rights Watch’s Arms Division, conducting field work in Afghanistan and Iraq from 2001 to 2003, followed by assistant professor postings at George Mason University and American University from 2003 to 2009. He also consulted with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Office of Emergency Operations’ Humanitarian Policy Unit, in 2004.
From 2007 to 2009, Dr. Brigety was special assistant to the assistant administrator for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Simultaneously, he was director for the Sustainable Security Program at the Center for American Progress and a senior advisor for Civil-Military Affairs for the Joint Strategic Assessment Team at the U.S. Central Command in Washington, D.C., and in Doha, Qatar, from 2008 to 2009.
For the first short film for one of five consecutive record-breaking No. 1 hits from Bad, Michael Jackson and director Martin Scorsese created an epic 18-minute tale of urban and racial challenges in the 1980s. Bad was named the second greatest of Michaels short films by Rolling Stone in 2014.
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Written and Composed by Michael Jackson
Produced by Quincy Jones for Quincy Jones Productions
Co-Produced by Michael Jackson for MJJ Productions, Inc.
From the album Bad, released August31, 1987
Released as a single September 7, 1987
Paul Cuffee or Paul Cuffe (January 17, 1759 – September 7, 1817) was a Quaker businessman, sea captain, patriot, and abolitionist. He was of Aquinnah Wampanoag and Ashanti descent and helped colonize Sierra Leone. Cuffe built a lucrative shipping empire and established the first racially integrated school in Westport, Massachusetts.
Tupac Shakur (also known by his stage name of 2Pac) was legendary rap and hip-hop musician. He was born in New York City in 1971 to Billy Garland and Afeni Shakur, both activists of a revolutionary black nationalist organization named “Black Panthers”. His name, Tupac Amaru Shakur, means “shining serpent”. His mother was in jail when she was expecting Tupac, but she was later acquitted of all charges. His father was largely absent from his life. He grew up in the Bronx and Harlem, where he faced the grim realities of gang life, violence, drugs and sexual abuse at an early age. He joined a theater company by the name of 127th Street Ensemble, where he learned to act.
He also attended the Baltimore School for the Arts where he learned ballet and other forms of dance. As a teenager, he moved with his family to the West Coast where he joined the hip-hop and rap group Digital Underground. He recorded two albums with them, that is, “This is an E.P.” and “Sons of the P” before leaving the group to go solo. In 1991, he was signed by the label “Interscope Records” and shortly released his debut album “Tupacalypse Now”. Although, it did not make it to the Top 10 charts, it definitely helped him to make his presence felt. In fact, this album has been quoted by many famous rappers to be their inspiration, including Eminem and Nas. The album had a very real, underground feel to it and included the hit single “Brenda’s Got a Baby”.
His second studio album was released in February 1993 and titled “Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.”. The album debuted at number 24 on the Billboard 200 and the deep, meaningful and sometimes excessively profane lyrics were both the subject of praise, as well as controversy. Tupac spoke of his political and social views in his songs, and described the thug life he used to live. The album was commercially successful, and achieved Platinum status. Tupac also formed the group “Thug Life”