Leopold Sedar Senghor, poet, politician, is elected President of Senegal
Absalom Jones ordained a priest in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
Alcee Lamar Hastings, the son of Julius C. and Mildred L. Hastings, was born on September 5, 1936 in Altamonte Springs, Florida. His parents were domestic servants who eventually left Florida to take jobs to pay for his education. Hastings remained in the state, living with his maternal grandmother while he attended and eventually graduated from Crooms Academy in Sanford, Florida in 1953. He then attended Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee where he received his B.A. in 1958 and then Howard University School of Law. He received a J.D. degree, however from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in Tallahassee in 1964.
After graduation, Hastings went into private practice as a civil rights attorney for thirteen years . In 1977 he was appointed a judge of the circuit court of Broward County, Florida, a position he held until 1979. In 1979 President Jimmy Carter appointed Hastings as the United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida.
George Washington Murray was elected to Congress by South Carolina, 1895
Absalom Jones ordained a priest in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
Our Nig by Harriet Wilson, the first novel published in the U.S. by an African American woman, is published. It was lost for years until reprinted with a critical essay by African American scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. in 1983.
Secretary of the American Negro Academy, John W Cromwell was born, 1846
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Bailing Press
Sept 05, 1899
Patent No. 632,539
Frank Yerby, novelist, O. Henry short story award winner, born
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1643 Louis XIV, King of France (the 'Sun King') was born. A gourmet, gourmand and many say a glutton. During his reign food began to be served in courses, rather than placed on the table all at once, and forks came into widespread use.
1698 Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards.
1850 Jasper Newton 'Jack' Daniel was born (died Oct 10, 1911). Founder of Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey distillery.)
1882 The first Labor Day holiday was organized in New York City by the Central Labor Union with a parade followed by a massive picnic at Wendel's Elm Park at 92nd St and 9th Ave (the largest park in the city at the time) with numerous speakers. More then 10,000 workers marched in the parade.
1885 The first gasoline pump was manufactured in Fort Wayne, Indiana by Sylvanus Bowser.
1933 'Cutty Sark' trademark was registered (for whiskey and other distilled liquors).
1938 Achille Gaggia applied for a patent on the first modern espresso maker. The machine forced boiling water through the coffee grounds at high pressure.
1946 Dean Ford of the music group 'Marmalade' was born.
1949 Clem Clempson of the music group 'Humble Pie' was born.
1949 Dennis Robert Hoagland died (born April 2, 1884). American plant physiologist. He perfected the water-culture technique for growing plants without soil (broadly known as hydroponics).
2001 Justin Wilson, Cajun chef and humorist died. He wrote five cookbooks, hosted several cooking shows on TV, including 'Louisiana Cookin' and 'Cookin' Cajun.'
2007 The film 'I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With' opened in U.S. theatres.
2020 Burbank, California tied its record high temperature of 114 degrees.