SEPTEMBER 6 | Birthdays and Events

Notable Birthdays for September 6

Catharine Beecher (1800-1878) - Activist who co-authored The American Woman's Home with her sister Harriet Beecher Stowe.

James Melville Gilliss (1811-1865) - Astronomer who founded the Naval Observatory.

Zelia Nuttall (1857-1933) - Early female archeologist and historian who specialised in pre-Aztec Mexican and pre-Columbian cultures.

Laura Jane Addams (1860-1935) - Sociologist and co-founder of one of America's most famous settlement houses (Hull House).

Korczak Ziolkowski (1908-1982) - Sculptor who designed the Crazy Horse Memorial  in SD.

Wilson Greatbatch (1919-2011) - Inventor of the cardiac pacemaker.

Norman Joseph Woodland (1921-2012) - Co-inventor of the bar code.

Margaret Keane (1927-2022) - "Big Eyes" painter whose husband claimed credit for her work.

Charles Foley (1930-2013) - Co-creator of the game Twister.

David Allan Coe (1939-Still Living) - Outlaw country music musician.

Claydes Smith (1948-2006) - Guitarist for Kool and The Gang.

Jeff Foxworthy (1958-Still Living) - Comedian known for his "You might be a redneck" jokes.

Memorable Events for September 6

1628 - The Puritans settle Salem (Massachusetts Bay Colony).

1819 - Thomas Blanchard patents the lathe (a rotating machine piece).

1866 - Frederick Douglass becomes the first Black delegate to a national convention.

1870 - Louisa Ann Swain (Laramie, WY) becomes the first woman in the U.S. to legally cast a vote after 1807.

1901 - President McKinley is shot and assassinated in Buffalo, NY.