Today in History - History - September 7th

1952Whitey Ford becomes 5th pitcher to hurl consecutive 1 hitters

70Roman army under General Titus occupies & plunders Jerusalem

1975Manuel Orantes upsets #1 seed Jimmy Connors to win US Open

1988Guy Lafleur, Tony Esposito & Brad Park inducted in NHL Hall of Fame

1987Jerry Lewis' 22nd Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $39,021,723

1952Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Carrollton Golf Tournament

197595th US Men's Tennis: Manuel Orantes beats Jimmy Connors (64 63 63)

1981Jerry Lewis' 16th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $31,500,000

1991105th US Womens Tennis Open: Monica Seles (17) defeats Martina Navratilova (34) (76 61)

198599th US Women's Tennis: Hana Mandlikova beats M Navratilova (76 16 76)

1533Queen Elizabeth I, Greenwich, England, (1558-1603) daughter of Henry VIII and Anna Boleyn (d. 1603)

1942Roy DeMeo, Brooklyn New York, American gangster (Gambino crime family)

1908Paul Brown, Norwalk Ohio, NFL hall of famer (Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals)

1926Ed Warren [Edward Warren Miney], Bridgeport Connecticut, American paranormal investigator (Amityville haunting)

1936Buddy Holly [Charles Holley], Lubbock Texas, American musician (Peggy Sue, That'll Be the Day), (d. 1959)

1860Grandma Moses [Anna Maria], NY, primitive painter (Old Oaken Bucket), (d. 1961)

1984Actress-singer Janet Jackson (18) weds fellow R&B singer James DeBarge (21)

1943"Gilda" actress Rita Hayworth (24) weds actor-director Orson Welles (28)

1997Mobutu Sese Seko, President of Zaire (1965-97), dies at 66

1978Keith Moon, rock drummer (Who), dies of drug overdose at 31