This Day in History for September 7 – US Dubbed ‘Uncle Sam’ and More
1813 – The United States federal government gets its nickname, Uncle Sam (More info)
1921 – The first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held in Atlantic City, New Jersey (More info)
1979 – The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, better known as ESPN, makes its debut (More info)
1986 – Desmond Tutu becomes becomes the archbishop of Cape Town and the first black man to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa (More info)
1996 – Rapper Tupac Shakur is fatally shot on the Las Vegas strip (More info)
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