For my birthday last month, Ben and Amanda threw me the challenge to find a good day to wear this tie. Today is appropriate -- it is the date in 1975 when Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova asked for asylum in the United States, while playing in the U. S. Open tournament. Other great events associated with 6 September include the opening of the first self-service grocery store (Piggly Wiggly, in Memphis, TN) in 1916, the departure of the Mayflower from Plymouth, England in 1620, and the earliest date on the Mayan/Mesoamerican Long Count Calendar, in 3114 BCE (as we count the years).
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