THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

JUNE 28TH

1846: Adolphe Sax patents the saxophone. The Belgian inventor and musician invented several other brass instruments, but the saxophone became his most popular. The valves he designed were cutting-edge at the time, and remain in use today largely in their original form.

1894: Labor Day becomes an official U.S. holiday. The federal holiday takes place on the first Monday of September and cel…