September 7
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Events
- 1251 BC - A solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes, Greece.
- 70 - A Roman army under General Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem.
- 1191 - Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf - Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf.
- 1539 - Guru Angad Dev ji becomes the second Guru of the Sikh.
- 1776 - World's first submarine attack: the American submersible craft Turtle attempts to attach a time bomb to the hull of British Admiral Richard Howe's flagship HMS Eagle in New York Harbor.
- 1812 - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Borodino - Napoleon defeats the Russian army of Alexander I near the village of Borodino.
- 1818 - Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.
- 1821 - The Republic of Gran Colombia (a federation covering much of presentday Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador) was established, with Simón Bolívar as the founding President and Francisco de Paula Santander as vice president.
- 1822 - Brazil declares its independence from Portugal.
- 1860 - Steamship Lady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 400 lives.
- 1864 - American Civil War: Atlanta, Georgia, is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.
- 1876 - In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are surrounded by an angry mob and are nearly killed.
- 1901 - The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
- 1906 - Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the 1st time successfully.
- 1907 - Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City.
- 1909 - Eugene Lefebvre (1878-1909), while test piloting a new French-built Wright biplane, crashes at Juvisy France when his controls jam. Lefebvre dies, becoming the first 'pilot' in the world to lose his life in a powered-heavier-than-air-craft.
- 1911 - French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
- 1915 - Former cartoonist Johnny Gruelle is given a patent for his Raggedy Ann doll.
- 1921 - In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
- 1927 - The University of Minas Gerais is founded in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, by GovernorAntônio Carlos.
- 1927 - The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Taylor Farnsworth.
- 1929 - Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. 136 lives were lost.
- 1936 - The last surviving member of the thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in her cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
- 1940 - World War II: The Blitz - Nazi Germany begins to rain bombs on London. This will be the first of 57 consecutive nights of bombing.
- 1940 - Treaty of Craiova: Romania loses Southern Dobrudja to Bulgaria.
- 1942 - Holocaust: 8,700 Jews of Kolomyia (western Ukraine) sent by German Gestapo to death camp in Belzec.
- 1942 - Fisrt flight of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator.
- 1943 - A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston, Texas, kills 55 people.
- 1950 - Coal mine collapses in New Cumnock, Scotland - 13 miners dead. 116 rescued.
- 1950 - The gameshow Truth or Consequences debuts on television.
- 1953 - Nikita Khrushchev becomes head of the Soviet Central Committee.
- 1963 - The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.
- 1965 - China announces that it will reinforce its troops in the Indian border.
- 1965 - Vietnam War: In a follow-up to August's Operation Starlight, United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate Operation Pirahna on the Batangan Peninsula.
- 1966 - The final new episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show airs (the first episode aired on October 3, 1961).
- 1969 - Monty Python's Flying Circus records first episode.
- 1970 - An anti-war rally is held at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, attended by John Kerry, Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland.
- 1970 - Fighting between Arabic guerillas and government forces in Amman, Jordan.
- 1971 - The Beverly Hillbillies airs for the last time on CBS (the first episode debuted on September 26, 1962).
- 1977 - The Torrijos-Carter Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The US agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.
- 1978 - While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Giullino by means of a ricin pellet fired from in a specially-designed umbrella.
- 1979 - The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) makes its debut.
- 1979 - The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for USD $1 billion to avoid bankruptcy.
- 1986 - Desmond Tutu becomes the first black to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa.
- 1986 - Gen. Augusto Pinochet, president of Chile, escapes attempted assassination.
- 1988 - Abdul Ahad Mohmand, the first Afghan in space, returns aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz TM-5 after 9 days on the Mir space station.
- 1996 - In Las Vegas, Nevada, actor and recording artist Tupac Shakur is shot several times after attending a boxing match, he would later die in the hospital due to his injuries from the shooting on September 13.
- 1997 - The first test flight of the F-22 Raptor takes place.
- 1999 - An earthquake registering 5.9 on the Richter scale rocks Athens, Greece, directly under the planned Olympic Village for the 2004 Games in Athens, collapsing buildings in the city's northern outskirts: 143 people are killed, nearly 12,000 injured, and 50,000 are left homeless.[1]
- 2004 - The Serbian government backs a decision by Minister of Education and Sport Ljiljana Čolić to require the teaching of both creationism and evolution in schools.
- 2004 - Hurricane Ivan, a force 4 storm hits Grenada, killing 39 and damaging 90% of its buildings.
- 2005 - First presidential election was held in Egypt.
Births
- 1395 - Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician (d. 1450)
- 1524 - Thomas Erastus, Swiss theologian (d. 1583)
- 1533 - Queen Elizabeth I of England (d. 1603)
- 1615 - Colonel John Birch, English soldier (d. 1691)
- 1707 - Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist (d. 1788)
- 1717 - Martin Dobrizhoffer, Austrian Jesuit missionary (d. 1791)
- 1726 - François-André Danican Philidor, French chess player (d. 1795)
- 1816 - Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician (d. 1880)
- 1829 - Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, German chemist (d. 1896)
- 1836 - Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1908)
- 1860 - Grandma Moses, American painter (d. 1961)
- 1866 - Tristan Bernard, French writer (d. 1947)
- 1870 - Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian writer (d. 1938)
- 1870 - Jimmy Tompkins, Canadian Catholic priest (d. 1953)
- 1877 - Mike O'Neill, baseball player (d. 1959)
- 1885 - Elinor Wylie, American writer (d. 1928)
- 1887 - Edith Sitwell, English poet (d. 1964)
- 1889 - Albert Plesman, Dutch aviation pioneer (d. 1953)
- 1895 - Brian Horrocks, British general (d. 1985)
- 1900 - Taylor Caldwell, American author (d. 1985)
- 1908 - Paul Brown, American football coach (d. 1991)
- 1908 - Dr. Michael DeBakey, American heart surgeon
- 1909 - Elia Kazan, Greek-born film director (d. 2003)
- 1911 - Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian Communist dictator from 1956 to 1989 (d. 1998)
- 1912 - David Packard, American electrical engineer and businessman (d. 1996)
- 1913 - Sir Anthony Quayle, English actor (d. 1989)
- 1913 - Miguel Rolando Covian, Brazilian physiologist (d. 1992)
- 1914 - James Van Allen, American physicist (d. 2006)
- 1917 - John Cornforth, Australian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1917 - Jacob Lawrence, American painter (d. 2000)
- 1920 - Al Caiola, American guitarist
- 1921 - Arthur Ferrante, American popular pianist (Ferrante & Teicher)
- 1923 - Peter Lawford, English actor (d. 1984)
- 1923 - Madeleine Dring, English composer and actress (d. 1977)
- 1924 - Daniel Inouye, American Politician and Medal of Honor recipient
- 1925 - Allan Blakeney, Canadian politician, premier of Saskatchewan
- 1927 - Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, judge on the Supreme Court of Canada
- 1930 - Sonny Rollins, American jazz saxophonist
- 1930 - King Baudouin I of Belgium (d. 1993)
- 1932 - Paul Getty, American-born philanthropist (d. 2003)
- 1936 - Buddy Holly, American singer (d. 1959)
- 1936 - Bruce Gray, Canadian actor
- 1937 - John Phillip Law, American actor
- 1938 - Susan Stamberg, American radio journalist
- 1939 - Donnie Allison, American race car driver
- 1940 - Dario Argento, Italian film director, producer and screenwriter
- 1944 - Robert Laxton, English politician
- 1944 - Bora Milutinovic, Serbian football coach
- 1944 - Sam Sloan, American chess journalist
- 1945 - Jacques Lemaire, Canadian hockey player and coach
- 1946 - Willie Crawford, baseball player (d. 2004)
- 1946 - Francisco Varela, Chilean biologist (d. 2001)
- 1946 - Joe Klein, American writer
- 1947 - Graham Young, British serial killer (d. 1990)
- 1949 - Lee McGeorge Durrell, American author, television presenter, and zookeeper
- 1949 - Gloria Gaynor, American singer
- 1950 - Julie Kavner, American actress
- 1951 - Morris Albert, Brazilian singer
- 1951 - Chrissie Hynde, American guitarist and singer
- 1952 - Susan Blakely, American actress
- 1953 - Benmont Tench, American keyboardist
- 1953 - Mammootty, Indian actor
- 1954 - Corbin Bernsen, American actor
- 1954 - Doug Bradley, English actor
- 1955 - Mira Furlan, Croatian actress
- 1955 - Efim Zelmanov, Russian mathematician
- 1956 - Diane Warren, American song writer
- 1958 - Danny Chan, Hong Kong singer, actor, and songwriter (d. 1993)
- 1962 - Jennifer Egan, American novelist
- 1963 - Eazy-E, American rapper (d. 1995)
- 1966 - Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, German speed skater
- 1968 - Jin Hee-kyung, South Korean actress
- 1968 - Marcel Desailly, French footballer
- 1969 - Darren Bragg, baseball player
- 1972 - Jason Isringhausen, American baseball player
- 1973 - Shannon Elizabeth, American actress
- 1975 - Harold Wallace, Costa Rican footballer
- 1976 - Stevie Case, American video game celebrity
- 1977 - Nora Greenwald, American professional wrestler
- 1978 - Devon Sawa, Canadian actor
- 1980 - Mark Prior, American baseball player
- 1980 - Emre, Turkish footballer
- 1980 - Gabriel Milito, Argentine footballer
- 1982 - Lorne Berfield, American actor
- 1984 - Farveez Maharoof, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1984 - Vera Zvonareva, Russian tennis player
- 1985 - Alyssa Diaz, American actress
- 1986 - Spectacular, Rapper from the group Pretty Ricky
- 1987 - Evan Rachel Wood, American actress
Deaths
- 355 - Claudius Silvanus, Roman usurper
- 1151 - Geoffrey of Anjou (b. 1113)
- 1312 - King Ferdinand IV of Castile (b. 1285)
- 1496 - King Ferdinand II of Naples (b. 1469)
- 1548 - Catherine Parr, final wife of Henry VIII of England (born c. 1512)
- 1552 - Guru Angad Dev, second Sikh Guru (b. 1504)
- 1559 - Robert Estienne, French printer (b. 1503)
- 1632 - Emperor Susenyos of Ethiopia
- 1644 - Guido Bentivoglio, Italian statesman (b. 1579)
- 1654 - Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller, Bohemian rabbi (b. 1579)
- 1655 - François Tristan l'Hermite, French dramatist (b. 1601)
- 1657 - Arvid Wittenberg, Swedish field marshal (b. 1606)
- 1719 - John Harris, English writer
- 1729 - William Burnet, British-born American statesman (b. 1688)
- 1777 - Tekle Haymanot I of Ethiopia
- 1799 - Louis Guillaume Lemonnier, French botanist (b. 1717)
- 1809 - Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, King of Thailand (b. 1737)
- 1840 - Étienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre MacDonald, French marshal (b. 1765)
- 1857 - William Lewis Herndon, American captain
- 1881 - Sidney Lanier, American writer (b. 1842)
- 1892 - John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet (b. 1807)
- 1920 - Simon-Napoléon Parent, politician, premier of the province of Quebec (b. 1855)
- 1921 - Alfred William Rich, watercolour painter (b. 1856)
- 1939 - Kyoka Izumi, Japanese novelist (b. 1873)
- 1943 - J. P. Morgan, Jr., American financier (b. 1867)
- 1951 - Maria Montez, Dominican actress (b. 1912)
- 1954 - Bud Fisher, American cartoonist, Mutt and Jeff (b. 1885)
- 1955 - Ham Fisher, American cartoonist, Joe Palooka (b. 1900)
- 1959 - Maurice Duplessis, Québec Prime Minister (b. 1890)
- 1962 - Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese historical novelist (b. 1892)
- 1962 - Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian singer (b. 1895)
- 1962 - Isak Dinesen, Danish author (b. 1885)
- 1962 - Morris Louis, American abstract expressionist painter (b. 1912)
- 1969 - Everett Dirksen, American politican (b. 1896)
- 1971 - Spring Byington, American actress (b. 1886)
- 1976 - Daniel F. Galouye, American author (b. 1920)
- 1978 - Keith Moon, English drummer (The Who) (b. 1946)
- 1982 - Ken Boyer, American baseball player (b. 1931)
- 1984 - Joe Cronin, Major League Baseball player and manager (b. 1906)
- 1985 - Rodney Robert Porter, British biochemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1917)
- 1986 - Omar Ali Saifuddin III, Sultan of Brunei (b. 1914)
- 1991 - Edwin Mattison McMillan, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1907)
- 1994 - James Clavell, Australian-born American author (b. 1924)
- 1994 - Godfrey Quigley, British actor (b. 1923)
- 1994 - Terence Young, British film director (b. 1915)
- 1994 - Dennis Morgan, American actor (b. 1908)
- 1997 - Mobutu Sese Seko, dictator of Zaire (b. 1930)
- 1999 - Jim Keith, American conspiracy theorist (b. 1949)
- 2001 - Billie Lou Watt, American actress (b. 1924)
- 2001 - Spede Pasanen, Finnish television personality (b. 1930)
- 2002 - Erma Franklin, American singer (b. 1938)
- 2002 - Katrin Cartlidge, British actress (b. 1961)
- 2003 - The Great Antonio, Canadian eccentric (b. 1925)
- 2003 - Warren Zevon, American musician (b. 1947)
- 2004 - Bob Boyd, American baseball player (b. 1925)
- 2005 - Hope Garber, Canadian actress (b. circa 1924)
- 2005 - Sergio Endrigo, Italian singer (b. 1933)
- 2006 - Robert Earl Jones, American actor, father of James Earl Jones (b. 1910)
Holidays and observances
- RC Saints - Saint Regina; Saint Evurtius (Heortius), St. Cloud (Clodoald), Saint Gratus of Aosta, Saint Anastasius the Fuller
- Also see September 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
- Brazil - Independence day (from Portugal, 1822).
- Pakistan - Defence Day (Pak-Air-Force Day)
- Mozambique - Victory Day.
Notes
- ^ "The Turkey, Taiwan, and Mexico Earthquakes: Lessons Learned" (October 20, 1999), U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Basic Research, web: HouseGov-Charter.