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7 September is the 250th day of the year (251st in Leap Year s). There are 115 days remaining.
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 .
- - Richard I Of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf .
- 1539 - Guru Angad Dev ji becomes the second Guru of the Sikh s.
- '' attempts to attach a Time Bomb to the hull of British Admiral Richard Howe 's flagship ''Eagle'' in New York Harbor .
- - Napoleon defeats the Russia n 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.
- , 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 .
- 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 Governor Antônio Carlos.
- 1927 - The first fully electronic Television system is achieved by Philo Taylor Farnsworth .
- - Nazi Germany begins to rain bombs on London . This will be the first of 57 consecutive nights of bombing.
- 1940 - loses Southern Dobrudja to Bulgaria .
- 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 - , United States Marines and South Vietnam ese 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 airs 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 last new episode of '' The Beverly Hillbillies '' is aired (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 dies Six Days Later .
- 1997 - The first test flight of the F-22A Raptor takes place.
- 1998 - Google is founded.
- 1999 - A major earthquake close to Athens , Greece , results to the collapse of few buildings in the area. About 150 people are killed.
- 2004 - The Serbia n Government backs a decision by Minister of Education and Sport Ljiljana Čolić to require the teaching of both Creationism and Evolution in schools.
- 2005 - Apple Computer introduced the iPod nano, a revolutionary full-featured iPod that holds 1,000 songs yet is thinner than a standard #2 pencil and less than half the size of competitive players.
- 2005 - Apple Computer announced iTunes 5.
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 )
- 1816 - Ferdinand Ritter Von Hebra , Austrian physician (d. 1880 )
- 1829 - Friedrich August Kekulé Von Stradonitz , German chemist (d. 1896 )
- 1860 - Grandma Moses , American painter (d. 1961 )
- 1866 - Tristan Bernard , French writer (d. 1947 )
- 1867 - J. P. Morgan , American financier (d. 1943 )
- 1870 - Aleksandr Kuprin , Russian writer (d. 1938 )
- 1870 - Jimmy Tompkins , Canadian Catholic priest (d. 1953 )
- 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 , Hungarian-born film director (d. 2003 )
- 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 )
- 1917 - John Cornforth , Australian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1917 - Jacob Lawrence , American painter (d. 2000 )
- 1923 - Peter Lawford , English actor (d. 1984 )
- 1923 - Madeleine Dring , English composer and actress (d. 1977 )
- 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 )
- 1937 - John Phillip Law , American actor
- 1938 - Susan Stamberg , American radio journalist
- 1939 - Donnie Allison , American race car driver
- 1944 - Robert Laxton , English politician
- 1944 - Bora Milutinovic , Serbian football coach
- 1944 - Sam Sloan , American chess journalist
- 1945 - Jacques Lemaire , Canadian hockey player
- 1946 - Willie Crawford , baseball player (d. 2004 )
- 1946 - Francisco Varela , Chilean biologist (d. 2001 )
- 1947 - Graham Young , British serial killer (d. 1990 )
- 1949 - Lee McGeorge Durrell , American author, television presenter, and zookeeper
- 1949 - Gloria Gaynor , American singer
- 1951 - Morris Albert , Brazilian singer
- 1951 - Chrissie Hynde , American guitarist and singer
- 1951 - Julie Kavner , American voice actress
- 1952 - Susan Blakely , American actress
- 1953 - Benmont Tench , American keyboardist
- 1954 - Corbin Bernsen , American actor
- 1955 - Mira Furlan , Croatian actress
- 1958 - Danny Chan , Hong Kong singer, actor, and songwriter (d. 1993 )
- 1962 - Thomas L. Beard , American musician, composer
- 1963 - Eazy-E , American rapper (d. 1995 )
- 1966 - Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann , German speed skater
- 1968 - Marcel Desailly , French footballer
- 1976 - Stevie Case (Killcreek) , American video game celebrity
- 1976 - Shannon Elizabeth , American actress
- 1978 - Nora Greenwald , American professional wrestler
- 1980 - Mark Prior , Baseball player
- 1980 - Emre , Turkish footballer
- 1982 - Lorne Berfield , American actor
- 1984 - Vera Zvonareva , Russian tennis player
- 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 , sixth and final wife of Henry VIII Of England
- 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 and historian (b. 1579 )
- 1654 - Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller , Bohemian rabbi and liturgical poet (b. 1579 )
- 1655 - François Tristan L'Hermite , French dramatist (b. 1601 )
- 1657 - Arvid Wittenberg , Swedish field marshal and statesman (b. 1606 )
- 1719 - John Harris , English writer
- 1728 - William Burnet , British Governor of New York and New Jersey (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 )
- 1881 - Sidney Lanier , American writer (b. 1842 )
- 1892 - John Greenleaf Whittier , American poet (b. 1807 )
- 1951 - Maria Montez , Dominican actress (b. 1912 )
- 1954 - Bud Fisher , American cartoonist ( Mutt & Jeff )
- 1959 - Maurice Duplessis , Québec Prime Minister (b. 1890 )
- 1962 - Kirsten Flagstad , Norwegian soprano (b. 1895 )
- 1962 - Isak Dinesen , Danish author (b. 1885 )
- 1969 - Everett Dirksen , U. S. Senator from Illinois (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 , baseball player (b. 1931 )
- 1985 - Rodney Robert Porter , English biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1917 )
- 1991 - Edwin Mattison McMillan , American physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Chemistry (b. 1907 )
- 1994 - James Clavell , Australian-born American author (b. 1924 )
- 1996 - Tupac Shakur , American Rapper (b. 1971 )
- 1997 - Mobutu Sese Seko , dictator of Zaire (b. 1930 )
- 1999 - Jim Keith , American conspiracy theorist and author, (b. 1949 )
- 2001 - Spede Pasanen , Finnish television personality (b. 1930 )
- 2002 - Erma Franklin , American singer (b. 1938 )
- 2003 - The Great Antonio , Canadian strongman and eccentric (b. 1925 )
- 2003 - Warren Zevon , American musician and songwriter (b. 1947 )
- 2004 - Bob Boyd , baseball player (b. 1925 )
- 2005 - Hope Garber , Canadian actress, hostess, entertainer and singer; also mother of actor Victor Garber (b. circa 1924)
- 2005 - Sergio Endrigo , Italian singer (b. 1933 )
Holidays and observances
External links
September 6 - September 8 - August 7 - October 7 – more Historical Anniversaries
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