September 7

September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). There are 115 days remaining.

Events

• 1191 - Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf - Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf.
• 1539 - Guru Angad Dev ji became the second Guru of the Sikhs
• 1776 - World's first submarine attack. American submersible craft Turtle attempts to attach a time bomb to the hull of British Admiral Richard Howe's flagship 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.
• 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 wiped out.
• 1901 - The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ends with the signing of the Peking Protocol .
• 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 John B. Gruelle is given a patent for his Raggedy Ann doll.
• 1921 - In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant is held.
• 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.
• 1943 - A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston, Texas kills 55 people.
• 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 - 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).
• 1970 - An anti-war rally is held at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, attended by John Kerry, Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland.
• 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.
• 1979 - The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) makes its debut.
• 1979 - The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for $1 billion dollars to avoid bankruptcy.
• 1986 - Desmond Tutu becomes the first black to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa.
• 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.
• 1997 - The first test flight of the F/A-22 Raptor takes place.
• 1998 - Google Inc. 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 Serbian government backs a decision by Minister of Education and Sport Ljiljana Colic to require the teaching of both creationism and evolution in schools.

Births

• 1533 - Queen Elizabeth I of England (d. 1603)
• 1701 - Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist (d. 1788)
• 1829 - Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, German organic chemist (d. 1896)
• 1860 - Grandma Moses (Anna Mary Robertson Moses), American painter (d. 1961)
• 1866 - Tristan Bernard, French writer (d. 1947)
• 1867 - J. P. Morgan, American financier (d. 1943)
• 1885 - Elinor Wylie, American writer (d. 1928)
• 1887 - Edith Sitwell, English poet (d. 1964)
• 1870 - Jimmy Tompkins, Canadian Catholic priest and founder of the Antigonish Movement (d. 1953)
• 1900 - Taylor Caldwell, American author (d. 1985)
• 1908 - Paul Brown, National Football League coach (d. 1991)
• 1908 - Dr. Michael DeBakey, American heart surgeon
• 1909 - Elia Kazan, film director (d. 2003)
• 1912 - David Packard, American electrical engineer and co-founder of Hewlett-Packard (d. 1996)
• 1913 - Sir Anthony Quayle, actor (d. 1989)
• 1923 - Peter Lawford, English actor (d. 1984)
• 1929 - Sonny Rollins, American jazz saxophonist
• 1930 - King Baudouin I of Belgium (d. 1993)
• 1936 - Buddy Holly, American singer (d. 1959)
• 1937 - John Phillip Law , actor
• 1938 - Susan Stamberg , National Public Radio senior correspondent and former anchor
• 1945 - Jacques Lemaire, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1939 - Donnie Allison , NASCAR driver
• 1944 - Bora Milutinovic, Serbian football coach
• 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 - Chrissie Hynde, American guitarist and singer
• 1951 - Julie Kavner, American voice actress
• 1952 - Susan Blakely, American actress
• 1954 - Corbin Bernsen, American actor
• 1954 - Benmont Tench, American keyboardist
• 1955 - Mira Furlan, Croatian actress
• 1956 - Michael Feinstein , musician, composer
• 1958 - Danny Chan, Hong Kong singer, actor, and songwriter
• 1962 - Thomas L. Beard, American musician, composer
• 1968 - Marcel Desailly, French footballer
• 1976 - Stevie Case (Killcreek), video game celebrity
• 1976 - Shannon Elizabeth, American actress
• 1980 - Mark Prior, baseball pitcher
• 1982 - Lorne Berfield, American actor
• 1984 - Vera Zvonareva, Russian tennis player

Deaths

• 1151 - Geoffrey of Anjou (b. 1113)
• 1552 - Guru Angad Dev, Second Guru of the Sikhs (b. 1504)
• 1548 - Catherine Parr, queen of Henry VIII of England
• 1559 - Robert Estienne, French printer of the Bible (b. 1503)
• 1881 - Sidney Lanier, American writer (b. 1842)
• 1892 - John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet (b. 1807)
• 1951 - Maria Montez, Dominican actress (b. 1912)
• 1954 - Glenn 'Pop' Warner , American football coach
• 1962 - Kirstin Flagstad, Norwegian soprano (b. 1895)
• 1962 - Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen), Danish author (b. 1885)
• 1969 - Everett Dirksen, Senator from Illinois (b. 1896)
• 1971 - Spring Byington , actress
• 1976 - Daniel F. Galouye, American science fiction author (b. 1920)
• 1978 - Keith Moon, English drummer (The Who) (b. 1946)
• 1982 - Ken Boyer, baseball player (b. 1931)
• 1991 - Edwin Mattison McMillan, American physicist (b. 1907)
• 1994 - James Clavell, Australian author (b. 1924)
• 1997 - Mobutu Sese Seko, dictator of Zaire (b. 1930)
• 2001 - Spede Pasanen, Finnish television star (b. 1930)
• 2002 - Erma Franklin, American singer (b. 1938)
• 2003 - The Great Antonio, strongman and eccentric (b. 1925)
• 2003 - Warren Zevon, American musician and songwriter (b. 1947)
• 2004 - Bob Boyd, Major League Baseball player (b. 1925)

Holidays and observances

• Brazil: Independence day
• Mozambique: Victory Day

External links

• BBC: On This Day

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