September 7 - Definition and Overview

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.
• 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.
• 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, naturalist (d. 1788)
• 1829 - Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, organic chemist (d. 1896)
• 1860 - Grandma Moses (Anna Mary Robertson Moses), painter (d. 1961)
• 1866 - Tristan Bernard, writer (d. 1947)
• 1867 - J. P. Morgan, financier (d. 1943)
• 1885 - Elinor Wylie, writer (d. 1928)
• 1887 - Edith Sitwell, poet (d. 1964)
• 1870 - Jimmy Tompkins, priest and founder of the Antigonish Movement (d. 1953)
• 1900 - Taylor Caldwell, author (d. 1985)
• 1908 - Paul Brown, National Football League coach (d. 1991)
• 1908 - Dr. Michael DeBakey, heart surgeon and inventor of the MASH
• 1909 - Elia Kazan, director
• 1912 - David Packard, automotive engineer
• 1913 - Sir Anthony Quayle, actor (d. 1989)
• 1923 - Peter Lawford, actor, member of the Kennedy family (d. 1984)
• 1929 - Sonny Rollins, jazz saxophonist
• 1930 - King Baudouin I of Belgium (d. 1993)
• 1936 - Buddy Holly, singer (d. 1959)
• 1937 - John Phillip Law, actor
• 1938 - Susan Stamberg, National Public Radio senior correspondent and former anchor
• 1945 - Jacques Lemaire, ice hockey player
• 1939 - Donnie Allison, NASCAR driver
• 1946 - Francisco Varela, biologist
• 1947 - Graham Young, British serial killer, (d. 1990)
• 1949 - Lee McGeorge Durrell author, television presenter, zookeeper
• 1949 - Gloria Gaynor, singer
• 1951 - Chrissie Hynde, guitarist, singer
• 1951 - Julie Kavner, voice actress (The Simpsons)
• 1952 - Susan Blakely, actress
• 1954 - Corbin Bernsen, actor
• 1954 - Benmont Tench, keyboardist
• 1955 - Mira Furlan, actress, Croatia
• 1956 - Michael Feinstein, musician, composer
• 1958 - Danny Chan, singer, actor & songwriter of HK
• 1962 - Thomas L. Beard, musician, composer
• 1968 - Marcel Desailly, French footballer
• 1976 - Stevie Case (Killcreek), video game celebrity
• 1976 - Shannon Elizabeth, actress
• 1980 - Mark Prior, baseball pitcher
• 1984 - Vera Zvonareva, tennis player

Deaths

• 1552 - Guru Angad Dev, Second Guru of the Sikhs.
• 1548 - Catherine Parr, widow of Henry VIII of England
• 1559 - Robert Estienne, early printer of the Bible
• 1892 - John Greenleaf Whitter, poet
• 1951 - Maria Montez, actress
• 1954 - Glenn 'Pop' Warner, American football coach
• 1962 - Kirstin Flagstad, Norwegian soprano (b. 1895)
• 1962 - Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen), Danish author
• 1969 - Everett Dirksen, former Senator from Illinois
• 1971 - Spring Byington, actress
• 1976 - Daniel F. Galouye, science fiction author
• 1978 - Keith Moon, musician
• 1982 - Ken Boyer, baseball star
• 1991 - Edwin Mattison McMillan, physicist
• 1994 - James Clavell, author
• 1997 - Mobutu Sese Seko, dictator of Zaire
• 2001 - Spede Pasanen, Finnish television star
• 2002 - Erma Franklin, singer
• 2003 - The Great Antonio, strongman and eccentric
• 2003 - Warren Zevon, American musician-songwriter
• 2004 - Bob Boyd, Major League Baseball player (b. 1925)

Holidays and observances

• Brazil: Independence day

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