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September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 115 days remaining until the end of the year.
[edit] Events
- 1822 – Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal on the shores of the Ipiranga creek in São Paulo.
- 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 driven off by armed citizens.
- 1893 – The Genoa Cricket & Athletic Club, to become the first Italian football club, is established by British expats.
- 1895 – The first game of what would become known as rugby league football is played, in England, starting the 1895–96 Northern Rugby Football Union season.
- 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 first 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.
- 1916 – Federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
- 1920 – Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en-route to Finland where they would serve with the Suomen Ilmavoimat, killing both crews.
- 1921 – In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
- 1922 – In Aydin, Turkey, independence of Aydin, from Greek occupation.
- 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 are 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 – First flight of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator.
- 1943 – A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston, Texas, kills 55 people.
- 1943 – World War II: The German 17th Army begins its evacuation of the Kuban River bridgehead (Taman Peninsula) in southern Russia and moves across the Strait of Kerch to the Crimea.
- 1945 – Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December of 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines.
- 1953 – Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
- 1963 – The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.
- 1965 – China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border.
- 1965 – Vietnam War: In a follow-up to August's Operation Starlight, United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate Operation Piranha on the Batangan Peninsula.
- 1970 – Fighting between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Amman, Jordan.
- 1970 – Bill Shoemaker sets record for most lifetime wins as a jockey (passing Johnny Longden).
- 1977 – The Torrijos-Carter Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The United States 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 a specially-designed umbrella.
- 1979 – The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, better known as ESPN, makes its debut.
- 1979 – The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for USD $1.5 billion to avoid bankruptcy.
- 1986 – Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man 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 – American Hip-Hop star Tupac Shakur is fatally shot four times on the Las Vegas strip after leaving the Tyson-Seldon boxing match.
- 1999 – A 5.9 magnitude earthquake rocks Athens, rupturing a previously unknown fault, killing 143, injuring more than 500, and leaving 50,000 people homeless.
- 2004 – Hurricane Ivan, a Category 5 hurricane hits Grenada, killing 39 and damaging 90% of its buildings.
- 2005 – First presidential election is held in Egypt.
- 2008 – The US Government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
[edit] Births
- 786 – Emperor Saga Japan (d. 842)
- 1438 – Louis II, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 1471)
- 1524 – Thomas Erastus, Swiss theologian (d. 1583)
- 1533 – Queen Elizabeth I of England (d. 1603)
- 1674 – Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (d. 1728)
- 1683 – Mary Anne of Austria (d. 1754)
- 1694 – Johan Ludvig, Danish policitian (d. 1763)
- 1705 – Matthäus Günther, German painter (d. 1788)
- 1707 – Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist, biologist and author (d. 1788)
- 1726 – François-André Danican Philidor, French chess player and composer (d. 1795)
- 1740 – Johan Tobias Sergel, Swedish sculptor (d. 1814)
- 1777 – Heinrich Stölzel, German musician and composer (d. 1844)
- 1801 – Sarel Cilliers, Voortrekker leader and preacher (d.1871)
- 1810 – Hermann Heinrich Gossen, Prussian economist (d. 1858)
- 1815 – John McDouall Stuart, Australian explorer (d. 1866)
- 1817 – Queen Louise of Hesse-Kassel of Denmark (d. 1898)
- 1818 – Thomas Talbot, 31st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1886)
- 1819 – Thomas A. Hendricks, 21st Vice President of the United States (d. 1885)
- 1829 – Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, German organic chemist (d. 1896)
- 1831 – Alexandre Falguière, French sculptor and painter (d. 1900)
- 1836 – Henry Campbell-Bannerman, UK Prime Minister (d. 1908)
- 1836 – August Toepler, German physicist (d. 1912)
- 1842 – Johannes Zukertort, German chess master (d. 1888)
- 1851 – Edward Ashael Birge, American pioneer in limnology (d. 1950)
- 1855 – William Friese-Greene, British photographer (d. 1921)
- 1860 – Grandma Moses, American painter (d. 1961)
- 1862 – Sir Edgar Speyer, American-born British financier and philanthropist (d. 1932)
- 1866 – Tristan Bernard, French playwright and novelist (d. 1947)
- 1867 – Albert Bassermann, German actor (d. 1952)
- 1869 – Ben Viljoen, South African Boer general and circus act (d. 1917)
- 1870 – Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian writer and adventurer (d. 1938)
- 1870 – Thomas Curtis, American athlete (d. 1944)
- 1876 – C.J. Dennis, Australian poet and writer (d. 1938)
- 1877 – Mike O'Neill, Irish baseball player (d. 1959)
- 1885 – Elinor Wylie, American poet and novelist (d. 1928)
- 1887 – Edith Sitwell, British poet and critic (d. 1964)
- 1892 – Eric Harrison, Australian politician (d. 1974)
- 1892 – Oscar O'Brien, Canadian folklorist and Roman Catholic priest (d. 1958)
- 1893 – Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha, British politician (d. 1957)
- 1894 – Vic Richardson, Australian cricketer (d. 1969)
- 1894 – George Waggner, American producer (d. 1984)
- 1900 – Taylor Caldwell, British-American novelist (d. 1985)
- 1900 – Giuseppe Zangara, Italian would-be assassin of Franklin D. Roosevelt (d. 1933)
- 1903 – Margaret Landon, American writer (d. 1993)
- 1908 – Paul Brown, American football coach and executive (d. 1991)
- 1908 – Michael DeBakey, American cardiac surgeon (d. 2008)
- 1909 – Elia Kazan, Greek-born American film and theater director (d. 2003)
- 1911 – Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian Communist figure (d. 1998)
- 1912 – David Packard, American electrical engineer and businessman (d. 1996)
- 1913 – Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield, British soldier, royal courtier (d. 1999)
- 1913 – Anthony Quayle, British actor and director (d. 1989)
- 1914 – Graeme Bell, Australian jazz pianist and composer
- 1914 – James Van Allen, American space scientist (d. 2006)
- 1917 – Leonard Cheshire VC, decorated British air ace and humanitarian (d. 1992)
- 1917 – John Cornforth, Australian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1917 – Jacob Lawrence, American painter (d. 2000)
- 1917 – Ewen Solon, New Zealand actor (d.1985)
- 1919 – Alberic Schotte, Belgian cyclist (d. 2004)
- 1920 – Al Caiola, American guitarist
- 1920 – Harri Webb, Welsh Poet (d. 1994)
- 1921 – Josep Lluís Núñez, Spanish President of FC Barcelona (1978 – 2000)
- 1921 – Arthur Ferrante, American pianist (d. 2009)
- 1922 – Lucien Jarraud, Canadian radio host (d. 2007)
- 1923 – Nancy Keesing, Australian writer (d. 1993)
- 1923 – Peter Lawford, British-born American actor (d. 1984)
- 1924 – Bridie Gallagher, Irish singer
- 1924 – Daniel Inouye, American politician, senior senator of Hawaii
- 1924 – Leonard Rosenman, American film and television composer (d. 2008)
- 1925 – Laura Ashley, British designer (d. 1985)
- 1925 – Allan Blakeney, Canadian politician
- 1926 – Erich Juskowiak, German footballer (d. 1983)
- 1926 – Don Messick, American voice actor (d. 1997)
- 1927 – Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, French Canadian jurist
- 1927 – Eric Hill, British children's author
- 1928 – Kathleen Gorham, Australian ballerina (d. 1983)
- 1930 – Sonny Rollins, American jazz saxophonist
- 1930 – King Baudouin I of Belgium (d. 1993)
- 1931 – Charles Camilleri, Maltese composer (d. 2009)
- 1932 – Malcolm Bradbury, British writer and academic (d. 2000)
- 1932 – John Paul Getty, Jr., American-British philanthropist, book collecter (d. 2003)
- 1934 – Little Milton, American musician (d. 2005)
- 1934 – Omar Karami, Lebanese statesman
- 1934 – Mary Bauermeister, German artist
- 1934 – Meir Brandsdorfer, Belgian-born Israeli religious figure (d. 2009)
- 1934 – Waldo de los Ríos, Argentinian composer, arranger (d. 1977)
- 1935 – Denis Vaugeois, Canadian author, historian and politician
- 1935 – Ronnie Dove, American singer
- 1936 – Buddy Holly, American singer (The Crickets) (d. 1959)
- 1936 – Apostolos Kaklamanis, Greek politician
- 1937 – John Phillip Law, American actor (d. 2008)
- 1937 – Cüneyt Arkın, Turkish film actor
- 1937 – Oleg Lobov, Prime Minister of Russia
- 1940 – Dario Argento, Italian film director
- 1940 – Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesian politician (d. 2009)
- 1942 – Alan Oakes, British Footballer
- 1943 – Lena Valaitis, Lithuanian-born German singer
- 1943 – Beverley McLachlin, Canadian jurist
- 1944 – Bertel Haarder, Danish politician
- 1944 – Earl "The Goat" Manigault, American basketball player (d. 1998)
- 1944 – Forrest Blue, American football player (d. 2011)
- 1945 – Jacques Lemaire, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1946 – Willie Crawford, American baseball player (d. 2004)
- 1946 – Joe Klein, American journalist, novelist
- 1948 – Susan Blakely, American actress
- 1949 – Gloria Gaynor, American disco singer
- 1949 – Barry Siegel, American journalist
- 1950 – Julie Kavner, American actress
- 1951 – Morris Albert, Brazilian singer
- 1951 – Chrissie Hynde, American guitarist and singer (The Pretenders)
- 1951 – Mark Isham, American composer
- 1952 – Ricardo Tormo, Spanish motocyclist (d. 1998)
- 1953 – Marc Hunter, New Zealand rock singer (d. 1998)
- 1953 – Benmont Tench, American keyboardist
- 1954 – Corbin Bernsen, American actor
- 1954 – Michael Emerson, American actor
- 1955 – Efim Zelmanov, Russian mathematician
- 1955 – Mira Furlan, Croatian actress
- 1955 – Leonard Haze, American musician and record producer
- 1956 – Michael Feinstein, American singer, pianist, musical revivalist
- 1956 – Byron Stevenson, British footballer (d. 2007)
- 1956 – Diane Warren, American song writer
- 1957 – Jermaine Stewart, American pop singer (Shalamar) (d. 1997)
- 1960 – Andrew Voss, Australian television personality
- 1960 – Phillip Rhee, Korean-American actor and director
- 1961 – LeRoi Moore, American musician (Dave Matthews Band) (d. 2008)
- 1961 – Jean-Yves Thibaudet, French pianist
- 1962 – Jennifer Egan, American novelist
- 1963 – Eazy-E, American rapper (N.W.A.) (d. 1995)
- 1963 – Brent Liles, American musician (Social Distortion) (d. 2007)
- 1964 – Andy Hug, Swiss martial artist and kickboxer (d. 2000)
- 1965 – Andreas Thom, German footballer
- 1965 – Uta Pippig, German athlete
- 1965 – Darko Pančev, Macedonian footballer
- 1965 – Angela Gheorghiu, Romanian opera singer
- 1966 – Chris Acland, English drummer (Lush) (d. 1996)
- 1966 – Vladimir Andreyev, Russian race walker
- 1966 – Chris Barfoot, English film writer and producer
- 1966 – Lutz Heilmann, German politician
- 1966 – Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, German speed skater
- 1967 – Toby Jones, British actor
- 1969 – Darren Bragg, American baseball player
- 1969 – Angie Everhart, American model and actress
- 1969 – Diane Farr, American actress (Numb3rs)
- 1969 – Rudy Galindo, American skater figure
- 1970 – Tom Everett Scott, American actor
- 1970 – Gino Odjick, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1971 – Briana Scurry, American soccer player
- 1971 – Shane Mosley, American boxer
- 1972 – Jason Isringhausen, American baseball player
- 1972 – Slug, American rapper (Atmosphere)
- 1973 – Shannon Elizabeth, American actress
- 1974 – Mario Frick, Liechtensteiner footballer
- 1974 – Antonio McDyess, American basketball player
- 1975 – Harold Wallace, Costa Rican footballer
- 1975 – Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle road racer (d. 2007)
- 1976 – Oliver Hudson, American actor
- 1977 – Nora Greenwald, American professional wrestler
- 1977 – Jon Macken, British Footballer
- 1978 – Matt Cooke, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1978 – Devon Sawa, Canadian actor
- 1978 – Erwin Koen, Dutch footballer
- 1979 – Pavol Hochschorner, Slovak slalom canoer
- 1979 – Peter Hochschorner, Slovak slalom canoer
- 1979 – Brian Stokes, American baseball player
- 1979 – Owen Pallett, Canadian musician (Final Fantasy)
- 1979 – Paul Mara, American ice hockey player
- 1980 – Mark Prior, American baseball player
- 1980 – Gabriel Milito, Argentine footballer
- 1980 – Javad Nekounam, Iranian footballer
- 1980 – Sara Carrigan, Australian cyclist
- 1981 – Paul McCoy, American musician (12 Stones)
- 1981 – Gökhan Zan, Turkish footballer
- 1982 – Andre Dirrell, American boxer
- 1982 – Ryoko Shiraishi, Japanese seiyu
- 1983 – Pops Mensah-Bonsu, British basketball player
- 1983 – Annette Dytrt, German skater figure
- 1983 – Philip Deignan, Irish cyclist
- 1983 – Mehmet Topuz, Turkisher footballer
- 1983 – Piri Weepu, New Zealand rugby player
- 1984 – Vera Zvonareva, Russian tennis player
- 1984 – Farveez Maharoof, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1985 – Rafinha, Brazilian footballer
- 1985 – Adam Eckersley, English footballer
- 1986 – Colin Delaney, American professional wrestler
- 1987 – Evan Rachel Wood, American actress
- 1987 – Aleksandra Wozniak, Canadian tennis player
- 1987 – Danny North, English Footballer
- 1988 – Kevin Love, American basketball player
- 1990 – Tanja Kolbe, German ice dancer
- 1990 – Alex Harvey, Canadian cross country skier
- 1991 – Amar Garibović, Serbian cross country skier (d. 2010)
[edit] Deaths
- 251 – Sima Yi, Chinese strategist, general, and politician
- 355 – Claudius Silvanus, Roman usurper
- 1151 – Geoffrey of Anjou (b. 1113)
- 1312 – King Ferdinand IV of Castile (b. 1285)
- 1464 – Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (b. 1412)
- 1496 – King Ferdinand II of Naples (b. 1469)
- 1552 – Guru Angad Dev, second Sikh Guru (b. 1504)
- 1559 – Robert Estienne, French printer (b. 1503)
- 1632 – Emperor Susenyos of Ethiopia (b. 1572)
- 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 count, field marshal and privy councilor (b. 1606)
- 1708 – Emperor Tekle Haymanot I of Ethiopia (b. 1706)
- 1719 – John Harris, English writer
- 1729 – William Burnet, British-born American statesman (b. 1688)
- 1799 – Louis Guillaume Lemonnier, French botanist (b. 1717)
- 1809 – Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, King of Thailand (b. 1737)
- 1833 – Hannah More, English religious writer and philanthropist (b. 1745)
- 1840 – Étienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre MacDonald, French marshal (b. 1765)
- 1871 – Kimenzan Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 13th Yokozuna (b. c. 1826)
- 1881 – Sidney Lanier, American writer (b. 1842)
- 1891 – Lorenzo Sawyer, 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (b. 1820)
- 1892 – John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet (b. 1807)
- 1893 – Hamilton Fish, US Secretary of State (b. 1808)
- 1910 – William Holman Hunt, British painter (b. 1827)
- 1920 – Simon-Napoléon Parent, politician, premier of the province of Quebec (b. 1855)
- 1921 – Alfred William Rich, watercolor painter (b. 1856)
- 1929 – Frederic Weatherly, English song lyricist (Danny Boy, The Holy City) (b. 1848)
- 1933 – Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, British statesman (b. 1862)
- 1939 – Kyōka Izumi, Japanese novelist (b. 1873)
- 1943 – J. P. Morgan, Jr., American financier (b. 1867)
- 1949 – José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter (b. 1883)
- 1951 – Maria Montez, Dominican actress (b. 1912)
- 1954 – Bud Fisher, American cartoonist (b. 1885)
- 1956 – C. B. Fry, English cricketer, politician, diplomat, academic, teacher, writer, editor and publisher (b. 1872)
- 1959 – Maurice Duplessis, Québec Prime Minister (b. 1890)
- 1962 – Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese novelist (b. 1892)
- 1962 – Karen Blixen, Danish author (b. 1885)
- 1962 – Graham Walker, British motorcycle racer (b. 1897)
- 1965 – Catherine Dale Owen, American actress (b. 1900)
- 1969 – Everett Dirksen, American politician (b. 1896)
- 1971 – Spring Byington, American actress (b. 1886)
- 1971 – Ludwig Suthaus, German opera Heldentenor (b. 1906)
- 1978 – Cecil Aronowitz, British violist (b. 1916)
- 1978 – Keith Moon, English drummer (The Who) (b. 1946)
- 1978 – Charles Williams, British composer (b. 1893)
- 1982 – Ken Boyer, American baseball player (b. 1931)
- 1984 – Joe Cronin, American baseball manager and executive (b. 1906)
- 1984 – Josyf Slipyj, Ukrainian Catholic cardinal (b. 1892)
- 1984 – Don Tallon, Australian cricketer (b. 1916)
- 1986 – Les Bury, Australian politician (b. 1913)
- 1989 – Mikhail Goldstein, Soviet violinist, composer (b. 1917)
- 1990 – A. J. P. Taylor, English historian, (b. 1906)
- 1990 – Earle E. Partridge, United States Air Force general (b. 1900)
- 1991 – Edwin McMillan, American physicist (b. 1907)
- 1994 – James Clavell, Australian-born American author (b. 1924)
- 1994 – Eric Crozier, English opera librettist, theatre director (b. 1914)
- 1994 – Dennis Morgan, American actor (b. 1908)
- 1994 – Godfrey Quigley, British actor (b. 1923)
- 1994 – Terence Young, British film director (b. 1915)
- 1997 – Mobutu Sese Seko, dictator of Zaire (b. 1930)
- 1997 – Elisabeth Brooks, Canadian actress (b. 1951)
- 1999 – Jim Keith, American conspiracy theorist (b. 1949)
- 2000 – Bruce Gyngell, Australian television executive (b. 1929)
- 2001 – Igor Buketoff, American conductor (b. 1915)
- 2001 – Spede Pasanen, Finnish television personality (b. 1930)
- 2001 – Billie Lou Watt, American actress (b. 1924)
- 2002 – Cyrinda Foxe, American model (b. 1952)
- 2002 – Katrin Cartlidge, British actress (b. 1961)
- 2002 – Erma Franklin, American singer (b. 1938)
- 2002 – Uziel Gal, Israeli firearm designer (b. 1923)
- 2003 – The Great Antonio, Canadian eccentric (b. 1925)
- 2003 – Warren Zevon, American musician (b. 1947)
- 2004 – Bob Boyd, American baseball player (b. 1925)
- 2005 – Sergio Endrigo, Italian singer (b. 1933)
- 2005 – Hope Garber, Canadian actress (b. c. 1924)
- 2006 – Hiroshi Takase, Japanese cinematographer (b. c. 1955)
- 2008 – Dino Dvornik, Croatian singer (b. 1964)
- 2008 – Peter Glossop, English operatic baritone (b. 1928)
- 2008 – Don Haskins, American College Basketball coach (b. 1930)
- 2008 – Nagi Noda, Japanese pop artist and director (b. 1973)
- 2008 – Ilarion Ciobanu, Romanian actor (b. 1931)
- 2010 – Amar Garibović, Serbian cross country skier (b. 1991)
- 2010 – Barbara Holland, American writer (b. 1933)
- 2010 – John Kluge, American businessman (b. 1914)
- 2010 – Glenn Shadix, American Actor (b. 1952)
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