September 7

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

Table of contents

1 Events

2 Births

3 Deaths

4 Holidays and observances

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.