Notable Historical Events on September 7th
September 7th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1251 |
A solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes, Greece. |
BC AD | |
70 |
Roman army under General Titus occupies & plunders Jerusalem |
1159 |
Ottaviano de Montecello elected as anti-Pope |
1191 |
Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf - Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf. |
1497 |
Sailor Perkin Warbeck becomes English King Richard IV |
1525 |
Trial against "heretic" John Pistorius ends in the Hague |
1543 |
Duke Willem of Gulik surrenders to emperor Charles V |
1596 |
Dutch fleet bombards Banten, Java |
1599 |
Earl of Essex & Irish rebel Tyrone signs treaty |
1652 |
Battle of Monte Christo: Dutch fleet under J van Galen beat English |
1701 |
Germany, England & Netherlands sign anti-French covenant |
1714 |
Treaty of Baden: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI & France, ends War of Spanish Succession, French retain Alsace, Austria gets bank of Rhine |
1800 |
Zion AME Church dedicated (NYC) |
1812 |
Battle at Borodino: Napoleon-Kutuzov |
1813 |
"Uncle Sam" was 1st used to refer to US (Troy Post of NY) |
1818 |
Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim. |
1822 |
Pedro I, son of King Joao VI declares Brazil's independence from Portugal (National Day) |
1860 |
Excursion steamer "Lady Elgin" drowns 340 in Lake Michigan |
1863 |
Federal naval expedition arrives off Sabine Pass |
1871 |
Bay of Biscay: British warship HMS Captain capsizes, 500 killed |
1876 |
Bank robbery by James/Younger fails (Cole/Bob/Jim Younger arrested) |
1880 |
Geo Ligowsky patents device to throw clay pigeons for trapshooters |
1888 |
Edith Eleanor McLean is 1st baby to be placed in an incubator at State Emigrant Hospital on Ward's Island, New York |
1889 |
Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Engineer's Thumb" (BG) |
1891 |
Captain Frederick Lugard's army reaches Kavalli, Equatoria |
1892 |
James Corbett KOs John Sullivan in 21 for heavyweight boxing title |
1896 |
A H Whiting wins 1st automobile race held on a closed-circuit track in Cranston, RI |
1897 |
George Davis (Giants) HR off Sport McAllister (Spiders) in DH |
1901 |
Peace of Peking - Ends Boxer Rebellion in China |
1902 |
In Australia, the whole nation observes a 'day of humiliation' and prays for rain, as a terrible drought kills livestock and threatens crops; rain begins to appear on 10 September |
1903 |
Federation of American Motorcyclists organized in NY |
1904 |
British forces in Tibet force the Dalai Lhama to sign a treaty that grants Britain trading posts in Tibet and guarantee that Tibet will not concede territory to foreign powers |
1906 |
Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully. |
1907 |
Sutro's ornate Cliff House in SF destroyed by fire |
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. |
1910 |
In the Hague, the International Court arbitrates a fishing-rights dispute between Newfoundland (still seperate from Canada) and the US |
1912 |
Eddie Collins steals record 6 bases in 9-7 Athletics win over Detroit |
1914 |
NY Post Office Building opens to public |
1915 |
35th US Men's Tennis: Wm Johnston beats M E McLoughlin (1-6 6-0 7-5 10-8) |
1915 |
Johnny Gruelle patents his Raggedy Ann doll (US Patent D47789) |
1915 |
St Louis Dave Davenport no-hits Chicago (Federal League), 3-0 |
1916 |
Giants beat Brooklyn 4-1, to launch NY's record 26-game winning streak |
1916 |
Workmen's Compensation Act passed by Congress |
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. |
1923 |
Boston Red Sox Howard Ehmke no-hits Phila A's, 4-0 |
1923 |
Interpol forms in Vienna |
1923 |
Mary Katherine Campbell (Ohio), 16, crowned 2nd Miss America 1922-23 |
1927 |
Philo Farnsworth demonstrates 1st use of TV in SF |
1927 |
The University of Minas Gerais is founded in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, by GovernorAntônio Carlos. |
1928 |
Sophie Treadwell's "Machinal" premieres in NYC |
1932 |
Earl Grace, ends NL catcher record streak of 110 cons errorless games |
1936 |
Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) begins operation |
1936 |
The last surviving member of the thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in her cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania. |
1939 |
Radio NY Worldwide-WRUL begins radio transmission |
1940 |
54th US Women's Tennis: Alice Marble beats Helen Hull Jacobs (6-2 6-3) |
1940 |
60th US Men's Tennis: W D McNeill beats Robert Riggs (4-6 6-8 6-3 6-3 7-5) |
1940 |
German Luftwaffe blitz London for 1st of 57 consecutive nights |
1940 |
Luftwaffe loses 41 bombers above England |
1940 |
Treaty of Craiova: Romania loses Southern Dobrudja to Bulgaria. |
1942 |
62nd US Men's Tennis: F Schroeder Jr beats F Parker (8-6 7-5 3-6 4-6 6-2) |
1942 |
German occupiers take silver anniversary coins in battle |
1942 |
Transport nr 29 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany |
1942 |
First flight of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator. |
1943 |
987 Dutch Jewish transported to Auschwitz Concentration Camp |
1943 |
Fire in decrepit old Gulf Hotel kills 45 (Houston, Texas) |
1944 |
SS-general Kurt Meyer takes Durnal, Belgium |
1944 |
Strongest Hurricane of century in Netherlands (wind force 12) |
1945 |
Japanese at Rioekioe-islands surrender |
1945 |
Joe Kuhel hits inside-the-park HR, only HR hit by a Senator all season at Washington's Griffith Stadium |
1947 |
Battles between Hindus & Moslems in New Delhi, India |
1948 |
1st use of synthetic rubber in asphaltic concrete, Akron Oh |
1950 |
Monasteries shut down in Hungary |
1952 |
66th US Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (63 75) |
1952 |
72nd US Men's Tennis: Frank Sedgman beats Gardnar Mulloy (6-1 6-2 6-3) |
1952 |
Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Carrollton Golf Tournament |
1952 |
General Naguib forms Egyptian government/becomes premier |
1952 |
Outfielder Don Grate throws a baseball a record 434'1" (Tenn) |
1952 |
Whitey Ford becomes 5th pitcher to hurl consecutive 1 hitters |
1952 |
NY Yankees Johnny Mize's pinch-hit grand slam gives Yanks a 5-1 win at Washington He has now HRed in all 15 major league parks |
1953 |
67th US Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (6-2 6-4) |
1953 |
73rd US Mens Tennis: Tony Trabert beats Elias V Seixas Jr (6-3 6-2 6-3) |
1953 |
Roy Campanella sets catcher record of 125 (en route to 142) RBIs |
1954 |
Integration begins in Wash DC & Balt MD public schools |
1956 |
Bell X-2 sets Unofficial manned aircraft altitude record 126,000'+ |
1957 |
71st US Women's Tennis: Althea Gibson beats A Louise Brough (6-3 6-2) |
1957 |
WWL TV channel 4 in New Orleans, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting |
1958 |
72nd US Women's Tennis: Althea Gibson beats Darlene R Hard (3-6 6-1 6-2) |
1958 |
78th US Men's Tennis: A J Cooper beats M J Anderson (6-2 3-6 4-6 10-8 8-6) |
1960 |
Ljudmila Shevcova runs female olympic record 800m (2:04.3) |
1963 |
WCTI TV channel 12 in New Bern, NC (ABC) begins broadcasting |
1963 |
American Bandstand moves to California, & airs once a week on Saturday |
1963 |
Pro Football Hall of Fame dedicated in Canton Ohio |
1964 |
Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Valhalla Golf Open |
1965 |
-10] Hurricane Betsy, kills 74 in Florida, Miss & La |
1965 |
China announces that it will reinforce its troops in the Indian border. |
1966 |
KTNE TV channel 13 in Alliance, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting |
1966 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
1969 |
83rd US Women's Tennis: Margaret Smith Court beats Nancy Richey (6-2 6-2) |
1969 |
Carol Mann wins LPGA Molson's Canadian Golf Open |
1969 |
US amateur Women's Tennis: Margaret Court beat Virginia Wade (46 63 60) |
1970 |
Jerry Lewis' 5th Muscular Dystrophy telethon |
1970 |
PLO hijacks 4 planes |
1970 |
White Sox use record 41 players in doubleheader & lose both games |
1970 |
Donald Boyles sets record for highest parachute jump from a bridge, by leaping off of 1,053' Royal George Bridge in Colorado |
1970 |
Fighting between Arabic guerillas and government forces in Amman, Jordan. |
1973 |
Jackie Stewart becomes Formula 1 world champion |
1973 |
Mike Storen becomes American Basketball Association's 4th commissioner |
1974 |
"Irene" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 605 performances |
1974 |
Shirley Cothran (Texas), 21, crowned 47th Miss America 1975 |
1975 |
95th US Men's Tennis: Manuel Orantes beats Jimmy Connors (64 63 63) |
1975 |
Carol Mann wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open |
1975 |
Cincinnati Reds, win earliest NL division title |
1975 |
Last day of 1st-class cricket for Hanif Mohammad |
1975 |
Manuel Orantes upsets #1 seed Jimmy Connors to win US Open |
1976 |
US courts find George Harrison guilty of plagiarism (He's So Fine) |
1977 |
Ethiopia drops diplomatic relations with Somalia |
1977 |
Pres Carter & Gen Herrera sign Panama Canal treaties |
1978 |
1st game of Boston Massacre, Yanks beat Red Sox 15-3 |
1979 |
5 day MUSE concert against nuclear energy opens at Madison Square Garden, NY |
1979 |
The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) makes its debut. |
1980 |
32nd Emmy Awards: Taxi, Lou Grant, Ed Asner & Barbara Bel Geddes win. Notable for going ahead despite 51 of the 52 nominated performers boycotting the event due to a a strike by members of the Screen Actors Guild. |
1980 |
Beth Daniel wins LPGA World Series of Women's Golf |
1980 |
Cape Verde adopts its constitution |
1980 |
Earnest Gray becomes 2nd NY Giant to score 4 TDs (vs St Louis) |
1980 |
Oakland A's pitch record 78th complete game of season |
1980 |
Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Barth Golf Classic |
1980 |
John McEnroe & Bjorn Borg stage one of the greatest US Open finals as 21 year old McEnroe fends off Borg to win his 2nd straight title (7-6 6-1 6-7 5-7 6-4) |
1981 |
Cleveland Browns' Brian Sipe sets club record with 57 pass attempts |
1981 |
Jerry Lewis' 16th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $31,500,000 |
1981 |
Joanne Carner wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic |
1981 |
Judge Wapner & People's Court premier on TV |
1981 |
West Tampa Fl defeats Rich Va, 6-4 to win American Legion World Series |
1983 |
Drury Gallagher sets fastest swim around Manhattan (6h41m35s) |
1984 |
Met Dwight Gooden's 11 strikeouts gives him NL rookie record 236 |
1985 |
99th US Women's Tennis: Hana Mandlikova beats M Navratilova (76 16 76) |
1985 |
Mary Decker Tabb Slaney runs US 3K female record (8:25.83) |
1986 |
100th US Women's Tennis: M Navratilova beats Helena Sukova (63 62) |
1986 |
106th US Men's Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Miloslav Mecir (64 62 60) |
1986 |
Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship |
1986 |
Desmond Tutu becomes Anglican archbishop of Capetown |
1986 |
Failed assassination attempt on Chilean dictator Pinochet, 5 killed |
1986 |
Cleveland Browns becomes 1st team in NFL history to have a play reviewed by instant replay, Chicago 41, Browns 31 |
1986 |
Dan Marino throws his 100th career touchdown pass, the fastest QB in NFL history to do so |
1987 |
Jerry Lewis' 22nd Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $39,021,723 |
1987 |
Netherlands sends 2 minesweepers to Persian Gulf |
1987 |
Rosie Jones wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic |
1987 |
South Africa frees Dutch anthropologist/Anc'er Klaas de Young |
1988 |
5th MTV Awards: INXS wins |
1988 |
Guy Lafleur, Tony Esposito & Brad Park inducted in NHL Hall of Fame |
1988 |
NY Daily News reports boxer Mike Tyson is seeing a psychiatrist |
1988 |
Security & Exchange Commission accuses Drexel of violating security laws |
1990 |
"Street Scene" opens at NY State Theater NYC for 6 performances |
1990 |
Marjorie Judith Vincent (Ill), 25, crowned 64th Miss America 1991 |
1991 |
1st South African international competition in 25 years, gymnastics |
1991 |
Die Laughing wins Messenger Stakes |
1991 |
105th US Womens Tennis Open: Monica Seles (17) defeats Martina Navratilova (34) (76 61) |
1991 |
Ty Detmer of Brigham Young passes NCAA record 11,606 yards |
1992 |
Army of Ciskei homeland kills 28 ANC demonstrators |
1992 |
Baseball commissioner Faye Vincent resigns |
1992 |
Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic |
1993 |
Brazil votes over importing monarchy |
1993 |
Cards Mark Whiten, hits 4 HRs & 12 RBIs in 2nd game of doubleheader |
1994 |
Jingyi Le/Ying Shan/Ying Le/Bin Lu swimming 4x100 freestyle (3:37.91) |
1995 |
STS 69 (Endeavour 9), launches into orbit |
1995 |
Sen Bob Packwoord (R-Ore) resigns rather than face expulsion |
1995 |
12th MTV Awards: TLC, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, & Madonna wins |
1996 |
Rap artist Tupac Shahur shot multiple times in drive by shooting in Las Vegas, dies 6 days later |
1997 |
111th US Women's Tennis: Martina Hingis beats Venus Williams (60 64) |
1997 |
117th US Men's Tennis: Patrick Rafter beats Greg Rusedski (63 62 46 75) |
1997 |
Boone Valley Senior Golf Classic |
1997 |
Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation |
1997 |
Karrie Webb wins Safeway LPGA Golf Championship |
1997 |
Steve Jones wins Canadian Golf Open with a 275 |
1997 |
The first test flight of the F-22 Raptor takes place. |
1998 |
Jerry Lewis' 33rd Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises |
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. |
2000 |
17th MTV Awards: Eminem & Aaliyah wins |
2001 |
The US Federal Trade Commission approves Chevron's bid to buy Texaco |
2004 |
Hurricane Ivan, a Category 5 hurricane hitting Grenada, killing 39 and damaging 90% of its buildings. |
2005 |
First presidential election was held in Egypt. |
2008 |
The US Government takes control of the two largest largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. |
2008 |
25th MTV Awards: Britney Spears & Chris Brown wins |
2011 |
Plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team |
2012 |
US drone attack kills 8 people in Kismayo, south Somalia |
2012 |
64 people are killed and 715 injured after a series of earthquakes in south-west China |
2012 |
Canada closes its Iranian embassy and expels Iranian diplomatic staff out of Canada |
2013 |
14 Syrian rebels and 2 civilians are killed by heavy government shelling of Damascus |
2013 |
15 people are killed by a restaurant car bombing by Al-Shabaab in Mogadishu, Somalia |
2013 |
Tony Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Australia after a Liberal-National Coalitions wins the election |
2014 |
Asteroid 2014 RC makes a close approach to Earth (39,900 km; 24,800 mi) |
2014 |
Serena Williams wins her third straight US Open women's tennis singles |
2014 |
Bob and Mike Bryan win their fifth US Open men's tennis doubles |
2016 |
Brazil's Rousseff Vacates Presidential Palace After Ouster |
2016 |
Clinton VP pick Kaine, Trump spar over who most able to handle Russia |
2017 |
South Korea deploys anti-missile system as US seeks tough North Korea sanctions |
2017 |
Prince George attends 1st day of primary school in London |
2017 |
Hurricane Irma blacks out Puerto Rico, heads for Hispaniola |
2017 |
China military holds drills in waters near Korean Peninsula |
2017 |
Hurricane Irma destroys 90 percent of structures, vehicles on Barbuda |
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