September 7

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

Events:

• 3761 B.C. - Hebrew Calendar year 1
• 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 - Napoleon defeats the Russian army of Alexander I at the Battle of Borodino
• 1822 - Brazil declares its independence from Portugal
• 1864 - Atlanta, Georgia is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman
• 1876 - The Jesse James gang attempts to rob the bank at Northfield, Minnesota
• 1901 - The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ended with the signing of the Peking Protocol.
• 1936 - Boulder Dam begins operation
• 1940 - Nazi Germany began the Blitz on London during World War II.
• 1944 - First V2 rocket fired at London, England
• 1953 - Nikita Khrushchev becomes head of the Soviet Central Committee
• 1963 - Football Hall of Fame opens
• 1977 - Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed
• 1979 - The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) made its debut on cable TV.
• 1979 - The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for $1 billion dollars to avoid bankruptcy.
• 1986 - Desmond Tutu became the first black to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa.
• 1997 - First test flight of the F/A-22 Raptor

Births:

• 1533 - Queen Elizabeth I of England (+ 1603)
• 1860 - Grandma Moses (Anna Mary Robertson Moses), painter (+ 1961)
• 1866 - Tristan Bernard, writer (+ 1947)
• 1867 - J. P. Morgan, financier (+ 1943)
• 1900 - Taylor Caldwell, author (+ 1985)
• 1908 - Dr. Michael DeBakey[?], heart surgeon
• 1908 - Paul Brown[?], National Football League coach (+ 1991)
• 1909 - Elia Kazan, director
• 1912 - David Packard[?], automotive engineer
• 1913 - Sir Anthony Quayle[?], actor
• 1923 - Peter Lawford[?], actor, member of the Kennedy family (+ 1984)
• 1929 - Sonny Rollins, jazz saxophonist
• 1930 - King Baudouin I of Belgium (+ 1993)
• 1936 - Buddy Holly, singer (+ 1959)
• 1937 - John Phillip Law[?], actor
• 1938 - Susan Stamberg[?], National Public Radio commentator
• 1939 - Donnie Allison[?], NASCAR driver
• 1946 - Francisco Varela, biologist
• 1949 - Gloria Gaynor, singer
• 1951 - Chrissie Hynde[?], guitarist, singer
• 1952 - Susan Blakely[?], actress
• 1954 - Benmont Tench, keyboardist
• 1954 - Corbin Bernsen[?], actor
• 1956 - Michael Feinstein[?], musician, composer
• 1962 - Thomas Beard[?], musician, composer
• 1976 - Shannon Elizabeth, actress
• 1976 - Stevie Case (Killcreek), video game celebrity

Deaths:

• 1548 - Catharine Parr[?], widow of Henry VIII of England
• 1892 - John Greenleaf Whitter[?], poet
• 1951 - Maria Montez[?], actress
• 1954 - Glenn 'Pop' Warner[?], American football coach
• 1962 - Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen), author
• 1971 - Spring Byington[?], actress
• 1976 - Daniel F. Galouye[?], science fiction author
• 1978 - Keith Moon, musician
• 1969 - Everett Dirksen, former Senator from Illinois
• 1982 - Ken Boyer[?], baseball star
• 1991 - Edwin Mattison McMillan, physicist
• 1994 - James Clavell, author
• 1996 - 2Pac, rap artist
• 1997 - Mobuto Sese Seko[?], dictator of Zaire

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