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September 7 in History
Historical Events on September 7
AD 70
A Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem.
878
Louis the Stammerer is crowned as king of West Francia by Pope John VIII.
1159
Pope Alexander III is chosen.
1191
Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf: Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf.
1228
Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II lands in Acre, Israel, and starts the Sixth Crusade, which results in a peaceful restoration of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.[1]
1303
Guillaume de Nogaret takes Pope Boniface VIII prisoner on behalf of Philip IV of France.
1571
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, is arrested for his role in the Ridolfi plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots.
1652
Around 15,000 Han farmers and militia rebel against Dutch rule on Taiwan.
1695
Henry Every perpetrates one of the most profitable pirate raids in history with the capture of the Grand Mughal ship Ganj-i-Sawai. In response, Emperor Aurangzeb threatens to end all English trading in India.
1706
War of the Spanish Succession: Siege of Turin ends, leading to the withdrawal of French forces from North Italy.
1764
Election of Stanisław August Poniatowski as the last ruler of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
1776
According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).
1778
American Revolutionary War: France invades Dominica in the British West Indies, before Britain is even aware of France's involvement in the war.
1812
French invasion of Russia: The Battle of Borodino, the bloodiest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, was fought near Moscow and resulted in a French victory.
1818
Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.
1822
Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal on the shores of the Ipiranga Brook in São Paulo.
1857
Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers slaughter most members of peaceful, emigrant wagon train.
1860
Italian unification: Giuseppe Garibaldi enters Naples.
1863
American Civil War: Union troops under Quincy A. Gillmore captures Fort Wagner in Morris Island after a 7-week siege.
1864
American Civil War: Atlanta 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.
1901
The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty 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
Eugène Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Juvisy, south of Paris, becoming the first aviator 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
US 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 Finnish Air Force, killing both crews.
1921
In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
1921
The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland.
1923
The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) is formed.
1927
The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.
1929
Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. 136 lives are lost.
1932
The Battle of Boquerón, the first major battle of the Chaco War, commences.
1936
The last thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial named Benjamin, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
1940
World War II: The German Luftwaffe begins the Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive nights.
1942
World War II: Australian and US forces inflict a significant defeat upon the Japanese at the Battle of Milne Bay.
1943
A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston kills 55 people.
1943
World War II: The German 17th Army begins its evacuation of the Kuban 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.
1945
The Berlin Victory Parade of 1945 is held.
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
During an Indo-Pakistani War, 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.
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.
1977
The 300-metre-tall CKVR-DT transmission tower in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, is hit by a light aircraft in a fog, causing it to collapse. All aboard the aircraft are killed.
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 Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for US$1.5 billion to avoid bankruptcy.
1986
Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man 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 nine days on the Mir space station.
1997
Maiden flight of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.
1999
The 6.0 Mw Athens earthquake affected the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 143, injuring 800-1,600, and leaving 50,000 homeless.
2005
Egypt holds its first-ever multi-party presidential election.
2008
The United States government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
2010
A Chinese fishing trawler collided with two Japanese Coast Guard patrol boats in disputed waters near the Senkaku Islands.
2011
A plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team.
2012
Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with Iran by closing its embassy in Tehran and orders the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Ottawa, over nuclear plans and purported human rights abuses.
2017
The 8.2 Mw 2017 Chiapas earthquake strikes southern Mexico, killing at least 60 people.
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