September 7 in History

Historical Events on September 7

AD 70 A Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem.

1778 American Revolutionary War: France invades Dominica in the British West Indies, before Britain is even aware of France's involvement in the war.

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.

1906 Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.

1921 In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.

1940 World War II: The German Luftwaffe begins the Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive nights.

1953 Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

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.

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Famous Birthdays on September 7

1533 Elizabeth I of England

1911 Todor Zhivkov

1917 Leonard Cheshire

1984 Vera Zvonareva

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Famous Deaths on September 7

251 Sima Yi

1312 Ferdinand IV of Castile

1959 Maurice Duplessis

1997 Mobutu Sese Seko

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