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What happend on 7. September in History
In our data base we found 397 events happened on 7. September:
• 70: A Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem. [category: Events]
• 251: Sima Yi, Chinese general and politician (b. 179) [category: Deaths]
• 355: Claudius Silvanus, Roman general [category: Deaths]
• 1151: Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (b. 1113) [category: Deaths]
• 1191: Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf – Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf. [category: Events]
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• 1228: Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II landed in Acre, Palestine and started the Sixth Crusade, which resulted in a peaceful restitution of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. [category: Events]
• 1312: Ferdinand IV of Castile (b. 1285) [category: Deaths]
• 1438: Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse (d. 1471) [category: Births]
• 1464: Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (b. 1412) [category: Deaths]
• 1496: Ferdinand II of Naples (b. 1469) [category: Deaths]
• 1524: Thomas Erastus, Swiss theologian (d. 1583) [category: Births]
• 1533: Elizabeth I of England (d. 1603) [category: Births]
• 1559: Robert Estienne, French printer (b. 1503) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1631: Battle of Breitenfield (30 Years' War)Swedish troops commanded by Gustavus Adolphus win a decisive victory over Catholic Forces. [category: Events]
• 1632: Susenyos of Ethiopia (b. 1572) [category: Deaths]
• 1644: Guido Bentivoglio, Italian cardinal, statesman, and historian (b. 1579) [category: Deaths]
• 1652: Around 15,000 Han farmers and militia rebel against Dutch rule on Taiwan. [category: Events]
• 1655: François Tristan l'Hermite, French author and playwright (b. 1601) [category: Deaths]
• 1657: Arvid Wittenberg, Swedish field marshal (b. 1606) [category: Deaths]
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• 1683: Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1754) [category: Births]
• 1694: Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Danish politician (d. 1763) [category: Births]
• 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 to all English trading in India. [category: Events]
• 1705: Matthäus Günther, German painter (d. 1788) [category: Births]
• 1707: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist, biologist, and author (d. 1788) [category: Births]
• 1719: John Harris, English writer, priest, and scientist (b. 1666) [category: Deaths]
• 1726: François-André Danican Philidor, French chess player and composer (d. 1795) [category: Births]
• 1729: William Burnet, Dutch-American civil servant and administrator (b. 1688) [category: Deaths]
• 1740: Johan Tobias Sergel, Swedish sculptor (d. 1814) [category: Births]
• 1741: Blas de Lezo, Spanish admiral (b. 1689) [category: Deaths]
• 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). [category: Events]
• 1777: Heinrich Stölzel, German horn player and composer (d. 1844) [category: Births]
• 1799: Louis Guillaume Lemonnier, French botanist (b. 1717) [category: Deaths]
• 1801: Sarel Cilliers, Voortrekker leader and preacher (d.1871) [category: Births]
• 1809: Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, Thai king (b. 1737) [category: Deaths]
• 1810: Hermann Heinrich Gossen, Prussian economist (d. 1858) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1815: John McDouall Stuart, Australian explorer (d. 1866) [category: Births]
• 1817: Louise of Hesse-Kassel (d. 1898) [category: Births]
• 1818: Thomas Talbot, American politician, 31st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1886) [category: Births]
• 1818: Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim. [category: Events]
• 1819: Thomas A. Hendricks, American politician, 21st Vice President of the United States (d. 1885) [category: Births]
• 1822: Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal on the shores of the Ipiranga Brook in São Paulo. [category: Events]
• 1829: Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, German chemist (d. 1896) [category: Births]
• 1831: Alexandre Falguière, French sculptor and painter (d. 1900) [category: Births]
• 1833: Hannah More, English poet, playwright, and philanthropist (b. 1745) [category: Deaths]
• 1836: August Toepler, German physicist (d. 1912) [category: Births]
• 1836: Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Scottish-English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1908) [category: Births]
• 1840: Jacques MacDonald, French marshal (b. 1765) [category: Deaths]
• 1842: Johannes Zukertort, German chess player (d. 1888) [category: Births]
• 1848: Emma Cooke, American archer (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1851: Edward Asahel Birge, American academic (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1855: William Friese-Greene, English photographer (d. 1921) [category: Births]
• 1860: Grandma Moses, American painter (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1862: Edgar Speyer, American-English financier and philanthropist (d. 1932) [category: Births]
• 1864: American Civil War: Atlanta, Georgia, is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman. [category: Events]
• 1866: Tristan Bernard, French playwright and novelist (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1867: Albert Bassermann, German actor (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1867: J. P. Morgan, Jr., American banker and philanthropist (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1869: Ben Viljoen, South African general (d. 1917) [category: Births]
• 1870: Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian pilot, adventurer, and author (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1870: Thomas Curtis, American hurdler (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1871: Kimenzan Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 13th Yokozuna (b. 1826) [category: Deaths]
• 1876: C. J. Dennis, Australian poet (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1877: Mike O'Neill, Irish baseball player (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1881: Sidney Lanier, American poet and academic (b. 1842) [category: Deaths]
• 1885: Elinor Wylie, American poet and novelist (d. 1928) [category: Births]
• 1887: Edith Sitwell, English poet and critic (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1891: Lorenzo Sawyer, American lawyer and judge (b. 1820) [category: Deaths]
• 1892: Eric Harrison, Australian politician (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1892: Oscar O'Brien, Canadian priest, pianist, and composer (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1892: John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet (b. 1807) [category: Deaths]
• 1893: Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha, English politician (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1893: Hamilton Fish, American politician, 26th United States Secretary of State (b. 1808) [category: Deaths]
• 1893: The Genoa Cricket & Athletic Club, to become one of the oldest Italian football clubs, is established by British expats. [category: Events]
• 1894: George Waggner, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1894: Vic Richardson, Australian cricketer (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1895: The first game of what would become known as rugby league football is played, in England, starting the 1895–96 Northern Rugby Football Union season. [category: Events]
• 1898: Mamie Rearden, American super-centenarian (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1900: Giuseppe Zangara, Italian assassin of Anton Cermak and attempted assassin of Franklin D. Roosevelt (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1900: Taylor Caldwell, English-American author (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1901: The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol. [category: Events]
• 1903: Margaret Landon, American author and missionary (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1904: C.B. Colby, American author (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1906: Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully. [category: Events]
• 1907: Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City. [category: Events]
• 1908: Max Kaminsky, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1908: Michael DeBakey, American surgeon (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1908: Paul Brown, American football coach and executive (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1909: Elia Kazan, Greek-American actor, director, producer, and writer (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1909: Eugene Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Juvisy, south of Paris, becoming the first 'pilot' in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft. [category: Events]
• 1910: William Holman Hunt, English painter (b. 1827) [category: Deaths]
• 1911: Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian politician (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1911: French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum. [category: Events]
• 1912: David Packard, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1913: Anthony Quayle, English actor and director (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1913: Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield, English soldier and royal courtier (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1914: Graeme Bell, Australian pianist and composer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1914: James Van Allen, American scientist (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1915: Pedro Reginaldo Lira, Argentinian bishop (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1916: US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751) [category: Events]
• 1917: Ewen Solon, New Zealand actor (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1917: Jacob Lawrence, American painter (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1917: John Cornforth, Australian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1917: Leonard Cheshire, English pilot and humanitarian (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1919: Alberic Schotte, Belgian cyclist (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1920: Al Caiola, American guitarist and composer [category: Births]
• 1920: Harri Webb, Welsh Poet (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1920: Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian politician, 12th Premier of Quebec (b. 1855) [category: Deaths]
• 1920: Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they would serve with the Suomen Ilmavoimat, killing both crews. [category: Events]
• 1921: Arthur Ferrante, American pianist (Ferrante & Teicher) (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1921: Alfred William Rich, English author and painter (b. 1856) [category: Deaths]
• 1921: In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held. [category: Events]
• 1921: The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland. [category: Events]
• 1922: Lucien Jarraud, Canadian radio host (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1922: In Aydin, Turkey, independence of Aydin, from Greek occupation. [category: Events]
• 1923: Nancy Keesing, Australian author and poet (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1923: Peter Lawford, English-American actor (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1923: Nikolai von Glehn, Baltic German landowner and activist (b. 1841) [category: Deaths]
• 1924: Bridie Gallagher, Irish singer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1924: Daniel Inouye, American captain and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1924: Leonard Rosenman, American composer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1925: Allan Blakeney, Canadian politician, 10th Premier of Saskatchewan (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1925: Bhanumathi Ramakrishna, Indian actress, singer, and director (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1925: Laura Ashley, Welsh fashion designer (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1926: Don Messick, American voice actor (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1926: Erich Juskowiak, German footballer (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1927: Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, Canadian jurist [category: Births]
• 1927: Eric Hill, English author and illustrator [category: Births]
• 1927: The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Taylor Farnsworth. [category: Events]
• 1928: Kathleen Gorham, Australian ballerina (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1929: Frederic Weatherly, English lawyer, author, and songwriter (b. 1848) [category: Deaths]
• 1929: Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. 136 lives are lost. [category: Events]
• 1930: Baudouin of Belgium (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1930: Maureen Toal, Irish actress (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1930: Sonny Rollins, American saxophonist and composer [category: Births]
• 1931: Charles Camilleri, Maltese composer (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1931: Josep Lluís Núñez, Spanish businessman [category: Births]
• 1932: John Paul Getty, Jr., American-English philanthropist and book collector (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1932: Malcolm Bradbury, English author and academic (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1932: The Battle of Boquerón, the first major battle of the Chaco War, commences. [category: Events]
• 1933: Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, English politician (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: Dan Ingram, American radio host [category: Births]
• 1934: Little Milton, American singer and guitarist (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1934: Mary Bauermeister, German painter [category: Births]
• 1934: Meir Brandsdorfer, Belgian-Israeli rabbi (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1934: Omar Karami, Lebanese politician, 58th Prime Minister of Lebanon [category: Births]
• 1934: Sunil Gangopadhyay, Indian author and poet (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1934: Waldo de los Ríos, Argentinian composer and conductor (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1935: Abdou Diouf, Senegalese politician, 2nd President of Senegal [category: Births]
• 1935: Denis Vaugeois, Canadian author, historian, and politician [category: Births]
• 1935: Ronnie Dove, American singer [category: Births]
• 1936: Apostolos Kaklamanis, Greek politician [category: Births]
• 1936: Buddy Holly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Crickets) (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1936: The last surviving member of the thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in her cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania. [category: Events]
• 1937: Cüneyt Arkın, Turkish actor [category: Births]
• 1937: John Phillip Law, American actor (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1937: Oleg Lobov, Russian politician [category: Births]
• 1937: Olly Wilson, American composer, pianist, and bassist [category: Births]
• 1939: Latimore, American singer-songwriter and pianist [category: Births]
• 1939: Kyōka Izumi, Japanese novelist (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesian politician, 4th President of Indonesia (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1940: Dario Argento, Italian director [category: Births]
• 1940: Treaty of Craiova: Romania loses Southern Dobrudja to Bulgaria. [category: Events]
• 1942: Alan Oakes, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1942: Australian and US forces inflict a significant defeat upon the Japanese at the Battle of Milne Bay. [category: Events]
• 1942: First flight of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator. [category: Events]
• 1943: Beverley McLachlin, Canadian jurist, 17th Chief Justice of Canada [category: Births]
• 1943: Lena Valaitis, Lithuanian-German singer [category: Births]
• 1943: A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston, Texas, kills 55 people. [category: Events]
• 1943: World War II: The German 17th Army begins its evacuation of the Kuban River bridgehead (Taman Peninsula) in southern Russia and moves across the Strait of Kerch to the Crimea. [category: Events]
• 1944: Bertel Haarder, Danish politician [category: Births]
• 1944: Earl Manigault, American basketball player (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1944: Forrest Blue, American football player (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1944: Houshang Moradi Kermani, Iranian writer [category: Births]
• 1945: Jacques Lemaire, Canadian ice hockey player and coach [category: Births]
• 1945: Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December of 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines. [category: Events]
• 1946: Joe Klein, American journalist and novelist [category: Births]
• 1946: Suzyn Waldman, American sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1946: Willie Crawford, American baseball player (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1948: Susan Blakely, American actress [category: Births]
• 1949: Barry Siegel, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1949: Gloria Gaynor, American singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1949: José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Johann Friedrich Hohenberger, German-Australian engineer and con-artist (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1950: Julie Kavner, American actress [category: Births]
• 1950: Peggy Noonan, American author [category: Births]
• 1951: Chrissie Hynde, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Pretenders and The Moors Murderers) [category: Births]
• 1951: Mammootty, Indian actor, producer, and lawyer [category: Births]
• 1951: Mark Isham, American trumpet player and composer [category: Births]
• 1951: Morris Albert, Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1951: Maria Montez, Dominican actress (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: Ricardo Tormo, Spanish motorcycle racer (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1953: Benmont Tench, American keyboard player (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Mudcrutch) [category: Births]
• 1953: Marc Hunter, New Zealand singer-songwriter (Dragon and The Party Boys) (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1953: Michael Byron, American composer [category: Births]
• 1953: Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. [category: Events]
• 1954: Corbin Bernsen, American actor [category: Births]
• 1954: Doug Bradley, English actor [category: Births]
• 1954: Michael Emerson, American actor [category: Births]
• 1954: Bud Fisher, American cartoonist (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Efim Zelmanov, Russian mathematician [category: Births]
• 1955: Mira Furlan, Croatian actress [category: Births]
• 1956: Byron Stevenson, Welsh footballer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1956: Diane Warren, American songwriter [category: Births]
• 1956: Michael Feinstein, American singer, pianist, and archivist [category: Births]
• 1956: C. B. Fry, English cricketer, politician, academic, and writer (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Jermaine Stewart, American singer-songwriter and dancer (Shalamar) (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1959: Maurice Duplessis, Canadian politician, 16th Premier of Quebec (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Andrew Voss, Australian sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1960: Brad Houser, American musician (Edie Brickell & New Bohemians and Critters Buggin) [category: Births]
• 1960: Phillip Rhee, Korean-American actor, martial artist, and director [category: Births]
• 1961: Jean-Yves Thibaudet, French pianist [category: Births]
• 1961: LeRoi Moore, American saxophonist and songwriter (Dave Matthews Band) (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1962: Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese novelist (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Graham Walker, English motorcycle racer and journalist (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Karen Blixen, Danish author (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Brent Liles, American bass player (Social Distortion and Agent Orange) (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1963: Eazy-E, American rapper and producer (N.W.A.) (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1963: The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members. [category: Events]
• 1964: Andy Hug, Swiss martial artist and kick-boxer (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1965: Andreas Thom, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1965: Angela Gheorghiu, Romanian soprano [category: Births]
• 1965: Darko Pančev, Macedonian footballer [category: Births]
• 1965: Uta Pippig, German runner [category: Births]
• 1965: Catherine Dale Owen, American actress (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1966: Chris Acland, English drummer (Lush) (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1966: Chris Barfoot, English screenwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1966: Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, German speed skater [category: Births]
• 1966: Lutz Heilmann, German politician [category: Births]
• 1966: Vladimir Andreyev, Russian race walker [category: Births]
• 1967: Toby Jones, English actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Marcel Desailly, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1969: Angie Everhart, American model and actress [category: Births]
• 1969: Darren Bragg, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1969: Diane Farr, American actress [category: Births]
• 1969: Rudy Galindo, American skater figure [category: Births]
• 1969: Everett Dirksen, American politician (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Gino Odjick, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1970: Tom Everett Scott, American actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Bill Shoemaker sets record for most lifetime wins as a jockey (passing Johnny Longden). [category: Events]
• 1970: Fighting between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Amman, Jordan. [category: Events]
• 1971: Briana Scurry, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1971: Shane Mosley, American boxer [category: Births]
• 1971: Ludwig Suthaus, German tenor (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Spring Byington, American actress (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Jason Isringhausen, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1972: Slug, American rapper (Atmosphere, Deep Puddle Dynamics, and Felt) [category: Births]
• 1973: Shannon Elizabeth, American actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Antonio McDyess, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1974: Hiroki Takahashi, Japanese voice actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Mario Frick, Swiss-Liechtensteiner footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Harold Wallace, Costa Rican footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1976: Oliver Hudson, American actor [category: Births]
• 1977: Jon Macken, English-Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Nora Greenwald, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1978: Devon Sawa, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Erwin Koen, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Matt Cooke, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1978: Cecil Aronowitz, South African-English viola player (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Charles Williams, English composer and conductor (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Keith Moon, English drummer, songwriter, producer, and actor (The Who and Plastic Ono Band) (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1979: Brian Stokes, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Owen Pallett, Canadian singer, composer, and musician (The Mountain Goats and Enter the Haggis) [category: Births]
• 1979: Paul Mara, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1979: Pavol Hochschorner, Slovak canoer [category: Births]
• 1979: The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for USD $1.5 billion to avoid bankruptcy. [category: Events]
• 1979: The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, better known as ESPN, makes its debut. [category: Events]
• 1980: Emre Belözoğlu, Turkish footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Gabriel Milito, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Javad Nekounam, Iranian footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Mark Prior, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Sara Carrigan, Australian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1981: Gökhan Zan, Turkish footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Paul McCoy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (12 Stones) [category: Births]
• 1982: Andre Dirrell, American boxer [category: Births]
• 1982: Ryoko Shiraishi, Japanese voice actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Ken Boyer, American baseball player (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Annette Dytrt, German skater figure [category: Births]
• 1983: Mehmet Topuz, Turkish footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Philip Deignan, Irish cyclist [category: Births]
• 1983: Piri Weepu, New Zealand rugby player [category: Births]
• 1983: Pops Mensah-Bonsu, English basketball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Ben Hollingsworth, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1984: Farveez Maharoof, Sri Lankan cricketer [category: Births]
• 1984: Kate Lang Johnson, American actress and model [category: Births]
• 1984: Vera Zvonareva, Russian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1984: Don Tallon, Australian cricketer (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Joe Cronin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Josyf Slipyj, Ukrainian cardinal (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Adam Eckersley, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Alyssa Diaz, American actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Rafinha, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: José Zabala-Santos, Filipino cartoonist (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Colin Delaney, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1986: Les Bury, Australian politician (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa. [category: Events]
• 1986: Gen. Augusto Pinochet, president of Chile, escapes attempted assassination. [category: Events]
• 1987: Aleksandra Wozniak, Canadian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1987: Danny North, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Evan Rachel Wood, American actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Tommy Elphick, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Alex Harvey, Canadian skier [category: Births]
• 1988: Kevin Love, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1988: Paul Iacono, American actor [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1989: Hugh Mitchell, English actor [category: Births]
• 1989: Mikhail Goldstein, Soviet violinist and composer (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Tanja Kolbe, German ice dancer [category: Births]
• 1990: A. J. P. Taylor, English historian and journalist (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Earle E. Partridge, American pilot and general (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Amar Garibović, Serbian skier (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1991: Jennifer Veal, English actress [category: Births]
• 1991: Montana Fishburne, American porn actress [category: Births]
• 1991: Edwin McMillan, American physicist (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Kristina Vaculik, Canadian gymnast [category: Births]
• 1993: Taylor Gray, American actor [category: Births]
• 1994: Dennis Morgan, American actor (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Eric Crozier, English director (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Godfrey Quigley, Irish actor (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: James Clavell, Australian-American author (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Terence Young, Chinese-English director and screenwriter (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Russell Johnson, American cartoonist (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Michelle Creber, Canadian voice actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1997: Elisabeth Brooks, Canadian actress (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Mobutu Sese Seko, Congolese politician, President of Zaire (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Jim Keith, American conspiracy theorist and author (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2000: Bruce Gyngell, Australian television executive (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Billie Lou Watt, American actress (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Igor Buketoff, American conductor (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Spede Pasanen, Finnish comedian, director, and producer (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Cyrinda Foxe, American actress and model (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Erma Franklin, American singer (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Katrin Cartlidge, English actress (b. 1961) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Uziel Gal, German-Israeli gun designer, designed the Uzi (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Great Antonio, Croatian-Canadian strongman (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Warren Zevon, American singer-songwriter and musician (Hindu Love Gods and lyme and cybelle) (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Bob Boyd, American baseball player (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Hurricane Ivan, a Category 5 hurricane hits Grenada, killing 39 and damaging 90% of its buildings. [category: Events]
• 2005: Hope Garber, Canadian actress and singer (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Sergio Endrigo, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Egypt holds its first-ever multi-party presidential election. [category: Events]
• 2006: Hiroshi Takase, Japanese cinematographer (b. 1955) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Robert Earl Jones, American actor (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Dino Dvornik, Croatian singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (b. 1964) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Don Haskins, American basketball player and coach (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Ilarion Ciobanu, Romanian actor (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Nagi Noda, Japanese director (b. 1973) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Peter Glossop, English opera singer (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: The US Government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. [category: Events]
• 2010: Amar Garibović, Serbian skier (b. 1991) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Barbara Holland, American author (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Glenn Shadix, American actor (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: John Kluge, German-American businessman (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: A Chinese fishing trawler collided with two Japanese Coast Guard patrol boats in disputed waters near the Senkaku Islands. [category: Events]
• 2011: Alexander Karpovtsev, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1970) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Brad McCrimmon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Igor Korolev, Russian-Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1970) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Jan Marek, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1979) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Josef Vašíček, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1980) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Karel Rachůnek, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1979) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Kārlis Skrastiņš, Latvian ice hockey player (b. 1974) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Pavol Demitra, Slovakian ice hockey player (b. 1974) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Ruslan Salei, Belarussian ice hockey player (b. 1974) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Stefan Liv, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1980) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Victims of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster [category: Deaths]
• 2011: A plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team. [category: Events]
• 2012: Abdul Ghafoor, Pakistani footballer (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Aleksandr Maksimenkov, Russian footballer and coach (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: César Fernández Ardavín, Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Daniel Weinreb, American computer scientist and programmer (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Francisco Fernández Fernández, Spanish super-centenarian (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Leszek Drogosz, Polish boxer and actor (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Louise LaPlanche, American actress (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Maestro Reverendo, Spanish composer (b. 1955) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Nicole Russell, Duchess of Bedford (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Richard Bucher, Swiss ice hockey player (b. 1955) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: A series of earthquakes in Yunnan, China, kills 89 people and injures 800 others. [category: Events]
• 2012: Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with Iran by closing its embassy in Tehran and ordered the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Ottawa, over support for Syria, nuclear plans and alleged rights abuses. [category: Events]
• _: Anastasius the Fuller [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Clodoald [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Gratus of Aosta [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence day, celebrates the independence of Brazil from Portugal in 1822 [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Threatened Species Day (Australia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pakistani Air Force Day since 1971. (Pakistan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Regina [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: September 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Victory Day (Mozambique) [category: Holidays and observances]