September 7 Historical Events
The following events took place on September 7. The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 70 events. Showing 31 - 60.
- 1921In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
- 1921The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland.
- 1922In Aydın, Turkey, independence of Aydın, from Greek occupation.
- 1922The Bank of Latvia established.
- 1927The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.
- 1928The first Tour de Pologne began.
- 1929Steamer SS Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. 136 lives are lost.
- 1932The Battle of Boquerón, the first major battle of the Chaco War, commences.
- 1936The last thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial named Benjamin, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
- 1940Treaty of Craiova: Romania loses Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria.
- 1940World War II: The German Luftwaffe begins the Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive nights.
- 1942First flight of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator.
- 1942World War II: Australian and US forces inflict a significant defeat upon the Japanese at the Battle of Milne Bay.
- 1943A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston, kills 55 people.
- 1943World 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.
- 1945Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December of 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines.
- 1953Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
- 1953Mohammed Daoud Khan becomes Premier of Afghanistan.
- 1953Garfield Todd becomes Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia.
- 1961João Goulart becomes President of Brazil.
- 1963The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.
- 1965China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border.
- 1965Vietnam War: In a follow-up to August’s Operation Starlight, United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate Operation Piranha on the Batangan Peninsula.
- 1970Fighting between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Amman, Jordan.
- 1970Bill Shoemaker sets record for most lifetime wins as a jockey (passing Johnny Longden).
- 1977The 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.
- 1977The 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.
- 1978While 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.
- 1979The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for US$1.5 billion to avoid bankruptcy.
- 1986Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa.
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