Major Events
- 70 Roman army under General Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem
- 1714 Treaty of Baden signed by the Holy Roman Empire and France, ending the War of the Spanish Succession; French retain Alsace and Landau, Austria gets east bank of Rhine
- 1812 Battle of Borodino: Napoleon Bonapartre wins a pyrrhic victory against Russian General Mikhail Kutuzov in the most ferocious battle of the Napoleonic era, 70,000 are killed
- 1822 Pedro I, son of King Joao VI declares Brazil's independence from Portugal (National Day)
- 1888 Edith Eleanor McLean is 1st baby to be placed in an incubator at State Emigrant Hospital on Ward’s Island, New York
- 1909 Eugene Lefebvre becomes first pilot to die in an airplane craft, while test piloting new French-built Wright biplane at Juvisy
- 1940 Beginning of the Blitz as the German Luftwaffe bomb London for the 1st of 57 consecutive nights losing 41 bombers as the Nazis prepare to invade Britain
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Sep 7 in Film & TV
- 1980 32nd Emmy Awards: "Taxi"; "Lou Grant"; Ed Asner & Barbara Bel Geddes win. Notable for going ahead despite 51 of the 52 nominated performers boycotting the event due to a strike by members of the Screen Actors Guild.
Sep 7 in Music
- 1996 Rap artist Tupac Shakur shot multiple times in a drive by shooting in Las Vegas, dies 6 days later
Sep 7 in Sport
- 1896 A. H. Whiting wins the 1st automobile race held on a closed-circuit track in Cranston, Rhode Island
Did You Know?
Elizabeth I
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Grandma Moses
Buddy Holly
Roy DeMeo
Chrissie Hynde
Fun Fact About September 7
In Australia, the whole nation observes a 'day of humiliation' and prays for rain, as a terrible drought kills livestock and threatens crops; rain begins to appear on 10 September
Famous Weddings
- 1943 American "Gilda" actress Rita Hayworth (24) weds American actor-director-wunderkind Orson Welles (28); divorce in 1947
- 1945 "Star Trek" actor DeForest Kelley (25) weds Carolyn Dowling (25)
- 1963 US politician Nancy D'Alesandro (23) marries businessman Paul Francis Pelosi (23) in Baltimore, Maryland
Famous Divorces
- 1949 American actress Janet Leigh (22) divorces American sailor Stanley Reames after almost 4 years of marriage
More September 7 Weddings
Edward Grey
Keith Moon
Joe Cronin
A. J. P. Taylor
Mobutu Sese SekoArticles, Photos and Quiz
Baby Incubator
The first baby incubator in the U.S. in State Emigrant Hospital in New York
September 7, 1888
The Boxing Match That Lasted 111 Rounds
American John L Sullivan reigned as world boxing champion for ten years – until new rules tamed the sport and put a stop to bare-knuckle fighting
September 7, 1892
Weekly Quiz for September 2-8
On V-J Day, where did Japan formally surrender, marking the end of WWII? Which American city was sacked and burned this week in 1864 during the US Civil War?
