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September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years ). There are 115 days remaining.
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1191 - Third Crusade : Battle of Arsuf - Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf .1539 - Guru Angad Dev ji became the second Guru of the Sikhs 1776 - World's first submarine attack. American submersible craft Turtle attempts to attach a time bomb to the hull of British Admiral Richard Howe 's flagship Eagle in New York Harbor .1812 - Napoleonic Wars : Battle of Borodino - Napoleon defeats the Russian army of Alexander I near the village of Borodino .1818 - Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway , in Trondheim .1822 - Brazil declares its independence from Portugal .1864 - American Civil War : Atlanta, Georgia 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 surrounded by an angry mob and are nearly wiped out.1901 - The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ends with the signing of the Peking Protocol .1911 - French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa Louvre museum.1915 - Former cartoonist John B. Gruelle is given a patent for his Raggedy Ann doll.1921 - In Atlantic City, New Jersey , the first Miss America Pageant is held.1940 - World War II : The Blitz - Nazi Germany begins to rain bombs on London . This will be the first of 57 consecutive nights of bombing.1950 - The gameshow Truth or Consequences television .1953 - Nikita Khrushchev becomes head of the Soviet Central Committee.1963 - The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.1965 - Vietnam War : In a follow-up to August's Operation Starlight, United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate Operation Pirahna on the Batangan Peninsula.1966 - The final new episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show October 3 , 1961 ).1970 - An anti-war rally is held at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania , attended by John Kerry , Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland .1971 - The last new episode of The Beverly Hillbillies September 26 , 1962 ).1977 - The Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The US agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century .1979 - The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN ) makes its debut.1979 _ The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for $1 billion dollars to avoid bankruptcy . 1986 - Desmond Tutu becomes the first black 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 9 days on the Mir space station 1996 - In Las Vegas, Nevada , actor and recording artist Tupac Shakur is shot several times after attending a boxing match.1997 - The first test flight of the F/A_22 Raptor takes place.1998 - Google Inc. is founded.1999 - A major earthquake close to Athens, Greece results to the collapse of few buildings in the area. About 150 people are killed.2004 - The Serbian government backs a decision by Minister of Education and Sport Ljiljana Colic to require the teaching of both creationism and evolution in schools.
Births 1533 - Queen Elizabeth I of England (d. 1603 )1701 - Georges_Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon , naturalist (d. 1788 )1829 - Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz , organic chemist (d. 1896 )1860 - Grandma Moses (Anna Mary Robertson Moses), painter (d. 1961 )1866 - Tristan Bernard , writer (d. 1947 )1867 - J. P. Morgan , financier (d. 1943 )1885 - Elinor Wylie , writer (d. 1928 )1887 - Edith Sitwell , poet (d. 1964 )1870 - Jimmy Tompkins , priest and founder of the Antigonish Movement (d. 1953 )1900 - Taylor Caldwell , author (d. 1985 )1908 - Paul Brown , National Football League coach (d. 1991 )1908 - Dr. Michael DeBakey , heart surgeon and inventor of the MASH 1909 - Elia Kazan , director1912 - David Packard , automotive engineer1913 - Sir Anthony Quayle , actor (d. 1989 )1923 - Peter Lawford , actor, member of the Kennedy family (d. 1984 )1929 - Sonny Rollins , jazz saxophonist1930 - King Baudouin I of Belgium (d. 1993 )1936 - Buddy Holly , singer (d. 1959 )1937 - John Phillip Law, actor1938 - Susan Stamberg, National Public Radio senior correspondent and former anchor1945 - Jacques Lemaire , ice hockey player1939 - Donnie Allison, NASCAR driver1946 - Francisco Varela , biologist1947 - Graham Young , British serial killer , (d. 1990 )1949 - Lee McGeorge Durrell author , television presenter , zookeeper 1949 - Gloria Gaynor , singer 1951 - Chrissie Hynde , guitarist, singer1951 - Julie Kavner , voice actress (The Simpsons 1952 - Susan Blakely , actress1954 - Corbin Bernsen , actor1954 - Benmont Tench , keyboardist 1955 - Mira Furlan , actress, Croatia 1956 - Michael Feinstein, musician, composer1958 - Danny Chan , singer, actor & songwriter of HK1962 - Thomas L. Beard , musician, composer1968 - Marcel Desailly , French footballer 1976 - Stevie Case (Killcreek) , video game celebrity1976 _ Shannon Elizabeth , actress 1980 - Mark Prior , baseball pitcher1984 - Vera Zvonareva , tennis player
Deaths 1552 - Guru Angad Dev , Second Guru of the Sikhs .1548 - Catherine Parr , widow of Henry VIII of England1559 - Robert Estienne , early printer of the Bible 1892 - John Greenleaf Whitter, poet1951 - Maria Montez , actress1954 - Glenn 'Pop' Warner, American football coach1962 - Kirstin Flagstad , Norwegian soprano (b. 1895 )1962 - Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen), Danish author 1969 - Everett Dirksen , former Senator from Illinois 1971 - Spring Byington, actress1976 - Daniel F. Galouye , science fiction author1978 - Keith Moon , musician1982 - Ken Boyer , baseball star1991 - Edwin Mattison McMillan , physicist1994 - James Clavell , author1997 - Mobutu Sese Seko , dictator of Zaire 2001 - Spede Pasanen , Finnish television star2002 - Erma Franklin , singer2003 - The Great Antonio , strongman and eccentric2003 - Warren Zevon , American musician_songwriter 2004 - Bob Boyd , Major League Baseball player (b. Brazil : Independence day September 6 - September 8 - August 7 - October 7 - more historical anniversaries
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For a generation leading up to September the 11th, 2001 , terrorists and their radical allies attacked innocent people in the Middle East and beyond, without facing a sustained and serious response. Since America put out the fires of September the 11th, and mourned our dead, and went to war, history has taken a different turn. We have learned that terrorist attacks are not caused by the use of strength; they are invited by the perception of weakness.
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The Arab League disavowed the final statement made by the Zayed Center for Coordination and Follow-up, claiming that they adhere to a policy of supporting Israel's right to exist within pre-1967 borders, and restating that the conflict in the Middle East is between Palestinians and Israelis, not all Jews. September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack/Memorials and Services: The US Congress convenes for a one-day joint session in Federal Hall in New York City, the original capital of the United States. The first anniversary of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack is marked by many services and memorials.
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