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Here is a site where you can learn about various historical anniversaries.

September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years) There are 115 days remaining.

Events

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 Jamesand the James-Younger Gangattempt to rob the town's bank but are surrounded by an angry mob and are nearly wiped out.
1901- The Boxer Rebellionin Chinaofficially ends with the signing of the Peking Protocol.
1911- Frenchpoet Guillaume Apollinaireis arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the "Mona Lisa" from the Louvremuseum.
1921- In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageantis held.
1940- World War II: The Blitz- Nazi Germanybegins to rain bombs on London. This will be the first of 57 consecutive nights of bombing.
1950- The gameshow Truth or Consequences debuts on television.
1953- Nikita Khrushchevbecomes head of the SovietCentral Committee.
1963- The Pro Football Hall of Fameopens in Canton, Ohiowith 17 charter members.
1965- Vietnam War: In a follow-up to August's Operation Starlight, United States Marinesand South Vietnameseforces initiate Operation Pirahna on the Batangan Peninsula, 23 miles south of the Chu Lai Marine base.
1966- The final new episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show airs (the first episode aired on October 3, 1961).
1970- An anti-war rally is held at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, attended by John Kerry, Jane Fondaand Donald Sutherland.
1971- The last new episode of The Beverly Hillbillies is aired (the first episode debuted on September 26, 1962).
1977- Treaties between Panamaand the United Stateson the status of the Panama Canalare 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 Corporationasks the United Statesgovernment for $1 billion dollars to avoid bankruptcy.
1986- Desmond Tutubecomes the first black to lead the Anglican Churchin South Africa.
1996- In Las Vegas, Nevada, actor and recording artist Tupac Shakuris shot several times after attending a boxingmatch.
1997- The first test flight of the F/A-22 Raptortakes place.

Births

1533- Queen Elizabeth I of England(d. 1603)
1701- Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, naturalist (d. 1788)
1829- Friedrich August Kekul 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
1900- Taylor Caldwell, author (d. 1985)
1908- Dr. Michael DeBakey, heart surgeon and inventor of the MASH
1908 - Paul Brown, National Football Leaguecoach (d. 1991)
1909- Elia Kazan, director
1912- David Packard, automotive engineer
1913- Sir Anthony Quayle, actor
1923- Peter Lawford, actor, member of the Kennedy family(d. 1984)
1929- Sonny Rollins, jazzsaxophonist
1930- King Baudouin I of Belgium(d. 1993)
1936- Buddy Holly, singer (d. 1959)
1937- John Phillip Law, actor
1938- Susan Stamberg, National Public Radiocommentator
1939- Donnie Allison, NASCARdriver
1946- Francisco Varela, biologist
1947- Graham Young, Britishserial killer, (d. 1990)
1949- Lee McGeorge Durrellauthor, television presenter, zookeeper
1949 - Gloria Gaynor, singer
1951- Chrissie Hynde, guitarist, singer
1951 - Julie Kavner, voice actress (The Simpsons)
1952- Susan Blakely, actress
1954- Corbin Bernsen, actor
1954 - Benmont Tench, keyboardist
1955- Mira Furlan, actress, Croatia
1956- Michael Feinstein, musician, composer
1962- Thomas L. Beard, musician, composer
1968- Marcel Desailly, Frenchfootballer
1976- Stevie Case (Killcreek), video game celebrity
1976 - Shannon Elizabeth, actress
1980- Mark Prior, baseballpitcher
1984- Vera Zvonareva, tennisplayer

Deaths

1552- Guru Angad Dev, Second Guruof the Sikhs.
1548- Catherine Parr, widow of Henry VIII of England
1559- Robert Estienne, early printer of the Bible
1892- John Greenleaf Whitter, poet
1951- Maria Montez, actress
1954- Glenn 'Pop' Warner, American footballcoach
1962- Isak Dinesen(Karen Blixen), author
1969- Everett Dirksen, former Senatorfrom Illinois
1971- Spring Byington, actress
1976- Daniel F. Galouye, science fictionauthor
1978- Keith Moon, musician
1982- Ken Boyer, baseballstar
1991- Edwin Mattison McMillan, physicist
1994- James Clavell, author
1997- Mobutu Sese Seko, dictator of Zaire
2001- Spede Pasanen, Finnishtelevision star
2002- Erma Franklin, singer
2003- Warren Zevon, Americanmusician-songwriter