September 7

2024 Calendar

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

Events

Up to 1900

251 – Sima Yi, Chinese strategist, general and politician
355 – Claudius Silvanus, Roman usurper
1134 – King Alfonso I of Aragon
1151 – Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (b. 1113)
1312 – Ferdinand IV of Castile (b. 1285)
1464 – Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (b. 1412)
1496 – King Ferdinand II of Naples (b. 1469)
1539 – Guru Nanak Dev, Indian religious leader, founder of Sikhism (b. 1469)
1548 – Catherine Parr, sixth wife of Henry VIII of England
1552 – Guru Angad Dev, 2nd Sikh Guru (b. 1504)
1573 – Joanna of Austria, Regent of Spain (b. 1535)
1632 – Emperor Susenyos of Ethiopia (b. 1572)
1644 – Guido Bentivoglio, Italian statesman (b. 1579)
1657 – Arvid Wittenberg, Swedish count, field marshal and privy councillor (b. 1606)
1685 – William Carpenter, English-American settler, co-founder of Rhode Island (b. 1605)
1708 – Emperor Tekle Haymanot I of Ethiopia (b. 1706)
1731 – Eudoxia Lopukhina, Russian wife of Peter the Great (b. 1669)
1741 – Blas de Lezo, Spanish admiral (b. 1689)
1783 – Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist (b. 1707)
1799 – Louis Guillaume Lemonnier, French botanist (b. 1717)
1809 – Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, King of Thailand (b. 1737)
1809 – Caroline Schelling, German writer and translator (b. 1763)
1833 – Hannah More, English poet, playwright and philanthropist (b. 1745)
1871 – Kimenzan Tanigoro, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1826)
1881 – Sidney Lanier, American poet and academic (b. 1842)
1891 – Lorenzo Sawyer, American lawyer and judge (b. 1820)
1892 – John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet (b. 1807)
1893 – Hamilton Fish, United States Secretary of State (b. 1808)

1901 – 1950

1902 – Enrique Gaspar y Rimbau, Spanish writer and diplomat (b. 1842)
1909 – Eugene Lefebvre, French aviator (b. 1878)
1910 – William Holman Hunt, English painter (b. 1827)
1920 – Simon Napoleon Parent, 12th Premier of Quebec (b. 1855)
1951 – Maria Montez, Dominican actress (b. 1912)
1953 – Nobuyuki Abe, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1875)
1956 – C. B. Fry, English cricketer, politician and academic (b. 1872)
1959 – Maurice Duplessis, Quebec politician (b. 1890)
1960 – Wilhelm Pieck, East German politician (b. 1876)
1961 – Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Dutch lawyer, jurist and politician (b. 1885)
1962 – Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese novelist (b. 1892)
1962 – Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian singer (b. 1895)
1962 – Karen Blixen, Danish writer (b. 1885)
1969 – Everett Dirksen, American politician (b. 1896)
1978 – Keith Moon, English drummer (The Who) (b. 1946)
1989 – Mikhail Goldstein, Soviet violinist and composer (b. 1917)
1994 – Dennis Morgan, American actor (b. 1908)
1994 – Terence Young, American director and screenwriter (b. 1915)
1998 – Mobutu Sese Seko, leader of Zaire (b. 1930)

1951 – 2000

1953 – Nikita Khrushchev becomes head of the Soviet Central Committee.
1953 – Mohammed Daoud Khan becomes Premier of Afghanistan.
1955 – Floods in India make around 45 million people homeless. It is not known how many people died.
1963 – The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio.
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.
1970 – An anti-war rally is held at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, attended by John Kerry, Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland.
1977 – The Torrijos-Carter Treaties between 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.
1978 – While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is targeted by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Giullino by means of a ricin pellet fired from a specially-designed umbrella. He dies as a result of the attack four days later.
1979 – The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) makes its debut.
1986 – Desmond Tutu becomes the first black to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa.
1986 – Chilean leader Augusto Pinochet escapes an assassination attempt.
1987 – East German leader Erich Honecker visits West Germany.
1996 – In Las Vegas, Nevada, actor and rapper Tupac Shakur is shot several times after attending a boxing match.
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.

From 2001

2001 – Spede Pasanen, Finnish television personality (b. 1930)
2002 – Erma Franklin, American singer (b. 1938)
2004 – Bob Boyd, American baseball player (b. 1925)
2007 – John Compton, Prime Minister of Saint Lucia (b. 1925)
2010 – Amar Garibovic, Serbian skier (b. 1991)
2011 – Victims of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash, including:
- Pavol Demitra, Slovakian ice hockey player (b. 1974)
- Stefan Liv, Polish-born Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1980)
- Karel Rachunek, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1979)
- Ruslan Salei, Belarusian ice hockey player (b. 1974)
- Karlis Skrastins, Latvian ice hockey player (b. 1974)
- Jan Marek, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1979)
- Brad McCrimmon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1959)
- Robert Dietrich, German ice hockey player (b. 1986)
- Sergei Ostapchuk, Belarusian ice hockey player (b. 1990)
- Alexander Karpovtsev, Russian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1970)
- Josef Vasicek, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1980)
- Igor Korolev, Russian-Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1970)
2012 – Leszek Drogosz, Polish boxer and actor (b. 1933)
2013 – Marek Spilar, Slovakian footballer (b. 1975)
2014 – Kwon Ri-se, South Korean singer (b. 1991)
2014 – Fanny Godin, Belgian supercentenarian (b. 1902)
2014 – Raul M. Gonzalez, Filipino teacher and politician (b. 1930)
2014 – Don Keefer, American actor (b. 1916)
2014 – Harold Shipp, Canadian businessman (b. 1926)
2014 – Harry Evans, Australian public servant (b. 1946)
2014 – Elsa-Marianne von Rosen, Swedish ballet dancer, choreographer and actress (b. 1924)
2015 – Susan Allen, American harpist (b. 1951)
2017 – Jeremiah Goodman, American illustrator (b. 1922)
2017 – Kim Ki-duk, South Korean film director and producer (b. 1934)
2017 – Gene Michael, American baseball player (b. 1938)
2018 – Samuel Bodman, American politician (b. 1938)
2018 – Mac Miller, American rapper (b. 1992)
2018 – Yang Side, Chinese general (b. 1921)
2018 – Kurt Helmudt, Danish rower (b. 1943)
2018 – Ingemar Mundebo, Swedish politician (b. 1930)
2018 – Szarlota Pawel, Polish comic book artist (b. 1947)
2019 – Robert Axelrod, American actor (b. 1949)
2019 – Roger Boutry, French composer and conductor (b. 1932)
2019 – Al Carmichael, American football player and stuntman (b. 1928)
2019 – Naiyyum Choudhury, Bangladeshi biochemist (b. 1946)
2019 – Peter Nichols, British playwright (b. 1927)
2019 – Charlie Silvera, American baseball player (b. 1924)
2019 – John Wesley, American actor (b. 1947)

Births

1951 – 1975

1951 – Chrissie Hynde, American guitarist and singer
1952 – Des Bremner, Scottish footballer
1954 – Michael Emerson, American actor
1954 – Corbin Bernsen, American actor
1955 – Efim Zelmanov, Russian mathematician
1956 – Diane Warren, American composer
1957 – Jermaine Stewart, American singer (Culture Club) (d. 1997)
1957 – Alok Sharma, Indian-English politician
1958 – Goran Hadzic, Serbian politician (d. 2016)
1959 – Alfred Gislason, Icelandic handball coach
1959 – Ray Stewart, Scottish footballer
1960 – Brad Houser, American bass guitarist, baritone saxophone and bass clarinet player
1960 – Phillip Rhee, American actor, martial artist, director and producer
1961 – Jean-Yves Thibaudet, French pianist
1962 – Jennifer Egan, American writer
1962 – Hasan Vezir, Turkish footballer and manager
1963 – Eazy-E, American rapper (d. 1995)
1964 – Andy Hug, Swiss martial artist and kickboxer (d. 2000)
1965 – Darko Pancev, Macedonian footballer
1965 – Andreas Thom, German footballer
1968 – Marcel Desailly, French footballer
1969 – Diane Farr, American actress
1969 – Angie Everhart, American actress
1972 – Slug, American rapper
1972 – Simon Nash, English voice actor
1973 – Shannon Elizabeth, American actress and poker player
1974 – Mario Frick, Liechtenstein footballer
1974 – Stéphane Henchoz, Swiss footballer
1975 – Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2007)
1975 – Harold Wallace, Costa Rican footballer

From 1976

1978 – Erwin Koen, Dutch footballer
1980 – Javad Nekounam, Iranian footballer
1980 – Emre Belozoglu, Turkish footballer
1980 – Gabriel Milito, Argentine footballer
1981 – Natalie McGarry, Scottish politician
1983 – Piri Weepu, New Zealand rugby player
1983 – Mehmet Topuz, Turkish footballer
1984 – Ben Hollingsworth, Canadian actor
1984 – Farveez Maharoof, Sri Lankan cricketer
1984 – Vera Zvonareva, Russian tennis player
1985 – Rafinha, Brazilian footballer
1987 – Evan Rachel Wood, American actress
1987 – Robert Snodgrass, Scottish footballer
1988 – Kevin Love, American basketball player
1990 – Tanja Kolbe, German ice dancer
1990 – Alex Harvey, Canadian cross-country skier
1991 – Jennifer Veal, English actress and comedienne
1991 – Amar Garibovic, Serbian skier (d. 2010)
1992 – Kristina Vaculik, Canadian gymnast
1994 – Elinor Barker, Welsh cyclist
1994 – Kento Yamazaki, Japanese actor and model
1995 – Sahaj Grover, Indian chess player
1999 – Michelle Creber, Canadian actress, singer, and dancer
1999 – Cameron Ocasio, American actor

Deaths

Observances

National Day of Brazil
National Threatened Species Day (Australia)
Victory Day (Mozambique)