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September 7

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

Events:

3761 B.C. - Hebrew Calendar year 1
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 - Napoleon defeats the Russian army of Alexander I at the Battle of Borodino
1822 - Brazil declares its independence from Portugal
1864 - Atlanta, Georgia is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman
1876 - The Jesse James gang attempts to rob the bank at Northfield, Minnesota
1901 - The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ended with the signing of the Peking Protocol.
1936 - Boulder Dam begins operation
1940 - Nazi Germany began the Blitz on London during World War II.
1944 - First V2 rocket fired at London, England
1953 - Nikita Khrushchev becomes head of the Soviet Central Committee
1963 - Football Hall of Fame opens
1977 - Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed
1979 - The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) made its debut on cable TV.
1979 - The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for $1 billion dollars to avoid bankruptcy.
1986 - Desmond Tutu became the first black to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa.
1997 - First test flight of the F/A-22 Raptor

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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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