7 September
Notable Births
Ian Chen (actor)
b. 2006
American actor
Gracie Abrams
b. 1999
American singer (born 1999)
Laurie Jussaume
b. 1999
Canadian cyclist
Dean-Charles Chapman
b. 1997
English actor (born 1997)
Donovan Mitchell
b. 1996
American basketball player (born 1996)
Elinor Barker
b. 1994
Welsh racing cyclist (born 1994)
Herman Ese'ese
b. 1994
New Zealand and Samoa international rugby league footballer
Tom Opacic
b. 1994
Australian rugby league footballer
Kento Yamazaki
b. 1994
Japanese actor and model (born 1994)
Miniminter
b. 1992
English influencer and streamer (born 1992)
Libor Hudáček
b. 1990
Slovak ice hockey player (born 1990)
Fedor Klimov
b. 1990
Russian pair skater (born 1990)
Jonathan Majors
b. 1989
American actor (born 1989)
Alex Harvey (skier)
b. 1988
Canadian cross-country skier
Kevin Love
b. 1988
American basketball player (born 1988)
Tommy Elphick
b. 1987
English footballer
Sammy Moore
b. 1987
English footballer
Patrick Robinson (cornerback)
b. 1987
American football player (born 1987)
Evan Rachel Wood
b. 1987
American actress (born 1987)
Aleksandra Wozniak
b. 1987
Canadian tennis player (born 1987)
Notable Deaths
Dan Morgenstern
d. 2024
American jazz historian (1929–2024)
Mac Miller
d. 2018
American rapper (1992–2018)
Dickie Moore (actor)
d. 2015
American actor (1925–2015)
Candida Royalle
d. 2015
American pornographic filmmaker (1950–2015)
Kwon Ri-se
d. 2014
South Korean-Japanese singer (1991–2014)
Raul M. Gonzalez
d. 2014
Filipino lawyer and politician
Yoshiko Yamaguchi
d. 2014
Japanese singer, actress, and politician (1920–2014)
Harold Shipp
d. 2014
Canadian businessman (1926–2014)
Albert Allen Bartlett
d. 2013
American physicist (1923–2013)
Romesh Bhandari
d. 2013
Indian diplomat and administrator (1928–2013)
Pete Hoffman
d. 2013
American cartoonist
Ilja Hurník
d. 2013
Czech composer and essayist (1922–2013)
Fred Katz (cellist)
d. 2013
American jazz cellist and composer (1919–2013)
Pavol Demitra
d. 2011
Slovak ice hockey player (1974–2011)
Stefan Liv
d. 2011
Polish-born Swedish ice hockey player (1980–2011)
Jan Marek (ice hockey, born 1979)
d. 2011
Czech ice hockey player (1979–2011)
Brad McCrimmon
d. 2011
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (1959–2011)
Karel Rachůnek
d. 2011
Czech ice hockey player
Kārlis Skrastiņš
d. 2011
Latvian ice hockey player (1974–2011)
William Holman Hunt
d. 1910
Pre-Raphaelite English artist (1827–1910)
On This Day in History
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2021
Bitcoin becomes legal tender in El Salvador.
Bitcoin
2021
The National Unity Government of Myanmar declares a people's defensive war against the military junta during the Myanmar civil war.
National Unity Government of Myanmar
2019
Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and 66 others are released in a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia.
Oleh Sentsov
2017
The 8.2 Mw 2017 Chiapas earthquake strikes southern Mexico, killing at least 60 people.
2017 Chiapas earthquake
2012
Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with Iran by closing its embassy in Tehran and orders the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Ottawa, over nuclear plans and purported human rights abuses.
Canada–Iran relations
2011
The Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team.
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash
2010
A Chinese fishing trawler collides with two Japanese Coast Guard patrol boats in disputed waters near the Senkaku Islands.
2010 Senkaku boat collision incident
2008
The United States government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
2005
Egypt holds its first-ever multi-party presidential election.
2005 Egyptian presidential election
1999
The 6.0 Mw Athens earthquake affected the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 143, injuring 800–1,600, and leaving 50,000 homeless.
1999 Athens earthquake
1997
Maiden flight of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.
Maiden flight
1995
Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-69, the second flight of the Wake Shield Facility.
Space Shuttle Endeavour
1986
Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Diocese of Cape Town.
Desmond Tutu
1986
Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet survives an assassination attempt by the FPMR; five of Pinochet's bodyguards are killed.
Chile
1984
An explosion on board a Maltese patrol boat disposing of illegal fireworks at sea off Gozo kills seven soldiers and policemen.
C23 tragedy
1979
The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for US$1.5 billion to avoid bankruptcy.
Chrysler
1978
While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Gullino by means of a ricin pellet fired from a specially designed umbrella.
Georgi Markov
1977
The Torrijos–Carter Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The United States agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.
Torrijos–Carter Treaties
1977
The 300-metre-tall CKVR-DT transmission tower in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, is hit by a light aircraft in a fog, causing it to collapse. All aboard the aircraft are killed.
CKVR-DT
1970
Fighting begins between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Jordan.
Black September