07 Sep 1970
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A Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem. |
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07 Sep 0878
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Louis the Stammerer was crowned as King of West Francia by Pope John VIII. |
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07 Sep 1159
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Ottaviano de Montecello elected as anti-Pope
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07 Sep 1159
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Pope Alexander III chosen. |
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07 Sep 1191
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Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf – Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf. |
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07 Sep 1228
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Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II landed in Acre, Palestine and started the Sixth Crusade, which resulted in a peaceful restitution of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. |
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07 Sep 1303
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Guillaume de Nogaret takes Pope Boniface VIII prisoner on behalf of Philip IV of France. |
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07 Sep 1497
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Sailor Perkin Warbeck becomes English King Richard IV
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07 Sep 1525
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Trial against "heretic" John Pistorius ends in the Hague
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07 Sep 1543
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Duke Willem of Gulik surrenders to Emperor Charles V
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07 Sep 1571
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Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, is arrested for his role in the Ridolfi plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots. |
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07 Sep 1596
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Dutch fleet bombs Banten Java
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07 Sep 1599
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Earl van Essex and Irish rebel Tyrone signs treaty
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07 Sep 1631
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Battle of Breitenfield (Thirty Years' War) Swedish troops commanded by Gustavus Adolphus win a decisive victory over Catholic Forces. |
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07 Sep 1652
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Battle of Monte Christo: Dutch fleet under J van Galen beat English
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07 Sep 1652
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Around 15,000 Han farmers and militia rebel against Dutch rule on Taiwan. |
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07 Sep 1695
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Henry Every perpetrates one of the most profitable pirate raids in history with the capture of the Grand Mughal ship Ganj-i-Sawai. In response, Emperor Aurangzeb threatens to end all English trading in India. |
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07 Sep 1701
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Germany, England and Netherlands sign anti-French covenant
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07 Sep 1706
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War of the Spanish Succession: Siege of Turin ends, leading to the withdrawal of French forces from North Italy. |
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07 Sep 1714
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Treaty of Baden: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and France, ends War of Spanish Succession, French retain Alsace, Austria gets bank of Rhine
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07 Sep 1764
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Election of Stanislaw August Poniatowski as the last ruler of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. |
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07 Sep 1776
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According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist). |
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07 Sep 1778
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American Revolutionary War: France invades Dominica in the British West Indies, before Britain is even aware of France's involvement in the war. |
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07 Sep 1800
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Zion AME Church dedicated (NYC)
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07 Sep 1812
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Battle at Borodino: Napoleon-Kutuzov
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07 Sep 1812
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French invasion of Russia : The Battle of Borodino, the bloodiest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, was fought near Moscow and resulted in a French victory. |
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07 Sep 1813
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"Uncle Sam" was 1st used to refer to US (Troy Post of NY)
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07 Sep 1818
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Carl III of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim. |
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07 Sep 1822
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Brazil declares independence from Portugal (National Day)
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07 Sep 1822
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Pedro I, Son of King Joao VI, declares Brazil independence
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07 Sep 1822
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Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal on the shores of the Ipiranga Brook in São Paulo. |
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07 Sep 1857
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Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers slaughter most members of peaceful, emigrant wagon train. |
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07 Sep 1860
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Excursion steamer "Lady Elgin" drowns 340 in Lake Michigan
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07 Sep 1860
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Italian re-unification: Garibaldi enters Naples. |
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07 Sep 1863
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Federal naval expedition arrives off Sabine Pass
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07 Sep 1864
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American Civil War: Atlanta, is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman. |
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07 Sep 1871
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Bay of Biskaje: English warship HMS Captain fired on, 500 killed
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07 Sep 1873
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Emilio Castelar y Ripoll becomes President of the First Spanish Republic. |
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07 Sep 1876
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Bank robbery by James / Younger fails (Cole / Bob / Jim Younger arrested)
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07 Sep 1876
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In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens. |
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07 Sep 1880
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Geo Ligowsky patents device to throw clay pigeons for trapshooters
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07 Sep 1888
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Edith Eleanor McLean is 1st baby place in an incubator
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07 Sep 1891
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Captain Frederick Lugards army reaches Kavalli Equatoria
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07 Sep 1892
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James Corbett KOs John Sullivan in 21 for heavyweight boxing title
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07 Sep 1893
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The Genoa Cricket & Athletic Club, to become one of the oldest Italian football clubs, is established by British expats. |
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07 Sep 1895
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The first game of what would become known as rugby league football is played, in England, starting the 1895–96 Northern Rugby Football Union season. |
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07 Sep 1896
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1st closed-circuit auto race, at Cranston, Rhode Island
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07 Sep 1896
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A H Whiting wins 1st automobile race held on a track in Cranston, Rhode Island
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07 Sep 1897
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George Davis (Giants) HR off Sport McAllister (Spiders) in DH
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07 Sep 1901
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Peace of Peking - Ends Boxer Rebellion in China
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07 Sep 1901
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The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty China officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol. |
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07 Sep 1903
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Federation of American Motorcyclists organized in New York
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07 Sep 1906
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Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully. |
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07 Sep 1907
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Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City. |
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07 Sep 1909
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Eugène Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Juvisy, south of Paris, becoming the first aviator in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft. |
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07 Sep 1911
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French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum. |
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07 Sep 1912
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Eddie Collins steals record 6 bases in 9-7 Athletics win over Detroit
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07 Sep 1914
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New York Post Office Building opens to public
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07 Sep 1915
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35th US Mens Tennis: Wm Johnston beats M E McLoughlin (16 60 75 108)
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07 Sep 1915
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John Gruelle patents his Raggedy Ann doll
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07 Sep 1915
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St. Louis Dave Davenport no-hits Chicago (Federal League), 3-0
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07 Sep 1916
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US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751) |
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07 Sep 1920
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Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they would serve with the Suomen Ilmavoimat, killing both crews. |
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07 Sep 1921
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In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held. |
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07 Sep 1921
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The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland. |
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07 Sep 1922
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In Aydın, Turkey, independence of Aydın, from Greek occupation. |
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07 Sep 1922
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The Bank of Latvia established. |
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07 Sep 1923
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Boston Red Sox Howard Ehmke no-hits Philadelphia Athletics, 4-0
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07 Sep 1923
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Interpol forms in Vienna
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07 Sep 1923
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Mary Katherine Campbell (Ohio), 16, crowned 2nd Miss America 1922-23
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07 Sep 1927
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Philo Farnsworth demonstrates 1st use of TV in San Francisco
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07 Sep 1927
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The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth. |
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07 Sep 1928
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The first Tour de Pologne began. |
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07 Sep 1929
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Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. 136 lives are lost. |
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07 Sep 1932
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Earl Grace, ends NL catcher record streak of 110 cons errorless games
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07 Sep 1932
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The Battle of Boquerón, the first major battle of the Chaco War, commences. |
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07 Sep 1934
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Luxury liner "Morro Castle" burns off NJ, killing 134
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07 Sep 1936
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Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) begins operation
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07 Sep 1936
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The last surviving member of the thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania. |
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07 Sep 1939
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Radio New York Worldwide-WRUL begins radio transmission
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07 Sep 1940
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54th US Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Helen Hull Jacobs (62 63)
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07 Sep 1940
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60th US Mens Tennis: McNeill beats Robert Riggs (46 68 63 63 75)
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07 Sep 1940
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German Air Force blitz London for 1st of 57 consecutive nights
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07 Sep 1940
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Luftwaffe loses 41 bombers above England
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07 Sep 1940
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Treaty of Craiova: Romania loses Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria. |
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07 Sep 1941
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61st US Mens Tennis: R L Riggs beats Francis Kovacs (2d 57 61 63 63)
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07 Sep 1942
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62nd US Mens Tennis: F Schroeder Jr beats F Parker (86 75 36 46 62)
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07 Sep 1942
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German occupiers take silver anniversary coins in battle
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07 Sep 1942
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First flight of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator. |
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07 Sep 1942
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World War II: Australian and US forces inflict a significant defeat upon the Japanese at the Battle of Milne Bay. |
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07 Sep 1943
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987 Dutch Jewish transported to Auschwitz Concentration Camp
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07 Sep 1943
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Fire in decrepit old Gulf Hotel kills 45 (Houston Texas)
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07 Sep 1943
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A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston, kills 55 people. |
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07 Sep 1943
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World War II: The German 17th Army begins its evacuation of the Kuban bridgehead (Taman Peninsula) in southern Russia and moves across the Strait of Kerch to the Crimea. |
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07 Sep 1944
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SS-General Kurt Meyer takes Durnal Belgium
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07 Sep 1944
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Strongest Hurricane of century in the Netherlands (wind force 12)
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07 Sep 1945
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Japanese at Rioekioe-islands surrender
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07 Sep 1945
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Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December of 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines. |
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07 Sep 1947
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Battles between Hindus and Moslems in New Delhi
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07 Sep 1948
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1st use of synthetic rubber in asphaltic concrete, Akron, Ohio
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07 Sep 1950
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Monasteries shut down in Hungary
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07 Sep 1952
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Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Carrollton Golf Tournament
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07 Sep 1952
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General Naguib forms Egyptian government / becomes Premier
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07 Sep 1952
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Whitey Ford becomes 5th pitcher to hurl consecutive 1 hitters
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07 Sep 1953
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67th US Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (62 64)
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07 Sep 1953
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73rd US Mens Tennis: Tony Trabert beats Elias V Seixas Jr (63 62 63)
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07 Sep 1953
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Roy Campanella sets catcher record of 125 (en route to 142) RBIs
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07 Sep 1953
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Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. |
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07 Sep 1953
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Mohammad Daoud Khan becomes Premier of Afghanistan. |
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07 Sep 1953
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Garfield Todd becomes Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia. |
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07 Sep 1954
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Integration begins in Washington DC and Baltimore MD public schools
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07 Sep 1957
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71st US Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats A Louise Brough (63 62)
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07 Sep 1957
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WWL TV channel 4 in New Orleans, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting
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07 Sep 1958
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72nd US Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats Darlene R Hard (36 61 62)
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07 Sep 1958
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78th US Mens Tennis: A J Cooper beats M J Anderson (62 36 46 108 86)
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07 Sep 1960
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Ljudmila Shevcova runs female olympic record 800m (2:04.3)
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07 Sep 1961
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João Goulart becomes President of Brazil. |
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07 Sep 1963
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1st US TV appearance of Beatles (Big Night Out-ABC)
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07 Sep 1963
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American Bandstand moves to California, and airs once a week on Saturday
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07 Sep 1963
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Pro Football Hall of Fame dedicated in Canton Ohio
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07 Sep 1963
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The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members. |
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07 Sep 1964
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Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Valhalla Golf Open
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07 Sep 1965
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China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border. |
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07 Sep 1965
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Vietnam War: In a follow-up to August's Operation Starlight, United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate Operation Piranha on the Batangan Peninsula. |
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07 Sep 1966
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KTNE TV channel 13 in Alliance, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
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07 Sep 1969
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83rd US Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith Court beats Nancy Richey (62 62)
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07 Sep 1969
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Rod Laver completes his 2nd grand slam winning US Tennis Open
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07 Sep 1969
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US amateur Womens Tennis: Margaret Court beat Virginia Wade (46 63 60)
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07 Sep 1970
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PLO hijacks 4 planes
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07 Sep 1970
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White Sox use record 41 players in doubleheader and lose both games
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07 Sep 1970
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Fighting between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Amman, Jordan. |
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07 Sep 1970
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Bill Shoemaker sets record for most lifetime wins as a jockey (passing Johnny Longden). |
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07 Sep 1973
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Jackie Stewart becomes Formula 1 world champion
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07 Sep 1974
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"Irene" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 605 performances
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07 Sep 1974
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Shirley Cothran (Texas), 21, crowned 47th Miss America 1975
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07 Sep 1975
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95th US Mens Tennis: Manuel Orantes beats Jimmy Connors (64 63 63)
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07 Sep 1975
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Carol Mann wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
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07 Sep 1975
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Cincinnati Reds, win earliest NL division title
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07 Sep 1975
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Manuel Orantes upsets #1 seed Jimmy Connors to win US Open
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07 Sep 1977
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Ethiopia drops diplomatic relations with Somalia
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07 Sep 1977
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President Carter and General Herrera sign Panama Canal treaties
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07 Sep 1977
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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. |
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07 Sep 1977
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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. |
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07 Sep 1978
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1st game of Boston Massacre, Yanks beat Red Sox 15-3
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07 Sep 1978
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While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Giullino by means of a ricin pellet fired from a specially-designed umbrella. |
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07 Sep 1979
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5 day MUSE concert against nuclear energy opens at Madison Square Garden, New York
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07 Sep 1979
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The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for US$1.5 billion to avoid bankruptcy. |
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07 Sep 1980
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32nd Emmy Awards shown despite boycott
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07 Sep 1980
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32nd Emmy Awards: Taxi, Lou Grant, Ed Asner and Barbara Bel Geddes
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07 Sep 1980
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Cape Verde adopts its constitution
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07 Sep 1980
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Earnest Gray becomes 2nd New York Giant to score 4 TDs (vs. St. Louis)
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07 Sep 1980
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John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg stage one of the greatest US Open finals as 21 year old McEnroe fends off Borg to win his 2nd straight title
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07 Sep 1980
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Oakland Athletics pitch record 78th complete game of season
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07 Sep 1980
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Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Barth Golf Classic
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07 Sep 1981
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Joanne Carner wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
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07 Sep 1981
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West Tampa Florida defeats Rich Va, 6-4 to win American Legion World Series
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07 Sep 1983
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Drury Gallagher sets fastest swim around Manhattan (6h41m35s)
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07 Sep 1985
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99th US Womens Tennis: Hana Mandlikova beats M Navratilova (76 16 76)
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07 Sep 1985
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Mary Decker Tabb Slaney runs US 3K female record (8:25.83)
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07 Sep 1986
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100th US Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Helena Sukova (63 62)
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07 Sep 1986
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106th US Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Miloslav Mecir (64 62 60)
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07 Sep 1986
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Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship
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07 Sep 1986
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Cleveland Browns becomes 1st team in NFL history to have a play reviewed by instant replay, Chicago 41, Browns 31
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07 Sep 1986
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Desmond Tutu becomes Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town
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07 Sep 1986
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Failed assassination attempt on Chilean Dictator Pinochet, 5 killed
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07 Sep 1986
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Ivan Lendl defeats Miloslav Mecir for US Tennis open title
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07 Sep 1986
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Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa. |
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07 Sep 1986
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General Augusto Pinochet, president of Chile, escapes attempted assassination. |
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07 Sep 1987
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Netherlands routes 2 minesweepers to Persian Gulf
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07 Sep 1987
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Rosie Jones wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
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07 Sep 1988
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Guy Lafleur, Tony Esposito and Brad Park inducted in NHL Hall of Fame
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07 Sep 1988
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New York Daily News reports boxer Mike Tyson is seeing a psychiatrist
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07 Sep 1988
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Security and Exchange Comm accuses Drexel of violating security laws
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07 Sep 1988
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Abdul Ahad Mohmand, the first Afghan in space, returns aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz TM-5 after 9 days on the Mir space station. |
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07 Sep 1990
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"Street Scene" opens at New York State Theater NYC for 6 performances
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07 Sep 1990
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Marjorie Judith Vincent (Ill), 25, crowned 64th Miss America 1991
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07 Sep 1991
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105th US Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Martina Navratilova (76 61)
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07 Sep 1991
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1st South African international competition in 25 years, gymnastics
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07 Sep 1991
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Die Laughing wins Messenger Stakes
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07 Sep 1991
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Harry Hamlin weds Nicollette Sheridan
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07 Sep 1991
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event
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Monica Seles (17) defeats Martina Navratilova (34) to win US Open
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07 Sep 1991
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Ty Detmer of Brigham Young passes NCAA record 11,606 yards
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07 Sep 1992
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Army of Ciskei homeland kills 28 ANC demonstrators
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07 Sep 1992
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Baseball commissioner Faye Vincent resigns
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07 Sep 1992
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event
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Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
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07 Sep 1993
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Brazil votes over importing monarchy
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07 Sep 1993
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Cards Mark Whiten, hits 4 HRs and 12 RBIs in 2nd game of doubleheader
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07 Sep 1994
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event
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Jingyi Le / Ying Shan / Ying Le / Bin Lu swimming 4x100 freestyle (3:37.91)
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07 Sep 1995
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event
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12th MTV Awards
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07 Sep 1995
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Sen Bob Packwoord (R-Ore) resigns rather than face expulsion
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07 Sep 1995
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STS 69 (Endeavour 9), launches into orbit
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07 Sep 1997
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111th US Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beats Venus Williams (60 64)
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07 Sep 1997
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117th US Mens Tennis: Patrick Rafter beats Greg Rusedski (63 62 46 75)
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07 Sep 1997
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Boone Valley Senior Golf Classic
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07 Sep 1997
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Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation
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07 Sep 1997
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Karrie Webb wins Safeway LPGA Golf Championship
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07 Sep 1997
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Steve Jones wins Canadian Golf Open with a 275
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07 Sep 1999
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A 5.9 magnitude earthquake rocks Athens, rupturing a previously unknown fault, killing 143, injuring more than 500, and leaving 50,000 people homeless. |
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07 Sep 2004
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Hurricane Ivan, a Category 5 hurricane hits Grenada, killing 39 and damaging 90% of its buildings. |
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07 Sep 2005
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Egypt holds its first-ever multi-party presidential election. |
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07 Sep 2008
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The US Government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. |
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07 Sep 2010
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A Chinese fishing trawler collided with two Japanese Coast Guard patrol boats in disputed waters near the Senkaku Islands. The collisions occurred around 10am, after the Japanese Coast Guard ordered the trawler to leave the area. After the collisions, Japanese sailors boarded the Chinese vessel and arrested the captain, Zhan Qixiong. |
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07 Sep 2011
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A plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team. |
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07 Sep 2012
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A series of earthquakes in Yunnan, China, kills 89 people and injures 800 others. |
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07 Sep 2012
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Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with Iran by closing its embassy in Tehran and ordered the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Ottawa, over support for Syria, nuclear plans and alleged rights abuses. |
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