What are the important events that happened on September 7? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

September 7: Facts & Myths About This Day

September 7 is the 250^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 115 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 25, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,286,720 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectapentacontagon’ day.

Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 163 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,643 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

September 7 Historical Events

• 1876 –
  In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang attempt to rob the town’s bank but are driven off by armed citizens.
• 1901 –
  The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
• 1906 –
  Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
• 1922 –
  In Aydin, Turkey, independence of Aydin, from Greek occupation.
• 1963 –
  The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.
• 1970 –
  Bill Shoemaker sets record for most lifetime wins as a jockey (passing Johnny Longden).
• 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.
• 1978 –
  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.
• 1986 –
  Gen. Augusto Pinochet, president of Chile, escapes attempted assassination.
• 1999 –
  A 5.9 magnitude earthquake rocks Athens, rupturing a previously unknown fault, killing 143, injuring more than 500, and leaving 50,000 people homeless.

Who were born on September 7?

• 1829 –
  Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, German organic chemist (d. 1896)
• 1836 –
  August Toepler, German physicist (d. 1912)
• 1869 –
  Ben Viljoen, South African Boer general and circus act (d. 1917)
• 1937 –
  John Phillip Law, American actor (d. 2008)
• 1954 –
  Doug Bradley, English actor
• 1963 –
  Brent Liles, American musician (Social Distortion) (d. 2007)
• 1968 –
  Marcel Desailly, French footballer
• 1974 –
  Hiroki Takahashi, Japanese voice actor
• 1979 –
  Pavol Hochschorner, Slovak slalom canoer
• 1987 –
  Aleksandra Wozniak, Canadian tennis player

Who died on September 7?

• 1809 –
  Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, King of Thailand (b. 1737)
• 1891 –
  Lorenzo Sawyer, 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (b. 1820)
• 1921 –
  Alfred William Rich, watercolor painter (b. 1856)
• 1956 –
  C. B. Fry, English cricketer, politician, diplomat, academic, teacher, writer, editor and publisher (b. 1872)
• 1959 –
  Maurice Duplessis, Québec Prime Minister (b. 1890)
• 1978 –
  Charles Williams, British composer (b. 1893)
• 1990 –
  A. J. P. Taylor, English historian, (b. 1906)
• 1994 –
  Dennis Morgan, American actor (b. 1908)
• 2001 –
  Billie Lou Watt, American actress (b. 1924)
• 2002 –
  Katrin Cartlidge, British actress (b. 1961)