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 251st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 115 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 25, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,761,120 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 ‘dihectapentacontahenagon’ 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 144 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 4,278 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 7 Historical Events
- 1776 –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).
- 1909 –Eugene Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Juvisy, south of Paris, becoming the first ‘pilot’in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft.
- 1921 –In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
- 1927 –The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Taylor Farnsworth.
- 1940 –World War II: The Blitz – Nazi Germany begins to rain bombs on London. This will be the first of 57 consecutive nights of bombing.
- 1942 –Australian and US forces inflict a significant defeat upon the Japanese at the Battle of Milne Bay.
- 1942 –First flight of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator.
- 1970 –Bill Shoemaker sets record for most lifetime wins as a jockey (passing Johnny Longden).
- 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.
- 1979 –The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for USD $1.5 billion to avoid bankruptcy.
Who were born on September 7?
- 1705 –Matthäus Günther, German painter (d. 1788)
- 1926 –Erich Juskowiak, German footballer (d. 1983)
- 1928 –Kathleen Gorham, Australian ballerina (d. 1983)
- 1936 –Buddy Holly, American singer (The Crickets) (d. 1959)
- 1951 –Morris Albert, Brazilian singer
- 1952 –Ricardo Tormo, Spanish motocyclist (d. 1998)
- 1964 –Andy Hug, Swiss martial artist and kickboxer (d. 2000)
- 1965 –Andreas Thom, German footballer
- 1969 –Diane Farr, American actress (Numb3rs)
- 1980 –Mark Prior, American baseball player
Who died on September 7?
- 1809 –Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, King of Thailand (b. 1737)
- 1871 –Kimenzan Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 13th Yokozuna (b. c. 1826)
- 1939 –Kyōka Izumi, Japanese novelist (b. 1873)
- 1978 –Charles Williams, British composer (b. 1893)
- 1999 –Jim Keith, American conspiracy theorist (b. 1949)
- 2001 –Spede Pasanen, Finnish television personality (b. 1930)
- 2008 –Don Haskins, American College Basketball coach (b. 1930)
- 2010 –Amar Garibović, Serbian cross country skier (b. 1991)
- 2010 –Glenn Shadix, American Actor (b. 1952)
- 2011 –Victims of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash: Pavol Demitra, Slovokian ice hockey player (b. 1974)
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