September 07

Wednesday 07, 2005:

Apple Computer announced iTunes 5.

Tuesday 07, 2004:

The Serbian government backs a decision by Minister of Education and Sport Ljiljana ?oli? to require the teaching of both creationism and evolution in schools.

Tuesday 07, 1999:

A major earthquake close to Athens, Greece, results to the collapse of few buildings in the area. About 150 people are killed.

Monday 07, 1998:

Google Inc. is founded.

Sunday 07, 1997:

The first test flight of the F/A-22 Raptor takes place.

Saturday 07, 1996:

In Las Vegas, Nevada, actor and recording artist Tupac Shakur is shot several times after attending a boxing match, he dies six days later.

Wednesday 07, 1988:

Abdul Ahad Mohmand, the first Afghan in space, returns aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz TM-5 after 9 days on the Mir space station

Sunday 07, 1986:

1986 - Gen. Augusto Pinochet, president of Chile, escapes attempted assassination.

Friday 07, 1979:

The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for USD $1 billion to avoid bankruptcy.

Wednesday 07, 1977:

The Torrijos-Carter Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The US agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.

Tuesday 07, 1971:

The last new episode of The Beverly Hillbillies is aired (the first episode debuted on September 26, 1962).

Monday 07, 1970:

Fighting between Arabic guerillas and government forces in Amman, Jordan.

Wednesday 07, 1966:

The final new episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show airs (the first episode aired on October 3, 1961).

Tuesday 07, 1965:

Vietnam War: In a follow-up to August's Operation Starlight, United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate Operation Pirahna on the Batangan Peninsula.

Saturday 07, 1963:

The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.

Monday 07, 1953:

Nikita Khrushchev becomes head of the Soviet Central Committee.

Thursday 07, 1950:

The gameshow Truth or Consequences debuts on television.

Tuesday 07, 1943:

A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston, Texas, kills 55 people.

Saturday 07, 1940:

Treaty of Craiova: Romania loses Southern Dobrudja to Bulgaria.

Wednesday 07, 1927:

The University of Minas Gerais is founded in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, by Governor Antônio Carlos.

Wednesday 07, 1921:

In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.

Tuesday 07, 1915:

1915 - Former cartoonist John B. Gruelle is given a patent for his Raggedy Ann doll.

Thursday 07, 1911:

French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.

Saturday 07, 1901:

The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ends with the signing of the Peking Protocol.

Thursday 07, 1876:

In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are surrounded by an angry mob and are nearly killed.

Wednesday 07, 1864:

American Civil War: Atlanta, Georgia, is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.

Friday 07, 1860:

Steamship Lady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 400 lives.

Saturday 07, 1822:

Brazil declares its independence from Portugal.

Friday 07, 1821:

The Republic of Gran Colombia (a federation covering much of presentday Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador) was established, with Simón Bolívar as the founding President and Francisco de Paula Santander as vice president.

Monday 07, 1818:

Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.

Monday 07, 1812:

Napoleon defeats the Russian army of Alexander I near the village of Borodino.

Saturday 07, 1776:

World's first submarine attack. The 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.

Thursday 07, 1539:

Guru Angad Dev ji becomes the second Guru of the Sikhs

Saturday 07, 1191:

Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf.

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