Tukuk-OS📅 September 7
18 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on September 7? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2011 — Yak-Service Flight 9633, carrying the players and coaching staff of the ice hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, crashed on take-off near Yaroslavl, Russia, resulting in the deaths of 44 of the 45 people on board.
- 2010 — A Chinese fishing trawler operating in disputed waters collided with Japan Coast Guard patrol boats near the Senkaku Islands, sparking a major diplomatic dispute between the two countries.
Fishing trawlerSenkaku Islands dispute2010 Senkaku boat collision incident
- 2004 — Hurricane Ivan made landfall on Grenada, devastating at least 85 per cent of buildings on the island.
- 1999 — Three weeks after an earthquake struck northwestern Turkey, a second earthquake struck Athens, causing Greece and Turkey to initiate "earthquake diplomacy".
1999 İzmit earthquake1999 Athens earthquakeGreek–Turkish earthquake diplomacy
- 1996 — American rapper Tupac Shakur was fatally shot in Paradise, Nevada, dying six days later.
- 1986 — Desmond Tutu became the first black leader of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa.
- 1984 — An explosion on board a Maltese patrol boat that was disposing of illegal fireworks at sea off Gozo killed seven soldiers and policemen.
- 1940 — Second World War: The Luftwaffe changed their strategy in the Battle of Britain and began bombing London and other cities and towns.
- 1936 — The last thylacine died in captivity in Hobart Zoo, Australia.
- 1916 — World War I: The Supreme War Command was established to oversee the armed forces of all the Central Powers.
- 1901 — With Beijing occupied by foreign troops from the Eight-Nation Alliance, Qing China was forced to sign the Boxer Protocol, an unequal treaty that ended the Boxer Rebellion.
- 1822 — Pedro I declared the independence of Brazil from Portugal, establishing the Empire of Brazil (flag pictured).
- 1822 — Pedro I declared the independence of Brazil from Portugal, establishing the Empire of Brazil (flag pictured).
- 1778 — Anglo-French War: Having established an alliance with the United States, France invaded the Caribbean island of Dominica and captured its British fort.
Anglo-French War (1778–1783)Franco-American allianceInvasion of Dominica (1778)
- 1652 — Chinese peasants on Formosa (now Taiwan) began a rebellion against Dutch rule which was suppressed four days later.
- 1642 — First English Civil War: Royalist and Parliamentarian forces clashed in the Battle of Babylon Hill, after which both sides claimed victory.
- 1191 — Third Crusade: Crusaders under Richard I of England defeated Ayyubid troops under Saladin at the Battle of Arsuf (depicted) in present-day Israel.
- 1159 — Pope Alexander III was chosen to succeed of Adrian IV in a disputed election.
Births
- 2006 — Ian Chen, American actor
- 2004 — Tsugumi Aritomo, Japanese entertainer
- 2000 — Ariarne Titmus, Australian swimmer
- 1999 — Gracie Abrams, American singer-songwriter
- 1999 — Laurie Jussaume, Canadian cyclist
- 1997 — Dean-Charles Chapman, English actor
- 1996 — Donovan Mitchell, American basketball player
- 1994 — Elinor Barker, Welsh track cyclist
- 1994 — Maren Lundby, Norwegian former ski jumper
- 1994 — Aya Jones, French model
- 1994 — Nerea Gantxegi, Spanish footballer
- 1994 — Claire Lejeune, French politician
Deaths
- 2024 — Dan Morgenstern, German-American jazz writer and editor (born 1929)
- 2023 — Wanda Janicka, Polish architect, participant in the Warsaw Uprising (born 1923)
- 2018 — Pedro Jirón, Nicaraguan footballer (born 1939)
- 2018 — Mac Miller, American rapper (born 1992)
- 2015 — Guillermo Rubalcaba, Cuban pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1927)
- 2015 — Voula Zouboulaki, Greek actress (born 1924)
- 2014 — Kwon Ri-se, South Korean singer (born 1991)
- 2014 — Raul M. Gonzalez, Filipino lawyer and politician, 42nd Filipino Secretary of Justice (born 1930)
- 2014 — Yoshiko Ōtaka, Chinese-Japanese actress, singer, and politician (born 1920)
- 2013 — Albert Allen Bartlett, American physicist and academic (born 1923)
- 2013 — Romesh Bhandari, Pakistani-Indian politician and diplomat, 13th Foreign Secretary of India (born 1928)
- 2013 — Frank Blevins, English-Australian politician, 7th Deputy Premier of South Australia (born 1939)
Observances & holidays
- Air Force Day (Pakistan)
- Christian feast day: Anastasius the Fuller
- Christian feast day: Clodoald
- Christian feast day: Blessed Giovanni Battista Mazzucconi
- Christian feast day: Gratus of Aosta
- Christian feast day: Stephen Pongracz
- Christian feast day: Blessed Maria Angela Picco
- Christian feast day: Marko Krizin
- Christian feast day: Regina
- Christian feast day: Blessed Thomas Tsugi
- Christian feast day: September 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Constitution Day (Fiji)
- Independence Day (Brazil), celebrates the independence of Brazil from Portugal in 1822.
- Military Intelligence Day (Ukraine)
- National Threatened Species Day (Australia)
- Victory Day (Mozambique)
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