Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 7
This is a list of selected September 7 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.
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"Benjamin", the last thylacine
Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| 1927 – American inventor Philo Farnsworth transmitted the first images using his all-electronic television system. | refimprove section, unreferenced section |
| 1977 – Panamanian de facto leader Omar Torrijos and U.S. President Jimmy Carter signed the Torrijos–Carter Treaties, agreeing that the United States would transfer control of the Panama Canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century. | needs more footnotes |
| 1979 – The cable television network ESPN made its debut, broadcasting and producing sports-related programming 24 hours a day. | refimprove section |
Eligible
- 1571 – Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, was arrested for his involvement in a plot to overthrow Queen Elizabeth I and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots.
- 1652 – Chinese peasants on Formosa (Taiwan) began a rebellion against Dutch rule before being suppressed four days later.
- 1776 – American Revolutionary War: Sergeant Ezra Lee made the first documented attack using a submersible when he piloted the Turtle to attempt to attach explosive charges on the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor.
- 1812 – Napoleonic Wars: The French Grande Armée forced the Russians to withdraw at the Battle of Borodino.
- 1893 – British expatriates in Italy founded the Genoa Cricket & Athletic Club, today one of Italy's oldest association football clubs.
- 1936 – The last thylacine died in captivity in Hobart Zoo in Australia.
- 1940 – Second World War: The German Luftwaffe changed their strategy in the Battle of Britain and began bombing London and other British cities and towns for over 50 consecutive nights.
- 1986 – Desmond Tutu became the first black person to lead the Church of the Province of Southern Africa.
- 2004 – Hurricane Ivan made landfall on Grenada and devastated at least 85% of the island.
- 2010 – A Chinese fishing trawler, operating in disputed waters, collided with Japanese Coast Guard patrol boats near the Senkaku Islands, sparking a major diplomatic dispute between the two countries.
September 7: Independence Day in Brazil (1822)
- 1191 – Third Crusade: Forces under Richard I of England defeated Ayyubid troops under Saladin in Arsuf, present-day Israel.
- 1778 – American Revolutionary War: France invaded (pictured) the island of Dominica and captured the British fort there before the latter even knew that France had entered the war as an ally of the United States.
- 1901 – With Peking occupied by foreign troops from the Eight-Nation Alliance, Qing China was forced to sign the Boxer Protocol, an unequal treaty ending the Boxer Rebellion.
- 1999 – Three weeks after an earthquake struck northwestern Turkey, a major earthquake struck Athens, causing Greece and Turkey to initiate "earthquake diplomacy".
- 2011 – Yak-Service Flight 9633, carrying the players and coaching staff of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl professional ice hockey team, crashed near the Russian city of Yaroslavl, killing all aboard but one.