This Day in History

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September 7

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Today is Momdigr's birthday!

70 – A Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem.

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).

1857 – Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon (Mormons!)settlers slaughter most members of peaceful, emigrant wagon train.

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.

1896 – The first successful heart surgery was conducted on this day by Ludwig Rehn.

1906 – Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.

1907 – Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.

1909 – Eugène Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Juvisy, south of Paris, becoming the first aviator 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.

1923 – The International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) is formed.

1927 – The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.

1936 – The last thylacine (aka Tasmanian Tiger), a carnivorous marsupial named Benjamin, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.

1940 – World War II: The German Luftwaffe begins the Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive nights.

1963 – The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.

1970 – Bill 'Willie' 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 US$1.5 billion to avoid bankruptcy.

1986 – Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa.

2004 – Hurricane Ivan, a Category 5 hurricane hits Grenada, killing 39 and damaging 90% of its buildings.

2008 – The US Government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Births

1795 – John William Polidori; 1860 – Grandma Moses; ; 1867 – J. P. Morgan Jr.$; 1875 – Edward Francis Hutton ("When E.F. Hutton talks, people listen."); 1908 – Paul Brown, Michael E. DeBakey; 1908 – Max Kaminsky♪ ♫; 1909 – Elia Kazan; 1912 – David Packard (Hewlett-Packard); 1913 – Anthony Quayle; 1914 – James Van Allen (Van Allen Belts); 1923 – Peter Lawford; 1924 – Daniel Inouye; 1925 – Laura Ashley; 1926 – Ronnie Gilbert♪ ♫(The Weavers), Don Messick (voice actor Hanna-Barbera); 1934 – Little Milton♪ ♫; 1936 – Buddy Holly; 1949 – Gloria Gaynor♪ ♫; 1950 – Julie Kavner (Rhoda, voice of 'Marge Simpson'), Momdigr; 1951 – Chrissie Hynde♪ ♫(The Pretenders); 1953 - Benmont Tench(Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers); 1954 – Corbin Bernsen (L.A. Law), Michael Emerson (Person Of Interest, Lost); 1956 – Diane Warren♪ ♫; 1961 – LeRoi Moore♪ ♫(Dave Matthews Band); 1970 – Tom Everett Scott; 1971 – Sugar Shane Mosley; 1973 – Shannon Elizabeth

Deaths

1566 – Suleiman the Magnificent; 1893 – Hamilton Fish; 1973 – Holling C. Holling; 1978 – Keith Moon(The Who); 1991 – Ben Piazza; 1994 – Dennis Morgan; 2002 – Katrin Cartlidge; 2003 – Warren Zevon♪ ♫; 2008 – Don Haskins; 2010 – Glenn Shadix