Today in History – September 7th

Published September 7, 2012 |

70, A Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem.
1191, Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf, Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf.
1533, Queen Elizabeth I of England (d. 1603) was born.
1652, Around 15,000 Han farmers and militia rebel against Dutch rule on Taiwan.
1812, Battle of Borodino, the bloodiest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, was fought near Moscow and resulted in a French victory.
1818, Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.
1819, Thomas A. Hendricks, 21st Vice President of the United States (d. 1885) was born.
1822, Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal on the shores of the Ipiranga Brook in Sao Paulo.
1860, Grandma Moses, American painter (d. 1961) was born.
1864, American Civil War: Atlanta, Georgia, is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.
1876, In Northfield, MN, Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang attempt to rob town’s bank but are driven off by armed citizens.
1901, The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
1907, Cunard Line’s RMS Lusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City.
1912, David Packard, American electrical engineer and businessman (d. 1996) was born.
1916, US federal employees win the right to Workers’ compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 USC. 751)
1921, In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the 1st Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
1923, Peter Lawford, British-born American actor (d. 1984) was born.
1927, The 1st fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Taylor Farnsworth.
1936, Buddy Holly, American singer (The Crickets) (d. 1959) was born.
1936, The last surviving member of the thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in her cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
1942, 1st flight of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator.
1942, Australian and US forces inflict a significant defeat upon the Japanese at the Battle of Milne Bay.
1943, A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston, Texas, kills 55 people.
1943, J. P. Morgan, Jr., American financier (b. 1867) died.
1943, WWII: German 17th Army begins its evacuation of Kuban River bridgehead in southern Russia.
1944, Earl “The Goat” Manigault, American basketball player (d. 1998) was born.
1945, Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December of 1941, surrender to US Marines.
1953, Nikita Khrushchev is elected 1st secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1963, The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.
1978, Keith Moon, English drummer (The Who) (b. 1946) died.
1979, The Chrysler Corporation asks the US government for USD $1.5 billion to avoid bankruptcy.
1979, The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, better known as ESPN, makes its debut.
1986, Desmond Tutu becomes the 1st black man to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa.
1986, Gen. Augusto Pinochet, president of Chile, escapes attempted assassination.
1996, American Hip-Hop star Tupac Shakur is fatally shot 4 times on the Las Vegas strip after leaving Tyson-Seldon boxing match.
2003, Warren Zevon, American musician (b. 1947) died

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