Events That Happened on September 7

Bitcoin becomes legal tender in El Salvador.

The National Unity Government of Myanmar declares a people's defensive war against the military junta during the Myanmar civil war.

Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and 66 others are released in a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia.

The 8.2 Mw  2017 Chiapas earthquake strikes southern Mexico, killing at least 60 people.

Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with Iran by closing its embassy in Tehran and orders the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Ottawa, over nuclear plans and purported human rights abuses.

The Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team.

A Chinese fishing trawler collides with two Japanese Coast Guard patrol boats in disputed waters near the Senkaku Islands.

The United States government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Egypt holds its first-ever multi-party presidential election.

The 6.0 Mw  Athens earthquake affected the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 143, injuring 800–1,600, and leaving 50,000 homeless.

Maiden flight of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.

Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-69, the second flight of the Wake Shield Facility.

Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Diocese of Cape Town.

Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet survives an assassination attempt by the FPMR; five of Pinochet's bodyguards are killed.

An explosion on board a Maltese patrol boat disposing of illegal fireworks at sea off Gozo kills seven soldiers and policemen.

The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for US$1.5 billion to avoid bankruptcy.

While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Gullino by means of a ricin pellet fired from a specially designed umbrella.

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

The 300-metre-tall CKVR-DT transmission tower in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, is hit by a light aircraft in a fog, causing it to collapse. All aboard the aircraft are killed.

Fighting begins between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Jordan.

Vietnam Television was established.

During an Indo-Pakistani War, China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border.

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

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

Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

World War II: Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines.

The Berlin Victory Parade of 1945 is held.

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

World War II: The German 17th Army begins its evacuation of the Kuban bridgehead (Taman Peninsula) in southern Russia and moves across the Strait of Kerch to the Crimea.

World War II: Japanese marines are forced to withdraw during the Battle of Milne Bay.

Romania returns Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria under the Treaty of Craiova.

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

The last thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.

The Battle of Boquerón, the first major battle of the Chaco War, commences.

Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. One hundred thirty-six lives are lost.

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

The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) is formed.

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

The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland.

Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they were to serve with the Finnish Air Force, killing both crews.

US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)

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

Eugène Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Port-Aviation (often called "Juvisy Airfield") at Viry-Châtillon, south of Paris, becoming the first aviator in the world to lose his life piloting a powered heavier-than-air craft.

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

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

The Ottoman Empire launches a counter-offensive against the Strandzha Commune, which dissolves.

The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.

In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.

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

American Civil War: Union troops under Quincy A. Gillmore capture Fort Wagner in Morris Island after a seven-week siege.

Unification of Italy: Giuseppe Garibaldi enters Naples.

Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers slaughter most members of a peaceful emigrant wagon train.

The Saimaa Canal is inaugurated.

Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal on the shores of the Ipiranga Brook in São Paulo.

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

French invasion of Russia: The Battle of Borodino, the bloodiest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, is fought near Moscow and results in a French victory.

American Revolutionary War: France invades Dominica in the British West Indies, before Britain is even aware of France's involvement in the war.

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).

Election of Stanisław August Poniatowski as the last ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

War of the Spanish Succession: Siege of Turin ends, leading to the withdrawal of French forces from North Italy.

Henry Every perpetrates one of the most profitable pirate raids in history with the capture of the Grand Mughal ship Ganj-i-Sawai. In response, Emperor Aurangzeb threatens to end all English trading in India.

Around 15,000 Han farmers and militia rebel against Dutch rule on Taiwan.

The city of Boston, Massachusetts, is founded in North America.

The town of Kokkola (Swedish: Karleby) is founded by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden.

Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, is arrested for his role in the Ridolfi plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots.

Guillaume de Nogaret takes Pope Boniface VIII prisoner on behalf of Philip IV of France.

Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II lands in Acre, Israel, and starts the Sixth Crusade, which results in a peaceful restoration of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf: Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf.

Cardinal Rolando Bandinelli is elected Pope Alexander III, prompting the election of Cardinal Octaviano Monticelli as Antipope Victor IV the same day.

Louis the Stammerer is crowned as king of West Francia by Pope John VIII.

Ian Chen, American actor

Gracie Abrams, American singer-songwriter

Laurie Jussaume, Canadian cyclist

Dean-Charles Chapman, English actor

Donovan Mitchell, American basketball player

Elinor Barker, Welsh track cyclist

Herman Ese'ese, New Zealand rugby league player

Tom Opacic, Australian rugby league player

Kento Yamazaki, Japanese actor

Dale Finucane, Australian rugby league player

Amar Garibović, Serbian skier (died 2010)

Libor Hudáček, Slovakian ice hockey player

Fedor Klimov, Russian figure skater

Jonathan Majors, American actor

Alex Harvey, Canadian skier

Kevin Love, American basketball player

Tommy Elphick, English footballer

Sammy Moore, English footballer

Danny North, English footballer

Patrick Robinson, American football player

Evan Rachel Wood, American actress and singer

Aleksandra Wozniak, Canadian tennis player

Charlie Daniels, English footballer

Colin Delaney, American wrestler

Radhika Apte, Indian actress

Wade Davis, American baseball player

Alyssa Diaz, American actress

Adam Eckersley, English footballer

Eric Fehr, Canadian ice hockey player

Rafinha, Brazilian footballer

Ben Hollingsworth, Canadian actor

Farveez Maharoof, Sri Lankan cricketer

Miranda, Brazilian footballer

Vera Zvonareva, Russian tennis player

Pelin Karahan, Turkish actress

Philip Deignan, Irish cyclist

Annette Dytrt, German figure skater

Pops Mensah-Bonsu, English-American basketball player

Piri Weepu, New Zealand rugby player

Andre Dirrell, American boxer

George Bailey, Australian cricketer

Emese Szász, Hungarian fencer

Gökhan Zan, Turkish footballer

Vangelis, Mexican wrestler

Emre Belözoğlu, Turkish footballer

Sara Carrigan, Australian cyclist

Gabriel Milito, Argentine footballer

Javad Nekounam, Iranian footballer

J. D. Pardo, American actor

Mark Prior, American baseball player

Nathan Hindmarsh, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster

Paul Mara, American ice hockey player

Owen Pallett, Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player

Brian Stokes, American baseball player

Matt Cooke, Canadian ice hockey player

Erwin Koen, Dutch footballer

Ersin Güreler, Turkish footballer

Devon Sawa, Canadian actor

Mateen Cleaves, American basketball player

Molly Holly, American wrestler and trainer

Jon Macken, English-Irish footballer

Wavell Hinds, Jamaican cricketer

Oliver Hudson, American actor

Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle racer (died 2007)

Harold Wallace, Costa Rican footballer and manager

Mario Frick, Swiss-Liechtensteiner footballer

Antonio McDyess, American basketball player

Shannon Elizabeth, American model and actress

Alex Kurtzman, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Jason Isringhausen, American baseball player and coach

Gene Pritsker, American composer

Shane Mosley, American boxer and trainer

Monique Gabriela Curnen, American actress

Gino Odjick, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2023)

Tom Everett Scott, American actor

Darren Bragg, American baseball player and coach

Angie Everhart, American actress and model

Diane Farr, American actress

Rudy Galindo, American figure skater

Marcel Desailly, Ghanaian-French footballer

Gennadi Krasnitski, Russian figure skater and coach

Leslie Jones, American comedian and actress

Alok Sharma, Indian-English accountant and politician

Vladimir Andreyev, Russian race walker

Lutz Heilmann, German politician

Toby Jones, English actor

Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, German speed skater

Andrew Voss, Australian sportscaster and author

Angela Gheorghiu, Romanian soprano

Darko Pančev, Macedonian footballer

Uta Pippig, German runner

Tomáš Skuhravý, Czech footballer

Andreas Thom, German footballer and manager

Eazy-E, American rapper and producer (died 1995)

W. Earl Brown, American actor

Jennifer Egan, American novelist and short story writer

George South, American wrestler

Hasan Vezir, Turkish footballer and manager

LeRoi Moore, American saxophonist and songwriter (died 2008)

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, French pianist

Brad Houser, American bass player (died 2023)

Ersin Tatar, Turkish Cypriot politician

Jermaine Stewart, American singer-songwriter and dancer (died 1997)

Michael Feinstein, American singer and pianist

Byron Stevenson, Welsh footballer (died 2007)

Diane Warren, American songwriter

Mira Furlan, Croatian-American actress (died 2021)

Corbin Bernsen, American actor

Michael Emerson, American actor

Kerrie Holley, American software architect and academic

Marc Hunter, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter (died 1998)

Benmont Tench, American keyboardist and songwriter

Ricardo Tormo, Spanish motorcycle racer (died 1998)

Chrissie Hynde, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Morris Albert, Brazilian singer-songwriter

Mark Isham, American trumpet player and composer

Mark McCumber, American golfer

Mammootty, Indian actor and producer

David Cannadine, English historian and author

Johann Friedrich, German-Australian engineer (died 1991)

Julie Kavner, American actress

Peggy Noonan, American author, journalist, speechwriter, and pundit

Dianne Hayter, German-English politician

Barry Siegel, American journalist and academic

Susan Blakely, American actress

Sergio Della Pergola, Israeli demographer and statistician

Willie Crawford, American baseball player (died 2004)

Joe Klein, American journalist and author

Suzyn Waldman, American sportscaster

Jacques Lemaire, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Vic Pollard, English-New Zealand rugby player and footballer

Curtis Price, American musicologist and academic

Peter Storey, English footballer

Forrest Blue, American football player (died 2011)

Bertel Haarder, Danish lawyer and politician, Education Minister of Denmark

Peter Larter, English rugby player

Earl Manigault, American basketball player and coach (died 1998)

Bora Milutinović, Serbian footballer and manager

Houshang Moradi Kermani, Iranian author

Gloria Gaynor, American singer-songwriter

Beverley McLachlin, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 17th Chief Justice of Canada

Billy Best, Scottish footballer

Alan Oakes, English footballer and manager

Andrew Stone, Baron Stone of Blackheath, English businessman and politician

Jonathan H. Turner, American sociologist

Dario Argento, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter

Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesian journalist and politician, 4th President of Indonesia (died 2009)

Latimore, American singer-songwriter and pianist

Peter Gill, Welsh actor, director, and playwright

John Phillip Law, American actor (died 2008)

Oleg Lobov, Russian politician, Premier of the Russian SFSR (died 2018)

Brian Hart, English race car driver and engineer, founded Brian Hart Ltd. (died 2014)

Buddy Holly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1959)

Apostolos Kaklamanis, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Justice

Abdou Diouf, Senegalese lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Senegal

Dick O'Neal, American basketball player and dentist (died 2013)

Mary Bauermeister, German painter and illustrator (died 2023)

Waldo de los Ríos, Argentine composer and conductor (died 1977)

Sunil Gangopadhyay, Indian author and poet (died 2012)

Omar Karami, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Lebanon (died 2015)

Little Milton, American singer and guitarist (died 2005)

Hilpas Sulin, Finnish ice hockey player and coach (died 2025)

Malcolm Bradbury, English author and academic (died 2000)

John Paul Getty Jr., American-English philanthropist and book collector (died 2003)

Charles Camilleri, Maltese composer and conductor (died 2009)

Baudouin of Belgium (died 1993)

Sonny Rollins, American saxophonist and composer

S. Sivanayagam, Sri Lankan journalist and author (died 2010)

Yuan Longping, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and an expert in hybrid rice (died 2021)

Clyde Lovellette, American basketball player (died 2016)

Kathleen Gorham, Australian ballerina (died 1983)

Al McGuire, American basketball player, coach, and commentator (died 2001)

Eric Hill, English-American author and illustrator (died 2014)

Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, Canadian lawyer and jurist

Samuel Goldwyn Jr., American director and producer (died 2015)

Donald J. Irwin, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Mayor of Norwalk (died 2013)

Patrick Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for the Environment (died 2016)

Erich Juskowiak, German footballer (died 1983)

Don Messick, American voice actor (died 1997)

Ed Warren, American paranormal investigator and author (died 2006)

Laura Ashley, Welsh-English fashion designer, founded Laura Ashley plc (died 1985)

Allan Blakeney, Canadian lawyer and politician, 10th Premier of Saskatchewan (died 2011)

Bhanumathi Ramakrishna, Indian actress, singer, director, and producer (died 2005)

Daniel Inouye, American captain and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2012)

Leonard Rosenman, American composer and conductor (died 2008)

Nancy Keesing, Australian author and poet (died 1993)

Peter Lawford, English-American actor (died 1984)

Louise Suggs, American golfer, co-founded LPGA (died 2015)

Lucien Jarraud, French-Canadian journalist and radio host (died 2007)

Peter A. Peyser, American soldier and politician (died 2014)

Harri Webb, Welsh journalist and poet (died 1994)

Briek Schotte, Belgian cyclist and coach (died 2004)

Harold Amos, American microbiologist and academic (died 2003)

Leonard Cheshire, English captain, pilot, and humanitarian (died 1992)

John Cornforth, Australian-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)

Jacob Lawrence, American painter and educator (died 2000)

Pedro Reginaldo Lira, Argentine bishop (died 2012)

Kiyosi Itô, Japanese mathematician and academic (died 2008)

Lída Baarová, Czech-Austrian actress (died 2000)

Graeme Bell, Australian pianist and composer (died 2012)

James Van Allen, American physicist and philosopher (died 2006)

Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield, English soldier and courtier (died 1999)

Anthony Quayle, English actor (died 1989)

David Packard, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (died 1996)

Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian police officer and politician, Head of State of Bulgaria (died 1998)

Elia Kazan, Greek-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2003)

Paul Brown, American football player and coach (died 1991)

Michael E. DeBakey, American surgeon and educator (died 2008)

Max Kaminsky, American trumpet player and bandleader (died 1994)

Ahmed Adnan Saygun, Turkish composer and musicologist (died 1991)

C. B. Colby, American author (died 1977)

Margaret Landon, American missionary and author (died 1993)

Dorothy Marie Donnelly, American poet and author (died 1994)

Taylor Caldwell, English-American author (died 1985)

Giuseppe Zangara, Italian-American assassin of Anton Cermak (died 1933)

Al Sherman, Tin Pan Alley era songwriter (died 1973)

Jacques Vaché, French author and poet (died 1919)

Vic Richardson, Australian cricketer, footballer, and sportscaster (died 1969)

George Waggner, American actor, director, and producer (died 1984)

Leslie Hore-Belisha, English politician, Secretary of State for War (died 1957)

Eric Harrison, Australian soldier and politician, 27th Australian Minister for Defence (died 1974)

Oscar O'Brien, Canadian priest, pianist, and composer (died 1958)

Edith Sitwell, English poet and critic (died 1964)

Elinor Wylie, American author and poet (died 1928)

Theophrastos Sakellaridis, Greek composer and conductor (died 1950)

Francesco Buhagiar, Maltese politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malta (died 1934)

C. J. Dennis, Australian poet and author (died 1938)

Edward Francis Hutton, American businessman and financier, co-founded E. F. Hutton & Co. (died 1962)

Samuel Rocke, Australian politician who served as an independent member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia (died 1963)

George Hirst, English cricketer and coach (died 1954)

Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian pilot, explorer, and author (died 1938)

Ben Viljoen, South African general (died 1917)

Albert Bassermann, German-Swiss actor (died 1952)

J. P. Morgan Jr., American banker and philanthropist (died 1943)

Tristan Bernard, French author and playwright (died 1947)

Edgar Speyer, American-English financier and philanthropist (died 1932)

Grandma Moses, American painter (died 1961)

William Friese-Greene, English photographer, director, and cinematographer (died 1921)

Edward Asahel Birge, American zoologist and academic (died 1950)

Johannes Zukertort, Polish-English chess player, linguist, and journalist (died 1888)

Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Scottish merchant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1908)

August Toepler, German physicist and academic (died 1912)

Alexandre Falguière, French sculptor and painter (died 1900)

August Kekulé, German chemist and academic (died 1896)

Thomas A. Hendricks, American lawyer and politician, 21st Vice President of the United States (died 1885)

Thomas Talbot, American businessman and politician, 31st Governor of Massachusetts (died 1886)

John McDouall Stuart, Scottish explorer and surveyor (died 1866)

Emil Korytko, Polish activist and translator (died 1839)

Hermann Heinrich Gossen, Prussian economist and academic (died 1858)

Henry Sewell, English lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1879)

William Knibb, English Baptist minister and Jamaican missionary (died 1845)

Sarel Cilliers, South African preacher and activist (died 1871)

John William Polidori, English physician and author (died 1821)

Giuseppe Gioachino Belli, Italian poet and author (died 1863)

Heinrich Stölzel, German horn player and composer (died 1844)

Johan Tobias Sergel, Swedish sculptor and illustrator (died 1814)

François-André Danican Philidor, French chess player and composer (died 1795)

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (died 1788)

Matthäus Günther, German painter (died 1788)

Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Danish Minister of State (died 1763)

Maria Anna of Austria (died 1754)

Juan Manuel María de la Aurora, 8th duke of Escalona (died 1725)

Tokugawa Ietsuna, Japanese shōgun (died 1680)

Paul I, Prince Esterházy, Hungarian prince (died 1713)

Sir John Perceval, 1st Baronet, Irish nobleman (died 1665)

Elizabeth I of England (died 1603)

Thomas Erastus, Swiss physician and theologian (died 1583)

Sebastian Newdigate, Carthusian monk and martyr (died 1535)

Henry, Count of Württemberg-Montbéliard (1473–1482) (died 1519)

Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse (died 1471)

Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician (died 1427)

Suzaku, emperor of Japan (died 952)

Dan Morgenstern, German-American jazz writer and editor (born 1929)

Wanda Janicka, Polish architect, participant in the Warsaw Uprising (born 1923)

Pedro Jirón, Nicaraguan footballer (born 1939)

Mac Miller, American rapper (born 1992)

Dickie Moore, American actor (born 1925)

Candida Royalle, American porn actress, director, and producer (born 1950)

Guillermo Rubalcaba, Cuban pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1927)

Voula Zouboulaki, Greek actress (born 1924)

Kwon Ri-se, South Korean singer (born 1991)

Jack Cristil, American sportscaster and radio host (born 1925)

Raul M. Gonzalez, Filipino lawyer and politician, 42nd Filipino Secretary of Justice (born 1930)

Yoshiko Ōtaka, Chinese-Japanese actress, singer, and politician (born 1920)

Harold Shipp, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1926)

Albert Allen Bartlett, American physicist and academic (born 1923)

Romesh Bhandari, Pakistani-Indian politician and diplomat, 13th Foreign Secretary of India (born 1928)

Frank Blevins, English-Australian politician, 7th Deputy Premier of South Australia (born 1939)

Pete Hoffman, American cartoonist (born 1919)

Ilja Hurník, Czech playwright and composer (born 1922)

Fred Katz, American cellist and composer (born 1919)

César Fernández Ardavín, Spanish director and screenwriter (born 1923)

Aleksandr Maksimenkov, Russian footballer and manager (born 1952)

Daniel Weinreb, American computer scientist and programmer (born 1959)

Victims of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash:

Victims of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash:

Victims of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash:

Victims of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash:

Victims of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash:

Victims of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash:

Victims of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash:

Victims of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash:

Victims of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash:

Victims of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash:

Amar Garibović, Serbian skier (born 1991)

William H. Goetzmann, American historian and author (born 1930)

Barbara Holland, American author (born 1933)

John Kluge, German-American businessman (born 1914)

Glenn Shadix, American actor (born 1952)

Kune Biezeveld, Dutch minister and theologian (born 1948)

Ilarion Ciobanu, Romanian rugby player and actor (born 1931)

Don Haskins, American basketball player and coach (born 1930)

Gregory Mcdonald, American author (born 1937)

Nagi Noda, Japanese director and producer (born 1973)

Bob Boyd, American baseball player (born 1925)

Warren Zevon, American singer-songwriter (born 1947)

Uziel Gal, German-Israeli colonel and gun designer, designed the Uzi (born 1923)

Igor Buketoff, American conductor and educator (born 1915)

Spede Pasanen, Finnish film director and producer, comedian, and inventor (born 1930)

Billie Lou Watt, American actress and voice artist (born 1924)

Bruce Gyngell, Australian-English broadcaster (born 1929)

Mobutu Sese Seko, Congolese soldier and politician, President of Zaire (born 1930)

Bibi Besch, Austrian-American actress (born 1942)

Russell Johnson, American cartoonist (born 1893)

Eric Crozier, English director and playwright (born 1914)

Dennis Morgan, American actor (born 1908)

Terence Young, Chinese-English director and screenwriter (born 1915)

Edwin McMillan, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1907)

Earle E. Partridge, American general and pilot (born 1900)

A. J. P. Taylor, English historian and journalist (born 1906)

Mikhail Goldstein, Ukrainian violinist and composer (born 1917)

Sedad Hakkı Eldem, Turkish architect (born 1908)

Les Bury, English-Australian public servant and politician, 26th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (born 1913)

Jacoba van Velde, Dutch author (born 1903)

José Zabala-Santos, Filipino cartoonist (born 1911)

Joe Cronin, American baseball player and manager (born 1906)

Josyf Slipyj, Ukrainian cardinal (born 1892)

Don Tallon, Australian cricketer (born 1916)

Tamurbek Dawletschin, Tatar author and prisoner of war (born 1904)

Ken Boyer, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1931)

Christy Brown, Irish author, poet, and painter (born 1932)

I. A. Richards, English literary critic and rhetorician (born 1893)

Cecil Aronowitz, South African-English viola player (born 1916)

Keith Moon, English drummer (The Who) (born 1946)

Charles Williams, English composer and conductor (born 1893)

S. M. Rasamanickam, Ceylon politician (born 1913)

Holling C. Holling, American author and illustrator (born 1900)

Lev Vladimirsky, Kazakhstani-Russian admiral (born 1903)

Dimitris Poulianos, Greek painter and illustrator (born 1899)

Spring Byington, American actress (born 1886)

Ludwig Suthaus, German tenor (born 1906)

Yitzhak Gruenbaum, Polish-Israeli journalist and politician, 1st Internal Affairs Minister of Israel (born 1879)

Everett Dirksen, American lieutenant and politician (born 1896)

Walter A. Brown, American businessman (born 1905)

Karen Blixen, Danish memoirist and short story writer (born 1885)

Graham Walker, English motorcycle racer and journalist (born 1897)

Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Dutch lawyer, jurist, and politician, 34th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1885)

Wilhelm Pieck, German carpenter and politician, President of East Germany (born 1873)

Maurice Duplessis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Premier of Quebec (born 1890)

C. B. Fry, English cricketer, academic, and politician (born 1872)

Bud Fisher, American cartoonist (born 1885)

Maria Montez, Dominican-French actress (born 1912)

John French Sloan, American painter and etcher (born 1871)

José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter and illustrator (born 1883)

Mary Karadja, Swedish writer, spiritualist and princess (born 1868)

Cecilia Beaux, American painter and academic (born 1855)

Mario García Menocal, Cuban lawyer and politician, President of Cuba (born 1866)

José Félix Estigarribia, Paraguayan soldier and politician, President of Paraguay (born 1888)

Kyōka Izumi, Japanese author, poet, and playwright (born 1873)

Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, English ornithologist and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (born 1862)

Frederic Weatherly, English lawyer, author, and songwriter (born 1848)

Alfred William Rich, English author and painter (born 1856)

Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Quebec (born 1855)

William Holman Hunt, English painter and soldier (born 1827)

Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Romanian philologist, journalist, and playwright (born 1838)

Hamilton Fish, American lawyer and politician, 26th United States Secretary of State (born 1808)

John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet and activist (born 1807)

Lorenzo Sawyer, American lawyer and judge (born 1820)

Sidney Lanier, American poet and academic (born 1842)

Kimenzan Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 13th Yokozuna (born 1826)

Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha, Ottoman politician, 217th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1815)

Jacques MacDonald, French general (born 1765)

Hannah More, English poet, playwright, and philanthropist (born 1745)

Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, Thai king (born 1737)

Louis-Guillaume Le Monnier, French botanist and physicist (born 1717)

Peter Frederik Suhm, Danish-Norwegian historian and author (born 1728)

Blas de Lezo, Spanish admiral (born 1689)

William Burnet, Dutch-American civil servant and politician, 21st Governor of the province of New York (born 1688)

William Carpenter, English-American settler, co-founded Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (born 1605)

Arvid Wittenberg, Swedish field marshal (born 1606)

François Tristan l'Hermite, French author and playwright (born 1601)

Guido Bentivoglio, Italian cardinal and historian (born 1579)

Edward Villiers, English noble and politician (born c. 1585)

Denis Godefroy, French lawyer and jurist (born 1549)

Melchior Grodziecki, Polish priest and saint (born 1582)

Marko Krizin, Croatian priest, missionary, and saint (born 1589)

John Shakespeare, father of William Shakespeare (born 1529)

Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal (born 1535)

Nikola Šubić Zrinski, Croatian general (born 1506)

Robert Estienne, English-French printer and scholar (born 1503)

Ferdinand II of Naples (born 1469)

Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (born 1412)

Joan of the Tower (born 1321)

Andrea Dandolo, doge of Venice (born 1306)

Ferdinand IV of Castile (born 1285)

Gregory Bicskei, archbishop of Esztergom

Viola, Duchess of Opole

William of the White Hands, French cardinal (born 1135)

Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (born 1113)

Alfonso the Battler, Spanish emperor (born 1073)

Meng Zhixiang, Chinese general (born 874)

Emperor Xuānzong of Tang, Chinese emperor (born 810)

Claudius Silvanus, Roman general

Sima Yi, Chinese general and politician (born 179)

Air Force Day (Pakistan)

Christian feast day: Anastasius the Fuller

Christian feast day: Clodoald

Christian feast day: Gratus of Aosta

Christian feast day: Stephen Pongracz

Christian feast day: Marko Krizin

Christian feast day: Regina

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)