Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 7
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September 7: Labour Day in Canada and Labor Day in the United States (2009); Independence Day in Brazil
- 1191 – Third Crusade: Forces under Richard I of England defeated Ayyubid troops under Saladin in Arsuf, present-day Israel.
- 1812 – Napoleonic Wars: The French Grande Armée forced the Russians to withdraw at the Battle of Borodino.
- 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.
- 1940 – World War II: 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.
- 1979 – The cable television network ESPN made its debut, broadcasting and producing sports-related programming 24 hours a day.
- 1986 – Desmond Tutu (pictured) became the first black person to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa.