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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F22 Raptors
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German bomber over London
Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
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| 1191 – Third Crusade: Forces under Richard I of England defeated Ayyubid troops under Saladin in Arsuf, present-day Israel. | needs more footnotes |
| 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. | merge request, refimprove section |
| 1979 – The cable television network ESPN made its debut, broadcasting and producing sports-related programming 24 hours a day. | refimprove, outdated |
Eligible
- 1812 – Napoleonic Wars: The French Grande Armée forced the Russians to withdraw at the Battle of Borodino.
- 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.
- 1986 – Desmond Tutu became the first black person to lead the Church of the Province of Southern Africa.
- 1997 – The first test flight of the F-22 Raptor stealth fighter took place.
September 7: Independence Day in Brazil (1822)
- 1893 – British expatriates in Italy founded the Genoa Cricket & Athletic Club, today one of Italy's oldest association football clubs.
- 1927 – American inventor Philo Farnsworth transmitted the first images using his all-electronic television system.
- 1936 – The last thylacine (pictured) died in captivity in Hobart Zoo in Australia.
- 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.
- 2004 – Hurricane Ivan made landfall on Grenada and devastated at least 85% of the island.