On This Day: 7 September

7 September in Indian history

• 1965During an Indo-Pakistani War, China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border.India

7 September in world history

• 2021The National Unity Government of Myanmar declares a people's defensive war against the military junta during the Myanmar civil war.
• 2010A Chinese fishing trawler operating in disputed waters collided with Japan Coast Guard patrol boats near the Senkaku Islands, sparking a major diplomatic dispute between the two countries.
• 2008The United States government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
• 2004Hurricane Ivan made landfall on Grenada, devastating at least 85 per cent of buildings on the island.
• 1999Three weeks after an earthquake struck northwestern Turkey, a second earthquake struck Athens, causing Greece and Turkey to initiate "earthquake diplomacy".
• 1986Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet survives an assassination attempt by the FPMR; five of Pinochet's bodyguards are killed.
• 1965Vietnam War: In a follow-up to August's Operation Starlite, United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate Operation Piranha on the Batangan Peninsula.
• 1940Second World War: The Luftwaffe changed their strategy in the Battle of Britain and began bombing London and other cities and towns.
• 1936The last thylacine died in captivity in Hobart Zoo, Australia.
• 1906Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France successfully for the first time.
• 1901With Beijing occupied by foreign troops from the Eight-Nation Alliance, Qing China was forced to sign the Boxer Protocol, an unequal treaty that ended the Boxer Rebellion.
• 1864American Civil War: Atlanta is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.
• 1863American Civil War: Union troops under Quincy A. Gillmore capture Fort Wagner in Morris Island after a seven-week siege.
• 1778American Revolutionary War: France invades Dominica in the British West Indies, before Britain is even aware of France's involvement in the war.
• 1776According 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).
• 1652Chinese peasants on Formosa (now Taiwan) began a rebellion against Dutch rule which was suppressed four days later.
• 1191Third Crusade: Crusaders under Richard I of England defeated Ayyubid troops under Saladin at the Battle of Arsuf (depicted) in present-day Israel.

Born on 7 September

• 1985Radhika Apte, Indian actressIndia
• 1953Marc Hunter, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter (died 1998)
• 1951Mammootty, Indian actor and producerIndia
• 1940Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesian journalist and politician, 4th President of Indonesia (died 2009)
• 1925Bhanumathi Ramakrishna, Indian actress, singer, director, and producer (died 2005)India
• 1819Thomas A. Hendricks, American lawyer and politician, 21st Vice President of the United States (died 1885)

Died on 7 September

• 2013Romesh Bhandari, Pakistani-Indian politician and diplomat, 13th Foreign Secretary of India (born 1928)India
• 2013Frank Blevins, English-Australian politician, 7th Deputy Premier of South Australia (born 1939)
• 1972Dimitris Poulianos, Greek painter and illustrator (born 1899)
• 1893Hamilton Fish, American lawyer and politician, 26th United States Secretary of State (born 1808)

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 7 September in history?

2021: The National Unity Government of Myanmar declares a people's defensive war against the military junta during the Myanmar civil war. 2010: A Chinese fishing trawler operating in disputed waters collided with Japan Coast Guard patrol boats near the Senkaku Islands, sparking a major diplomatic dispute between the two countries. 2008: The United States government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. 2004: Hurricane Ivan made landfall on Grenada, devastating at least 85 per cent of buildings on the island.

What happened on 7 September in Indian history?

1965: During an Indo-Pakistani War, China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border.

Which famous people were born on 7 September?

Radhika Apte, Indian actress (1985); Marc Hunter, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter (died 1998) (1953); Mammootty, Indian actor and producer (1951); Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesian journalist and politician, 4th President of Indonesia (died 2009) (1940).

Which day is observed on 7 September?

Air Force Day (Pakistan); Constitution Day (Fiji); Independence Day (Brazil), celebrates the independence of Brazil from Portugal in 1822.; Military Intelligence Day (Ukraine); National Threatened Species Day (Australia).