About September 7

September 7, 2025 is the 250th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 115 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

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Virgo is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 163 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On September 7

  • 1695
    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 to all English trading in India.
  • 1901
    The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
  • 1906
    Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
  • 1911
    French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
  • 1921
    Legion of Mary is founded in Dublin, Ireland.
  • 1922
    In Aydin, Turkey, independence of Aydin, from Greek occupation.
  • 1927
    The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Taylor Farnsworth.
  • 1929
    Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. 136 lives are lost.
  • 1942
    Australian and US forces inflict a significant defeat upon the Japanese at the Battle of Milne Bay.
  • 1942
    First flight of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator.
  • 1942
    Holocaust: 8,700 Jews of Kolomyia (western Ukraine) sent by German Gestapo to death camp in Belzec.
  • 1943
    A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston, Texas, kills 55 people.
  • 1963
    The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.
  • 1970
    Bill Shoemaker sets record for most lifetime wins as a jockey (passing Johnny Longden).
  • 1977
    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.
  • 1979
    The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for USD $1.5 billion to avoid bankruptcy.
  • 1986
    Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa.
  • 1986
    Gen. Augusto Pinochet, president of Chile, escapes attempted assassination.
  • 1999
    A 5.9 magnitude earthquake rocks Athens, rupturing a previously unknown fault, killing 143, injuring more than 500, and leaving 50,000 people homeless.
  • 2008
    The US Government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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