September 7

70 – The Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders the rest of Jerusalem.

1191 – In the 3rd Crusade, the army of Richard I of England defeats the army of Saladin at Arsuf.

1228 – Beginning the 6th Crusade, the army of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II lands in Acre.

1630 – Boston, Massachusetts is founded.

1776 – Commanding the Turtle, Ezra Lee makes the world’s first submarine attack, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor

1778 – France invades Dominica in the British West Indies, before Britain is even aware of France’s involvement in the Revolutionary War.

1822 – Dom Pedro I declares Brazil’s independence from Portugal

1857 – Mormon settlers slaughter most members of an emigrant wagon train in the ‘Mountain Meadows’ massacre

1863 – Union troops under Quincy A. Gillmore occupy Battery Wagner and Morris Island, South Carolina, previously abandoned by Confederate forces.

1864 – Atlanta is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.

1876 – The James–Younger Gang attempts to rob the bank in Northfield, Minnesota, but are driven off by armed citizens.

1907 – Cunard Line’s RMS Lusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.

1916 – US federal employees win the right to Workers’ compensation under the Federal Employers Liability Act 

1921 – The first Miss America Pageant is held in Atlantic City, New Jersey

1923 – The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) is formed.

1940 – The Luftwaffe begins The Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive nights.

1945 – Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines.

1977 – The Torrijos–Carter Treaties between Panama and the U.S. on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The U.S. agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.

1979 – The Chrysler Corporation asks the U.S government for a $1.5 billion loan to avoid bankruptcy.

1997 – The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor flies for the first time

2002 – Gotthard Glas, better known as Uziel Gal, designer of the UZI and the Ruger MP-9 submachineguns, dies while being treated for cancer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

2008 – Due to the collapse of the Mortgage Backed Security business, caused by fraudulently making  sub-primes mortgages appear to be better risks, the U.S. government takes control of the 2 largest mortgage financing companies in the country, FNMA -Fannie Mae, and FHLMC -Freddie Mac.

2017 – Equifax announce a cyber-crime identity theft event potentially impacting over 145 million U.S. consumers.