September 7
Today is
National Beer Lovers Day! So,

!!!
Today is Momdigr's birthday!
70 A Roman army under
Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem.
1776 According 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).
1857
Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon (
Mormons!)settlers slaughter most members of peaceful, emigrant wagon train.
1876 In Northfield, Minnesota,
Jesse James and the
JamesYounger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.
1896 The first successful
heart surgery was conducted on this day by
Ludwig Rehn.
1906
Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his
14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
1907 Cunard Line's
RMS Lusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
1909
Eugθne Lefebvre crashes a new French-built
Wright biplane during a test flight at Juvisy, south of Paris, becoming the first aviator in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft.
1921 In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first
Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
1923 The
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) is formed.
1927 The first fully electronic television system is achieved by
Philo Farnsworth.
1936 The last
thylacine (aka Tasmanian Tiger), a carnivorous marsupial named
Benjamin, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
1940 World War II: The German
Luftwaffe begins
the Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive nights.
1963 The
Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.
1970
Bill 'Willie' Shoemaker sets record for most lifetime wins as a jockey (passing Johnny Longden).
1978 While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident
Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Giullino by means of a
ricin pellet fired from a specially-designed umbrella.
1979 The
Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for US$1.5 billion to avoid bankruptcy.
1986
Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa.
2004
Hurricane Ivan, a Category 5 hurricane hits Grenada, killing 39 and damaging 90% of its buildings.
2008 The US Government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US,
Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac.
Births
1795 John William Polidori; 1860 Grandma Moses;

; 1867 J. P. Morgan Jr.$; 1875 Edward Francis Hutton ("When E.F. Hutton talks, people listen."); 1908 Paul Brown, Michael E. DeBakey; 1908 Max Kaminsky♪ ♫; 1909 Elia Kazan; 1912 David Packard (Hewlett-Packard); 1913 Anthony Quayle; 1914 James Van Allen (Van Allen Belts); 1923 Peter Lawford; 1924 Daniel Inouye; 1925 Laura Ashley; 1926 Ronnie Gilbert♪ ♫(The Weavers), Don Messick (voice actor Hanna-Barbera); 1934 Little Milton♪ ♫; 1936 Buddy Holly

; 1949 Gloria Gaynor♪ ♫; 1950 Julie Kavner (
Rhoda, voice of 'Marge Simpson'), Momdigr; 1951 Chrissie Hynde♪ ♫(The Pretenders); 1953 - Benmont Tench

(Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers); 1954 Corbin Bernsen (
L.A. Law), Michael Emerson (
Person Of Interest,
Lost); 1956
Diane Warren♪ ♫; 1961 LeRoi Moore♪ ♫(Dave Matthews Band); 1970 Tom Everett Scott; 1971 Sugar Shane Mosley

; 1973 Shannon Elizabeth
Deaths
1566 Suleiman the Magnificent; 1893 Hamilton Fish; 1973 Holling C. Holling; 1978 Keith Moon

(The Who); 1991 Ben Piazza; 1994 Dennis Morgan; 2002 Katrin Cartlidge; 2003 Warren Zevon♪ ♫

; 2008 Don Haskins; 2010
Glenn Shadix