Summary of the Day ✨ 7 September (07/09)
El Salvador made Bitcoin legal tender while Canada severed ties with Iran, as Myanmar declared war on its military junta. Ukraine and Russia exchanged prisoners including filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, while a powerful earthquake in Mexico killed at least 60 people.
Historical Events 📜
- 2021: Bitcoin becomes legal tender in El Salvador.
- 2021: The National Unity Government of Myanmar declares a people’s defensive war against the military junta during the Myanmar civil war.
- 2019: Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and 66 others are released in a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia.
- 2017: The 8.2 Mw 2017 Chiapas earthquake strikes southern Mexico, killing at least 60 people.
- 2012: Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with Iran by closing its embassy in Tehran and orders the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Ottawa, over nuclear plans and purported human rights abuses.
- 2011: The Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team.
- 2010: A Chinese fishing trawler collides with two Japanese Coast Guard patrol boats in disputed waters near the Senkaku Islands.
- 2008: The United States government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
- 2005: Egypt holds its first-ever multi-party presidential election.
- 1999: The 6.0 Mw Athens earthquake affected the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 143, injuring 800–1,600, and leaving 50,000 homeless.
- 1997: Maiden flight of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.
- 1995: Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-69, the second flight of the Wake Shield Facility.
- 1986: Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Diocese of Cape Town.
- 1986: Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet survives an assassination attempt by the FPMR; five of Pinochet’s bodyguards are killed.
- 1984: An explosion on board a Maltese patrol boat disposing of illegal fireworks at sea off Gozo kills seven soldiers and policemen.
Famous Births 👶
- 2006: Ian Chen, American actor
- 1999: Gracie Abrams, American singer-songwriter
- 1999: Laurie Jussaume, Canadian cyclist
- 1997: Dean-Charles Chapman, English actor
- 1996: Donovan Mitchell, American basketball player
- 1994: Elinor Barker, Welsh track cyclist
- 1994: Herman Ese’ese, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1994: Tom Opacic, Australian rugby league player
- 1994: Kento Yamazaki, Japanese actor
- 1992: Miniminter, English YouTuber
- 1991: Dale Finucane, Australian rugby league player
- 1991: Amar Garibović, Serbian skier (died 2010)
- 1990: Libor Hudáček, Slovak ice hockey player
- 1990: Fedor Klimov, Russian figure skater
- 1989: Jonathan Majors, American actor
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2024: Dan Morgenstern, German-American jazz writer and editor (born 1929)
- 2023: Wanda Janicka, Polish architect, participant in the Warsaw Uprising (born 1923)
- 2018: Pedro Jirón, Nicaraguan footballer (born 1939)
- 2018: Mac Miller, American rapper (born 1992)
- 2015: Dickie Moore, American actor (born 1925)
- 2015: Candida Royalle, American porn actress, director, and producer (born 1950)
- 2015: Guillermo Rubalcaba, Cuban pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1927)
- 2015: Voula Zouboulaki, Greek actress (born 1924)
- 2014: Kwon Ri-se, South Korean singer (born 1991)
- 2014: Jack Cristil, American sportscaster and radio host (born 1925)
- 2014: Raul M. Gonzalez, Filipino lawyer and politician, 42nd Filipino Secretary of Justice (born 1930)
- 2014: Yoshiko Ōtaka, Chinese-Japanese actress, singer, and politician (born 1920)
- 2014: Harold Shipp, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1926)
- 2013: Albert Allen Bartlett, American physicist and academic (born 1923)
- 2013: Romesh Bhandari, Pakistani-Indian politician and diplomat, 13th Foreign Secretary of India (born 1928)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Air Force Day (Pakistan)
- Christian feast day:
Anastasius the Fuller - Christian feast day:
Clodoald - Christian feast day:
Gratus of Aosta - Christian feast day:
Stephen Pongracz - Christian feast day:
Marko Krizin - Christian feast day:
Regina - Christian feast day:
September 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Constitution Day (Fiji)
- Independence Day (Brazil), celebrates the independence of Brazil from Portugal in 1822.
- Military Intelligence Day (Ukraine)
- National Threatened Species Day (Australia)
- Victory Day (Mozambique)