Editing September 7 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; The [[Boxer Rebellion]] in [[Qing dynasty]] (modern-day [[China]]) officially ends with the signing of the [[Boxer Protocol]].
*[[1903]] &ndash; The [[Ottoman Empire]] launches a counter-offensive against the [[Strandzha Commune]], which dissolves.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Khadzhiev |first1=Georgi |translator1-last=Firth |translator1-first=Will |chapter=The Transfiguration Uprising and the 'Strandzha Commune': The First Libertarian Commune in Bulgaria |title=Националното освобождение и безвластният федерализъм |trans-title=National Liberation and Libertarian Federalism |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DDFOAQAAIAAJ |language=bg |pages=99–148 |date=1992 |publisher=Artizdat-5 |location=Sofia |chapter-url=http://www.savanne.ch/tusovka/en/will-firth/bulgaria.html#strandzha |oclc=27030696 }}</ref>
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Alberto Santos-Dumont]] flies his [[14-bis]] aircraft at [[Château de Bagatelle|Bagatelle]], France successfully for the first time.
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Cunard Line]]'s {{RMS|Lusitania}} sets sail on her maiden voyage from [[Liverpool]], England, to New York City.
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Eugène Lefebvre]] crashes a new French-built [[Wright Model A|Wright]] biplane during a test flight at [[Juvisy]], south of Paris, becoming the first aviator in the world to lose his life piloting a powered heavier-than-air craft.
*[[1911]] &ndash; French poet [[Guillaume Apollinaire]] is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the ''[[Mona Lisa]]'' from the [[Louvre]] museum.
*[[1916]] &ndash; US federal employees win the right to [[Workers' compensation]] by [[Federal Employers Liability Act]] (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
*[[1920]] &ndash; Two newly purchased [[Savoia-Marchetti|Savoia flying boats]] crash in the [[Swiss Alps]] en route to Finland where they were to serve with the [[Finnish Air Force]], killing both crews.
*[[1921]] &ndash; In [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]], the first [[Miss America Pageant]], a two-day event, is held.
*  1921   &ndash; The [[Legion of Mary]], the largest [[Consecrated life#Apostolic congregations|apostolic]] organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland.
*[[1923]] &ndash; The [[Interpol|International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL)]] is formed.
*[[1927]] &ndash; The first fully electronic television system is achieved by [[Philo Farnsworth]].
*[[1929]] &ndash; Steamer {{SS|Kuru||2}} capsizes and sinks on Lake [[Näsijärvi]] near [[Tampere]] in Finland. One hundred thirty-six lives are lost.
*[[1932]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Boquerón (1932)|Battle of Boquerón]], the first major battle of the [[Chaco War]], commences.
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Thylacine#Last of the species|The last thylacine]], a carnivorous marsupial, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
*[[1940]] &ndash; Romania returns [[Southern Dobruja]] to Bulgaria under the [[Treaty of Craiova]].
*  1940   &ndash; [[World War II]]: The German Luftwaffe begins [[the Blitz]], bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive nights.
*[[1942]] &ndash; World War II: [[Special Naval Landing Forces|Japanese marines]] are forced to withdraw during the [[Battle of Milne Bay]].
*[[1943]] &ndash; A [[Gulf Hotel fire|fire at the Gulf Hotel]] in Houston kills 55 people.
*  1943   &ndash; World War II: The [[17th Army (Wehrmacht)|German 17th Army]] begins its evacuation of the [[Kuban bridgehead]] (Taman Peninsula) in southern Russia and moves across the Strait of Kerch to the Crimea.
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: Japanese forces on [[Wake Island]], which they had held since December 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines.
*  1945   &ndash; The [[Berlin Victory Parade of 1945]] is held.
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Nikita Khrushchev]] is elected [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|first secretary]] of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
*[[1963]] &ndash; The [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.
*[[1965]] &ndash; During an [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|Indo-Pakistani War]], China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border.
*  1965   &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: In a follow-up to August's [[Operation Starlite]], United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate [[Operation Piranha]] on the Batangan Peninsula.
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Black September|Fighting]] begins between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Jordan.
*  1970   &ndash; [[Vietnam Television]] was established.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.vtv.org.vn/en/important.htm | title =Important milestones | work =Vietnam Television | access-date =September 4, 2021 | language =en | archive-date =January 27, 2010 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20100127050950/http://www.vtv.org.vn/en/important.htm | url-status =dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.vtv.org.vn/en/ | title =VTV: Overall | work =Vietnam Television | access-date =September 4, 2021 | language =en | archive-date =July 3, 2006 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20060703170229/http://www.vtv.org.vn/en/ | url-status =dead }}</ref>
*[[1977]] &ndash; The [[Torrijos–Carter Treaties]] between [[Panama]] and the United States on the status of the [[Panama Canal]] are signed. The United States agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.
*  1977   &ndash; 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.
*[[1978]] &ndash; While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident [[Georgi Markov]] is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent [[Francesco Gullino]] by means of a [[ricin]] pellet fired from a specially-designed umbrella.
*[[1979]] &ndash; The [[Chrysler Corporation]] asks the United States government for US$1.5&nbsp;billion to avoid bankruptcy.
*[[1984]] &ndash; An [[C23 tragedy|explosion]] on board a Maltese patrol boat disposing of illegal fireworks at sea off Gozo kills seven soldiers and policemen.
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Desmond Tutu]] becomes the first black man to lead the [[Anglican Diocese of Cape Town]].
*  1986   &ndash; [[Chile]]an dictator [[Augusto Pinochet]] survives [[Attempted assassination of Augusto Pinochet|an assassination attempt]] by the [[Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front|FPMR]];<ref>{{Cite news|title=El atentado a Pinochet en tres tiempos|url=https://www.latercera.com/noticia/el-atentado-a-pinochet-en-tres-tiempos/|last1=Palma|first1=T.|date=2016-09-03|access-date=2021-10-05|work=[[La Tercera]]|last2=Bazán|first2=I.|language=Spanish|last3=Siredey|first3=F.}}</ref><ref name=Zalaquett2011>{{Cite journal|title=La frentista 'Fabiola': un relato en reversa del atentado a Pinochet|journal=Revista Izquierdas|last=Zalaquett|first=Cherie|volume=9|pages=1–30|year=2011|language=Spanish|trans-title='Fabiola': a reverse story on Pinochet attack}}</ref> five of Pinochet's bodyguards are killed.
*  [[1995]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Space Shuttle ''Endeavour'']] is launched on [[STS-69]], the second flight of the [[Wake Shield Facility]].<ref name="ssmr">{{cite web |last1=Swan |first1=Bobbie Gail |last2=Harsh |first2=George |last3=Ong |first3=A. Y. |last4=Albjerg |first4=M. |last5=Burns |first5=F. T. Jr. |date=1 December 1995 |title=STS-69 Space Shuttle Mission Report |url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19970001267/downloads/19970001267.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425155840/https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19970001267/downloads/19970001267.pdf |archive-date=25 April 2021 |access-date=25 April 2021 |website=NTRS – NASA Technical Reports Server |publisher=[[NASA]] |location=Houston, Texas}}</ref>
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*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Maiden flight]] of the [[Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor]].
*[[1999]] &ndash; The 6.0 {{M|w}} [[1999 Athens earthquake|Athens earthquake]] affected the area with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of IX (''Violent''), killing 143, injuring 800–1,600, and leaving 50,000 homeless.
*[[2005]] &ndash; Egypt holds its first-ever [[2005 Egyptian presidential election|multi-party presidential election]].
*[[2008]] &ndash; The [[Federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac|United States government takes control of]] the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, [[Fannie Mae]] and [[Freddie Mac]].
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[2010 Senkaku boat collision incident|A Chinese fishing trawler]] collides with two Japanese Coast Guard patrol boats in disputed waters near the [[Senkaku Islands]].
*[[2011]] &ndash; The [[Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash]] in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the [[Lokomotiv Yaroslavl]] [[Kontinental Hockey League]] team.
*[[2012]] &ndash; Canada officially [[Canada–Iran relations|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.
*[[2017]] &ndash; The 8.2 {{M|w}} [[2017 Chiapas earthquake]] strikes southern [[Mexico]], killing at least 60 people.
*[[2019]] &ndash; Ukrainian filmmaker [[Oleg Sentsov]] and 66 others are released in a prisoner exchange between [[Ukraine]] and [[Russia]].<ref>{{citation|publisher=Amnesty International/USA|title=Filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and Others Freed in Prisoner Swap |access-date=Sep 7, 2019|url=https://www.amnestyusa.org/press-releases/filmmaker-oleg-sentsov-and-others-freed-in-prisoner-swap/}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Bitcoin]] becomes legal tender in [[El Salvador]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-06-09|title=Bitcoin: El Salvador makes cryptocurrency legal tender|language=en-GB|publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-57398274|access-date=2021-09-11}}</ref>
*  2021   &ndash; The [[National Unity Government of Myanmar]] declares a [[People's war|people's]] [[defensive war]] against the military junta during the [[Myanmar civil war (2021–present)|Myanmar civil war]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Ratcliffe |first=Rebecca |date=7 September 2021 |title=Myanmar opposition announces 'defensive war' against junta |work=The Guardian |location=[[Yangon]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/07/myanmar-opposition-announces-defensive-war-against-junta |access-date=7 September 2021 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>