Events, Births and Deaths Happening on this Date
Monday, September 7, 2026
Today is the 250th day of 2026. There are 115 days left in this year.
Notable Events
1822
Brazil declared its independence from Portugal.
1901
The Peace of Beijing ended the Boxer Rebellion in China.
1927
American television pioneer Philo T. Farnsworth succeeded in transmitting an image through purely electronic means by using a device called an image dissector.
1940
Nazi Germany began its initial blitz on London during World War II.
1963
The NFL Hall of Fame was dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
1977
The Panama Canal treaties, calling for the U.S. to eventually turn over control of the waterway to Panama, were signed in Washington.
1977
Convicted Watergate conspirator G. Gordon Liddy was released from prison after more than four years.
1979
The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) made its cable TV debut.
1986
Desmond Tutu was installed as the first black to lead the Anglican Church in southern Africa.
1996
Rapper Tupac Shakur was shot on the Las Vegas Strip; he died six days later.
1998
St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire equaled Roger Maris' single-season home run record as he hit No. 61 in a game against the Chicago Cubs.
Notable Births
1533
England's Queen Elizabeth I was born in Greenwich. (d. 1603)
1936
Rock legend Buddy Holly was born Charles Hardin Holley in Lubbock, Texas.
Notable Deaths
1969
Senate Republican leader Everett M. Dirksen died in Washington, D.C.
1997
Former Zairian dictator Mobutu Sese Seko died in exile in Morocco at age 66.