Friday, September 7, 2012

September 7th in History


1191 - Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf – Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf.

1571 - Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, is arrested for his role in the Ridolfi plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots.

1818 - Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.

1921 - The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland.


1940 - Treaty of Craiova: Romania loses Southern Dobrudja to Bulgaria.


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

1988 - Abdul Ahad Mohmand, the first Afghan in space, returns aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz TM-5 after 9 days on the Mir space station.

2005 - Egypt holds its first-ever multi-party presidential election.

Famous Birthdays:

1533 - Queen Elizabeth I of England 

1817 - Queen Louise of Hesse-Kassel of Denmark

1819 - Thomas A. Hendricks, 21st Vice President of the United States

1903 - Margaret Landon, writer

1917 - Jacob Lawrence, painter

1930 - King Baudouin I of Belgium 

1950 - Julie Kavner, actress

1981 - Paul McCoy, musician

1987 - Aleksandra Wozniak, tennis player

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