It happened on this day, September 7th.
Events:
1191 – The Battle of Arsuf takes place, as part of the Third Crusade, and Richard I, King of England, is victorious over Saladin at Arsuf.
1228 – Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II lands at Acre, Palestine, and begins the Sixth Crusade, leading to the restoration of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
1652 – About 15,000 Han farmers revolt against Dutch rule in Taiwan.
1695 – Henry Every succeeds in one of the most profitable pirate raids in history by capturing the Mughal ship Kang-i-Sawai (English). In response, Sultan Aurangzeb threatens to end all trade with the English in India.
1706 – The Siege of Turin, part of the War of the Spanish Succession, ends with the withdrawal of French forces from northern Italy.
1822 – Brazil gains independence from Portugal.
1848 – Austria bans the slave trade.
1876 - Abdul Hamid II is crowned Caliph of the Muslims and Sultan of the Ottomans.
1923 – Founding of the International Criminal Police Organization/Interpol.
1940 – The British Royal Air Force begins bombing German cities in response to the violent air campaign launched by German aircraft against British cities during World War II.
1944 – British authorities agree to form a Jewish brigade within the British Army.
1952 – Ali Maher Pasha's ministry in Egypt resigns 44 days after its creation following the July 23 Revolution, and Major General Muhammad Naguib forms the new ministry and retains the Ministry of War and Navy for himself.
1961 – A new law is enacted regarding the establishment of a flag for Kuwait to demonstrate its independence.
1977 – The Torrijos-Carter Treaties are signed between Panama and the United States, whereby the United States returns authority over the Panama Canal to Panama.
1978 – The first Camp David meetings take place between Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Mohamed Anwar Sadat.
1979 – American sports channel ESPN begins broadcasting.
2003 – Palestinian National Authority President Yasser Arafat appoints Ahmed Qurei as prime minister, succeeding Mahmoud Abbas.
2011 – A plane carrying the Russian ice hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl crashes, killing 43 people.
2013 – The International Olympic Committee selects Tokyo to host the 2020 Summer Olympics.
2016 – The Summer Paralympic Games open in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2017 – A powerful earthquake measuring 8.1 magnitude struck off the coast of the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, killing at least 90 people, making it the strongest earthquake the country has experienced since 1985.
2018 – The tripartite summit in Tehran brought together Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the need to avoid military action in Syria's Idlib governorate.
✴️ Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro was stabbed during his election campaign. ✴️ Iraqi protesters set fire to the Iranian consulate in Basra governorate following widespread demonstrations in the city demanding improved public services, including water and electricity.
2021 – A major fire at Tangerang Prison in Indonesia, resulting in the death of 41 prisoners and the injury of 80 others.
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Births:
1533 – Queen Elizabeth I, Queen of the United Kingdom.
1815 – John McDowall Stuart, Australian explorer.
1819 – Thomas Andrews Hendricks, American politician.
1855 – William Freeze Green, British photographer and inventor.
1860 – Jeddah Musa, American painter.
1909 – Elia Kazan, American producer and director.
1917 – John Cornforth, Australian chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1975.
1930 – King Baudouin I, King of Belgium.
1934 – Omar Karami, Prime Minister of Lebanon.
** Abdul Rahman Al Rashi, Syrian actor.
1940 – Abdurrahman Wahid, fourth president of Indonesia.
1948 – Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, second President of the United Arab Emirates.
1954 – Michael Emerson, American actor.
1963 – Regina Martinez, Mexican journalist.
1965 – Darko Bankiv, Macedonian footballer.
1968 – Marcel Desailly, French footballer.
1973 – Shannon Elizabeth, American actress.
1974 – Hiroki Takahashi, Japanese voice actor.
** Mario Frick, Liechtenstein footballer.
1977 – Gianluca Grava, Italian footballer.
1980 – Emre Belozoglu, Turkish footballer.
** Gabriel Milito, Argentine footballer.
** Javad Nokonam, Iranian footballer.
1981 – Gokhan Zan, Turkish footballer.
** Rania El Sebaei, an Egyptian actress who lives in Kuwait.
1984 – Vera Zvonareva, Russian tennis player.
1985 – Rafinha, Brazilian footballer.
1987 – Evan Rachel Wood, American actress.
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Death:
1312 – King Fernando IV, King of the Kingdom of Castile.
1457 – Aladdin Al-Shirazi, Iraqi Muslim scholar and Sufi.
1496 – King Ferdinando II, king of the Kingdom of Naples.
1566 – Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman Caliph
1873 – Mahmoud Khalil Al-Azm, Syrian poet and mystic.
1991 – Edwin Macmillan, American chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1951.
1997 – Mobutu Seseko, dictator of Zaire.
2005 – Sergio Indrigo, Italian singer.
2020 – Aida Kamel, Egyptian actress.
2021 – Noubir Al-Amawi, Moroccan trade unionist.
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Public holidays and occasions:
⬅️ White Balloon Day in Australia.
⬅️ Independence Day in Brazil.
⬅️ Independence Day in Türkiye.
⬅️ Victory Day in Mozambique.
