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TODAY IN HISTORY

September 7

Monday, September 7, 2026

Day 249 of 2026 | Week 37 | 110 days until Christmas 🎅

HISTORIC EVENTS

1
2021

Bitcoin becomes legal tender in El Salvador.

2
2021

The National Unity Government of Myanmar declares a people's defensive war against the military junta during the Myanmar civil war.

3
2019

Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and 66 others are released in a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia.

4
2017

The 8.2 Mw  2017 Chiapas earthquake strikes southern Mexico, killing at least 60 people.

5
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.

6
2011

The Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team.

7
2010

A Chinese fishing trawler collides with two Japanese Coast Guard patrol boats in disputed waters near the Senkaku Islands.

8
2008

The United States government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

9
2005

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

10
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.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1965 Andreas Thom

German footballer (Dynamo Berlin)

1965 Bruce Armstrong

American football offensive tackle (6 × Pro Bowl; 3 × Second-team All-Pro; NE Patriots)

1963 Chris Coons

American politician (Senator-D-Delaware 2010-)

1963 W. Earl Brown

American actor (Deadwood; Scream; Operation Petticoat - "Stovall")

1962 Jennifer Egan

American novelist (A Visit from the Goon Squad)

1961 Jean-Yves Thibaudet

French concert pianist

1961 LeRoi Moore

American saxophonist and songwriter (Dave Matthews Band - "Stay (Wasting Time)")

1960 Andrew Voss

Australian television personality (Fox League)

1959 Drew Weissman

American scientist (2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for mRNA vaccine technology)

1959 Jermaine Stewart

American R&B singer ("We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off")

1957 Margot Chapman

American singer (Starland Vocal Band - "Afternoon Delight")

1957 Melvin Mays

American felon (one of FBI's most wanted

1956 Byron Stevenson

British footballer (Leeds United)

1956 Diane Warren

American songwriter (Toni Braxton - "Un-break My Heart"; Cher - "If I Could Turn Back Time"; DeBarge - "Rhythm of the Night")

1956 Michael Feinstein

American jazz pianist

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