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September 7, 2004 American military deaths in the Iraq War reach 1,000 September 7, 1998 Jerry Lewis' 33rd Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises September 7, 1997 111th U.S. Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beats Venus Williams (60 64) September 7, 1997 117th U.S. Mens Tennis: Patrick Rafter beats Greg Rusedski (63 62 46 75) September 7, 1997 Boone Valley Senior Golf Classic September 7, 1997 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation September 7, 1997 Karrie Webb wins Safeway LPGA Golf Championship September 7, 1997 Men's championship at U.S. Tennis Open September 7, 1997 Steve Jones wins Canadian Golf Open with a 275 September 7, 1996 Women's championship at U.S. Tennis Open September 7, 1995 12th MTV Awards September 7, 1995 STS 69 (Endeavour 9), launches into orbit September 7, 1995 Sen Bob Packwoord (R-Ore) resigns rather than face expulsion September 7, 1994 Jingyi Le/Ying Shan/Ying Le/Bin Lu swimming 4x100 freestyle (3:37.91) September 7, 1993 Brazil votes over importing monarchy September 7, 1993 Cards Mark Whiten, hits 4 home runs and 12 RBIs in 2nd game of doubleheader September 7, 1992 Army of Ciskei homeland kills 28 ANC demonstrators September 7, 1992 Baseball commissioner Faye Vincent resigns September 7, 1992 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic September 7, 1991 105th U.S. Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Martina Navratilova (76 61) September 7, 1991 1st South African international competition in 25 years, gymnastics September 7, 1991 Die Laughing wins Messenger Stakes September 7, 1991 Harry Hamlin weds Nicollette Sheridan September 7, 1991 Monica Seles (17) defeats Martina Navratilova (34) to win U.S. Open September 7, 1991 Ty Detmer of Brigham Young passes NCAA record 11,606 yards September 7, 1990 "Street Scene" opens at New York State Theater New York City for 6 performances September 7, 1990 Marjorie Judith Vincent (Ill), 25, crowned 64th Miss America 1991 September 7, 1988 5th MTV Awards September 7, 1988 Guy Lafleur, Tony Esposito and Brad Park inducted in NHL Hall of Fame September 7, 1988 New York Daily News reports boxer Mike Tyson is seeing a psychiatrist September 7, 1988 Security and Exchange Commission accuses Drexel of violating security laws September 7, 1987 Jerry Lewis' 22nd Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $39,021,723 September 7, 1987 Netherlands routes 2 minesweepers to Persian Gulf September 7, 1987 Rosie Jones wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic September 7, 1987 South Africa frees Dutch anthropologist/Anc'er Klaas de Young September 7, 1986 100th U.S. Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Helena Sukova (63 62) September 7, 1986 106th U.S. Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Miloslav Mecir (64 62 60) September 7, 1986 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship September 7, 1986 Desmond Tutu becomes Anglican archbishop of Capetown September 7, 1986 Failed assassination attempt on Chilean dictator Pinochet, 5 killed September 7, 1986 Ivan Lendl defeats Miloslav Mecir for U.S. Tennis open title September 7, 1986 Cleveland Browns becomes 1st team in NFL history to have a play reviewed by instant replay, Chicago 41, Browns 31 September 7, 1985 99th U.S. Womens Tennis: Hana Mandlikova beats M Navratilova (76 16 76) September 7, 1985 Mary Decker Tabb Slaney runs U.S. 3K female record (8:25.83) September 7, 1984 Met Dwight Gooden's 11 strikeouts gives him NL rookie record 236 September 7, 1983 Drury Gallagher sets fastest swim around Manhattan (6h41m35s) September 7, 1981 Cleveland Browns' Brian Sipe sets club record with 57 pass attempts September 7, 1981 Jerry Lewis' 16th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $31,500,000 September 7, 1981 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic September 7, 1981 Judge Wapner and People's Court premier on TV September 7, 1981 West Tampa Florida defeats Richmand Virgina, 6-4 to win American Legion World Series September 7, 1980 100th U.S. Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Bjorn Borg (76 61 67 57 64) September 7, 1980 32nd Emmy Awards shown despite boycott September 7, 1980 32nd Emmy Awards: Taxi, Lou Grant, Ed Asner and Barbara Bel Geddes September 7, 1980 Beth Daniel wins LPGA World Series of Women's Golf September 7, 1980 Cape Verde adopts its constitution September 7, 1980 Earnest Gray becomes 2nd New York Giant to score 4 TDs (vs St. Louis) September 7, 1980 Oakland A's pitch record 78th complete game of season September 7, 1980 Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Barth Golf Classic September 7, 1980 John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg stage one of the greatest U.S. Open finals as 21 year old McEnroe fends off Borg to win his 2nd straight title September 7, 1979 5 day MUSE concert against nuclear energy opens at MSG, New York September 7, 1978 1st game of Boston Massacre, Yanks beat Red Sox 15-3 September 7, 1977 Ethiopia drops diplomatic relations with Somalia September 7, 1977 President Carter and Gen Herrera sign Panama Canal treaties September 7, 1976 U.S. courts find George Harrison guilty of plagiarism (He's So Fine) September 7, 1975 95th U.S. Mens Tennis: Manuel Orantes beats Jimmy Connors (64 63 63) September 7, 1975 Carol Mann wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open September 7, 1975 Cincinnati Reds, win earliest NL division title September 7, 1975 Last day of 1st-class cricket for Hanif Mohammad September 7, 1975 Manuel Orantes upsets #1 seed Jimmy Connors to win U.S. Open September 7, 1974 "Irene" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 605 performances September 7, 1974 Shirley Cothran (Texas), 21, crowned 47th Miss America 1975 September 7, 1973 Jackie Stewart becomes Formula 1 world champion September 7, 1973 Mike Storen becomes American Basketball Assn's 4th commissioner September 7, 1970 Jerry Lewis' 5th Muscular Dystrophy telethon September 7, 1970 PLO hijacks 4 planes September 7, 1970 White Sox use record 41 players in doubleheader and lose both games September 7, 1970 Donald Boyles sets record for highest parachute jump from a bridge, by leaping off of 1,053' Royal George Bridge in Colorado September 7, 1969 83rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith Court beats Nancy Richey (62 62) September 7, 1969 Carol Mann wins LPGA Molson's Canadian Golf Open September 7, 1969 Rod Laver completes his 2nd grand slam winning U.S. Tennis Open September 7, 1969 U.S. amateur Womens Tennis: Margaret Court beat Virginia Wade (46 63 60) September 7, 1966 KTNE TV channel 13 in Alliance, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting September 7, 1966 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. September 7, 1965 Hurricane Betsy, kills 74 in Florida, Miss and La September 7, 1964 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Valhalla Golf Open September 7, 1963 1st U.S. TV appearance of Beatles (Big Night Out-ABC) September 7, 1963 American Bandstand moves to California, and airs once a week on Saturday September 7, 1963 Pro Football Hall of Fame dedicated in Canton, Ohio September 7, 1960 Ljudmila Shevcova runs female olympic record 800m (2:04.3) September 7, 1958 72nd U.S. Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats Darlene R Hard (36 61 62) September 7, 1958 78th U.S. Mens Tennis: A J Cooper beats M J Anderson (62 36 46 108 86) September 7, 1957 71st U.S. Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats A Louise Brough (63 62) September 7, 1957 WWL TV channel 4 in New Orleans, Louisiana (CBS) begins broadcasting September 7, 1956 Bell X-2 sets Unofficial manned aircraft altitude record 126,000'+ September 7, 1955 Yankees Whitey Ford is 5th to throw consecutive 1-hitters, beats A's September 7, 1954 Integration begins in Washington D.C. and Balt MD public schools September 7, 1953 67th U.S. Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (62 64) September 7, 1953 73rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Tony Trabert beats Elias V Seixas, Jr. (63 62 63) September 7, 1953 Roy Campanella sets catcher record of 125 (en route to 142) RBIs September 7, 1952 66th U.S. Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (63 75) September 7, 1952 72nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Frank Sedgman beats Gardnar Mulloy (61 62 63) September 7, 1952 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Carrollton Golf Tournament September 7, 1952 General Naguib forms Egyptian government/becomes premier September 7, 1952 Outfielder Don Grate throws a baseball a record 434'1" (Tenn) September 7, 1952 Whitey Ford becomes 5th pitcher to hurl consecutive 1 hitters September 7, 1952 New York Yankees Johnny Mize's pinch-hit grand slam gives Yanks a 5-1 win at Washington He has now HRed in all 15 major league parks September 7, 1950 Monasteries shut down in Hungary September 7, 1948 1st use of synthetic rubber in asphaltic concrete, Akron, Ohio September 7, 1947 Battles between Hindus and Moslems in New Delhi September 7, 1945 Japanese at Rioekioe-islands surrender September 7, 1945 Joe Kuhel hits inside-the-park HR, only HR hit by a Senator all season at Washington's Griffith Stadium September 7, 1944 SS-general Kurt Meyer takes Durnal Belgium September 7, 1944 Strongest Hurricane of century in Netherlands (wind force 12) September 7, 1943 987 Dutch Jewish transported to Auschwitz Concentration Camp September 7, 1943 Fire in decrepit old Gulf Hotel kills 45 (Houston Texas) September 7, 1942 62nd U.S. Mens Tennis: F Schroeder, Jr. beats F Parker (86 75 36 46 62) September 7, 1942 German occupiers take silver anniversary coins in battle September 7, 1942 Transport nr 29 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany September 7, 1941 61st U.S. Mens Tennis: R L Riggs beats Francis Kovacs (2d 57 61 63 63) September 7, 1940 54th U.S. Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Helen Hull Jacobs (62 63) September 7, 1940 60th U.S. Mens Tennis: McNeill beats Robert Riggs (46 68 63 63 75) September 7, 1940 German Air Force blitz London for 1st of 57 consecutive nights September 7, 1940 Luftwaffe loses 41 bombers above England September 7, 1939 Radio New York Worldwide-WRUL begins radio transmission September 7, 1936 Boulder Dam, now Hoover Dam, begins operation September 7, 1934 Luxury liner "Morro Castle" burns off NJ, killing 134 September 7, 1932 Earl Grace, ends NL catcher record streak of 110 cons errorless games September 7, 1928 Sophie Treadwell's "Machinal," premieres in New York City September 7, 1927 Philo Farnsworth demonstrates 1st use of TV in SF September 7, 1923 Boston Red Sox Howard Ehmke no-hits Philadelphia A's, 4-0 September 7, 1923 Interpol forms in Vienna September 7, 1923 Mary Katherine Campbell (Ohio), 16, crowned 2nd Miss America 1922-23 September 7, 1916 Giants beat Brooklyn 4-1, to launch New York's record 26-game winning streak September 7, 1916 Workmen's Compensation Act passed by Congress September 7, 1915 35th U.S. Mens Tennis: Wm Johnston beats M E McLoughlin (16 60 75 108) September 7, 1915 John Gruelle patents his Raggedy Ann doll September 7, 1915 St. Louis Dave Davenport no-hits Chicago (Federal League), 3-0 September 7, 1914 New York Post Office Building opens to public September 7, 1912 Eddie Collins steals record 6 bases in 9-7 Athletics win over Detroit September 7, 1907 Sutro's ornate Cliff House in San Francisco destroyed by fire September 7, 1903 Federation of American Motorcyclists organized in NY September 7, 1901 Peace of Peking - Ends Boxer Rebellion in China September 7, 1897 George Davis (Giants) HR off Sport McAllister (Spiders) in DH September 7, 1896 1st closed-circuit auto race, at Cranston, RI September 7, 1896 A. 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Whiting wins 1st automobile race held on a track in Cranston, Rhode Island September 7, 1892 James Corbett KOs John Sullivan in 21 for heavyweight boxing title September 7, 1891 Captain Frederick Lugards army reaches Kavalli Equatoria September 7, 1889 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Engineer's Thumb" September 7, 1888 Edith Eleanor McLean is 1st baby place in an incubator September 7, 1880 Geo Ligowsky patents device to throw clay pigeons for trapshooters September 7, 1876 Bank robbery by James/Younger fails (Cole/Bob/Jim Younger arrested) September 7, 1863 Federal naval expedition arrives off Sabine Pass September 7, 1860 Excursion steamer "Lady Elgin" drowns 340 in Lake Michigan September 7, 1822 Brazil declares independence from Portugal (National Day) September 7, 1822 Pedro I, son of king Joao VI, declares Brazil independence September 7, 1813 "Uncle Sam" was 1st used to refer to U.S. (Troy Post of New York) September 7, 1812 Battle at Borodino: Napoleon-Kutuzov September 7, 1800 Zion AME Church dedicated (New York City) September 7, 1714 Treaty of Baden: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and France, ends War of Spanish Succession, French retain Alsace, Austria gets bank of Rhine September 7, 1701 Germany, England and Netherlands sign anti-French covenant September 7, 1652 Battle of Monte Christo: Dutch fleet under J van Galen beat English September 7, 1599 Earl van Essex and Irish rebel Tyrone signs treaty September 7, 1596 Dutch fleet bombs Banten Java September 7, 1543 Duke Willem of Gulik surrenders to emperor Charles V September 7, 1525 Trial against "heretic" John Pistorius ends in the Hague September 7, 1497 Sailor Perkin Warbeck becomes English King Richard IV September 7, 1159 Ottaviano de Montecello elected as anti-Pope September 7, 70 Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem |