A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on September 7 throughout history.
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Treaty of Baden is signed by the Holy Roman Empire and France, ending the War of the Spanish Succession; France retains Alsace and Landau, and Austria gains the east bank of the Rhine
Battle of Borodino: Napoleon Bonaparte wins a Pyrrhic victory against Russian General Mikhail Kutuzov in the most ferocious battle of the Napoleonic era; 70,000 are killed
The Brazilian War of Independence (Portuguese: Guerra de Independência do Brasil) was an armed conflict that led to the separation of Brazil from the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the...
Edith Eleanor McLean is the first baby placed in an incubator at State Emigrant Hospital on Ward's Island, New York
Eugene Lefebvre becomes the first pilot to die in an aircraft while test piloting a new French-built Wright biplane at Juvisy
Beginning of the Blitz as the German Luftwaffe bombs London for the first of 57 consecutive nights, losing 41 bombers as the Nazis prepare to invade Britain [1]
32nd Emmy Awards, notable for proceeding despite 51 of the 52 nominated performers boycotting the event due to a strike by members of the Screen Actors Guild: "Taxi," "Lou Grant," Ed Asner, and Barbara Bel Geddes win
Tupac Amaru Shakur ( TOO-pahk shə-KOOR; born Lesane Parish Crooks; June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor.
A. H. Whiting wins the first automobile race held on a closed-circuit track in Cranston, Rhode Island
American "Gilda" actress Rita Hayworth (24) weds American actor-director-wunderkind Orson Welles (28); divorce in 1947
American "Star Trek" actor DeForest Kelley (25) weds American actress Carolyn Dowling (25), until his death in 1999
US politician Nancy D'Alesandro (23) marries businessman Paul Francis Pelosi (23) in Baltimore, Maryland
Jeanette Helen Morrison (July 6, 1927 – October 3, 2004), known professionally as Janet Leigh, was an American actress, businesswoman and author.
BC Solar eclipse on this date might indicate the birth of the legendary Heracles in Thebes, Greece
Ottaviano de Montecello is elected Antipope Victor IV
Flemish pretender Perkin Warbeck is acclaimed as English King Richard IV on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall
Trial against heretic John Pistorius ends in The Hague
Dutch fleet bombards Banten, Java
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (10 November 1565 – 25 February 1601) was an English nobleman, soldier and a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. A charismatic and ambitious youth, Essex grew up in a...
William Blaxton proposes a European settlement on the Shawmut Peninsula of the Massachusetts Colony, which soon becomes known as Boston
James II and VII (14 October 1633 O.S. – 16 September 1701) was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII from February 1685 until he was deposed in the 1688 Glorious...
Zion AME Church is dedicated in New York City
"Uncle Sam" is first used to refer to the US by Troy Post of New York
Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned King of Norway in Trondheim
Texas declared its secession from the Union on February 1, 1861, and joined the Confederate States on March 2, 1861, after it had replaced its governor, Sam Houston, who had refused to take an oath...
Bay of Biscay: British warship HMS Captain capsizes, 500 are killed
George Ligowsky patents a device to throw clay pigeons for trapshooters
Forces of British administrator Captain Frederick Lugard reach Kavalli, Equatoria
George Davis (Giants) hits a home run off Sport McAllister (Spiders) in a doubleheader
The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the Boxer Uprising, Boxer Movement, or Yihetuan Movement (traditional Chinese: 義和團運動; simplified Chinese: 义和团运动), was an anti-foreign, anti-imperialist, and...
In Australia, the entire nation observes a "day of humiliation" and prays for rain as a terrible drought kills livestock and threatens crops; rain begins to fall on September 10
Federation of American Motorcyclists is formed in New York
British forces in Tibet force the 13th Dalai Lama to sign a treaty granting Britain trading posts in Tibet and guaranteeing that Tibet will not concede territory to foreign powers
Adolph Sutro's ornate Cliff House in San Francisco is destroyed by fire
In The Hague, the International Court arbitrates a fishing rights dispute between the US and Newfoundland (still separate from Canada)
The Old Post Office, listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Old Post Office and Clock Tower, is located at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. in Washington, D.C.
Raggedy Ann is a character created by American writer Johnny Gruelle (1880–1938) who appeared in a series of books he wrote and illustrated for young children.
Giants beat Brooklyn 4-1 to launch New York's record 26-game winning streak
The Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922 was fought between Greece and the Turkish National Movement during the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I, between 15 May 1919 and...
The 1923 Boston Red Sox season was the 23rd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history.
Philo Taylor Farnsworth (August 19, 1906 – March 11, 1971) was the American inventor who was granted the first patent for the television by the United States Government.
Sophie Anita Treadwell (October 3, 1885 – February 20, 1970) was an American playwright and journalist of the first half of the 20th century.
Earl Grace ends the National League catcher record streak of 110 consecutive errorless games
Romantic comedy film "Page Miss Glory," starring Marion Davies, premieres in the US
Radio New York Worldwide (World Radio University Listeners or WRUL) begins broadcasting
The Consolidated B-32 Dominator (Consolidated Model 34) was an American heavy strategic bomber built for the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.
Dutch Resistance fighter Jaap Musch arrested in Nijverdal, Netherlands
Allied Victory Parade held in Berlin, Germany with representation from armed forces of the Soviet Union, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France [1]
Battles between Hindus and Muslims in New Delhi, India
First use of synthetic rubber in asphaltic concrete in Akron, Ohio
Knockshinnoch disaster: A coal mine flood traps 129 miners in New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland; all but thirteen are saved over the next two days [1]
Roy Campanella sets a catcher record of 125 RBIs en route to 142 RBIs
New York Yankee Whitey Ford becomes the fifth MLB pitcher to hurl consecutive one-hitters
Bell X-2 sets an unofficial manned aircraft altitude record of 126,000 feet (38,404.8 meters)
WWL TV Channel 4 in New Orleans, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting
American weightlifter Charles Vinci wins his second consecutive bantamweight gold medal at the Rome Olympics with a world-record-equaling three-lift (snatch, clean & jerk, overhead press) total of 345.0 kilograms
American Bandstand moves to California and airs once a week on a Saturday
China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border
KTNE TV Channel 13 in Alliance, NE (PBS) begins broadcasting
Donald Boyles sets a record for the highest parachute jump from a bridge by leaping off the 956 ft (291 m) Royal Gorge Bridge in Colorado
Jerry Lewis's 5th Muscular Dystrophy telethon
American athletes Vincent Matthews and Wayne Collett finish 1-2 in the 400 m at the Munich Olympics, act casually on the medal stand, and do not face the flag during the anthem, resulting in a lifetime ban from the Olympics
The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a major professional basketball league that operated for nine seasons from 1967 to 1976.
The 1975 Cincinnati Reds season was the 106th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 6th and 5th full season at Riverfront Stadium.
Ethiopia severs diplomatic relations with Somalia
The Red Sox–Yankees rivalry is a Major League Baseball (MLB) rivalry between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees.
SportsCenter (SC) is an American television sports news broadcasting show broadcast by ESPN.
The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland.
Jerry Lewis's 16th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $31,500,000
Drury Gallagher wins the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in an unofficial world record time of 6:41:35
Dwight Gooden's 11 strikeouts give him the NL rookie record of 236
Mary Teresa Decker, is an American retired middle-distance and long-distance runner.
Dan Marino throws his 100th career touchdown pass, becoming the fastest QB in NFL history to do so
"I Want Her" is a song by American R&B singer Keith Sweat. As the first single from his debut album, Make It Last Forever, it reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Hot...
Jerry Lewis's 22nd Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $39,021,723
NY Daily News reports boxer Mike Tyson is seeing a psychiatrist
Brigham Young University quarterback Ty Detmer passes NCAA record 11,606 yards
Army of Ciskei homeland kills 28 ANC demonstrators
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America.
The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 16 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia. The U.S.
The Lockheed Martin–Boeing F-22 Raptor is an American twin-engine, jet-powered, all-weather, supersonic stealth fighter aircraft.
Magnitude 5.9 earthquake rocks Athens and ruptures a previously unknown fault, killing 143, injuring over 500, and leaving 50,000 people homeless
Hurricane Ivan was a large, long-lived, and devastating tropical cyclone that caused widespread damage in the Caribbean and United States.
Presidential elections were held in Egypt in 2012, with the first round on 23 and 24 May 2012 and the second on 16 and 17 June.
The Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), commonly known as Fannie Mae, is a United States government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) that has been a publicly traded company since 1968.
Plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team
On 7 September 2012, a series of earthquakes occurred in Yiliang County, Zhaotong, Yunnan. The two main shocks occurred at 11:19 and 12:16 China Standard Time (03:19 and 04:16 UTC).
A number of significant scientific events occurred in 2014, including the first robotic landing on a comet and the first complete stem-cell-assisted recovery from paraplegia.
British archaeologists announce the discovery of a Neolithic "superhenge" under three feet of earth at Durrington Walls, a large ritual site near Stonehenge
The 2016 Summer Paralympics (Portuguese: Jogos Paralímpicos de Verão de 2016), the 15th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed...
An 8.2 magnitude earthquake hits southwest of Pijijiapan, Mexico, killing at least 90 people; it is the strongest Mexican quake in a century
Rashid Khan Arman is an Afghan international cricketer and captain of the Afghanistan national team in the T20I format.
A Moon landing or lunar landing is the arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the Moon, including both crewed and robotic missions.
The COVID-19 pandemic in India is a part of the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 is caused by SARS-CoV-2.
El Salvador was the first country in the world to use bitcoin as legal tender, after it was adopted as such by the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador in 2021.
Discovery of the earliest evidence of surgery from a 31,000-year-old skeleton with an amputated lower leg in a cave in East Kalimantan, Borneo, published in "Nature" [1]
American "That '70s Show" actor Danny Masterson sentenced to 30 years to life in prison after a jury convicted him in May of two rapes in 2003 [1]
Cyclone Yagi, Asia's most powerful storm of the year, makes landfall on Hainan, China, before striking Northern Vietnam with winds of 230 km per hour (140 mph), killing at least 127 people [1]
Grandma Moses, American painter, known for american painter, was born on 1860-09-07.
David Packard, American electrical engineer, known for american electrical engineer, was born on 1912-09-07.
Roy DeMeo is born
Carlos Lehder, Colombian colombian drug trafficker, known for colombian drug trafficker, was born on 1950-09-07.
Elia Kazan, American director, known for american director, was born on 1909-09-07.
Evan Rachel Wood, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1988-09-07. Evan Rachel Wood is an American actress.
Buddy Holly, American musician, known for american musician, was born on 1936-09-07.
Chrissie Hynde, American musician, known for american musician, was born on 1952-09-07. Christine Ellen Hynde is an American-British singer, songwriter and musician.
Paul Brown, American athlete, known for american football coach and executive, was born on 1908-09-07.
Uta Pippig is born
Henry Campbell-Bannerman is born
Edward Grey dies
Joe Cronin, American baseball player and manager, known for american baseball player and manager, died on 1984-09-07.
James Clavell, American writer and filmmaker, known for british writer and filmmaker, died on 1994-09-07.
Mobutu Sese Seko dies
Ottaviano de Montecello is elected Antipope Victor IV
BC Solar eclipse on this date might indicate the birth of the legendary Heracles in Thebes, Greece
Flemish pretender Perkin Warbeck is acclaimed as English King Richard IV on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall
Trial against heretic John Pistorius ends in The Hague
Dutch fleet bombards Banten, Java
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (10 November 1565 – 25 February 1601) was an English nobleman, soldier and a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. A charismatic and ambitious youth, Essex grew up in a...
William Blaxton proposes a European settlement on the Shawmut Peninsula of the Massachusetts Colony, which soon becomes known as Boston
James II and VII (14 October 1633 O.S. – 16 September 1701) was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII from February 1685 until he was deposed in the 1688 Glorious...
Treaty of Baden is signed by the Holy Roman Empire and France, ending the War of the Spanish Succession; France retains Alsace and Landau, and Austria gains the east bank of the Rhine
Zion AME Church is dedicated in New York City
Battle of Borodino: Napoleon Bonaparte wins a Pyrrhic victory against Russian General Mikhail Kutuzov in the most ferocious battle of the Napoleonic era; 70,000 are killed
"Uncle Sam" is first used to refer to the US by Troy Post of New York
Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned King of Norway in Trondheim
The Brazilian War of Independence (Portuguese: Guerra de Independência do Brasil) was an armed conflict that led to the separation of Brazil from the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the...
Henry Campbell-Bannerman is born
Grandma Moses, American painter, known for american painter, was born on 1860-09-07.
Texas declared its secession from the Union on February 1, 1861, and joined the Confederate States on March 2, 1861, after it had replaced its governor, Sam Houston, who had refused to take an oath...
Bay of Biscay: British warship HMS Captain capsizes, 500 are killed
George Ligowsky patents a device to throw clay pigeons for trapshooters
Edith Eleanor McLean is the first baby placed in an incubator at State Emigrant Hospital on Ward's Island, New York
Forces of British administrator Captain Frederick Lugard reach Kavalli, Equatoria
A. H. Whiting wins the first automobile race held on a closed-circuit track in Cranston, Rhode Island
George Davis (Giants) hits a home run off Sport McAllister (Spiders) in a doubleheader
The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the Boxer Uprising, Boxer Movement, or Yihetuan Movement (traditional Chinese: 義和團運動; simplified Chinese: 义和团运动), was an anti-foreign, anti-imperialist, and...
In Australia, the entire nation observes a "day of humiliation" and prays for rain as a terrible drought kills livestock and threatens crops; rain begins to fall on September 10
Federation of American Motorcyclists is formed in New York
British forces in Tibet force the 13th Dalai Lama to sign a treaty granting Britain trading posts in Tibet and guaranteeing that Tibet will not concede territory to foreign powers
Adolph Sutro's ornate Cliff House in San Francisco is destroyed by fire
Paul Brown, American athlete, known for american football coach and executive, was born on 1908-09-07.
Eugene Lefebvre becomes the first pilot to die in an aircraft while test piloting a new French-built Wright biplane at Juvisy
Elia Kazan, American director, known for american director, was born on 1909-09-07.
In The Hague, the International Court arbitrates a fishing rights dispute between the US and Newfoundland (still separate from Canada)
David Packard, American electrical engineer, known for american electrical engineer, was born on 1912-09-07.
The Old Post Office, listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Old Post Office and Clock Tower, is located at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. in Washington, D.C.
Raggedy Ann is a character created by American writer Johnny Gruelle (1880–1938) who appeared in a series of books he wrote and illustrated for young children.
Giants beat Brooklyn 4-1 to launch New York's record 26-game winning streak
The Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922 was fought between Greece and the Turkish National Movement during the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I, between 15 May 1919 and...
The 1923 Boston Red Sox season was the 23rd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history.
Philo Taylor Farnsworth (August 19, 1906 – March 11, 1971) was the American inventor who was granted the first patent for the television by the United States Government.
Sophie Anita Treadwell (October 3, 1885 – February 20, 1970) was an American playwright and journalist of the first half of the 20th century.
Earl Grace ends the National League catcher record streak of 110 consecutive errorless games
Edward Grey dies
Romantic comedy film "Page Miss Glory," starring Marion Davies, premieres in the US
Buddy Holly, American musician, known for american musician, was born on 1936-09-07.
Radio New York Worldwide (World Radio University Listeners or WRUL) begins broadcasting
Beginning of the Blitz as the German Luftwaffe bombs London for the first of 57 consecutive nights, losing 41 bombers as the Nazis prepare to invade Britain [1]
The Consolidated B-32 Dominator (Consolidated Model 34) was an American heavy strategic bomber built for the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.
Roy DeMeo is born
American "Gilda" actress Rita Hayworth (24) weds American actor-director-wunderkind Orson Welles (28); divorce in 1947
Dutch Resistance fighter Jaap Musch arrested in Nijverdal, Netherlands
American "Star Trek" actor DeForest Kelley (25) weds American actress Carolyn Dowling (25), until his death in 1999
Allied Victory Parade held in Berlin, Germany with representation from armed forces of the Soviet Union, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France [1]
Battles between Hindus and Muslims in New Delhi, India
First use of synthetic rubber in asphaltic concrete in Akron, Ohio
Jeanette Helen Morrison (July 6, 1927 – October 3, 2004), known professionally as Janet Leigh, was an American actress, businesswoman and author.
Knockshinnoch disaster: A coal mine flood traps 129 miners in New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland; all but thirteen are saved over the next two days [1]
Carlos Lehder, Colombian colombian drug trafficker, known for colombian drug trafficker, was born on 1950-09-07.
Chrissie Hynde, American musician, known for american musician, was born on 1952-09-07. Christine Ellen Hynde is an American-British singer, songwriter and musician.
Roy Campanella sets a catcher record of 125 RBIs en route to 142 RBIs
New York Yankee Whitey Ford becomes the fifth MLB pitcher to hurl consecutive one-hitters
Bell X-2 sets an unofficial manned aircraft altitude record of 126,000 feet (38,404.8 meters)
WWL TV Channel 4 in New Orleans, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting
American weightlifter Charles Vinci wins his second consecutive bantamweight gold medal at the Rome Olympics with a world-record-equaling three-lift (snatch, clean & jerk, overhead press) total of 345.0 kilograms
US politician Nancy D'Alesandro (23) marries businessman Paul Francis Pelosi (23) in Baltimore, Maryland
American Bandstand moves to California and airs once a week on a Saturday
China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border
KTNE TV Channel 13 in Alliance, NE (PBS) begins broadcasting
Uta Pippig is born
Donald Boyles sets a record for the highest parachute jump from a bridge by leaping off the 956 ft (291 m) Royal Gorge Bridge in Colorado
Jerry Lewis's 5th Muscular Dystrophy telethon
American athletes Vincent Matthews and Wayne Collett finish 1-2 in the 400 m at the Munich Olympics, act casually on the medal stand, and do not face the flag during the anthem, resulting in a lifetime ban from the Olympics
The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a major professional basketball league that operated for nine seasons from 1967 to 1976.
The 1975 Cincinnati Reds season was the 106th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 6th and 5th full season at Riverfront Stadium.
Ethiopia severs diplomatic relations with Somalia
The Red Sox–Yankees rivalry is a Major League Baseball (MLB) rivalry between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees.
SportsCenter (SC) is an American television sports news broadcasting show broadcast by ESPN.
32nd Emmy Awards, notable for proceeding despite 51 of the 52 nominated performers boycotting the event due to a strike by members of the Screen Actors Guild: "Taxi," "Lou Grant," Ed Asner, and Barbara Bel Geddes win
The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland.
Jerry Lewis's 16th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $31,500,000
Drury Gallagher wins the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in an unofficial world record time of 6:41:35
Dwight Gooden's 11 strikeouts give him the NL rookie record of 236
Joe Cronin, American baseball player and manager, known for american baseball player and manager, died on 1984-09-07.
Mary Teresa Decker, is an American retired middle-distance and long-distance runner.
Dan Marino throws his 100th career touchdown pass, becoming the fastest QB in NFL history to do so
"I Want Her" is a song by American R&B singer Keith Sweat. As the first single from his debut album, Make It Last Forever, it reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Hot...
Jerry Lewis's 22nd Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $39,021,723
NY Daily News reports boxer Mike Tyson is seeing a psychiatrist
Evan Rachel Wood, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1988-09-07. Evan Rachel Wood is an American actress.
Brigham Young University quarterback Ty Detmer passes NCAA record 11,606 yards
Army of Ciskei homeland kills 28 ANC demonstrators
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America.
The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 16 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia. The U.S.
James Clavell, American writer and filmmaker, known for british writer and filmmaker, died on 1994-09-07.
Tupac Amaru Shakur ( TOO-pahk shə-KOOR; born Lesane Parish Crooks; June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor.
The Lockheed Martin–Boeing F-22 Raptor is an American twin-engine, jet-powered, all-weather, supersonic stealth fighter aircraft.
Mobutu Sese Seko dies
Magnitude 5.9 earthquake rocks Athens and ruptures a previously unknown fault, killing 143, injuring over 500, and leaving 50,000 people homeless
Hurricane Ivan was a large, long-lived, and devastating tropical cyclone that caused widespread damage in the Caribbean and United States.
Presidential elections were held in Egypt in 2012, with the first round on 23 and 24 May 2012 and the second on 16 and 17 June.
The Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), commonly known as Fannie Mae, is a United States government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) that has been a publicly traded company since 1968.
Plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team
On 7 September 2012, a series of earthquakes occurred in Yiliang County, Zhaotong, Yunnan. The two main shocks occurred at 11:19 and 12:16 China Standard Time (03:19 and 04:16 UTC).
A number of significant scientific events occurred in 2014, including the first robotic landing on a comet and the first complete stem-cell-assisted recovery from paraplegia.
British archaeologists announce the discovery of a Neolithic "superhenge" under three feet of earth at Durrington Walls, a large ritual site near Stonehenge
The 2016 Summer Paralympics (Portuguese: Jogos Paralímpicos de Verão de 2016), the 15th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed...
An 8.2 magnitude earthquake hits southwest of Pijijiapan, Mexico, killing at least 90 people; it is the strongest Mexican quake in a century
Rashid Khan Arman is an Afghan international cricketer and captain of the Afghanistan national team in the T20I format.
A Moon landing or lunar landing is the arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the Moon, including both crewed and robotic missions.
The COVID-19 pandemic in India is a part of the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 is caused by SARS-CoV-2.
El Salvador was the first country in the world to use bitcoin as legal tender, after it was adopted as such by the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador in 2021.
Discovery of the earliest evidence of surgery from a 31,000-year-old skeleton with an amputated lower leg in a cave in East Kalimantan, Borneo, published in "Nature" [1]
American "That '70s Show" actor Danny Masterson sentenced to 30 years to life in prison after a jury convicted him in May of two rapes in 2003 [1]
Cyclone Yagi, Asia's most powerful storm of the year, makes landfall on Hainan, China, before striking Northern Vietnam with winds of 230 km per hour (140 mph), killing at least 127 people [1]