Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 7
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This is a list of selected September 7 anniversaries that appears on the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition may be controversial, or on a day that is or soon will be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors.September 7: Father's Day in Australia and New Zealand (2008); National Grandparents' Day in the United States (2008); Independence Day in Brazil
- 1191 – Third Crusade: Forces under Richard I of England defeated Ayyubid troops under Saladin at the Battle of Arsuf in Arsuf, present-day Israel.
- 1901 – With Peking occupied by foreign troops from the Eight-Nation Alliance, Qing China was forced to sign the Boxer Protocol, an unequal treaty ending the Boxer Rebellion.
- 1940 – World War II: The German Luftwaffe changed their strategy in the Battle of Britain and began bombing London and other British cities and towns for over 50 consecutive nights.
- 1977 – Panamanian de facto leader Omar Torrijos and U.S. President Jimmy Carter signed the Torrijos-Carter Treaties, agreeing that the United States would transfer control of the Panama Canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century. The transfer eventually took place on December 31, 1999.
More events: September 6 – September 7 – September 8
