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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[878]] &ndash; [[Louis the Stammerer]] is crowned as king of [[West Francia]] by [[Pope John VIII]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Rendina|first=Claudia|title=The Popes: Histories and Secrets|location=Santa Ana, Calif.|publisher=Seven Locks Press|date=2002|isbn=9781931643139|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fdkRAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Louis+the+Stammerer%22+%227+September%22|page=203}}</ref>
*[[1159]] &ndash; Cardinal Rolando Bandinelli is elected [[Pope Alexander III]], prompting the election of Cardinal Octaviano Monticelli as [[Antipope]] [[Antipope Victor IV (1159–1164)|Victor IV]] the same day.<ref>{{cite book|last=Duggan|first=Anne J.|chapter=Alexander ille meus: The Papacy of Alexander III|title=Pope Alexander III (1159-81): The Art of Survival|editor-last1=Clarke|editor-first1=Peter|editor-last2=Duggan|editor-first2=Anne J.|location=Farnham, Surrey, UK|publisher=Ashgate Publishing|date=2012|isbn=9780754662884|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rE4GDAAAQBAJ|page=19}}</ref>
*[[1191]] &ndash; [[Third Crusade]]: [[Battle of Arsuf]]: [[Richard I of England]] defeats [[Saladin]] at [[Arsuf]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Carey|first1=Brian Todd|last2=Allfree|first2=Joshua B.|last3=Cairns|first3=John|title=Warfare in the Age of Crusades: The Latin East|location=Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK|publisher=Pen & Sword Military|date=2022|isbn=9781526730213|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F1GjEAAAQBAJ|pages=118–123}}</ref>
*[[1228]] &ndash; Holy Roman Emperor [[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick II]] lands in [[Acre, Israel]], and starts the [[Sixth Crusade]], which results in a peaceful restoration of the [[Kingdom of Jerusalem]].<ref>''A History of the Crusades: The Impact of the Crusades on the Near East'' By Kenneth M. Setton, Norman P. Zacour, Harry W. Hazard, pp. 363–364</ref> 
*[[1303]] &ndash; [[Guillaume de Nogaret]] takes [[Pope Boniface VIII]] prisoner on behalf of [[Philip IV of France]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Verbruggen|first=J. F.|translator-last=DeVries|translator-first=Kelly|title=The Battle of the Golden Spurs (Courtrai, 11 July 1302): A Contribution to the History of Flanders' War of Liberation, 1297-1305|location=Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK|publisher=Boydell Press|date=2002|isbn=9780851158884|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gD5rjC_9Q08C|page=11}}</ref>
*[[1571]] &ndash; [[Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk]], is arrested for his role in the [[Ridolfi plot]] to assassinate Queen [[Elizabeth I]] of England and replace her with [[Mary, Queen of Scots]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Questier|first=Michael C.|title=Dynastic Politics and the British Reformations, 1558-1630|location=Oxford, UK|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2019|isbn=9780198826330|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g_eEDwAAQBAJ|page=91}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1620]] &ndash; The town of [[Kokkola]] ({{langx|sv|Karleby}}) is founded by King [[Gustavus Adolphus|Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden]].<ref>[https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10956854 YLE: Kokkolan perustajasta puuveistos Suntin varteen] (in Finnish)</ref><ref>[https://www.kokkola.fi/kokkolan-kaupunki/tietoa-kokkolasta/historia/ Historia – Kokkola] (in Finnish)</ref>
*[[1630]] &ndash; The city of [[Boston]], Massachusetts, is founded in North America.<ref>{{cite book| url = https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa/AFJ7482.0001.001/24| title = Samuel Drake Adams| year = 2005}}</ref>
*[[1652]] &ndash; Around 15,000 [[Han Chinese|Han]] farmers and militia [[Guo Huaiyi Rebellion|rebel]] against [[Dutch Formosa|Dutch rule]] on [[Taiwan]].
*[[1695]] &ndash; [[Henry Every]] perpetrates one of the most profitable pirate raids in history with the capture of the Grand Mughal ship ''[[Ganj-i-Sawai]]''. In response, Emperor [[Aurangzeb]] threatens to end all English trading in India.
*[[1706]] &ndash; [[War of the Spanish Succession]]: [[Siege of Turin]] ends, leading to the withdrawal of French forces from North Italy.
*[[1764]] &ndash; Election of [[Stanisław August Poniatowski]] as the last ruler of the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]].
*[[1776]] &ndash; According to American colonial reports, [[Ezra Lee]] makes the world's first [[submarine]] attack in the ''[[Turtle (submersible)|Turtle]]'', attempting to attach a [[Time bomb (explosive)|time bomb]] to the hull of [[HMS Eagle (1774)|HMS ''Eagle'']] in [[New York Harbor]] (no British records of this attack exist).
*[[1778]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: France [[Invasion of Dominica (1778)|invades Dominica]] in the [[British West Indies]], before Britain is even aware of France's involvement in the war.
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[French invasion of Russia]]: The [[Battle of Borodino]], the bloodiest battle of the [[Napoleonic Wars]], is fought near Moscow and results in a French victory.
*[[1818]] &ndash; [[Charles XIV John of Sweden|Carl III]] of [[Sweden–Norway]] is crowned king of Norway, in [[Trondheim]].
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Pedro I of Brazil|Dom Pedro I]] declares [[Independence of Brazil|Brazil independent]] from Portugal on the shores of the [[Ipiranga Brook]] in [[São Paulo]].
*[[1856]] &ndash; The [[Saimaa Canal]] is inaugurated.<ref>{{cite magazine| title= Saiman kanawa walmistunut | magazine= Sanomia Turusta | date= September 2, 1856 | number= 36 | page= 5 | language= fi}}</ref>
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Mountain Meadows massacre]]: Mormon settlers slaughter most members of a peaceful emigrant wagon train.
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Unification of Italy]]: [[Giuseppe Garibaldi]] enters Naples.
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: Union troops under [[Quincy Adams Gillmore|Quincy A. Gillmore]] capture [[Fort Wagner]] in [[Morris Island]] after a seven-week siege.
*[[1864]] &ndash; American Civil War: [[Atlanta]] is evacuated on orders of [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] General [[William Tecumseh Sherman]].
*[[1876]] &ndash; In [[Northfield, Minnesota]], [[Jesse James]] and the [[James–Younger Gang]] attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; The [[Boxer Rebellion]] in [[Qing dynasty]] (modern-day [[China]]) officially ends with the signing of the [[Boxer Protocol]].
*[[1903]] &ndash; The [[Ottoman Empire]] launches a counter-offensive against the [[Strandzha Commune]], which dissolves.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Khadzhiev |first1=Georgi |translator1-last=Firth |translator1-first=Will |chapter=The Transfiguration Uprising and the 'Strandzha Commune': The First Libertarian Commune in Bulgaria |title=Националното освобождение и безвластният федерализъм |trans-title=National Liberation and Libertarian Federalism |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DDFOAQAAIAAJ |language=bg |pages=99–148 |date=1992 |publisher=Artizdat-5 |location=Sofia |chapter-url=http://www.savanne.ch/tusovka/en/will-firth/bulgaria.html#strandzha |oclc=27030696 }}</ref>
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Alberto Santos-Dumont]] flies his [[14-bis]] aircraft at [[Château de Bagatelle|Bagatelle]], France successfully for the first time.
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Cunard Line]]'s {{RMS|Lusitania}} sets sail on her maiden voyage from [[Liverpool]], England, to New York City.
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Eugène Lefebvre]] crashes a new French-built [[Wright Model A|Wright]] biplane during a test flight at [[Port-Aviation]] (often called "Juvisy Airfield") at [[Viry-Châtillon]], south of Paris, becoming the first aviator in the world to lose his life piloting a powered heavier-than-air craft.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://jr.skynetblogs.be/archive/2006/11/01/histoire-de-l-aviation-de-1903-a-1940-annee-par-annee.html |title=Histoire de l'aviation : 07/09/1909 |website=jr.skynetblogs.be/ |access-date =14 November 2010|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1909/1909%20-%200520.html |title=<!--Not stated--> |work=[[Flight International|Flight]] |date=August 1909 |publisher=Flight International |isbn= |pages= 517–520, 546, 556}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|language=fr|first1=Marie-Christine|last1=Damagnez|first2=Michel|last2=Damagnez|title=Eugène Lefebvre, Premier Pilote Victime de l'Aviation|publisher=Editions Delattre|location=[[Grandvilliers, Oise|Grandvilliers]], France|year=2006|isbn=2-915907-22-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=March 2024 |title=Port-Aviation: Premier aérodrome organisé au monde |trans-title=Port Aviation: First Organized Aerodrome in the World|url=https://viry-chatillon.fr/app/uploads/2024/03/portaviation.pdf |location=[[Viry-Châtillon]], [[France]] |publisher=Ville de Viry-Châtillon|pages=11–12, 15, 18–19|language=fr|access-date=23 May 2025}}</ref>
*[[1911]] &ndash; French poet [[Guillaume Apollinaire]] is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the ''[[Mona Lisa]]'' from the [[Louvre]] museum.
*[[1916]] &ndash; US federal employees win the right to [[Workers' compensation]] by [[Federal Employers Liability Act]] (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
*[[1920]] &ndash; Two newly purchased [[Savoia-Marchetti|Savoia flying boats]] crash in the [[Swiss Alps]] en route to Finland where they were to serve with the [[Finnish Air Force]], killing both crews.
*[[1921]] &ndash; In [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]], the first [[Miss America Pageant]], a two-day event, is held.
*  1921   &ndash; The [[Legion of Mary]], the largest [[Consecrated life#Apostolic congregations|apostolic]] organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland.
*[[1923]] &ndash; The [[Interpol|International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL)]] is formed.
*[[1927]] &ndash; The first fully electronic television system is achieved by [[Philo Farnsworth]].
*[[1929]] &ndash; Steamer {{SS|Kuru||2}} capsizes and sinks on Lake [[Näsijärvi]] near [[Tampere]] in Finland. One hundred thirty-six lives are lost.
*[[1932]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Boquerón (1932)|Battle of Boquerón]], the first major battle of the [[Chaco War]], commences.
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Thylacine#Last of the species|The last thylacine]], a carnivorous marsupial, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
*[[1940]] &ndash; Romania returns [[Southern Dobruja]] to Bulgaria under the [[Treaty of Craiova]].
*  1940   &ndash; [[World War II]]: The German Luftwaffe begins [[the Blitz]], bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive nights.
*[[1942]] &ndash; World War II: [[Special Naval Landing Forces|Japanese marines]] are forced to withdraw during the [[Battle of Milne Bay]].
*[[1943]] &ndash; A [[Gulf Hotel fire|fire at the Gulf Hotel]] in Houston kills 55 people.
*  1943   &ndash; World War II: The [[17th Army (Wehrmacht)|German 17th Army]] begins its evacuation of the [[Kuban bridgehead]] (Taman Peninsula) in southern Russia and moves across the Strait of Kerch to the Crimea.
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: Japanese forces on [[Wake Island]], which they had held since December 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines.
*  1945   &ndash; The [[Berlin Victory Parade of 1945]] is held.
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Nikita Khrushchev]] is elected [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|first secretary]] of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
*[[1963]] &ndash; The [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.
*[[1965]] &ndash; During an [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|Indo-Pakistani War]], China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border.
*  1965   &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: In a follow-up to August's [[Operation Starlite]], United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate [[Operation Piranha]] on the Batangan Peninsula.
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Black September|Fighting]] begins between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Jordan.
*  1970   &ndash; [[Vietnam Television]] was established.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.vtv.org.vn/en/important.htm | title =Important milestones | work =Vietnam Television | access-date =September 4, 2021 | language =en | archive-date =January 27, 2010 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20100127050950/http://www.vtv.org.vn/en/important.htm | url-status =dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.vtv.org.vn/en/ | title =VTV: Overall | work =Vietnam Television | access-date =September 4, 2021 | language =en | archive-date =July 3, 2006 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20060703170229/http://www.vtv.org.vn/en/ | url-status =dead }}</ref>
*[[1977]] &ndash; The [[Torrijos–Carter Treaties]] between [[Panama]] and the United States on the status of the [[Panama Canal]] are signed. The United States agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.
*  1977   &ndash; The 300-metre-tall [[CKVR-DT]] transmission tower in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, is hit by a light aircraft in a fog, causing it to collapse. All aboard the aircraft are killed.
*[[1978]] &ndash; While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident [[Georgi Markov]] is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent [[Francesco Gullino]] by means of a [[ricin]] pellet fired from a specially designed umbrella.
*[[1979]] &ndash; The [[Chrysler Corporation]] asks the United States government for US$1.5&nbsp;billion to avoid bankruptcy.
*[[1984]] &ndash; An [[C23 tragedy|explosion]] on board a Maltese patrol boat disposing of illegal fireworks at sea off Gozo kills seven soldiers and policemen.
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Desmond Tutu]] becomes the first black man to lead the [[Anglican Diocese of Cape Town]].
*  1986   &ndash; [[Chile]]an dictator [[Augusto Pinochet]] survives [[Attempted assassination of Augusto Pinochet|an assassination attempt]] by the [[Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front|FPMR]];<ref>{{Cite news|title=El atentado a Pinochet en tres tiempos|url=https://www.latercera.com/noticia/el-atentado-a-pinochet-en-tres-tiempos/|last1=Palma|first1=T.|date=2016-09-03|access-date=2021-10-05|work=[[La Tercera]]|last2=Bazán|first2=I.|language=Spanish|last3=Siredey|first3=F.}}</ref><ref name=Zalaquett2011>{{Cite journal|title=La frentista 'Fabiola': un relato en reversa del atentado a Pinochet|journal=Revista Izquierdas|last=Zalaquett|first=Cherie|volume=9|pages=1–30|year=2011|language=Spanish|trans-title='Fabiola': a reverse story on Pinochet attack}}</ref> five of Pinochet's bodyguards are killed.
*  [[1995]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Space Shuttle ''Endeavour'']] is launched on [[STS-69]], the second flight of the [[Wake Shield Facility]].<ref name="ssmr">{{cite web |last1=Swan |first1=Bobbie Gail |last2=Harsh |first2=George |last3=Ong |first3=A. Y. |last4=Albjerg |first4=M. |last5=Burns |first5=F. T. Jr. |date=1 December 1995 |title=STS-69 Space Shuttle Mission Report |url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19970001267/downloads/19970001267.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425155840/https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19970001267/downloads/19970001267.pdf |archive-date=25 April 2021 |access-date=25 April 2021 |website=NTRS – NASA Technical Reports Server |publisher=[[NASA]] |location=Houston, Texas}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Maiden flight]] of the [[Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor]].
*[[1999]] &ndash; The 6.0 {{M|w}} [[1999 Athens earthquake|Athens earthquake]] affected the area with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of IX (''Violent''), killing 143, injuring 800–1,600, and leaving 50,000 homeless.
*[[2005]] &ndash; Egypt holds its first-ever [[2005 Egyptian presidential election|multi-party presidential election]].
*[[2008]] &ndash; The [[Federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac|United States government takes control of]] the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, [[Fannie Mae]] and [[Freddie Mac]].
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[2010 Senkaku boat collision incident|A Chinese fishing trawler]] collides with two Japanese Coast Guard patrol boats in disputed waters near the [[Senkaku Islands]].
*[[2011]] &ndash; The [[Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash]] in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the [[Lokomotiv Yaroslavl]] [[Kontinental Hockey League]] team.
*[[2012]] &ndash; Canada officially [[Canada–Iran relations|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.
*[[2017]] &ndash; The 8.2 {{M|w}} [[2017 Chiapas earthquake]] strikes southern [[Mexico]], killing at least 60 people.
*[[2019]] &ndash; Ukrainian filmmaker [[Oleg Sentsov]] and 66 others are released in a prisoner exchange between [[Ukraine]] and [[Russia]].<ref>{{citation|publisher=Amnesty International/USA|title=Filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and Others Freed in Prisoner Swap |access-date=Sep 7, 2019|url=https://www.amnestyusa.org/press-releases/filmmaker-oleg-sentsov-and-others-freed-in-prisoner-swap/}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Bitcoin]] becomes legal tender in [[El Salvador]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-06-09|title=Bitcoin: El Salvador makes cryptocurrency legal tender|language=en-GB|publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-57398274|access-date=2021-09-11}}</ref>
*  2021   &ndash; The [[National Unity Government of Myanmar]] declares a [[People's war|people's]] [[defensive war]] against the military junta during the [[Myanmar civil war (2021–present)|Myanmar civil war]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Ratcliffe |first=Rebecca |date=7 September 2021 |title=Myanmar opposition announces 'defensive war' against junta |work=The Guardian |location=[[Yangon]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/07/myanmar-opposition-announces-defensive-war-against-junta |access-date=7 September 2021 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
* [[923]] &ndash; [[Emperor Suzaku|Suzaku]], emperor of Japan (died 952)
*[[1395]] &ndash; [[Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr]], English politician (died 1427)
*[[1438]] &ndash; [[Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse]] (died 1471)
*[[1448]] &ndash; [[Henry, Count of Württemberg]]-Montbéliard (1473–1482) (died 1519)
*[[1500]] &ndash; [[Sebastian Newdigate]], Carthusian monk and martyr (died 1535)
*[[1524]] &ndash; [[Thomas Erastus]], Swiss physician and theologian (died 1583)
*[[1533]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth I]] of England (died 1603)<ref>{{cite web |title=Elizabeth I {{!}} Biography, Facts, Mother, & Death |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elizabeth-I |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=13 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1629]] &ndash; [[Sir John Perceval, 1st Baronet]], Irish nobleman (died 1665)<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/stream/agenealogicalhi00andegoog#page/n383 |title=A genealogical history of the house of Yvery, in its different branches of Yvery, Luvel ... |last=Anderson |first=James  |publisher=H. Woodfall |year=1742 |pages=330 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1635]] &ndash; [[Paul I, Prince Esterházy]], Hungarian prince (died 1713)
*[[1641]] &ndash; [[Tokugawa Ietsuna]], Japanese shōgun (died 1680)
*[[1650]] &ndash; [[Juan Manuel María de la Aurora, 8th duke of Escalona]] (died 1725)
*[[1683]] &ndash; [[Maria Anna of Austria]] (died 1754)
*[[1694]] &ndash; [[Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg]], [[List of Prime Ministers of Denmark|Danish Minister of State]] (died 1763)
*[[1705]] &ndash; [[Matthäus Günther]], German painter (died 1788)
*[[1707]] &ndash; [[Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon]], French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (died 1788)
*[[1726]] &ndash; [[François-André Danican Philidor]], French chess player and composer (died 1795)
*[[1740]] &ndash; [[Johan Tobias Sergel]], Swedish sculptor and illustrator (died 1814)
*[[1777]] &ndash; [[Heinrich Stölzel]], German horn player and composer (died 1844)
*[[1791]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Gioachino Belli]], Italian poet and author (died 1863)
*[[1795]] &ndash; [[John William Polidori]], English physician and author (died 1821)
*[[1801]] &ndash; [[Sarel Cilliers]], South African preacher and activist (died 1871)
*[[1803]] &ndash; [[William Knibb]], English Baptist minister and Jamaican missionary (died 1845)
*[[1807]] &ndash; [[Henry Sewell]], English lawyer and politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (died 1879)
*[[1810]] &ndash; [[Hermann Heinrich Gossen]], Prussian economist and academic (died 1858)
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[Emil Korytko]], Polish activist and translator (died 1839)
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[John McDouall Stuart]], Scottish explorer and surveyor (died 1866)
*[[1818]] &ndash; [[Thomas Talbot (Massachusetts politician)|Thomas Talbot]], American businessman and politician, 31st [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (died 1886)
*[[1819]] &ndash; [[Thomas A. Hendricks]], American lawyer and politician, 21st [[Vice President of the United States]] (died 1885)
*[[1829]] &ndash; [[August Kekulé]], German chemist and academic (died 1896)
*[[1831]] &ndash; [[Alexandre Falguière]], French sculptor and painter (died 1900)
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Henry Campbell-Bannerman]], Scottish merchant and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (died 1908)
*  1836   &ndash; [[August Toepler]], German physicist and academic (died 1912)
*[[1842]] &ndash; [[Johannes Zukertort]], Polish-English chess player, linguist, and journalist (died 1888)
*[[1851]] &ndash; [[Edward Asahel Birge]], American zoologist and academic (died 1950)
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[William Friese-Greene]], English photographer, director, and cinematographer (died 1921)
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Grandma Moses]], American painter (died 1961)
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[Edgar Speyer]], American-English financier and philanthropist (died 1932)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Tristan Bernard]], French author and playwright (died 1947)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Albert Bassermann]], German-Swiss actor (died 1952)
*  1867   &ndash; [[J. P. Morgan Jr.]], American banker and philanthropist (died 1943)
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Ben Viljoen]], South African general (died 1917)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Aleksandr Kuprin]], Russian pilot, explorer, and author (died 1938)
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[George Hirst]], English cricketer and coach (died 1954)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Samuel Rocke]], Australian politician who served as an [[Independent politician|independent]] member of the [[Western Australian Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] of [[Western Australia]] (died 1963)<ref>[http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/library/MPHistoricalData.nsf/(Lookup)/FCB25216403E3420482577E50028A7A2?OpenDocument Samuel Matthew Rocke] – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 17 October 2023.</ref>
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Edward Francis Hutton]], American businessman and financier, co-founded [[E. F. Hutton & Co.]] (died 1962)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Francesco Buhagiar]], Maltese politician, 2nd [[Prime Minister of Malta]] (died 1934)
*  1876   &ndash; [[C. J. Dennis]], Australian poet and author (died 1938)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Theophrastos Sakellaridis]], Greek composer and conductor (died 1950)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Elinor Wylie]], American author and poet (died 1928)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Edith Sitwell]], English poet and critic (died 1964)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Eric Harrison]], Australian soldier and politician, 27th [[Minister for Defence (Australia)|Australian Minister for Defence]] (died 1974)
*  1892   &ndash; [[Oscar O'Brien]], Canadian priest, pianist, and composer (died 1958)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Leslie Hore-Belisha]], English politician, [[Secretary of State for War]] (died 1957)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Vic Richardson]], Australian cricketer, footballer, and sportscaster (died 1969)
*  1894   &ndash; [[George Waggner]], American actor, director, and producer (died 1984)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Jacques Vaché]], French author and poet (died 1919)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Al Sherman]], Tin Pan Alley era songwriter (died 1973)<ref>{{cite web |title=Al Sherman |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/mastertalent/detail/112081/Sherman_Al |website=Discography of American Historical Recordings |publisher=University of California, Santa Barbara |access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Taylor Caldwell]], English-American author (died 1985)
*  1900   &ndash; [[Giuseppe Zangara]], Italian-American assassin of [[Anton Cermak]] (died 1933)

===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Margaret Landon]], American missionary and author (died 1993)
*  1903   &ndash; [[Dorothy Marie Donnelly]], American poet and author (died 1994)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[C. B. Colby]], American author (died 1977)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Ahmed Adnan Saygun]], Turkish composer and musicologist (died 1991)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Paul Brown]], American football player and coach (died 1991)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Sept. 7: Dean-Charles Chapman, Leslie Jones |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/09/07/Famous-birthdays-for-Sept-7-Dean-Charles-Chapman-Leslie-Jones/3001662514028/#:~:text=Famous%20birthdays%20for%20Sept.,%2C%20Leslie%20Jones%20%2D%20UPI.com |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=5 September 2023 |date=7 September 2022}}</ref>
*  1908   &ndash; [[Michael E. DeBakey]], American surgeon and educator (died 2008)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Cooley |first1=Denton A. |title=In Memoriam: Michael E. DeBakey, 1908–2008 |journal=Texas Heart Institute Journal |date=2008 |volume=35 |issue=3 |pages=233–234 |pmc=2565528 |issn=0730-2347}}</ref>
*  1908   &ndash; [[Max Kaminsky (musician)|Max Kaminsky]], American trumpet player and bandleader (died 1994)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Elia Kazan]], Greek-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2003)<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Todor Zhivkov]], Bulgarian police officer and politician, [[List of heads of state of Bulgaria|Head of State of Bulgaria]] (died 1998)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[David Packard]], American engineer and businessman, co-founded [[Hewlett-Packard]] (died 1996)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield]], English soldier and courtier (died 1999)
*  1913   &ndash; [[Anthony Quayle]], English actor (died 1989)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Lída Baarová]], Czech-Austrian actress (died 2000)
*  1914   &ndash; [[Graeme Bell]], Australian pianist and composer (died 2012)
*  1914   &ndash; [[James Van Allen]], American physicist and philosopher (died 2006)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Pedro Reginaldo Lira]], Argentine bishop (died 2012)
*  1915   &ndash; [[Kiyosi Itô]], Japanese mathematician and academic (died 2008)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Leonard Cheshire]], English captain, pilot, and humanitarian (died 1992)
*  1917   &ndash; [[John Cornforth]], Australian-English chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2013)
*  1917   &ndash; [[Jacob Lawrence]], American painter and educator (died 2000)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Harold Amos]], American microbiologist and academic (died 2003)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Briek Schotte]], Belgian cyclist and coach (died 2004)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Harri Webb]], Welsh journalist and poet (died 1994)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Peter A. Peyser]], American soldier and politician (died 2014)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Lucien Jarraud]], French-Canadian journalist and radio host (died 2007)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Nancy Keesing]], Australian author and poet (died 1993)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Peter Lawford]], English-American actor (died 1984)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Louise Suggs]], American golfer, co-founded [[LPGA]] (died 2015)<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Daniel Inouye]], American captain and politician, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (died 2012)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Leonard Rosenman]], American composer and conductor (died 2008)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Laura Ashley]], Welsh-English fashion designer, founded [[Laura Ashley plc]] (died 1985)<ref name="UPI" />
*  1925   &ndash; [[Allan Blakeney]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 10th [[Premier of Saskatchewan]] (died 2011)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Bhanumathi Ramakrishna]], Indian actress, singer, director, and producer (died 2005)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Samuel Goldwyn Jr.]], American director and producer (died 2015)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Donald J. Irwin]], American lawyer and politician, 32nd [[List of mayors of Norwalk, Connecticut|Mayor of Norwalk]] (died 2013)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Patrick Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding]], English lawyer and politician, [[Secretary of State for the Environment]] (died 2016)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Erich Juskowiak]], German footballer (died 1983)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Don Messick]], American voice actor (died 1997)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Ed and Lorraine Warren|Ed Warren]], American paranormal investigator and author (died 2006)<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Eric Hill]], English-American author and illustrator (died 2014)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Claire L'Heureux-Dubé]], Canadian lawyer and jurist
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Kathleen Gorham]], Australian ballerina (died 1983)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Al McGuire]], American basketball player, coach, and commentator (died 2001)<ref>{{cite web|title=Al McGuire|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/al-mcguire|publisher=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=19 February 2020}}</ref>
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Clyde Lovellette]], American basketball player (died 2016)<ref>{{cite web|title=Clyde Lovellette|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/clyde-lovellette|publisher=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=19 February 2020}}</ref>
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Baudouin of Belgium]] (died 1993)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Sonny Rollins]], American saxophonist and composer<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1930   &ndash; [[S. Sivanayagam]], Sri Lankan journalist and author (died 2010)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Yuan Longping]], Academician of the [[Chinese Academy of Engineering]] and an expert in [[hybrid rice]] (died [[2021]])<ref>{{cite news |title="杂交水稻之父"袁隆平逝世 稻菽千重 禾下留梦 |url=https://www.ccdi.gov.cn/lswh/renwu/202105/t20210524_242476.html |access-date=18 June 2024 |publisher=中央纪委国家监委网站 |date=22 May 2021 |ref=中央纪委国家监委网站 |language=zh}}</ref>
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Charles Camilleri]], Maltese composer and conductor (died 2009)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Malcolm Bradbury]], English author and academic (died 2000)
*  1932   &ndash; [[John Paul Getty Jr.]], American-English philanthropist and book collector (died 2003)<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Mary Bauermeister]], German painter and illustrator (died 2023)
*  1934   &ndash; [[Waldo de los Ríos]], Argentine composer and conductor (died 1977)
*  1934   &ndash; [[Sunil Gangopadhyay]], Indian author and poet (died 2012)
*  1934   &ndash; [[Omar Karami]], Lebanese lawyer and politician, 58th [[Prime Minister of Lebanon]] (died 2015)
*  1934   &ndash; [[Little Milton]], American singer and guitarist (died 2005)
*  1934   &ndash; [[Hilpas Sulin]], Finnish ice hockey player and coach (died 2025)<ref>[https://hpk.fi/suru-uutinen-hpk-hall-of-fame-jasen-hilpas-sulin-on-poissa/ Suru-uutinen: HPK Hall of Fame jäsen Hilpas Sulin on poissa] {{in lang|fi}}</ref>
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Abdou Diouf]], Senegalese lawyer and politician, 2nd [[President of Senegal]]
*  1935   &ndash; [[Dick O'Neal]], American basketball player and dentist (died 2013)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Brian Hart]], English race car driver and engineer, founded [[Brian Hart Ltd.]] (died 2014)
*  1936   &ndash; [[Buddy Holly]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1959)<ref name="UPI" />
*  1936   &ndash; [[Apostolos Kaklamanis]], Greek lawyer and politician, [[Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights (Greece)|Greek Minister of Justice]]
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[John Phillip Law]], American actor (died 2008)<ref name="UPI" />
*  1937   &ndash; [[Oleg Lobov]], Russian politician, [[List of heads of government of Russia|Premier of the Russian SFSR]] (died 2018)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Latimore (musician)|Latimore]], American singer-songwriter and pianist
*  1939   &ndash; [[Peter Gill (playwright)|Peter Gill]], Welsh actor, director, and playwright
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Dario Argento]], Italian director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="UPI" />
*  1940   &ndash; [[Abdurrahman Wahid]], Indonesian journalist and politician, 4th [[President of Indonesia]] (died 2009)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Billy Best]], Scottish footballer
*  1942   &ndash; [[Alan Oakes]], English footballer and manager
*  1942   &ndash; [[Andrew Stone, Baron Stone of Blackheath]], English businessman and politician
*  1942   &ndash; [[Jonathan H. Turner]], American sociologist
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Gloria Gaynor]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for September 7, 2022 includes celebrities Evan Rachel Wood, Leslie Jones |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/09/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-september-7-2022-includes-celebrities-evan-rachel-wood-leslie-jones.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |agency=Associated Press |access-date=5 September 2023 |date=7 September 2022}}</ref>
*  1943   &ndash; [[Beverley McLachlin]], Canadian lawyer and jurist, 17th [[Chief Justice of Canada]]
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Forrest Blue]], American football player (died 2011)
*  1944   &ndash; [[Bertel Haarder]], Danish lawyer and politician, [[Education Minister of Denmark]]
*  1944   &ndash; [[Peter Larter]], English rugby player
*  1944   &ndash; [[Earl Manigault]], American basketball player and coach (died 1998)
*  1944   &ndash; [[Bora Milutinović]], Serbian footballer and manager
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Houshang Moradi Kermani]], Iranian author
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Jacques Lemaire]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*  1945   &ndash; [[Vic Pollard]], English-New Zealand rugby player and footballer
*  1945   &ndash; [[Curtis Price]], American musicologist and academic
*  1945   &ndash; [[Peter Storey]], English footballer
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Willie Crawford]], American baseball player (died 2004)
*  1946   &ndash; [[Joe Klein]], American journalist and author
*  1946   &ndash; [[Suzyn Waldman]], American sportscaster
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Sergio Della Pergola]], Israeli demographer and statistician
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Susan Blakely]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> 
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Dianne Hayter]], German-English politician
*  1949   &ndash; [[Barry Siegel]], American journalist and academic
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[David Cannadine]], English historian and author
*  1950   &ndash; [[John Friedrich (fraudster)|Johann Friedrich]], German-Australian engineer (died 1991)
*  1950   &ndash; [[Julie Kavner]], American actress<ref name="AP" />  
*  1950   &ndash; [[Peggy Noonan]], American author, journalist, speechwriter, and pundit<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Chrissie Hynde]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1951   &ndash; [[Morris Albert]], Brazilian singer-songwriter
*  1951   &ndash; [[Mark Isham]], American trumpet player and composer
*  1951   &ndash; [[Mark McCumber]], American golfer
*  1951   &ndash; [[Mammootty]], Indian actor and producer
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Ricardo Tormo]], Spanish motorcycle racer (died 1998)
*  1953   &ndash; [[Marc Hunter]], New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter (died 1998)
*  1953   &ndash; [[Benmont Tench]], American keyboardist and songwriter<ref name="AP" /> 
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Corbin Bernsen]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1954   &ndash; [[Michael Emerson]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1954   &ndash; [[Kerrie Holley]], American software architect and academic 
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Mira Furlan]], Croatian-American actress (died 2021)  
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Michael Feinstein]], American singer and pianist<ref name="UPI" />
*  1956   &ndash; [[Byron Stevenson]], Welsh footballer (died 2007)
*  1956   &ndash; [[Diane Warren]], American songwriter<ref name="AP" /> 
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Jermaine Stewart]], American singer-songwriter and dancer (died 1997)
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Brad Houser]], American bass player (died 2023) 
*1960 &ndash; [[Ersin Tatar]], Turkish Cypriot politician<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-10-18 |title=Ersin Tatar kimdir, kaç yaşında ve nereli? |url=https://www.milliyet.com.tr/gundem/ersin-tatar-kimdir-kac-yasinda-ve-nereli-6327521 |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=Milliyet |language=tr}}</ref>
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[LeRoi Moore]], American saxophonist and songwriter (died 2008)
*  1961   &ndash; [[Jean-Yves Thibaudet]], French pianist
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Jennifer Egan]], American novelist and short story writer
*  1962   &ndash; [[George South]], American wrestler
*  1962   &ndash; [[Hasan Vezir]], Turkish footballer and manager
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[W. Earl Brown]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> 
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Eazy-E]], American rapper and producer (died 1995)<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Angela Gheorghiu]], Romanian soprano
*  1965   &ndash; [[Darko Pančev]], Macedonian footballer
*  1965   &ndash; [[Uta Pippig]], German runner
*  1965   &ndash; [[Tomáš Skuhravý]], Czech footballer
*  1965   &ndash; [[Andreas Thom]], German footballer and manager
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Vladimir Andreyev (racewalker)|Vladimir Andreyev]], Russian race walker
*  1966   &ndash; [[Lutz Heilmann]], German politician
*  1966   &ndash; [[Toby Jones]], English actor<ref name="UPI" />
*  1966   &ndash; [[Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann]], German speed skater
*  1966   &ndash; [[Andrew Voss]], Australian sportscaster and author
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Leslie Jones (comedian)|Leslie Jones]], American comedian and actress<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1967   &ndash; [[Alok Sharma]], Indian-English accountant and politician
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Marcel Desailly]], Ghanaian-French footballer
*  1968   &ndash; [[Gennadi Krasnitski]], Russian figure skater and coach
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Darren Bragg]], American baseball player and coach
*  1969   &ndash; [[Angie Everhart]], American actress and model<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1969   &ndash; [[Diane Farr]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1969   &ndash; [[Rudy Galindo]], American figure skater
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Monique Gabriela Curnen]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1970   &ndash; [[Gino Odjick]], Canadian ice hockey player (died 2023)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Beloved former Vancouver Canucks enforcer Gino Odjick dead at 52|url=https://theprovince.com/sports/hockey/nhl/vancouver-canucks/gino-odjick-dead-at-52|last=Johnston|first=Patrick|date=January 15, 2023|access-date=January 15, 2023|work=The Province}}</ref>
*  1970   &ndash; [[Tom Everett Scott]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> 
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Gene Pritsker]], American composer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/genepritsker|title=Gene Pritsker|date=2 January 2019|access-date=18 October 2019}}</ref>
*  1971   &ndash; [[Shane Mosley]], American boxer and trainer
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Jason Isringhausen]], American baseball player and coach
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Shannon Elizabeth]], American model and actress<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1973   &ndash; [[Alex Kurtzman]], American director, producer, and screenwriter
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Mario Frick (footballer)|Mario Frick]], Swiss-Liechtensteiner footballer
*  1974   &ndash; [[Antonio McDyess]], American basketball player
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Norifumi Abe]], Japanese motorcycle racer (died 2007)
*  1975   &ndash; [[Harold Wallace]], Costa Rican footballer and manager
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Wavell Hinds]], Jamaican cricketer
*  1976   &ndash; [[Oliver Hudson]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> 
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Mateen Cleaves]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mateen Cleaves |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2043/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=5 September 2023}}</ref>
*  1977   &ndash; [[Molly Holly]], American wrestler and trainer
*  1977   &ndash; [[Jon Macken]], English-Irish footballer
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Matt Cooke]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1978   &ndash; [[Erwin Koen]], Dutch footballer
*  1978   &ndash; [[Ersin Güreler]], Turkish footballer
*  1978   &ndash; [[Devon Sawa]], Canadian actor<ref name="AP" /> 
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Nathan Hindmarsh]], Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
*  1979   &ndash; [[Paul Mara]], American ice hockey player
*  1979   &ndash; [[Owen Pallett]], Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player 
*  1979   &ndash; [[Brian Stokes]], American baseball player
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Emre Belözoğlu]], Turkish footballer
*  1980   &ndash; [[Sara Carrigan]], Australian cyclist<ref>{{cite web |title=Cycling Australia |url=https://cycling.org.au/nat/sara-carrigan |website=cycling.org.au |access-date=13 February 2020}}</ref>
*  1980   &ndash; [[Gabriel Milito]], Argentine footballer
*  1980   &ndash; [[Javad Nekounam]], Iranian footballer
*  1980   &ndash; [[J. D. Pardo]], American actor<ref name="UPI" />
*  1980   &ndash; [[Mark Prior]], American baseball player
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Gökhan Zan]], Turkish footballer
*  1981   &ndash; [[Vangelis (wrestler)|Vangelis]], Mexican wrestler
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Andre Dirrell]], American boxer
*  1982   &ndash; [[George Bailey (cricketer, born 1982)|George Bailey]], Australian cricketer
*  1982   &ndash; [[Emese Szász]], Hungarian fencer
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Philip Deignan]], Irish cyclist
*  1983   &ndash; [[Annette Dytrt]], German figure skater
*  1983   &ndash; [[Pops Mensah-Bonsu]], English-American basketball player
*  1983   &ndash; [[Piri Weepu]], New Zealand rugby player
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Ben Hollingsworth (actor)|Ben Hollingsworth]], Canadian actor<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1984   &ndash; [[Farveez Maharoof]], Sri Lankan cricketer
*  1984   &ndash; [[Miranda (footballer, born 1984)|Miranda]], Brazilian footballer
*  1984   &ndash; [[Vera Zvonareva]], Russian tennis player
*  1984   &ndash; [[Pelin Karahan]], Turkish actress
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Radhika Apte]], Indian actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Happy Birthday Radhika Apte: 10 pics that show her less serious, goofier side |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/happy-birthday-radhika-apte-10-pics-that-show-her-less-serious-goofier-side/story-Q56WA6lkNeLYeOvGBlR37J.html |website=Hindustan Times|date=7 September 2018}}</ref>
*  1985   &ndash; [[Wade Davis (baseball)|Wade Davis]], American baseball player
*  1985   &ndash; [[Alyssa Diaz]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1985   &ndash; [[Adam Eckersley (footballer)|Adam Eckersley]], English footballer
*  1985   &ndash; [[Eric Fehr]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Eric Fehr |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/eric-fehr-8470611 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=5 September 2023}}</ref>
*  1985   &ndash; [[Rafinha (footballer, born 1985)|Rafinha]], Brazilian footballer
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Charlie Daniels (footballer)|Charlie Daniels]], English footballer
*  1986   &ndash; [[Colin Delaney]], American wrestler
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Tommy Elphick]], English footballer
*  1987   &ndash; [[Sammy Moore]], English footballer
*  1987   &ndash; [[Danny North]], English footballer
*  1987   &ndash; [[Patrick Robinson (cornerback)|Patrick Robinson]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Patrick Robinson |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/13238/patrick-robinson |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=5 September 2023}}</ref>
*  1987   &ndash; [[Evan Rachel Wood]], American actress and singer<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1987   &ndash; [[Aleksandra Wozniak]], Canadian tennis player
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Alex Harvey (skier)|Alex Harvey]], Canadian skier
*  1988   &ndash; [[Kevin Love]], American basketball player<ref name="AP" /> 
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Jonathan Majors]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> 
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Libor Hudáček]], Slovakian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/17727/libor-hudacek|title=Libor Hudacek|publisher=Elite Prospects|access-date=September 4, 2021}}</ref>
*  1990   &ndash; [[Fedor Klimov]], Russian figure skater
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Dale Finucane]], Australian rugby league player
*  1991   &ndash; [[Amar Garibović]], Serbian skier (died 2010)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Elinor Barker]], Welsh track cyclist<ref>{{cite web |title=Elinor Barker – Great Britain Cycling Team Rider Profile |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gbcyclingteam/new/bio/Elinor_Barker |website=British Cycling |access-date=13 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1994   &ndash; [[Herman Ese'ese]], New Zealand rugby league player<ref>{{cite web |title=Herman Ese'ese |url=https://www.nrl.com/players/internationals/samoa/herman-eseese/ |publisher=National Rugby League |access-date=13 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1994   &ndash; [[Tom Opacic]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tom Opacic |url=https://www.qrl.com.au/players/intrust-super-cup/townsville-blackhawks/tom-opacic/ |publisher=Queensland Rugby League |access-date=13 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1994   &ndash; [[Kento Yamazaki]], Japanese actor<ref>{{cite web |title=山﨑賢人 Kento Yamazaki Official Website  |url=https://official.stardust.co.jp/yamazakikento/profile.html |website=Kento Yamazaki official website |access-date=31 December 2022 |language=ja}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Donovan Mitchell]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web|title=Donovan Mitchell|url=https://www.nba.com/player/1628378|website=NBA|access-date=22 April 2023}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Dean-Charles Chapman]], English actor<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Gracie Abrams]], American singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=Who are Gracie Abrams' parents? All about the singer's Hollywood heritage|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/gracie-abrams-parents-rcna136723 |website=The Today Show |first1=Ree |last1=Hines |date=1 February 2024 |access-date=21 February 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1999   &ndash; [[Laurie Jussaume]], Canadian cyclist<ref>{{cite web |title=Laurie Jussaume |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/laurie-jussaume/ |website=Team Canada – Official Olympic Team Website |access-date=29 May 2020 |date=26 June 2019}}</ref>
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Ian Chen (actor)|Ian Chen]], American actor<ref name="AP" />

==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[251]] &ndash; [[Sima Yi]], Chinese general and politician (born 179)
* [[355]] &ndash; [[Claudius Silvanus]], Roman general
* [[859]] &ndash; [[Emperor Xuānzong of Tang]], Chinese emperor (born 810)
* [[934]] &ndash; [[Meng Zhixiang]], Chinese general (born 874)
*[[1134]] &ndash; [[Alfonso the Battler]], Spanish emperor (born 1073)
*[[1151]] &ndash; [[Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou]] (born 1113)
*[[1202]] &ndash; [[William of the White Hands]], French cardinal (born 1135)
*[[1251]] &ndash; [[Viola, Duchess of Opole]]
*[[1303]] &ndash; [[Gregory Bicskei]], archbishop of Esztergom
*[[1312]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand IV of Castile]] (born 1285)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ferdinand IV {{!}} king of Castile and Leon |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ferdinand-IV-king-of-Castile-and-Leon |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=18 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1354]] &ndash; [[Andrea Dandolo]], doge of Venice (born 1306)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hourihane |first1=Colum |title=The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture |date=2012 |publisher=OUP USA |isbn=978-0-19-539536-5 |page=255 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FtlMAgAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA255 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1362]] &ndash; [[Joan of the Tower]] (born 1321)
*[[1464]] &ndash; [[Frederick II, Elector of Saxony]] (born 1412)
*[[1496]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand II of Naples]] (born 1469)
*[[1559]] &ndash; [[Robert Estienne]], English-French printer and scholar (born 1503)
*[[1566]] &ndash; [[Nikola Šubić Zrinski]], Croatian general (born 1506)
*[[1573]] &ndash; [[Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal]] (born 1535)

===1601–1900===
*[[1601]] &ndash; [[John Shakespeare]], father of [[William Shakespeare]] (born 1529)
*[[1619]] &ndash; [[Melchior Grodziecki]], Polish priest and saint (born 1582)
*  1619   &ndash; [[Marko Krizin]], Croatian priest, missionary, and saint (born 1589)
*[[1622]] &ndash; [[Denis Godefroy]], French lawyer and jurist (born 1549)
*[[1626]] &ndash; [[Edward Villiers (Master of the Mint)|Edward Villiers]], English noble and politician (born c. 1585)
*[[1644]] &ndash; [[Guido Bentivoglio]], Italian cardinal and historian (born 1579)
*[[1655]] &ndash; [[François Tristan l'Hermite]], French author and playwright (born 1601)
*[[1657]] &ndash; [[Arvid Wittenberg]], Swedish field marshal (born 1606)
*[[1685]] &ndash; [[William Carpenter (Rhode Island colonist)|William Carpenter]], English-American settler, co-founded [[Rhode Island|Rhode Island and Providence Plantations]] (born 1605)
*[[1729]] &ndash; [[William Burnet (colonial administrator)|William Burnet]], Dutch-American civil servant and politician, 21st [[List of colonial governors of New York|Governor of the province of New York]] (born 1688)
*[[1741]] &ndash; [[Blas de Lezo]], Spanish admiral (born 1689)
*[[1798]] &ndash; [[Peter Frederik Suhm]], Danish-Norwegian historian and author (born 1728)
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[Louis-Guillaume Le Monnier]], French botanist and physicist (born 1717)
*[[1809]] &ndash; [[Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke]], Thai king (born 1737)
*[[1833]] &ndash; [[Hannah More]], English poet, playwright, and philanthropist (born 1745)
*[[1840]] &ndash; [[Jacques MacDonald]], French general (born 1765)
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Kimenzan Tanigorō]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 13th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (born 1826)
*  1871   &ndash; [[Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha]], Ottoman politician, 217th [[List of Ottoman Grand Viziers|Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire]] (born 1815)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Sidney Lanier]], American poet and academic (born 1842)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Lorenzo Sawyer]], American lawyer and judge (born 1820)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[John Greenleaf Whittier]], American poet and activist (born 1807)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Hamilton Fish]], American lawyer and politician, 26th [[United States Secretary of State]] (born 1808)

===1901–present===
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu]], Romanian philologist, journalist, and playwright (born 1838)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[William Holman Hunt]], English painter and soldier (born 1827)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Simon-Napoléon Parent]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th [[Premier of Quebec]] (born 1855)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Alfred William Rich]], English author and painter (born 1856)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Frederic Weatherly]], English lawyer, author, and songwriter (born 1848)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon]], English ornithologist and politician, [[Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs]] (born 1862)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Kyōka Izumi]], Japanese author, poet, and playwright (born 1873)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[José Félix Estigarribia]], Paraguayan soldier and politician, [[President of Paraguay]] (born 1888)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Mario García Menocal]], Cuban lawyer and politician, [[President of Cuba]] (born 1866)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Cecilia Beaux]], American painter and academic (born 1855)
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[José Clemente Orozco]], Mexican painter and illustrator (born 1883)
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Maria Montez]], Dominican-French actress (born 1912)
*  1951   &ndash; [[John French Sloan]], American painter and etcher (born 1871)
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Bud Fisher]], American cartoonist (born 1885)
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[C. B. Fry]], English cricketer, academic, and politician (born 1872)
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Maurice Duplessis]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th [[Premier of Quebec]] (born 1890)
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Pieck]], German carpenter and politician, [[Leadership of East Germany|President of East Germany]] (born 1873)
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy]], Dutch lawyer, jurist, and politician, 34th [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] (born 1885)
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Karen Blixen]], Danish memoirist and short story writer (born 1885)
*  1962   &ndash; [[Graham Walker (motorcycle racer)|Graham Walker]], English motorcycle racer and journalist (born 1897)
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Walter A. Brown]], American businessman (born 1905)
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Everett Dirksen]], American lieutenant and politician (born 1896)
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Yitzhak Gruenbaum]], Polish-Israeli journalist and politician, 1st [[Internal Affairs Minister of Israel]] (born 1879)
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Spring Byington]], American actress (born 1886)
*  1971   &ndash; [[Ludwig Suthaus]], German tenor (born 1906)
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Dimitris Poulianos]], Greek painter and illustrator (born 1899)
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Holling C. Holling]], American author and illustrator (born 1900)
*  1973   &ndash; [[Lev Vladimirsky]], Kazakhstani-Russian admiral (born 1903)
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[S. M. Rasamanickam]], Ceylon politician (born 1913)
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Cecil Aronowitz]], South African-English viola player (born 1916)
*  1978   &ndash; [[Keith Moon]], English drummer ([[The Who]]) (born 1946)
*  1978   &ndash; [[Charles Williams (composer)|Charles Williams]], English composer and conductor (born 1893)
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[I. A. Richards]], English literary critic and rhetorician (born 1893)
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Christy Brown]], Irish author, poet, and painter (born 1932)
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Ken Boyer]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1931)
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Tamurbek Dawletschin]], Tatar author and prisoner of war (born 1904)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dawletschin-Linder |first=Camilla |title=Von Kasan bis Bergen-Belsen: Erinnerungen eines sowjetischen Kriegsgefangenen 1941/42 |pages=7–21 |language=de |chapter=Einführung und Kurzbiografie |date=2021 |doi=10.5771/9783835347458-7|isbn=978-3-8353-4745-8 }}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Joe Cronin]], American baseball player and manager (born 1906)
*  1984   &ndash; [[Josyf Slipyj]], Ukrainian cardinal (born 1892)
*  1984   &ndash; [[Don Tallon]], Australian cricketer (born 1916)
*  1985   &ndash; [[Jacoba van Velde]], Dutch author (born 1903)
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[José Zabala-Santos]], Filipino cartoonist (born 1911)
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Les Bury]], English-Australian public servant and politician, 26th [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia)|Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs]] (born 1913)
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Sedad Hakkı Eldem]], Turkish architect (born 1908)
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Mikhail Goldstein]], Ukrainian violinist and composer (born 1917)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Earle E. Partridge]], American general and pilot (born 1900)
*  1990   &ndash; [[A. J. P. Taylor]], English historian and journalist (born 1906)
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Edwin McMillan]], American physicist and chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1907)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Eric Crozier]], English director and playwright (born 1914)
*  1994   &ndash; [[Dennis Morgan]], American actor (born 1908)
*  1994   &ndash; [[Terence Young (director)|Terence Young]], Chinese-English director and screenwriter (born 1915)
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Russell Johnson (cartoonist)|Russell Johnson]], American cartoonist (born 1893)
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Bibi Besch]], Austrian-American actress (born 1942)
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Mobutu Sese Seko]], Congolese soldier and politician, [[President of Zaire]] (born 1930)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Bruce Gyngell]], Australian-English broadcaster (born 1929)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Igor Buketoff]], American conductor and educator (born 1915)
*  2001   &ndash; [[Spede Pasanen]], Finnish film director and producer, comedian, and inventor (born 1930)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/viihde/a/2016041021392870|title=Spede Pasanen olisi täyttänyt tänään 86 vuotta – näistä rakastettu koomikko muistetaan|first=Olli|last=Martela|work=[[Iltalehti]]|date=April 10, 2016|access-date=February 6, 2022|language=fi}}</ref>
*  2001   &ndash; [[Billie Lou Watt]], American actress and voice artist (born 1924)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Uziel Gal]], German-Israeli colonel and gun designer, designed the [[Uzi]] (born 1923)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Warren Zevon]], American singer-songwriter (born 1947)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Bob Boyd (baseball)|Bob Boyd]], American baseball player (born 1925)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Kune Biezeveld]], Dutch minister and theologian (born 1948)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Ilarion Ciobanu]], Romanian rugby player and actor (born 1931)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Don Haskins]], American basketball player and coach (born 1930)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Gregory Mcdonald]], American author (born 1937)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Nagi Noda]], Japanese director and producer (born 1973)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Amar Garibović]], Serbian skier (born 1991)
*  2010   &ndash; [[William H. Goetzmann]], American historian and author (born 1930)
*  2010   &ndash; [[Barbara Holland]], American author (born 1933)
*  2010   &ndash; [[John Kluge]], German-American businessman (born  1914)
*  2010   &ndash; [[Glenn Shadix]], American actor (born 1952)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-09-07|title=Bessemer native and 'Beetlejuice' actor Glenn Shadix dies following a fall in his condo|url=https://www.al.com/bob-carlton/2010/09/bessemer_native_and_beetle_jui.html|access-date=2020-11-18|website=al|language=en}}</ref>
*[[2011]] &ndash; Victims of the [[2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash]]:
** [[Pavol Demitra]], Slovakian ice hockey player (born 1974)<ref name=dht>{{cite news |title=A plane crash killed 43 people including all but one of players & coaches of Yaroslavl Lokomotiv |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120968050/a-plane-crash-killed-43-people/ |access-date=16 March 2023 |work=The Daily Herald-Tribune |date=8 September 2011 |page=16 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
** [[Alexander Karpovtsev]], Russian ice hockey player and coach (born 1970)<ref name=dht />
** [[Igor Korolev]], Russian ice hockey player and coach (born 1970)<ref name=dht />
** [[Stefan Liv]], Polish-Swedish ice hockey player (born 1980)<ref name=dht />
** [[Jan Marek (ice hockey, born 1979)|Jan Marek]], Czech ice hockey player (born 1979)<ref name=dht />
** [[Brad McCrimmon]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1959)<ref name=dht />
** [[Karel Rachůnek]], Czech ice hockey player (born 1979)<ref name=dht />
** [[Kārlis Skrastiņš]], Latvian ice hockey player (born 1974)<ref name=dht />
** [[Ruslan Salei]], Belarusian ice hockey player (born 1974)<ref name=dht />
** [[Josef Vašíček]], Czech ice hockey player (born 1980)<ref name=dht />
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[César Fernández Ardavín]], Spanish director and screenwriter (born 1923)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Aleksandr Maksimenkov]], Russian footballer and manager (born 1952)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Daniel Weinreb]], American computer scientist and programmer (born 1959)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Albert Allen Bartlett]], American physicist and academic (born 1923)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Romesh Bhandari]], Pakistani-Indian politician and diplomat, 13th [[Foreign Secretary (India)|Foreign Secretary of India]] (born 1928)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Frank Blevins]], English-Australian politician, 7th [[Deputy Premier of South Australia]] (born 1939)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Pete Hoffman]], American cartoonist (born 1919)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Ilja Hurník]], Czech playwright and composer (born 1922)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Fred Katz (cellist)|Fred Katz]], American cellist and composer (born 1919)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Kwon Ri-se]], South Korean singer (born 1991)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Jack Cristil]], American sportscaster and radio host (born 1925)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Raul M. Gonzalez]], Filipino lawyer and politician, 42nd [[Secretary of Justice (Philippines)|Filipino Secretary of Justice]] (born 1930)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Yoshiko Ōtaka]], Chinese-Japanese actress, singer, and politician (born 1920)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Harold Shipp]], Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1926)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Dickie Moore (actor)|Dickie Moore]], American actor (born 1925)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Candida Royalle]], American porn actress, director, and producer (born 1950)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Guillermo Rubalcaba]], Cuban pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1927)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Voula Zouboulaki]], Greek actress (born 1924)
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Pedro Jirón]], Nicaraguan footballer (born 1939)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nuevaya.com.ni/fallecio-en-diriamba-peche-jiron-un-grande-del-futbol-nicaraguense/|title=Falleció en Diriamba, "Peché" Jirón, un grande del fútbol nicaragüense|date=September 8, 2018|website=nuevaya.com.ni}}</ref>
*  2018 &ndash; [[Mac Miller]], American rapper (born 1992)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-mep-mac-miller-died-20180907-story.html|title=Mac Miller found dead inside his Studio City home; drug overdose suspected|work=Los Angeles Times|first=Richard |last= Winton|access-date=September 7, 2018 |date=September 7, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Blankstein|first1=Andrew|last2=Li|first2=David K.|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rapper-mac-miller-died-drug-overdose-n931361|title=Rapper Mac Miller died of a drug overdose|date=November 5, 2018|access-date=February 21, 2019|publisher=[[NBC News]]}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Wanda Janicka]], Polish architect, participant in the Warsaw Uprising (born 1923)<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Odeszła na wieczną wartę – Wanda Janicka ps. "Zofia" |url=https://1bltr.wp.mil.pl/pl/articles/6-aktualnosci/odeszla-na-wieczna-warte-wanda-janicka-ps-zofia/ |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=1bltr.wp.mil.pl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240124175408/https://1bltr.wp.mil.pl/pl/articles/6-aktualnosci/odeszla-na-wieczna-warte-wanda-janicka-ps-zofia/ |archive-date=2024-01-24 }}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Dan Morgenstern]], German-American jazz writer and editor (born 1929)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Singer |first=Barry |date=September 7, 2024 |title=Dan Morgenstern, Chronicler and Friend of Jazz, Dies at 94 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/07/arts/music/dan-morgenstern-dead.html |access-date=September 9, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>

==Holidays and observances==
* [[Air Force Day (Pakistan)]] 
* Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]:
** [[Anastasius the Fuller]]
** [[Clodoald]]
** [[Gratus of Aosta]]
** [[Stephen Pongracz]]
** [[Marko Krizin]]
** [[Regina (martyr)|Regina]]
** [[September 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
* [[Constitution Day]] ([[Fiji]]) 
* [[Independence Day (Brazil)]], celebrates the independence of Brazil from Portugal in 1822.
* [[Military Intelligence Day]] ([[Ukraine]])
* [[Benjamin the thylacine|National Threatened Species Day]] ([[Australia]])
* [[Victory Day (Mozambique)]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/7 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=09|day=07}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/september/7 |title=Historical Events on September 7 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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