Today in History
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1978 Georgi Markov is murdered
The Bulgarian writer and dissenter had left Bulgaria in 1969 and was working at BBC in London during
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1977 Treaty giving the Panama Canal to Panama is Signed
The Torrijos–Carter Treaties were two treaties signed between the heads of state of the US and Pana
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1940 Germans Begin the Blitz over London
The Germans began strategically bombing the United Kingdom and London on this day. For 57 days, the
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1936 The Tasmanian Tiger Becomes Extinct
The last surviving Tasmanian Tiger – a carnivorous marsupial, died in captivity at the Hobart Zoo, T
Births On This Day,
September, 7
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1984 Vera Zvonareva
Russian tennis player
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1940 Abdurrahman Wahid
Indonesian politician, 4th President of Indonesia
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1909 Elia Kazan
Greek/American actor, director, producer, writer
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1908 Paul Brown
American football coach, executive
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1533 Elizabeth I of England
Deaths On This Day,
September, 7
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2011 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster
Victims of the
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1997 Mobutu Sese Seko
Congolese politician, President of Zaire
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1984 Don Tallon
Australian cricketer
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1978 Keith Moon
English drummer, songwriter, producer
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1566 Suleiman the Magnificent
Ottoman sultan
