A birthday on the globe
7 September on the globe: what happened in the world on this day, and who was born
For 7 September, the English Wikipedia lists 77 events and 278 births. 40 of the events stand at their places as rays of light; five more are dashed circles, where the sentence links only to a country or a sea. The taller the ray, the longer ago it happened. The people born that day come further down, as blue points.
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The Earth on 7 September
The picture on the globe was assembled by NASA from satellite photographs taken in September 2004: the snow, the ice and the green are those of the month.
On 7 September the Sun passes straight overhead at noon along the parallel of 6.1° north. In London, the day lasts about 13 hours 10 minutes.
Beyond 84° north the Sun no longer sets; beyond 84° south it no longer rises.
The line between day and night is tilted on the globe exactly as on this day of the year. On the dark side you can see the lights of towns.
Britain & Ireland · Southampton
1625
The Treaty of Southampton makes an alliance between England and the Dutch Republic against Spain.
On the map: Southampton.
Britain & Ireland · Liverpool
1907
Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
On the map: Liverpool.
Europe · Kokkola
1620
The town of Kokkola (Swedish: Karleby) is founded by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden.
On the map: Kokkola.
Europe · Trondheim
1818
Carl III of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.
On the map: Trondheim.
Also on the day’s list of Wikipedia in Romanian.
Europe · Craiova
1940
Romania returns Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria under the Treaty of Craiova.
On the map: Craiova.
Also on the day’s list of Wikipedia in Romanian.
Asia · Tehran
2012
Canada officially 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.
On the map: Tehran.
Latin America · São Paulo
1822
Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal on the shores of the Ipiranga Brook in São Paulo.
On the map: São Paulo.
North America · Atlantic City, New Jersey
1921
In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
On the map: Atlantic City, New Jersey.
North America · Pro Football Hall of Fame
1963
The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.
On the map: Pro Football Hall of Fame.
7 September
What the other Wikipedias remember#
For these years the English list has nothing on this day. The events below come from the same day’s lists on Wikipedia in Chinese and Spanish and were translated for this page.
From Wikipedia in Chinese · Nerchinsk
1689
The Qing representative Songgotu and the Russian representative Fyodor Golovin sign the Treaty of Nerchinsk at Nerchinsk, defining the border between the two countries.
On the map: Nerchinsk.
Translated from the list on Wikipedia in Chinese.
From Wikipedia in Spanish · London
1859
In London, Big Ben comes into operation.
On the map: London.
Translated from the list on Wikipedia in Spanish.
From Wikipedia in Spanish · Seville
1958
In Seville, Spain, the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium opens.
On the map: Seville.
Translated from the list on Wikipedia in Spanish.
7 September
Born on 7 September#
The English Wikipedia lists 278 births for this day. The blue points are the birthplaces of 60 of these people: those written about in the most Wikipedia editions, where Wikidata gives a place of birth.
Born on 7 September
1707
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (died 1788)
Place of birth: Montbard.
Born on 7 September
1909
Elia Kazan, Greek-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2003)
Place of birth: Constantinople.
Born on 7 September
1870
Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian pilot, explorer, and author (died 1938)
Place of birth: Narovchat.
Born on 7 September
1936
Buddy Holly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1959)
Place of birth: Lubbock.
Born on 7 September
1829
August Kekulé, German chemist and academic (died 1896)
Place of birth: Darmstadt.
Born in Britain and Ireland
1887
Edith Sitwell, English poet and critic (died 1964)
Place of birth: Scarborough.
Born in Britain and Ireland
1966
Toby Jones, English actor
Place of birth: London.
Born in Britain and Ireland
1795
John William Polidori, English physician and author (died 1821)
Place of birth: London.
7 September
Number one in the charts that week
At the cinema
An animal recorded that day
The record can be seen in GBIF, which brings together wildlife records from around the world.
All your birthdays
The weather that day
Data: Met Office Hadley Centre (HadCET); NOAA (GHCN-Daily, Mauna Loa).
Above the Earth
Sources: Jonathan McDowell, GCAT (launches); GFZ Potsdam (Kp index). Days are counted in Universal Time.
Football that day
International matches played that day:
Source: the “International football results” dataset kept by Mart Jürisoo (CC0).
Also that day
The earthquake’s page at the USGS
Source: the USGS catalogue. The day is counted in Universal Time (UTC).
In those days
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Below: 7 September through the years.
The whole globe of the day
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Everything Wikipedia lists for 7 September
The list is the English Wikipedia’s, in its own wording, as it stood in October 2026. 32 events have no place on the map: the sentence links to no place with coordinates, only to places too wide to mark, or to several countries.
- 878
Louis the Stammerer is crowned as king of West Francia by Pope John VIII.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Louis the Stammerer - 1159
Cardinal Rolando Bandinelli is elected Pope Alexander III, prompting the election of Cardinal Octaviano Monticelli as Antipope Victor IV the same day.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Pope Alexander III - 1191
Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf: Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf.
Asia · Battle of ArsufWikipedia: Third Crusade - 1228
Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II lands in Acre, and starts the Sixth Crusade, which results in a peaceful restoration of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
Asia · Acre, IsraelWikipedia: Sixth Crusade - 1303
Guillaume de Nogaret takes Pope Boniface VIII prisoner on behalf of Philip IV of France.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Guillaume de Nogaret - 1565
Arrival of the so-called Grande Soccorso ("great relief") by Philip II of Spain to the Great Siege of Malta.
Europe · Great Siege of MaltaWikipedia: Great Siege of Malta - 1571
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.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Ridolfi plot - 1620
The town of Kokkola (Swedish: Karleby) is founded by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden.
Europe · KokkolaWikipedia: Kokkola - 1625
The Treaty of Southampton makes an alliance between England and the Dutch Republic against Spain.
Britain & Ireland · SouthamptonWikipedia: Treaty of Southampton - 1642
First English Civil War: Royalist and Parliamentarian forces clashed in the Battle of Babylon Hill, after which both sides claimed victory.
Britain & Ireland · Battle of Babylon HillWikipedia: Battle of Babylon Hill - 1652
Around 15,000 Han farmers and militia rebel against Dutch rule on Taiwan.
Asia · TaiwanWikipedia: Guo Huaiyi rebellion - 1695
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.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Henry Every - 1706
War of the Spanish Succession: Siege of Turin ends, leading to the withdrawal of French forces from North Italy.
Europe · Siege of TurinWikipedia: Siege of Turin - 1714
The treaty of Baden between the kingdom of France and the Holy Roman Empire is ratified.
Europe · BadenWikipedia: Treaty of Baden - 1736
Following the Porteous Riots, a mob storms the Tolbooth prison in Edinburgh and lynches John Porteous.
Britain & Ireland · Old Tolbooth, EdinburghWikipedia: Porteous Riots - 1764
Election of Stanisław August Poniatowski as the last ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Europe · Polish–Lithuanian CommonwealthWikipedia: Stanisław August Poniatowski - 1776
According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).
North America · New York HarborWikipedia: Ezra Lee - 1778
American Revolutionary War: France invades Dominica in the British West Indies, before Britain is even aware of France's involvement in the war.
Latin America · Invasion of DominicaWikipedia: Invasion of Dominica - 1812
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.
Europe · Battle of BorodinoWikipedia: Battle of Borodino - 1818
Carl III of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.
Europe · TrondheimWikipedia: Charles XIV John - 1822
Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal on the shores of the Ipiranga Brook in São Paulo.
Latin America · São PauloWikipedia: Independence of Brazil - 1856
The Saimaa Canal is inaugurated.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Saimaa Canal - 1857
Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers slaughter most members of a peaceful emigrant wagon train.
North America · Mountain Meadows MassacreWikipedia: Mountain Meadows Massacre - 1860
Unification of Italy: Giuseppe Garibaldi enters Naples.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Unification of Italy - 1863
American Civil War: Union troops under Quincy A. Gillmore capture Fort Wagner in Morris Island after a seven-week siege.
North America · Fort WagnerWikipedia: American Civil War - 1864
American Civil War: Atlanta is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.
North America · AtlantaWikipedia: Atlanta - 1876
In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.
North America · Northfield, MinnesotaWikipedia: Northfield, Minnesota - 1901
The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Boxer Protocol - 1903
The Ottoman Empire launches a counter-offensive against the Strandzha Commune, which dissolves.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Ottoman Empire - 1906
Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France successfully for the first time.
Europe · Château de BagatelleWikipedia: Château de Bagatelle - 1907
Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
Britain & Ireland · LiverpoolWikipedia: Cunard Line - 1909
Eugène Lefebvre crashes a new French-built 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.
Europe · Port-AviationWikipedia: Eugène Lefebvre - 1911
French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
Europe · LouvreWikipedia: Mona Lisa - 1916
US federal employees win the right to workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751).
no place on the mapWikipedia: Workers' compensation - 1916
World War I: The Supreme War Command was established to oversee the armed forces of all the Central Powers.
no place on the mapWikipedia: World War I - 1920
Two newly purchased 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.
no place on the mapWikipedia: SIAI-Marchetti - 1921
In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
North America · Atlantic City, New JerseyWikipedia: Atlantic City, New Jersey - 1921
The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Legion of Mary - 1923
The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) is formed.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Interpol - 1927
The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Philo Farnsworth - 1929
Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. One hundred thirty-six lives are lost.
Europe · NäsijärviWikipedia: SS Kuru - 1932
The Battle of Boquerón, the first major battle of the Chaco War, commences.
Latin America · Battle of BoquerónWikipedia: Battle of Boquerón - 1936
The last thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Thylacine - 1940
Romania returns Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria under the Treaty of Craiova.
Europe · CraiovaWikipedia: Treaty of Craiova - 1940
World War II: The German Luftwaffe begins the Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive nights.
Britain & Ireland · The BlitzWikipedia: World War II - 1942
World War II: Japanese marines are forced to withdraw during the Battle of Milne Bay.
Oceania · Battle of Milne BayWikipedia: Battle of Milne Bay - 1943
A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston kills 55 people.
North America · Gulf Hotel fireWikipedia: Gulf Hotel fire - 1943
World War II: The 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.
Europe · Taman PeninsulaWikipedia: Kuban bridgehead - 1945
The Berlin Victory Parade of 1945 is held.
Europe · BerlinWikipedia: Berlin Victory Parade of 1945 - 1945
World War II: Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines.
Oceans · Wake IslandWikipedia: Wake Island - 1953
Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Nikita Khrushchev - 1963
The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.
North America · Pro Football Hall of FameWikipedia: Pro Football Hall of Fame - 1965
During an Indo-Pakistani War, China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border.
no place on the mapWikipedia: India–Pakistan war of 1965 - 1965
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.
Asia · Operation StarliteWikipedia: Vietnam War - 1970
Fighting begins between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Jordan.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Black September - 1970
Vietnam Television is established.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Vietnam Television - 1977
The 300-metre (980 ft) 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.
no place on the mapWikipedia: CKVR-DT - 1977
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.
Latin America · PanamaWikipedia: Torrijos–Carter Treaties - 1978
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.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Georgi Markov - 1979
The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for US$1.5 billion to avoid bankruptcy.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Chrysler - 1984
An explosion on board a Maltese patrol boat disposing of illegal fireworks at sea off Gozo kills seven soldiers and policemen.
no place on the mapWikipedia: C23 tragedy - 1986
Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet survives an assassination attempt by the FPMR; five of Pinochet's bodyguards are killed.
Latin America · Attempted assassination of Augusto PinochetWikipedia: Attempted assassination of Augusto Pinochet - 1986
Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Diocese of Cape Town.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Desmond Tutu - 1995
Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-69, the second flight of the Wake Shield Facility.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Space Shuttle Endeavour - 1996
American rapper Tupac Shakur was fatally shot in Paradise, Nevada, dying six days later.
North America · Murder of Tupac ShakurWikipedia: Murder of Tupac Shakur - 1997
Maiden flight of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Maiden flight - 1999
The 6.0 Mw Athens earthquake affects the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 143, injuring 800–1,600, and leaving 50,000 homeless.
Europe · 1999 Athens earthquakeWikipedia: 1999 Athens earthquake - 2004
Hurricane Ivan made landfall on Grenada, devastating at least 85 per cent of buildings on the island.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Hurricane Ivan - 2005
Egypt holds its first-ever multi-party presidential election.
no place on the mapWikipedia: 2005 Egyptian presidential election - 2008
The United States government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - 2010
A Chinese fishing trawler collides with two Japanese Coast Guard patrol boats in disputed waters near the Senkaku Islands.
Asia · Senkaku IslandsWikipedia: 2010 Senkaku boat collision incident - 2011
The Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team.
Europe · Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crashWikipedia: Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash - 2012
Canada officially 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.
Asia · TehranWikipedia: Ottawa - 2017
The 8.2 Mw 2017 Chiapas earthquake strikes southern Mexico, killing at least 60 people.
Latin America · 2017 Chiapas earthquakeWikipedia: 2017 Chiapas earthquake - 2019
Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and 66 others are released in a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Oleh Sentsov - 2021
Bitcoin becomes legal tender in El Salvador.
Latin America · El SalvadorWikipedia: Bitcoin - 2021
The National Unity Government of Myanmar declares a people's defensive war against the military junta during the Myanmar civil war.
no place on the mapWikipedia: National Unity Government of Myanmar
What the other Wikipedias remember
For these years the English list has nothing on this day. The events below come from the same day’s lists on Wikipedia in Chinese and Spanish and were translated for this page.
- 1689
The Qing representative Songgotu and the Russian representative Fyodor Golovin sign the Treaty of Nerchinsk at Nerchinsk, defining the border between the two countries.
- 1859
In London, Big Ben comes into operation.
- 1958
In Seville, Spain, the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium opens.
Who was born on 7 September
In order of how many Wikipedia editions have an article about each. The first 60 of 278 are shown.
- 1533
Elizabeth I of England (died 1603)
Palace of PlacentiaWikipedia: Elizabeth I - 1707
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (died 1788)
- 1909
Elia Kazan, Greek-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2003)
ConstantinopleWikipedia: Elia Kazan - 1940
Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesian journalist and politician, 4th President of Indonesia (died 2009)
JombangWikipedia: Abdurrahman Wahid - 1870
Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian pilot, explorer, and author (died 1938)
NarovchatWikipedia: Aleksandr I. Kuprin - 1936
Buddy Holly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1959)
LubbockWikipedia: Buddy Holly - 1829
August Kekulé, German chemist and academic (died 1896)
DarmstadtWikipedia: August Kekulé - 1911
Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian police officer and politician, Head of State of Bulgaria (died 1998)
PravetsWikipedia: Todor Zhivkov - 1930
Baudouin of Belgium (died 1993)
Château of StuyvenbergWikipedia: Baudouin of Belgium - 1950
Julie Kavner, American actress
Los AngelesWikipedia: Julie Kavner - 1968
Marcel Desailly, Ghanaian-French footballer
- 1943
Gloria Gaynor, American singer-songwriter
NewarkWikipedia: Gloria Gaynor - 1987
Evan Rachel Wood, American actress and singer
RaleighWikipedia: Evan Rachel Wood - 1917
John Cornforth, Australian-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
- 1836
Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Scottish merchant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1908)
- 1964
Eazy-E, American rapper and producer (died 1995)
ComptonWikipedia: Eazy-E - 1726
François-André Danican Philidor, French chess player and composer (died 1795)
- 1819
Thomas A. Hendricks, American lawyer and politician, 21st Vice President of the United States (died 1885)
ZanesvilleWikipedia: Thomas A. Hendricks - 1980
Emre Belözoğlu, Turkish footballer
IstanbulWikipedia: Emre Belözoğlu - 1914
James Van Allen, American physicist and philosopher (died 2006)
Mount PleasantWikipedia: James Van Allen - 1940
Dario Argento, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1999
Gracie Abrams, American singer-songwriter
Los AngelesWikipedia: Gracie Abrams - 1935
Abdou Diouf, Senegalese lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Senegal
Nguer MalalWikipedia: Abdou Diouf - 1955
Mira Furlan, Croatian-American actress (died 2021)
ZagrebWikipedia: Mira Furlan - 1959
Drew Weissman, Nobel Prize winning American physician and immunologist known for his contributions to RNA biology
LexingtonWikipedia: Drew Weissman - 1984
Vera Zvonareva, Russian tennis player
- 1985
Rafinha, Brazilian footballer
LondrinaWikipedia: Rafinha - 1930
Sonny Rollins, American saxophonist and composer (died 2026)
- 1980
Gabriel Milito, Argentine footballer
- 1984
Miranda, Brazilian footballer
ParanavaíWikipedia: Miranda - 1887
Edith Sitwell, English poet and critic (died 1964)
ScarboroughWikipedia: Edith Sitwell - 1963
Neerja Bhanot, Indian flight purser
ChandigarhWikipedia: Neerja Bhanot - 1973
Shannon Elizabeth, American model and actress
HoustonWikipedia: Shannon Elizabeth - 1988
Kevin Love, American basketball player
Santa MonicaWikipedia: Kevin Love - 1842
Johannes Zukertort, Polish-English chess player, linguist, and journalist (died 1888)
- 1924
Daniel Inouye, American captain and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2012)
HonoluluWikipedia: Daniel Inouye - 1954
Michael Emerson, American actor
Cedar RapidsWikipedia: Michael Emerson - 1980
Javad Nekounam, Iranian footballer
- 1966
Toby Jones, English actor
LondonWikipedia: Toby Jones - 1860
Grandma Moses, American painter (died 1961)
GreenwichWikipedia: Grandma Moses - 1866
Tristan Bernard, French author and playwright (died 1947)
BesançonWikipedia: Tristan Bernard - 1912
David Packard, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (died 1996)
PuebloWikipedia: David Packard - 1965
Angela Gheorghiu, Romanian soprano
- 1683
Maria Anna of Austria (died 1754)
- 1795
John William Polidori, English physician and author (died 1821)
- 1923
Peter Lawford, English-American actor (died 1984)
LondonWikipedia: Peter Lawford - 1944
Bora Milutinović, Serbian footballer and manager
Bajina BaštaWikipedia: Bora Milutinović - 1951
Chrissie Hynde, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1960
Ersin Tatar, Turkish Cypriot politician
NicosiaWikipedia: Ersin Tatar - 1962
Jennifer Egan, American novelist and short story writer
ChicagoWikipedia: Jennifer Egan - 1985
Radhika Apte, Indian actress
- 2000
Ariarne Titmus, Australian swimmer
LauncestonWikipedia: Ariarne Titmus - 1955
Efim Zelmanov, Russian-American mathematician known for his work in combinatorial group theory
KhabarovskWikipedia: Efim Zelmanov - 1965
Darko Pančev, Macedonian footballer
SkopjeWikipedia: Darko Pančev - 1934
Omar Karami, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Lebanon (died 2015)
French Mandate for Syria and the LebanonWikipedia: Omar Karami - 1810
Hermann Heinrich Gossen, Prussian economist and academic (died 1858)
- 1973
Alex Kurtzman, American director, producer, and screenwriter
Los AngelesWikipedia: Alex Kurtzman - 1908
Michael E. DeBakey, American surgeon and educator (died 2008)
Lake CharlesWikipedia: Michael DeBakey - 1913
Anthony Quayle, English actor (died 1989)
- 1965
Tomáš Skuhravý, Czech footballer
Přerov nad LabemWikipedia: Tomáš Skuhravý
What is celebrated on 7 September
- Air Force Day (Pakistan)
- Christian feast day: Anastasius the Fuller
- Christian feast day: Clodoald
- Christian feast day: Blessed Giovanni Battista Mazzucconi
- Christian feast day: Gratus of Aosta
- Christian feast day: Stephen Pongracz
- Christian feast day: Blessed Maria Angela Picco
- Christian feast day: Marko Krizin
- Christian feast day: Regina
- Christian feast day: Blessed Thomas Tsugi
- Christian feast day: September 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Constitution Day (Fiji)
- Independence Day (Brazil), celebrates the independence of Brazil from Portugal in 1822.
- Military Intelligence Day (Ukraine)
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For events before 1582, and for countries that moved to the Gregorian calendar later (Britain in 1752, Russia in 1918), the same day may be counted Old Style in one list and New Style in another.
The chapter “What the other Wikipedias remember” adds up to five events a day from the lists of the other three editions, only for years in which the English list has nothing on that day. They were translated for this page, passed the same filters as the tour, and are not counted among the events of the English list.
How an event gets onto the map
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Where the tour stops
In each region the tour stops at up to three events (five in Britain and Ireland), chosen mainly by three things: whether Wikipedia’s editors put the event in the “On this day” box of their main page (the English, Spanish and Chinese editions), how many Wikipedia editions have an article about it, and how many of the four lists include it. Events whose sentence or article is about a war, an attack, a crime or a disaster are left out of the tour; they stay in the whole list, in Wikipedia’s wording. The filter is a list of words and a list of Wikidata types, so it can miss some.
The tour of births names the people with articles in the most editions and leaves aside those whom the list or Wikidata describes as rulers, politicians, commanders, leaders of movements or criminals; they stay in the list.
The Earth and the Sun
The daytime images are NASA’s Blue Marble Next Generation mosaics, one for each month of 2004; the night side is Black Marble 2016. The tilt of the line between day and night is computed for the day; the hour is chosen so that the place being read is in daylight. The latitude where the Sun stands overhead is the average of the four years of the leap cycle; in a given year it can differ by up to 0.4°.
The day you were born
The number ones come from the weekly lists on Wikipedia: Billboard for the United States (from 1940; the Hot 100 from August 1958), the UK Singles Chart (from November 1952), Los 40 Principales for Spain (from July 1966) and, for Romania, the Romanian Top 100 and Airplay 100 (2001–2021, with missing weeks). The page shows the chart of the week in which the day of birth falls, with its date; Billboard and the UK chart are dated at the end of their week. For Romania before 2001 and for China these sources have no weekly chart.
The films are those that reached cinemas in the United States up to ten days before or three days after that day (some of them in a few cinemas at first), from the English Wikipedia’s yearly lists (from 1968), in order of how many editions have an article about them. The events “in those days” are the ones on the neighbouring days’ lists that carry the year of birth, passed through the same filter as the tour.
The day of birth, year included
The Moon, the star sign and the constellation are worked out by the page itself, for noon Universal Time on the day. The lit part of the Moon is rounded and can differ by a few per cent from that at the hour of birth. The sign follows the usual zodiac of twelve equal parts starting at the March equinox; the constellation is the one the Sun actually stood in front of, by the borders set by the International Astronomical Union, and within a day of a border the page does not name it. When the Sun changes sign while it is that day anywhere on Earth, the page gives the moment of crossing, rounded to ten minutes and accurate to within about a quarter of an hour, and the clock time in a few cities, with the time zone and summer time of that year.
The year in the Chinese calendar is the one your device’s own calendar gives for the date, checked against the Hong Kong Observatory’s tables. “All your birthdays” uses the same sources as the rest of the chapter for the same day in every year since the birth: the temperature, well-known launches that took place on that very day, matches of the teams the edition follows, snow deeper than 10 cm and strong geomagnetic storms. The three things at the top and the four on the picture are chosen in a fixed order (the song, the animal, a full Moon, a well-known launch before an ordinary earthquake); on the picture you can change them.
When the link carries a year of birth, the page adds a few things about that exact day. The weather is the Met Office’s Central England temperature record and the readings from New York’s Central Park; the “usual high” is the average of the daily highs of 1961–1990 for that date, with two days either side. The carbon dioxide figure is the monthly mean at the Mauna Loa observatory, where measurements begin in March 1958.
The earthquake is the one with the largest magnitude in the USGS catalogue for that day, counted in Universal Time. Before the 1960s the catalogue has gaps even above magnitude 5.5, so in the older years many days have no earthquake. The page gives only the magnitude and the place: the country the epicentre falls in or, when the epicentre is at sea within 300 km of a coast, the nearest country; farther out, only the ocean.
The launches are those that reached orbit or left for the Moon and the planets, from Jonathan McDowell’s GCAT catalogue. If nothing left that day, the page shows the nearest launch within three days before or after, and says how many days away it was. The geomagnetic storm appears only when the Kp index reached at least 5 in one of the day’s eight three-hour intervals.
The animal comes from GBIF: an observation made by a person (the animal seen or heard, or its tracks), dated to that exact day, with coordinates and a CC0 or CC BY licence. Only a few hundred well-known species are searched (mammals, birds, turtles, butterflies); of those noted that day, mammals and species with articles in many Wikipedia editions come first; birds noted almost every day, and species used recently, wait their turn. Observations dated 1 January are left out, because records without a day are often filed there. An observation shows that the animal was recorded there, not how many animals there were.
The matches are those between national teams. Only matches of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Canada and Australia are shown, along with those at the big final tournaments. The picture to send is drawn in the page from the day’s globe and the facts above, and stays on your device until you send it.
Sources
- Events, births and holidays: the day’s page on Wikipedia, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates, places of birth and the number of editions: Wikidata (CC0).
- The Earth by day: NASA Blue Marble Next Generation. The Earth by night: NASA Black Marble 2016.
- Borders and regions: Natural Earth.
- World population and births per year: UN World Population Prospects 2024.
- Charts and films: Wikipedia’s lists for Billboard, the UK Singles Chart, Los 40 Principales, Romanian Top 100, Airplay 100 and American films by year (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Weather: Met Office Hadley Centre, HadCET (Open Government Licence) and NOAA GHCN-Daily, New York Central Park. Carbon dioxide: NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory, Mauna Loa.
- Earthquakes: the USGS catalogue. Launches: Jonathan McDowell, GCAT (CC BY). Kp index: GFZ Potsdam (CC BY 4.0). Matches: International football results, Mart Jürisoo (CC0).
- Animal observations: GBIF, with a link to each record; species names come from Wikidata.