09-07-2004, 12:29 AM
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September 7th
1776 ~ World's first submarine attack. American submersible craft Turtle attempted to attach a time bomb to the hull of British Admiral Richard Howe's flagship Eagle in New York Harbor.
1822 ~ Brazil declared its independence from Portugal.
1901 ~ The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ended with the signing of the Peking Protocol.
1908 ~ Birthday of Dr. Michael DeBakey, Heart Surgeon and inventor of the MASH.
1912 ~ Birthday of David Packard, Electrical Engineer
1940 ~ World War II: The Blitz – Under orders from Adolf Hitler, the Luftwaffe began to bomb London. This was the first of 57 consecutive nights of bombing.
1949 ~ Birthday of Lee McGeorge Durrell author, television presenter, zookeeper.
1977 ~ Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The US agreed to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.
1994 ~ Death of James Clavell, Author.
1997 ~ Death of Mobutu Sese Seko, dictator of Zaire.
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