This Day in History- Sept 7

September 7 is the 250th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar.

There are 115 days remaining until the end of the year.

70 A Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem.

1191 Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf.

1228 Roman Emperor Frederick II landed in Acre, Palestine and started the Sixth Crusade.

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1695 Henry Every perpetrates one of the most profitable pirate raids in history with the capture of the Grand Mughal ship Ganj-i-Sawai

1812 French invasion of Russia : Bloody Battle of Borodino fought near Moscow, results in a French victory.

1822- Brazil declared its independence from Portugal.

1922 In Aydin, Turkey, independence of Aydin, from Greek occupation.

1927 The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Taylor Farnsworth.

1940- The German airforce unleashes a wave of heavy bombing raids on London, killing hundreds of civilians and injuring many more.

1965 China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border. 1970 Fighting between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Amman, Jordan. 1974- Ahmadi’s declared Non Muslim by Pakistan Govt. 1986 Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa.

1992- Security forces launch infamous Operation TIGER against in Kashmir.

1995- Blast rocks BBC office in Srinagar. Videographer Mushtaq Ali killed, journalists Yousuf Jameel and Habib Naqash hurt.

2003- Counter insurgent leader Kuka Parry killed in mine blast.

2004- Hurriyat Conference splits. Geelani forms Tehrik-e-Hurriyat.

2009- 25 killed as bus falls in gorge in Doda.

HISTORY QUOTE Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish. ~ Euripides (484 BC – 406 BC)

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