WHAT HAPPENED ON 7. SEPTEMBER
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Eugene Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Juvisy, south of Paris, becoming the first 'pilot' in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft. (7. September 1909)

French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum. (7. September 1911)

US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751) (7. September 1916)

Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they would serve with the Suomen Ilmavoimat, killing both crews. (7. September 1920)

In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held. (7. September 1921)

The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland. (7. September 1921)

In Aydin, Turkey, independence of Aydin, from Greek occupation. (7. September 1922)

The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Taylor Farnsworth. (7. September 1927)

Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. 136 lives are lost. (7. September 1929)

The Battle of Boquerón, the first major battle of the Chaco War, commences. (7. September 1932)

The last surviving member of the thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in her cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania. (7. September 1936)

Treaty of Craiova: Romania loses Southern Dobrudja to Bulgaria. (7. September 1940)

First flight of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator. (7. September 1942)

World War II: Australian and US forces inflict a significant defeat upon the Japanese at the Battle of Milne Bay. (7. September 1942)

A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston, Texas, kills 55 people. (7. September 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. (7. September 1943)

Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December of 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines. (7. September 1945)

Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. (7. September 1953)

The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members. (7. September 1963)

China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border. (7. September 1965)