On This Day - 7th September

1533 - Queen Elizabeth I born
1860 - Grandma Moses born
1901 - The Boxer revolution ends
1909 - Elia Kazan born
1936 - Buddy Holly born
1940 - The German airforce unleashes a wave of heavy bombing raids on London, killing hundreds of civilians and injuring many more.
1942 - Richard Roundtree born
1949 - Gloria Gaynor born
1951 - Julie Kavner born
1952 - Following the recent coup in Egypt, General Mohammed Neguib forces Aly Maher out of office and assumes control himself.
1954 - Corbin Bernsen born
1978 - The UK Prime Minister announces he will not call an election this autumn, prompting criticism from the opposition and Devon Sawa born
1984 - Three more people die in the food poisoning epidemic at hospitals in Yorkshire, bringing the total number of deaths to 22.
1992 - At least 24 people are killed and 150 injured when soldiers fire on an African National Congress demonstration in South Africa.