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What happened on September 7 in American history
September 7 is the 250th day of the year (the 251st in leap years). Patriot Compass has published 6 stories from September 7 spanning 1776 to 2008. Among them: in 1776, a one-man submarine drifts toward Howe's flagship in the dark; and in 1864, Sherman orders every civilian out of Atlanta.
1776
A one-man submarine drifts toward Howe's flagship in the dark
Sergeant Ezra Lee spends two hours fighting the tide before his drill meets an iron plate he cannot get through.
1864
Sherman orders every civilian out of Atlanta
Five days after the mayor's surrender, the general clears the city he plans to hold through the fall and then destroy.
1945
Nearly four years after the fall, Wake Island is handed back to the United States
Rear Admiral Sakaibara surrenders to Brigadier General Sanderson aboard the destroyer escort USS Levy.
1977Member story · 1776 Club
Carter signs treaties ceding the Panama Canal, to take effect in 1999
Two treaties signed at the OAS, with a twenty-two-year clock now running toward the 1999 handover.
1979Member story · 1776 Club
Chrysler asks Washington for $1.5 billion to stay alive
The smallest of the Big Three says it cannot survive on its own.
2008Member story · 1776 Club
Washington takes over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Regulators fire both CEOs and boards, and the Treasury takes a 79.9 percent stake in each company.
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