What happend on 7th September

06.09
08.09
1953

Nikita Khrushchev becomes head of the Soviet Central Committee.

1950

The gameshow Truth or Consequences debuts on television.

1950

Coal mine collapses in New Cumnock, Scotland

1943

A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston, Texas, kills 55 people.

1940

Treaty of Craiova: Romania loses Southern Dobrudja to Bulgaria.

1940

World War II: The Blitz

1927

The University of Minas Gerais is founded in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, by Governor Antônio Carlos.

1921

In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.

1915

Former cartoonist John B. Gruelle is given a patent for his Raggedy Ann doll.

1911

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