It happened on a… September 7

2021

El Salvador becomes the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender.

2019

US Open Women’s Tennis: Bianca Andreescu becomes first Canadian to win a Grand Slam singles title; stuns Serena Williams 6-2, 7-5.

2006

Sacha Baron Cohen’s mockumentary “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” premieres at the Toronto Film Festival.

1996

Rap artist Tupac Shakur shot multiple times in a drive by shooting in Las Vegas, dies 6 days later.

1988

Guy Lafleur, Tony Esposito & Brad Park inducted in NHL Hall of Fame.

1986

Desmond Tutu was the first black to be installed to lead the Anglican Church in southern Africa.

1979

The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) makes its debut.

1963

Two-building Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio is officially opened.

1959

Maurice Duplessis dies of a heart attack.

1940

London received its initial rain of bombs from Nazi Germany during World War II.

1923

Interpol forms in Vienna.

1921

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

1813

The nickname “Uncle Sam” was first used as a symbolic reference to the United States. The reference appeared in an editorial in the New York’s Troy Post.

1659

Marguerite Bourgeoys arrives back in Montreal from France with Jeanne Mance and 62 men and 47 women settlers to found the Congregation of Notre Dame, the first religious order originating in Canada.