CoM Moderators Posted September 7 Posted September 7 70 - Roman army under General Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem 1159 - Ottaviano de Montecello is elected Antipope Victor IV 1909 - Eugene Lefebvre becomes the first pilot to die in an aircraft while test piloting a new French-built Wright biplane at Juvisy 1927 - University of Minas Gerais is founded in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, by Governor Antônio Carlos 1936 - The last surviving member of the marsupial thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in his cage at Hobart Zoo, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 1940 - Treaty of Craiova: Romania loses Southern Dobrudja to Bulgaria 1972 - American athletes Vincent Matthews and Wayne Collett finish 1-2 in the 400 m at the Munich Olympics, act casually on the medal stand, and do not face the flag during the anthem, resulting in a lifetime ban from the Olympics 1981 - Cleveland Browns' Brian Sipe sets a club record with 57 pass attempts More Historical Events »
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