Portal:Military of the United States/Selected anniversaries/September 7
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September 7
- 1776 - World's first submarine attack: the American submersible Turtle attempts to attach a time bomb to the hull of British HMS Eagle in New York Harbor.
- 1864 - Civil War: Atlanta is evacuated.
- 1901 - The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
- 1965 - Vietnam War: In a follow-up to August's Operation Starlite, U.S. Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate Operation Piranha.