Portal:Transport/Selected anniversaries/September 7

• 1860 – Steamship Lady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 400 lives.
• 1906 – Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
• 1907 – Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City.
• 1929 – Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. 136 lives were lost.
• 1942 – First flight of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator.
• 1979 – The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for USD $1 billion to avoid bankruptcy.

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