Topic: U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye

On Dec. 17, 1939, the Nazi warship Graf Spee was scuttled off the coast of Uruguay as British vessels pursued it after the Battle of the River Plate.

On Sept. 7, 1977, President Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos signed a treaty to transfer control of the Panama Canal from the United States to Panama.

Actor Leslie Jones turns 50 and singer Gloria Gaynor turns 68, among the famous birthdays for Sept. 7.

On Dec. 26, 1908, Jack Johnson, with a 14th-round KO of Tommy Burns in Australia, became the first African-American to win the world heavyweight boxing title.

On Dec. 17, 1975, a federal jury in Sacramento sentenced Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme to life in prison for her attempted assassination of President Gerald R. Ford.

On Sept. 7, 1986, Desmond Tutu was installed as the Anglican archbishop of Cape Town, becoming first black titular head of South Africa's fourth-largest Christian church.

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