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On Sept. 7, 1921, the first Miss America Pageant was held in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

In 1940, Nazi Germany began an intense bombing campaign of Britain during World War II with an air attack on London, resulting in more than 40,000 civilian deaths.

In 1963, the Pro Football Hall of Fame opened in Canton, Ohio, and enshrined its first 17 members.

In 1977, the Panama Canal Treaty, which called for the U.S. to turn over control of the waterway to Panama at the end of 1999, was signed in Washington by U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos.

In 1996, rapper Tupac Shakur was shot and mortally wounded on the Las Vegas Strip; he died six days later.

In 2021, El Salvador became the first country to make Bitcoin legal tender.