1845 Sep 7, Isabella Colbran, wife of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, died.
1990 Sep 7, Kimberly Bergalis of Fort Pierce, Florida, came forward to identify herself as the young woman who had been infected with AIDS, apparently by her late dentist. Bergalis died the following year.

2002 Sep 7, Serena Williams easily beat Venus Williams 6-4, 6-3 to win the U.S. Open and a third straight Grand Slam title.
2010 Sep 7, In Mexico 7 women serving prison terms of up to 29 years for the death of their newborns were freed after a legal reform enacted in the state of Guanajuato lowered their sentences.
2014 Sep 7, In Tennessee the partial remains of missing student Holly Bobo, a cousin of country music singer Whitney Duncan, were found. Bobo (20), a nursing student, was last seen in April 2011 by her brother.

2014 Sep 7, Japanese film idol Yoshiko Yamaguchi (94) died of heart failure. She was known as Rikoran and symbolized Japan's wartime dreams of Asian conquest. Known as Shirley Yamaguchi in the US she was one of biggest Japanese film stars during and after World War II.

2014 Sep 7, In South Korea Kwon Ri-sae (23) died at a hospital in Suwon, just south of Seoul. She was the 2nd Ladies' Code band member to die following a car accident on Sep 3.