September 1
September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years ). There are 121 days remaining.
Events
5509 BC - The world was created , according to the Byzantine Empire .
327 - start of first indiction cycle
1644 - Battle of Tippermuir , Montrose defeats Elcho 's Covenanters , reviving Royalist cause
1715 - King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years — longer than any major European monarch.
1772 - Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa founded in San Luis Obispo, California .
1804 - Juno , one of the largest main belt asteroids , was discovered by German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding .
1807 - Former US Vice President Aaron Burr is acquitted of treason . He had been accused of plotting to annex parts of Louisiana and Mexico to become part of an independent republic.
1836 - Narcissa Whitman , one of the first white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains , arrives at Walla Walla, Washington .
1862 - American Civil War : Battle of Chantilly - Confederate General Robert E. Lee leads his forces in an attack on retreating Union troops in Chantilly, Virginia , driving them away.
1864 - American Civil War: Confederate General John Bell Hood evacuates Atlanta, Georgia after a four-month siege mounted by Union General William T. Sherman .
1875 - A murder conviction effectively forces the violent Irish anti-owner coal miners, the "Molly Maguires ", to disband.
1894 - Great Hinckley Fire : A forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota kills more than 400 people.
1897 - The Boston subway opens, becoming the first underground metro in North America .
1905 - Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
1906 - the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI) is established.
1914 - St. Petersburg, Russia changes its name to Petrograd.
1914 - The last Passenger Pigeon , a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo .
1923 - An earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama killing about 100,000 people. See Great Kanto earthquake for details.
1928 - Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
1939 - World War II : Nazi Germany attacks Poland , beginning the war. (See Polish September Campaign .)
1951 - The United States , Australia and New Zealand all sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty (for "Australia, New Zealand, United States").
1960 - Disgruntled railroad workers effectively halt operations of the Pennsylvania Railroad , marking the first shutdown in the history of the company.
1962 - Channel Television launches to 54,000 households in the Channel Islands .
1969 - A coup in Libya brings Col. Moammar Qaddafi to power, ousting King Idris I .
1970 - The last episode of the television sitcom I Dream of Jeannie NBC . The show premiered on September 18 , 1965 .
1972 - In Reykjavík , Iceland , American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky and becomes the world chess champion.
1979 - The American Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 km.
1983 - Cold War : Korean Air Flight KAL-007 shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft entered Soviet airspace. All 269 on board die.
1985 - A joint American-French expedition locates the wreck of the RMS Titanic .
1986 - The Soviet sea-liner Admiral Nakhimov Petr Vasev and sinks almost immediately, killing 448.
1991 - The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is released in North America .
1991 - Uzbekistan declares independence from the Soviet Union
1999 - A LAPA Boeing 737 -200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires , killing 74, including 10 on the ground.
2001 - In the largest media market change in North American television history, every single commercial television station in Vancouver, British Columbia switches network affiliations after a round of ownership changes in 2000 .
Births
1653 - Johann Pachelbel , German composer (d. 1706 )
1854 - Engelbert Humperdinck , German composer (d. 1921 )
1875 - Edgar Rice Burroughs , American writer, creator of Tarzan (d. 1950 )
1887 - Blaise Cendrars , Swiss writer (d. 1961 )
1888 - Andrija Štampar , Croatian physician, WHO diplomat (d. 1958 )
1889 - Richard Arlen , US actor (d. 1976 )
1905 - Elvera Sanchez , Puerto Rican dancer
1906 - Joaquín Balaguer , Dominican politician and president
1907 - Walter Reuther , American labor union leader (d. 1970 )
1913 - Christian Nyby , American director, film editor (d. 1993 )
1920 - Richard Farnsworth , American actor (d. 2000 )
1921 - Willem Frederik Hermans , Dutch writer (d. 1995 )
1922 - Yvonne De Carlo , Canadian actress
1922 - Vittorio Gassman , Italian actor (d. 2000 )
1923 - Rocky Marciano , American boxer (d. 1969 )
1928 - George Maharis , actor
1933 - Ann W. Richards , Texas politician
1933 - Conway Twitty , American country music singer (d. 1993 )
1935 - Seiji Ozawa , Japanese conductor
1939 - Lily Tomlin , American actress, comedienne
1944 - Leonard Slatkin - American conductor
1946 - Barry Gibb , Manx-Australian singer
1947 - Al Green , American politician
1949 - P.A. Sangma , Indian politician
1951 - Nicu Ceausescu , Romanian politician; son of Nicolae Ceausescu .
1952 - Phil Hendrie , radio personality
1955 - Billy Blanks , American martial arts expert
1955 - Bruce Foxton , English bassist with The Jam
1957 - Gloria Estefan , Cuban singer
1962 - Ruud Gullit , Dutch football player
1966 - Tim Hardaway , American basketball player
1970 - Vanna , Croatian singer
1977 - Aaron Schobel , American football player
1981 - Clinton Portis , American football player
1985 - Ciara-Camile Roque Velasco , American singer
Deaths
921 - Richard of Autun , Duke of Burgundy
1067 - Baldwin V of Flanders
1159 - Pope Adrian IV
1574 - Guru Amar Das , third Sikh Guru (b. 1479 )
1581 - Guru Ram Das , fourth Sikh Guru (b. 1534 )
1715 - Louis XIV , King of France (b. 1638 )
1914 - Martha, last passenger pigeon
1957 - Dennis Brain , English French horn player (b. 1921 )
1967 - Ilse Koch , wife of Karl Koch , commandant of the concentration camp Buchenwald (b. 1906 )
1967 - Siegfried Sassoon , English poet and author
1969 - Drew Pearson , American newspaper columnist (b. 1897 )
1970 - Francois Mauriac , French author (b. 1885 )
1977 - Ethel Waters , American singer, actress (b. 1896 )
1981 - Albert Speer , Nazi official (b. 1905 )
1983 - Henry M. Jackson , Senator from Washington (b. 1912 )
1989 - A. Bartlett Giamatti , American baseball commissioner (b. [[1938[[)
2003 - Sir Terry Frost , British artist (b. 1915 )
Holidays
External links
August 31 - September 2 - August 1 - October 1 - more historical anniversaries
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