September 1
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September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). There are 121 days remaining.
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Events
- 1666 - The Great London Fire begins
- 1666 - Great Fire of London begins spreading
- 1772 - Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa founded in San Luis Obispo, California
- 1807 - Aaron Burr acquitted of treason
- 1836 - Narcissa Whitman, first white woman to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington
- 1862 - Battle of Chantilly, Virginia - unable to drive Union forces out of Virginia, Robert E. Lee turns his army northwards, towards Antietam, Maryland
- 1864 - Confederates evacuate Atlanta, Georgia
- 1874 - Molly Maguires, violent anti-owner coal mine labor activists, disband following a murder conviction
- 1897 - Boston subway opens
- 1905 - Alberta and Saskatchewan join Canadian confederation
- 1914 - St. Petersburg, Russia changes its name to Petrograd
- 1923 - Earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama
- 1928 - Zogu I of Albania takes the throne of Albania
- 1939 - Nazi Germany attacks Poland, beginning World War II
- 1945 - Japan officially surrenders, ending World War II. But in Japan August 14 is well recognized as the day of the Pacific War ended.
- 1951 - Conclusion of the Australia, New Zealand, United States security treaty
- 1969 - Coup in Libya brings Moammar Qaddafi to power
- 1971 - Qatar declares its independence
- 1983 - Korean Air flight KAL-007 shot down by Soviet Union
- 1995 - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opens in Cleveland, Ohio
Births
- 1653 - Johann Pachelbel, German composer († 1706)
- 1854 - Engelbert Humperdinck, composer († 1921)
- 1875 - Edgar Rice Burroughs, American writer, creator of Tarzan († 1950)
- 1887 - Blaise Cendrars, writer († 1961)
- 1906 - Joaquin Balaguer, Dominican politician and president
- 1907 - Walter Reuther, labor union leader († 1970)
- 1913 - Christian Nyby, director, film editor († 1993)
- 1920 - Richard Farnsworth, actor († 2000)
- 1921 - Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer († 1995)
- 1922 - Yvonne DeCarlo, actress
- 1922 - Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor († 2000)
- 1923 - Rocky Marciano, boxer († 1969)
- 1928 - George Maharis, actor
- 1928 - Robert M. Pirsig, author, creator of the Metaphysics of Quality
- 1933 - Conway Twitty, country music singer († 1993)
- 1933 - Ann Richards, Texas politician
- 1935 - Seiji Ozawa, conductor
- 1939 - Lily Tomlin, actress, comedienne
- 1946 - Barry Gibb, singer
- 1955 - Billy Blanks, martial arts expert
- 1957 - Gloria Estefan, singer
- 1962 - Ruud Gullit, Dutch football player
- 1966 - Tim Hardaway, American basketball player
Deaths
- 1159 - Pope Adrian IV
- 1914 - Martha - the last passenger pigeon
- 1957 - Dennis Brain, French horn player
- 1969 - Drew Pearson, newspaper columnist
- 1970 - Francois Mauriac, author
- 1977 - Ethel Waters, singer, actress
- 1981 - Albert Speer, Nazi official
- 1983 - Henry Jackson, former Senator from Washington
- 1989 - A. Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commissioner
Holidays
August 31 - September 2 - August 1 - October 1 - more historical anniversaries
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "September 1" http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_1 August 30, 2003
