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What happened on September 1
- September 1, 0462 Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle.
- September 1, 0891 "Northmen defeated near Louvaine, France"
- September 1, 1267 Ramban (Nachmanides) arrives in Jerusalem to establish Jew community
- September 1, 1355 Tvrtko I writes in castro nostro Vizoka vocatum from old town Visoki.
- September 1, 1532 "Lady Anne Boleyn is created Marchioness of Pembroke by her fiance, King Henry VIII of England."
- September 1, 1614 "Vincent Fettmich expells Jews from Frankfurt-on-Main, Germany"
- September 1, 1644 "Battle of Tippermuir, Montrose defeats Elcho's Covenanters, reviving Royalist cause."
- September 1, 1661 "The first Yacht race, England's King Charles vs his brother James"
- September 1, 1666 Great London Fire begins in Pudding Lane. 80% of London is destroyed upside the fire cleanns up th ecity
- September 1, 1715 King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 yearsthe longest of any major European monarch.
- September 1, 1739 35 Jews sentenced to life in prison in Lisbon Portugal
- September 1, 1752 The Liberty Bell arrives in Philadelphia.
- September 1, 1763 Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow
- September 1, 1772 Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa forms in California
- September 1, 1799 Bank of Manhattan Company opens in NYC (forerunner to Chase Manhattan)
- September 1, 1804 "Juno, one of the largest main belt asteroids, was discovered by German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding."
- September 1, 1807 Former US Vice President Aaron Burr is acquitted of treason.
- September 1, 1836 "Narcissa Whitman, one of the first white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington."
- September 1, 1836 Reconstruction begins on Synagogue of Rabbi Judah Hasid in Jerusalem
- September 1, 1849 California Constitutional Convention held in Monterey
- September 1, 1859 A solar superstorm effects electrical telegraph service.
- September 1, 1859 RC Carrington & R Hodgson make 1st observation of solar flare
- September 1, 1862 "Severe action at Chantilly, Virginia"
- September 1, 1863 RR & ferry connection between SF & Oakland inaugurated
- September 1, 1865 Joseph Lister performs 1st antiseptic surgery
- September 1, 1870 Napoleon III captured at Sedan
- September 1, 1873 Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
- September 1, 1874 Sydney General Post Office opens in Australia
- September 1, 1875 "A murder conviction effectively forces the violent Irish anti-owner coal miners, the ""Molly Maguires"", to disband."
- September 1, 1878 The first female telephone operator starts work (Emma Nutt in Boston)
- September 1, 1894 "Great Hinckley Fire: A forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota, kills more than 400 people."
- September 1, 1897 "Subway service in Boston, MA begins."
- September 1, 1897 "The Boston subway opens, becoming the first underground metro in North America."
- September 1, 1902 "A Trip to the Moon, considered one of the first science fiction films, is released in France."
- September 1, 1905 Alberta & Saskatchewan become 8th & 9th Canadian provinces
- September 1, 1905 Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
- September 1, 1906 Alberta adopts Mountain Standard Time
- September 1, 1906 Papua placed under Australian administration
- September 1, 1906 the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI) is established.
- September 1, 1910 "Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, from Brazil, is founded."
- September 1, 1911 M Fourny sets world aircraft distance record of 720 km
- September 1, 1914 "St Petersburg, Russia changes name to Petrograd"
- September 1, 1914 "St. Petersburg, Russia changes its name to Petrograd."
- September 1, 1914 "The last passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo."
- September 1, 1916 Keating-Owen Act (child labor banned from interstate commerce)
- September 1, 1918 Baseball season ends due to WW I
- September 1, 1918 "Prv. Claude J. P. Nunney (38th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Drocourt-Quèant, France"
- September 1, 1918 "Sgt. John Gilroy Grant, 1st Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment, won the Victoria Cross at Bancourt France"
- September 1, 1918 "SS City of Glasgow, a Ellerman Lines ship of 6457 grt and built in 1906, she was torpedoed by German submarine UB118 21 miles east of Tuskar Rock in St George's Channel whilst en-route from Manchester to Montreal in ballast. 12 of the crew were lost."
- September 1, 1918 "US troops land in Vladivostok, Siberia, stay until 1920"
- September 1, 1922 "NYC law requires all ""pool"" rooms to change name to ""billards"""
- September 1, 1923 "Earthquake strikes Tokyo & Yokohama, kills 106,000"
- September 1, 1923 "The Great Kant earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 100,000 people."
- September 1, 1923 "Tokyo and Yokohama, Japan, are rocked by an earthquake, killing over 50,000 people."
- September 1, 1923 "US beats Australia in tennis, for their 4th straight Davis Cup"
- September 1, 1928 Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
- September 1, 1928 "Albania becomes a kingdom, with Zogu I as king"
- September 1, 1932 "NYC Mayor James J ""Gentleman Jimmy"" Walker resigns (graft charges)"
- September 1, 1934 "SMJK Sam Tet was founded by Father Fourgs from the St. Michael Church, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia."
- September 1, 1939 George C. Marshall becomes Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
- September 1, 1939 "German army invades Poland, marking the beginning of World War II."
- September 1, 1939 "Physical Review publishes 1st paper to deal with ""black holes"""
- September 1, 1939 Switzerland mobilises its forces and parliament elects Henri Guisan as head of army (an event that can only happen during war or during mobilisation)
- September 1, 1939 "The Wound Badge for Wehrmacht, SS, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe soldiers is instituted. The final version of the Iron Cross was also instituted on this date."
- September 1, 1941 Jews in all of the Third Reich are required to wear the yellow Star of David.
- September 1, 1941 Yellow star becomes obligatory for Jews in the Reich to wear
- September 1, 1943 World War II: Italy accepts armistice terms.
- September 1, 1945 "Japan surrenders ending WW II (US date, 9/2 in Japan)"
- September 1, 1948 Communist's form the North China People's Republic
- September 1, 1948 UN's World Health Organization forms
- September 1, 1949 The first network detective series-Private Eyes-premiers
- September 1, 1950 West Berlin granted a constitution
- September 1, 1951 "The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty."
- September 1, 1951 "US, Australia & New Zealand sign ANZUS treaty"
- September 1, 1956 Indian state of Tripura becomes a territory
- September 1, 1960 "Disgruntled railroad workers effectively halt operations of the Pennsylvania Railroad, marking the first shutdown in the history of the company."
- September 1, 1961 USSR tests nuclear bombs in central Asia
- September 1, 1962 "10,000 die in an earthquake in western Iran"
- September 1, 1962 "Channel Television launches to 54,000 households in the Channel Islands."
- September 1, 1962 UN announces Earth population has hit 3 billion
- September 1, 1964 Indian Oil Corporation formed after merging Indian Oil Refineries and Indian Oil Company.
- September 1, 1968 Pirate Radio Marina (Netherlandsd) begins transmitting
- September 1, 1969 "A revolution in Libya brings Col. Muammar al-Gaddafi to power, which was later transferred to the People's Committees."
- September 1, 1969 "Libyan revolution, Col Moammar Gadhafi deposes King Idris"
- September 1, 1971 Qatar declares independence from Britain
- September 1, 1972 "Bobby Fischer of the USA defeats Boris Spassky of the USSR at the international chess championship in Reykjavik, Iceland."
- September 1, 1972 "In Reykjavk, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky and becomes the world chess champion."
- September 1, 1972 "The O'Jays receive the first of their eventual six gold records, this one for the hit Back Stabbers."
- September 1, 1973 "74-year-old Hafnia Hotel burns, killing 35 (Copenhagen, Denmark)"
- September 1, 1973 George Foreman KOs Jose Roman in the 1st to retain heavyweight title
- September 1, 1974 The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London: 1 hour 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds.
- September 1, 1975 Gunsmoke goes off the air
- September 1, 1975 NBC-TV broadcasts its last Monday Night Baseball game as the Montreal Expos defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-5.
- September 1, 1975 The last original episode of the American television series Gunsmoke airs on CBS after a record 20-year run.
- September 1, 1976 "Wayne L Hays, (Rep-D-Oh), resigns (scandal with Elizabeth Ray)"
- September 1, 1977 1st TRS-80 Model I computer sold
- September 1, 1978 "Jacqueline Smith of Great Britain scores 10 straight dead center strikes on a 4"" disk in World Parachute Championships in Yugoslavia"
- September 1, 1979 Debbie Boone & Gabriel Ferrer wed in LA
- September 1, 1979 LA Court orders Clayton Moore to stop wearing Lone Ranger mask
- September 1, 1979 "Pioneer 11 makes 1st fly-by of Saturn, discovers new moon, rings"
- September 1, 1980 Chun Doo-hwan becomes president of South Korea after the resignation of Choi Kyu-ha.
- September 1, 1980 "Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope ends in Thunder Bay, Ontario."
- September 1, 1981 A coup d'tat in the Central African Republic overthrows President David Dacko.
- September 1, 1981 Fiona Brothers sets women's propeller boat speed record (116.279 MPH)
- September 1, 1982 Canada adopts a Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as part of its Constitution.
- September 1, 1982 Max speedometer reading mandated at 85 MPH
- September 1, 1982 Palestinian Liberation Organization leaves Lebanon
- September 1, 1983 "A Soviet fighter plane downs a KAL Boeing 747 jumbo jet that veered 100 miles into Soviet airspace, killing all 269 people aboard, including US Congressmen Lawrence McDonald."
- September 1, 1985 A joint American-French expedition locates the wreck of the RMS Titanic.
- September 1, 1985 US-French expedition locates wreckage of Titanic off Newfoundland
- September 1, 1988 YTV was launched.
- September 1, 1989 Princess Anne & Mark Phillips announce their seperation
- September 1, 1990 "The Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist is founded, following a split from the Communist Labour Party of Turkey."
- September 1, 1991 Uzbekistan declares independence from the Soviet Union
- September 1, 2001 "Almost every single commercial television station in Vancouver, British Columbia switches network affiliations after a round of ownership changes in 2000 - the largest change in North America."
- September 1, 2001 "The first orca calf (later named Nakai) is born through artificial insemination, to parents Kasatka and Tillikum."
- September 1, 2004 The Beslan school hostage crisis begins when armed terrorists take hundreds of school children and adults hostage in the Russian town of Beslan in North Ossetia.
- September 1, 2005 "Seven members and former members of the AFL-CIO form a new trade union organization, the Change to Win Federation."
- September 1, 2006 Luxembourg became to first country to complete the move to all digital Television broadcasting.
- September 1, 2008 "Important Islamic date - Ramadan: September 1 - September 29, 2008"
- September 1, 5509 BC - Epoch of the late Byzantine calendar.
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