September, 1st in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Wednesday 01, 2004:
The Beslan school hostage crisis begins when armed terrorists take hundreds of schoolchildren and adults hostage in the Russian town of Beslan in North Ossetia.

Saturday 01, 2001:
the largest change in North America.

Wednesday 01, 1999:
A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 74, including 10 on the ground.

Sunday 01, 1991:
Uzbekistan declares independence from the Soviet Union

Sunday 01, 1985:
A joint American-French expedition locates the wreck of the RMS Titanic.

Saturday 01, 1990:
The Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist is founded, following a split from the Communist Labour Party of Turkey.

Thursday 01, 1983:
Cold War: Korean Air Flight KAL-007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters Soviet airspace. All 269 on board are killed.

Monday 01, 1980:
Chun Doo-hwan becomes president of South Korea after the resignation of Choi Kyu-ha.

Saturday 01, 1979:
The American Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 km.

Wednesday 01, 1976:
The Meadowlands racetrack in East Rutherford, New Jersey opens.

Monday 01, 1975:
The last original episode of the American television series Gunsmoke airs on CBS after a record 20-year run.

Friday 01, 1972:
In Reykjavík, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky and becomes the world chess champion.

Tuesday 01, 1970:
The last episode of the television sitcom I Dream of Jeannie airs on NBC. The show premiered on September 18, 1965.

Monday 01, 1969:
A coup in Libya brings Col. Moammar Qaddafi to power, ousting King Idris I.

Saturday 01, 1962:
Channel Television launches to 54,000 households in the Channel Islands.

Thursday 01, 1960:
Disgruntled railroad workers effectively halt operations of the Pennsylvania Railroad, marking the first shutdown in the history of the company.

Wednesday 01, 1954:
Paul "Bear" Bryant opens his infamous 10-day football mini-camp in Junction, Texas: The Junction Boys.

Saturday 01, 1951:
The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty.

Friday 01, 1939:
The Wound Badge for Wehrmacht and SS soldiers is instituted.

Saturday 01, 1928:
Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.

Saturday 01, 1923:
The Great Kanto earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 100,000 people.

Tuesday 01, 1914:
The last Passenger Pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.

Saturday 01, 1906:
the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI) is established.

Friday 01, 1905:
Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.

Wednesday 01, 1897:
The Boston subway opens, becoming the first underground metro in North America.

Saturday 01, 1894:
Great Hinckley Fire: A forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota, kills more than 400 people.

Wednesday 01, 1875:
A murder conviction effectively forces the violent Irish anti-owner coal miners, the "Molly Maguires", to disband.

Monday 01, 1873:
Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.

Thursday 01, 1864:
American Civil War: Confederate General John Bell Hood evacuates Atlanta, Georgia after a four-month siege by General Sherman.

Monday 01, 1862:
Confederate forces attack retreating Union troops in Chantilly, Virginia.

Thursday 01, 1836:
Narcissa Whitman, one of the first white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.

Tuesday 01, 1807:
Former US Vice President Aaron Burr is acquitted of treason.

Saturday 01, 1804:
Juno, one of the largest main belt asteroids, was discovered by German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding.

Tuesday 01, 1772:
Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa founded in San Luis Obispo, California.

Friday 01, 1752:
The Liberty Bell arrives in Philadelphia.

Sunday 01, 1715:
King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years — the longest of any major European monarch.

Thursday 01, 1644:
Battle of Tippermuir, Montrose defeats Elcho's Covenanters, reviving Royalist cause

Thursday 01, 1532:
Lady Anne Boleyn is created Marchioness of Pembroke by her fiancée, King Henry VIII of England

Friday 01, 462:
possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle

Monday 01, -5509:
The world was created, according to the Byzantine Empire.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/01-september/on-this-day.html


People born on September 01

1985:
Ciara-Camile Roque Velasco, American singer (b: September 1, 1985) (Biography of Camile Velasco)

1981:
Clinton Portis, American football player (b: September 1, 1981) (Biography of Clinton Portis)

1977:
Aaron Schobel, American football player (b: September 1, 1977) (Biography of Aaron Schobel)

1970:
Vanna, Croatian singer (b: September 1, 1970) (Biography of Vanna)

1966:
Tim Hardaway, American basketball player (b: September 1, 1966) (Biography of Tim Hardaway)

1962:
Ruud Gullit, Dutch footballer (b: September 1, 1962) (Biography of Ruud Gullit)

1957:
Gloria Estefan, Cuban singer (b: September 1, 1957) (Biography of Gloria Estefan)

1955:
Billy Blanks, American martial artist (b: September 1, 1955) (Biography of Billy Blanks)
Bruce Foxton, English bassist (The Jam) (b: September 1, 1955) (Biography of Bruce Foxton)

1952:
Phil Hendrie, American radio personality (b: September 1, 1952) (Biography of Phil Hendrie)

1951:
Nicu Ceau?escu, Romanian politician (b: September 1, 1951 ; d: September 25, 1996) (Biography of Nicu Ceau?escu)

1950:
Phillip Fulmer, American football coach (b: September 1, 1950) (Biography of Phillip Fulmer)

1949:
P.A. Sangma, Indian politician (b: September 1, 1949) (Biography of P.A. Sangma)

1947:
Al Green, American politician (b: September 1, 1947) (Biography of Al Green (politician))

1946:
Barry Gibb, Manx-Australian singer (b: September 1, 1946) (Biography of Barry Gibb)

1944:
Leonard Slatkin, American conductor (b: September 1, 1944) (Biography of Leonard Slatkin)

1939:
Lily Tomlin, American actress, comedienne (b: September 1, 1939) (Biography of Lily Tomlin)

1935:
Seiji Ozawa, Japanese conductor (b: September 1, 1935) (Biography of Seiji Ozawa)

1933:
Conway Twitty, American country music singer (b: September 1, 1933 ; d: June 5, 1993) (Biography of Conway Twitty)
Ann W. Richards, American politician (b: September 1, 1933) (Biography of Ann W. Richards)

1929:
Anne Ramsey, American actress (b: September 1, 1929 ; d: August 11, 1988) (Biography of Anne Ramsey)

1925:
Art Pepper, musician (b: September 1, 1925) (Biography of Art Pepper)

1923:
Rocky Marciano, American boxer (b: September 1, 1923 ; d: August 31, 1969) (Biography of Rocky Marciano)

1922:
Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor (b: September 1, 1922 ; d: June 29, 2000) (Biography of Vittorio Gassman)
Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian actress (b: September 1, 1922) (Biography of Yvonne De Carlo)

1921:
Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (b: September 1, 1921 ; d: April 27, 1995) (Biography of Willem Frederik Hermans)

1920:
Richard Farnsworth, American actor (b: September 1, 1920 ; d: October 6, 2000) (Biography of Richard Farnsworth)

1913:
Christian Nyby, American director and film editor (b: September 1, 1913 ; d: September 17, 1993) (Biography of Christian Nyby)

1907:
Walter Reuther, American labor union leader (b: September 1, 1907 ; d: May 9, 1970) (Biography of Walter Reuther)

1906:
Joaquín Balaguer, President of the Dominican Republic (b: September 1, 1906 ; d: July 14, 2002) (Biography of Joaquín Balaguer)

1905:
Elvera Sanchez, Puerto Rican dancer (b: September 1, 1905 ; d: September 2, 2000) (Biography of Elvera Sanchez)

1889:
Richard Arlen, American actor (b: September 1, 1889) (Biography of Richard Arlen)

1888:
Andrija Štampar, Croatian physician and World Health Organization diplomat (b: September 1, 1888) (Biography of Andrija Štampar)

1887:
Blaise Cendrars, Swiss writer (b: September 1, 1887 ; d: January 21, 1961) (Biography of Blaise Cendrars)

1877:
Francis William Aston, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: September 1, 1877 ; d: November 20, 1945) (Biography of Francis William Aston)

1875:
Edgar Rice Burroughs, American writer (b: September 1, 1875 ; d: March 19, 1950) (Biography of Edgar Rice Burroughs)

1854:
Engelbert Humperdinck, German composer (b: September 1, 1854 ; d: September 27, 1921) (Biography of Engelbert Humperdinck (composer))

1734:
Joseph Wright of Derby, English painter (b: September 1, 1734) (Biography of Joseph Wright of Derby)

1653:
Johann Pachelbel, German composer (b: September 1, 1653 ; d: March 3, 1706) (Biography of Johann Pachelbel)

1651:
Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia (b: September 1, 1651 ; d: February 4, 1694) (Biography of Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina)

1566:
Edward Alleyn, English actor (b: September 1, 1566 ; d: November 25, 1626) (Biography of Edward Alleyn)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/01-september/births.html