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
\n*1772 - Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa founded in San Luis Obispo, California. \n*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.\n*1836 - Narcissa Whitman, one of the first white woman to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington. \n*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. \n*1864 - American Civil War: Confederate General John Bell Hood evacuates Atlanta, Georgia after a four month siege mounted by Union General William T. Sherman. \n*1875 - A murder conviction effectively forces the violent Irish anti-owner coal miners, the "Molly Maguires", to disband. \n*1894 - Great Hinckley Fire: A forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota kills more than 400 people. \n*1897 - The Boston subway opens, becoming the first underground metro in North America. \n*1905 - Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation. \n*1914 - St. Petersburg, Russia changes its name to Petrograd. \n*1923 - An earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama killing about 100,000 people. See Great Kanto earthquake for detail.\n*1928 - Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king. \n*1939 - World War II: Nazi Germany attacks Poland, beginning the war. \n*1951 - The United States, Australia and New Zealand all sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty (for "Australia, New Zealand, United States"). \n*1960 - Disgruntled railroad workers effectively halt operations of the Pennsylvania Railroad, marking the first shutdown in the history of the company (event lasted 2 days). \n*1969 - A coup in Libya brings Col. Moammar Qaddafi to power. \n*1970 - The last episode of the television sitcom I Dream of Jeannie airs on NBC. The show premiered on September 18, 1965. \n*1972 - In Reykjavik, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky and becomes the world chess champion. \n*1979 - The American Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 km. \n*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. \n*1985 - A joint American-French expedition locates the wreck of the RMS Titanic. \n*1986 - The Soviet sea-liner Admiral Nakhimov collides with the bulk carrier Petr Vasev and sinks almost immediately, killing 448. \n*1991 - The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is released in North America.\n*1999 - A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 74, including 10 on the ground
Births
\n*1159 - Pope Adrian IV\n*1653 - Johann Pachelbel, German composer (d. 1706)\n*1854 - Engelbert Humperdinck, composer (d. 1921)\n*1875 - Edgar Rice Burroughs, American writer, creator of Tarzan (d. 1950)\n*1887 - Blaise Cendrars, writer (d. 1961)\n*1888 - Andrija Štampar, physician, WHO diplomat (d. 1958)\n*1906 - Joaquin Balaguer, Dominican politician and president\n*1907 - Walter Reuther, labor union leader (d. 1970)\n*1913 - Christian Nyby, director, film editor (d. 1993)\n*1920 - Richard Farnsworth, actor (d. 2000)\n*1921 - Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (d. 1995)\n*1922 - Yvonne De Carlo, actress\n*1922 - Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor (d. 2000)\n*1923 - Rocky Marciano, boxer (d. 1969)\n*1928 - George Maharis, actor\n*1933 - Conway Twitty, country music singer (d. 1993)\n*1933 - Ann W. Richards, Texas politician\n*1935 - Seiji Ozawa, conductor\n*1939 - Lily Tomlin, actress, comedienne\n*1946 - Barry Gibb, singer\n*1949 - P.A. Sangma, Indian politician\n*1952 - Phil Hendrie, radio personality\n*1955 - Billy Blanks, martial arts expert\n*1957 - Gloria Estefan, singer\n*1962 - Ruud Gullit, Dutch football player\n*1966 - Tim Hardaway, American basketball player\n*1985 - Ciara-Camile Roque Velasco, singer
Deaths
\n*921 - Richard of Autun, Duke of Burgundy\n*1159 - Pope Adrian IV\n*1574 - Guru Amar Das, Third Sikh Guru\n*1581 - Guru Ram Das, Fourth Sikh Guru/Master\n*1715 - Louis XIV, King of France (after a reign of 72 years)\n*1914 - Martha - the last passenger pigeon\n*1957 - Dennis Brain, French horn player\n*1967 - Ilse Koch, wife of Karl Koch, commandant of the concentration camp Buchenwald\n*1969 - Drew Pearson, newspaper columnist\n*1970 - Francois Mauriac, author\n*1977 - Ethel Waters, singer, actress (b. 1896)\n*1981 - Albert Speer, Nazi official\n*1983 - Henry M. Jackson, former Senator from Washington\n*1989 - A. Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commissioner
Holidays
\nAugust 31 - September 2 - August 1 - October 1 - more historical anniversaries
