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September 1

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September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). There are 121 days remaining.

Events

• 1772 - Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa founded in San Luis Obispo, California.
• 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 woman 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.
• 1914 - St. Petersburg, Russia changes its name to Petrograd.
• 1923 - An earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama killing about 100,000 people. See Great Kanto earthquake for detail.
• 1928 - Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
• 1939 - World War II: Nazi Germany attacks Poland, beginning the war.
• 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 (event lasted 2 days).
• 1969 - A coup in Libya brings Col. Moammar Qaddafi to power.
• 1970 - The last episode of the television sitcom I Dream of Jeannie airs on NBC. The show premiered on September 18, 1965.
• 1972 - In Reykjavik, 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 collides with the bulk carrier Petr Vasev and sinks almost immediately, killing 448.
• 1991 - The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is released in North America.
• 1999 - A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 74, including 10 on the ground

Births

• 1159 - Pope Adrian IV
• 1653 - Johann Pachelbel, German composer (d. 1706)
• 1854 - Engelbert Humperdinck, composer (d. 1921)
• 1875 - Edgar Rice Burroughs, American writer, creator of Tarzan (d. 1950)
• 1887 - Blaise Cendrars, writer (d. 1961)
• 1888 - Andrija Štampar, physician, WHO diplomat (d. 1958)
• 1906 - Joaquin Balaguer, Dominican politician and president
• 1907 - Walter Reuther, labor union leader (d. 1970)
• 1913 - Christian Nyby, director, film editor (d. 1993)
• 1920 - Richard Farnsworth, actor (d. 2000)
• 1921 - Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (d. 1995)
• 1922 - Yvonne DeCarlo, actress
• 1922 - Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor (d. 2000)
• 1923 - Rocky Marciano, boxer (d. 1969)
• 1928 - George Maharis, actor
• 1933 - Conway Twitty, country music singer (d. 1993)
• 1933 - Ann W. Richards, Texas politician
• 1935 - Seiji Ozawa, conductor
• 1939 - Lily Tomlin, actress, comedienne
• 1946 - Barry Gibb, singer
• 1949 - P.A. Sangma, Indian politician
• 1952 - Phil Hendrie, radio personality
• 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
• 1574 - Guru Amar Das, Third Sikh Guru
• 1581 - Guru Ram Das, Fourth Sikh Guru/Master
• 1914 - Martha - the last passenger pigeon
• 1957 - Dennis Brain, French horn player
• 1967 - Ilse Koch, wife of Karl Koch, commandant of the concentration camp Buchenwald
• 1969 - Drew Pearson, newspaper columnist
• 1970 - Francois Mauriac, author
• 1977 - Ethel Waters, singer, actress (b. 1896)
• 1981 - Albert Speer, Nazi official
• 1983 - Henry M. Jackson, former Senator from Washington
• 1989 - A. Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commissioner

Holidays

See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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