September 1st Events |
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| September 1st, 5509 (September 01 5509) | Event | Epoch of the late Byzantine calendar. | |
| September 1st, 2006 (September 01 2006) | Event | Luxembourg became the first country to complete the move to all digital television broadcasting. | |
| September 1st, 2005 (September 01 2005) | Event | Seven members and former members of the AFL-CIO form a new trade union organization, the Change to Win Federation. | |
| September 1st, 2004 (September 01 2004) | Event | 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 1st, 2001 (September 01 2001) | Event | Almost every single commercial television station in Vancouver, British Columbia switches network affiliations after a round of ownership changes in the largest change in North America. | |
| September 1st, 1996 (September 01 1996) | Event | Daniel Komen breaks the 3000 metres world record in Rieti, Italy | |
| September 1st, 1996 (September 01 1996) | Event | Fitzroy Football Club plays it s last ever game in the AFL merging with the Brisbane Lions Football Cluborn in They lost to Fremantle. | |
| September 1st, 1991 (September 01 1991) | Event | Uzbekistan declares independence from the Soviet Union | |
| September 1st, 1990 (September 01 1990) | Event | The Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist is founded, following a split from the Communist Labour Party of Turkey. | |
| September 1st, 1985 (September 01 1985) | Event | A joint American-French expedition locates the wreck of the RMS Titanic. | |
| September 1st, 1983 (September 01 1983) | Event | Cold War: Korean Air Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters Soviet airspace. All 269 on board are killed, including US Congressmen Lawrence McDonald. | |
| September 1st, 1982 (September 01 1982) | Event | Canada adopts a Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as part of its Constitution. | |
| September 1st, 1982 (September 01 1982) | Event | The United States Air Force Space Command is founded. | |
| September 1st, 1981 (September 01 1981) | Event | A coup d etat in the Central African Republic overthrows President David Dacko. | |
| September 1st, 1980 (September 01 1980) | Event | Terry Fox s Marathon of Hope ends in Thunder Bay, Ontario. | |
| September 1st, 1980 (September 01 1980) | Event | Chun Doo-hwan becomes president of South Korea after the resignation of Choi Kyu-ha. | |
| September 1st, 1979 (September 01 1979) | Event | The American space probe Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 km. | |
| September 1st, 1974 (September 01 1974) | Event | 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 1st, 1972 (September 01 1972) | Event | In Reykjavik, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky and becomes the world chess champion. | Bobby Fischer Quotes |
| September 1st, 1970 (September 01 1970) | Event | Attempted assassination of King Hussein of Jordan by Palestinian guerillas, who attacked his motorcade. | Hussein of Jordan Quotes |
| September 1st, 1969 (September 01 1969) | Event | A revolution in Libya brings Col. Muammar al-Gaddafi to power, which was later transferred to the People s Committees. | |
| September 1st, 1964 (September 01 1964) | Event | Indian Oil Corporation formed after merging Indian Oil Refineries and Indian Oil Company. | |
| September 1st, 1962 (September 01 1962) | Event | Channel Television launches to 54,000 households in the Channel Islands. | |
| September 1st, 1961 (September 01 1961) | Event | The Eritrean War of Independence officially begins with the shooting of the Ethiopian police by Hamid Idris Awate | |
| September 1st, 1951 (September 01 1951) | Event | The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty. | |
| September 1st, 1939 (September 01 1939) | Event | World War II: Nazi Germany attacks Poland, beginning the war. (See Invasion of Poland.) | |
| September 1st, 1939 (September 01 1939) | Event | George C. Marshall becomes Chief of Staff of the United States Army. | |
| September 1st, 1939 (September 01 1939) | Event | The Wound Badge for Wehrmacht, SS, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe soldiers is institutedied in The final version of the Iron Cross was also instituted on this date. | |
| September 1st, 1939 (September 01 1939) | Event | 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 1st, 1934 (September 01 1934) | Event | SMJK Sam Tet was founded by Father Fourgs from the St. Michael Church, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia. | |
| September 1st, 1928 (September 01 1928) | Event | Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king. | |
| September 1st, 1923 (September 01 1923) | Event | The Great Kanto earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people. | |
| September 1st, 1914 (September 01 1914) | Event | St. Petersburg, Russia changes its name to Petrograd. | |
| September 1st, 1914 (September 01 1914) | Event | The last passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo. | |
| September 1st, 1906 (September 01 1906) | Event | the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI) is established. | |
| September 1st, 1905 (September 01 1905) | Event | Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation. | |
| September 1st, 1902 (September 01 1902) | Event | A Trip to the Moon, considered one of the first science fiction films, is released in France. | |
| September 1st, 1897 (September 01 1897) | Event | The Boston subway opens, becoming the first underground metro in North America. | |
| September 1st, 1894 (September 01 1894) | Event | Great Hinckley Fire: A forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota, kills more than 400 people. | |
| September 1st, 1875 (September 01 1875) | Event | A murder conviction effectively forces the violent Irish anti-owner coal miners, the "Molly Maguires", to disband. | |
| September 1st, 1873 (September 01 1873) | Event | Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande. | |
| September 1st, 1870 (September 01 1870) | Event | Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory. | |
| September 1st, 1864 (September 01 1864) | Event | American Civil War: Confederate General John Bell Hood evacuates Atlanta, Georgia after a four-month siege by General Sherman. | |
| September 1st, 1862 (September 01 1862) | Event | American Civil War: Battle of ChantillyConfederate forces attack retreating Union troops in Chantilly, Virginia. | |
| September 1st, 1859 (September 01 1859) | Event | A solar superstorm affects electrical telegraph service. | |
| September 1st, 1836 (September 01 1836) | Event | Narcissa Whitman, one of the first white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington. | The Rock Quotes |
| September 1st, 1807 (September 01 1807) | Event | Former US Vice President Aaron Burr is acquitted of treason. | Aaron Burr Quotes |
| September 1st, 1804 (September 01 1804) | Event | Juno, one of the largest main belt asteroids, was discovered by German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding. | |
| September 1st, 1772 (September 01 1772) | Event | Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa founded in San Luis Obispo, California. | |
| September 1st, 1763 (September 01 1763) | Event | Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy s plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow | |
| September 1st, 1752 (September 01 1752) | Event | The Liberty Bell arrives in Philadelphia. | |
| September 1st, 1715 (September 01 1715) | Event | King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years-the longest of any major European monarch. | Louis XIV of France Quotes |
| September 1st, 1644 (September 01 1644) | Event | Battle of Tippermuir, Montrose defeats Elcho s Covenanters, reviving Royalist cause. | |
| September 1st, 1532 (September 01 1532) | Event | Lady Anne Boleyn is created Marchioness of Pembroke by her fiance, King Henry VIII of England. | Anne Boleyn Quotes |
| September 1st, 1355 (September 01 1355) | Event | Tvrtko I writes in castro nostro Vizoka vocatum from old town Visoki. | |
| September 1st, 0462 (September 01 0462) | Event | Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. | |
