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  • 1715 King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years, the longest of any major European monarch
  • 1878 First female telephone operator starts work, Emma Nutt, for the Edwin Holmes Telephone Dispatch Company in Boston
  • 1905 Wilfrid Laurier oversees Alberta and Saskatchewan joining the Confederation of Canada as its 8th and 9th provinces, both separated from the Northwest Territories
  • Front page of the NY Times for September 1, 1939, the day Germany invaded Poland

    Start of World War II

    1939 World War II starts when Germany invades Poland by attacking the Free City of Danzig
  • 1941 Jews living in Germany are required to wear a yellow Star of David
  • 1951 US, Australia and New Zealand sign the ANZUS mutual defense treaty
  • 1969 Colonel Muammar Gaddafi deposes King Idris in the Libyan Revolution
More September 1 Events
  • 1954 Paramount Pictures releases "Rear Window", directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly
  • 1785 Mozart publishes his 6th String Quartet, Opus 10 in Vienna
  • Bobby Fischer playing 50 opponents simultaneously in 1964. He won 47 of the matches, drew 2 and lost 1

    Bobby Fischer, The World Chess Champ

    1972 American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer defeats Russian champion Boris Spassky 12.5-8.5 in Reykjavik, Iceland, in the most publicized world title match ever played; Fischer becomes the first American to win the title
  • 2016 NFL San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneels in protest during the US national anthem before pre-season game against the Chargers at San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium, objecting to racial injustice and police brutality in the US

United Nations announces Earth's population has hit 3 billion

September 1, 1962

  • James Gordon Bennett

    1795 - 1872

  • Mark Hopkins Jr.

    1813 - 1878

  • Edgar Rice Burroughs

    1875 - 1950

  • Tarsila do Amaral

    1886 - 1973
More Birthdays on September 1

  • Phil McGraw

    75 Years Old

  • Zendaya

    29 Years Old

  • Conway Twitty

    1933 - 1993

  • Barry Gibb

    79 Years Old

  • Gloria Estefan

    68 Years Old

  • Jungkook

    28 Years Old

  • James J. Corbett

    1866 - 1933

  • Rocky Marciano

    1923 - 1969

The last passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo in Ohio

September 1, 1914

  • 1730 US Founding Father Benjamin Franklin establishes a common-law marriage with Deborah Read
  • 1843 Prime Minister of Canada John A. Macdonald (28) weds his cousin Isabella Clark
  • 1910 Actor John Barrymore (28) marries first wife actress Katherine Corri Harris (19) (divorced 1917)
  • 1961 American "Gilda" actress Rita Hayworth (42) divorces American film producer James Hill (45) after 3-1/2 years of marriage
More September 1 Weddings

  • Jacques Cartier

    1491 - 1557

  • Louis XIV

    1638 - 1715

  • Richard Steele

    1672 - 1729

  • William Clark

    1770 - 1838

  • Lillian Wald

    1867 - 1940

  • Albert Speer

    1905 - 1981
More September 1 Deaths
  • Bobadilla Betrays Columbus by Luigi Gregori, c. 1883

    Bobadilla Betrays Columbus

    Bobadilla Betrays Columbus by Luigi Gregori, c. 1883 September 1, 1500
  • The Spring Temple Buddha statue depicting Vairocana Buddha in Henan, China

    Spring Temple Buddha Completed

    The Spring Temple Buddha statue depicting Vairocana Buddha in Henan, China September 1, 2008
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  • The Tower of London to the right, London Bridge to the left – how an artist painted the Great Fire

    The Great Fire of London

    September 2, 1666
  • Hail Macbeth! Peter O'Toole as the King of Scotland

    Tragedy of Macbeth Brings Fits of Laughter

    September 3, 1980
  • In safe hands: Steve Irwin gets to grips with a young crocodile

    Wildlife Warrior Steve Irwin Killed By Stingray

    September 4, 2006
  • Authenticated by a forensics expert, this handed-down photo shows Jesse James (right) and his killer, Robert Ford

    Jesse James – Hero or Cold Killer?

    September 5, 1847
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