September 01
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.
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