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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