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This day in history: 1 September

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371 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 1 September.
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2008: Iraq War: The United States Armed Forces transfers control of Anbar Province to the Iraqi Armed Forces.

Holidays and observances

Anniversary of Al Fateh Revolution (Gaddafists in Libya)

Christian feast day: Blessed Giuliana of Collalto

Christian feast day: Constantius (Costanzo) of Aquino

Christian feast day: David Pendleton Oakerhater (Anglican Communion)

Christian feast day: Giles

Christian feast day: Isabel Cristina

Christian feast day: Loup (Lupus) of Sens

Christian feast day: Nivard (Nivo)

Christian feast day: September 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Sixtus of Reims

Christian feast day: Terentian (Terrence)

Christian feast day: The beginning of the new liturgical year (Eastern Orthodox Church and the Eastern Catholic Church) and Creationtide

Events

2008Iraq War: The United States Armed Forces transfers control of Anbar Province to the Iraqi Armed Forces.

2004The Beslan school siege begins when armed terrorists take schoolchildren and school staff hostage in North Ossetia, Russia; by the end of the siege, three days later, more than 385 people are dead (including hostages, other civilians, secur

1985The wreck of the Titanic is discovered by an American-French expedition led by Robert Ballard and Jean-Louis Michel.

1983Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet jet fighter after the commercial aircraft strayed into Soviet airspace, killing all 269 on board, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald.

1982The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.

1981Central African President David Dacko is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General André Kolingba.

1974The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of one hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour (2,310.353 km/h).

1973A 76-hour multinational rescue effort in the Celtic Sea results in the rescue of Roger Mallinson and Roger Chapman.

1969A coup in Libya brings Muammar Gaddafi to power.

1967Six-Day War: The Khartoum Resolution is issued at the Arab Summit, and eight countries adopt the "three 'no's against Israel".

1961TWA Flight 529 crashes shortly after takeoff from Midway Airport in Chicago, killing all 78 people on board. At the time, it was the deadliest single plane disaster in U.S. history.

1944World War II: Launch of Operation Ratweek, complicating German retreat.

1939J. Robert Oppenheimer and his student Hartland Snyder publish the Oppenheimer–Snyder model, proving for the first time in contemporary physics how black holes could develop.

1939World War II: Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.

1923The Great Kantō Earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.

1897The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.

1894Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.

1880The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War.

1878Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.

1873Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.

1870Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.

1864American Civil War: The Battle of Jonesborough, alongside the overall Atlanta campaign, culminates in a Union victory for General William T. Sherman as Confederate General John Bell Hood orders the evacuation of Atlanta.

1862American Civil War: Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson inflict heavy casualties in the Battle of Chantilly during the Union withdrawal from the Northern Virginia campaign.

1859Carrington Event started - the most intense geomagnetic storm in recorded history.

1838Saint Andrew's Scots School, the oldest school of British origin in South America, is established.

1836Narcissa Whitman, one of the first English-speaking white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.

1831The Order of St. Gregory the Great is established by Pope Gregory XVI of the Vatican State to recognize high support for the Vatican or for the Pope, by a man or a woman, and not necessarily a Roman Catholic.

18043 Juno, one of the largest asteroids in the Main Belt, is discovered by the German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding.

1774Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.

1772The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.

1763Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow.

1715At the age of five, Louis XV becomes king of France in succession to his great-grandfather, King Louis XIV.

1645English Civil War: Scottish Covenanter forces abandon their month-long Siege of Hereford, a Cavalier stronghold, on news of Royalist victories in Scotland.

1644Battle of Tippermuir: James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose defeats the Earl of Wemyss's Covenanters, reviving the Royalist cause.

1610Claudio Monteverdi's musical work Vespro della Beata Vergine (Vespers for the Blessed Virgin) is first published, printed in Venice and dedicated to Pope Paul V.

1604Adi Granth, now known as Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture of Sikhs, is first installed at Harmandir Sahib.

1532Lady Anne Boleyn is made Marquess of Pembroke by her fiancé, King Henry VIII of England.

1529The Spanish fort of Sancti Spiritu, the first one built in modern Argentina, is destroyed by indigenous people.

1449Tumu Crisis: The Mongols capture the Emperor of China.

1355King Tvrtko I of Bosnia writes In castro nostro Vizoka vocatum from the Old town of Visoki.

Born on this day

2003An Yu-jin, South Korean singer and actress

2002Diane Parry, French tennis player

2002Illia Zabarnyi, Ukrainian footballer

2000Mikhail Iakovlev, Israeli Olympic cyclist

2000Pratika Rawal, Indian cricketer

1999Cam Reddish, American basketball player

1998Josh Battle, Australian rules footballer

1998Josh Okogie, Nigerian-American basketball player

1998Salah Mohsen, Egyptian footballer

1997Jeon Jungkook, South Korean singer, songwriter and record producer

1997Joan Mir, Spanish motorcycle racer

1996Zendaya, American actress and singer

1995Nathan MacKinnon, Canadian ice hockey player

1994Anna Smolina, Russian tennis player

1994Carlos Sainz Jr., Spanish racing driver

1993Mario Lemina, Gabonese footballer

1992Cristiano Biraghi, Italian footballer

1992Kirani James, Grenadian sprinter

1992Tomáš Nosek, Czech ice hockey player

1992Woo Hye-lim, South Korean singer-songwriter

1991Rhys Bennett, English footballer

1990Aisling Loftus, English actress

1990Stanislav Tecl, Czech footballer

1989Astrid Besser, Italian tennis player

1989Bill Kaulitz, German singer and songwriter

1989Daniel Sturridge, English footballer

1989Gustav Nyquist, Swedish ice hockey player

1989Jefferson Montero, Ecuadorian footballer

1988Chanel West Coast, American rapper-songwriter and model

1988Miles Plumlee, American basketball player

1988Simona de Silvestro, Swiss racing driver

1987Leonel Suárez, Cuban decathlete

1987Mats Zuccarello, Norwegian ice hockey player

1986Anthony Allen, English rugby player

1986Gaël Monfils, French tennis player

1986Stella Mwangi, Kenyan-Norwegian singer-songwriter

1985Larsen Jensen, American swimmer

1984Joe Trohman, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer

1984László Köteles, Hungarian footballer

1984Ludwig Göransson, Swedish film composer

Died on this day

2026Carla Jeffery, American actor and singer (born 1993)

2025Joe Bugner, Hungarian-British boxer and actor (born 1950)

2024Linda Deutsch, American journalist (born 1943)

2023Jimmy Buffett, American singer-songwriter, musician, author and businessman (born 1946)

2022Barbara Ehrenreich, American writer and journalist (born 1941)

2022Yang Yongsong, Chinese major general (born 1919)

2020Erick Morillo, American disc jockey and music producer (born 1971)

2018Randy Weston, American jazz pianist and composer (born 1926)

2015Ben Kuroki, American sergeant and pilot (born 1917)

2015Dean Jones, American actor and singer (born 1931)

2015Gurgen Dalibaltayan, Armenian general (born 1926)

2015Richard G. Hewlett, American historian and author (born 1923)

2014Ahmed Abdi Godane, Somali militant leader (born 1977)

2014Joseph Shivers, American chemist and academic, developed spandex (born 1920)

2014Roger McKee, American baseball player (born 1926)

2013Gordon Steege, Australian soldier (born 1917)

2013Ignacio Eizaguirre, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1920)

2013Ken Wallis, English commander and pilot (born 1916)

2013Margaret Mary Vojtko, American linguist and academic (born 1930)

2013Tommy Morrison, American boxer and actor (born 1969)

2012Arnaldo Putzu, Italian illustrator (born 1927)

2012Hal David, American songwriter and composer (born 1921)

2012Sean Bergin, South African saxophonist, flute player, and composer (born 1948)

2012Smarck Michel, Haitian businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Haiti (born 1937)

2012William Petzäll, Swedish politician (born 1988)

2010Wakanohana Kanji I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 45th Yokozuna (born 1928)

2008Jerry Reed, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1937)

2008Thomas J. Bata, Czech-Canadian businessman (born 1914)

2007Roy McKenzie, New Zealand horse racer and philanthropist (born 1922)

2006Bob O'Connor, American businessman and politician, 57th Mayor of Pittsburgh (born 1944)

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“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”

Epictetus

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